- 1 hour 3 minutes310 - New Telescope & Expensive Groceries
On today’s episode:The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has launched! Carbon dioxide is making our carrots less nutritious. All that and more today on All Around Science...
RESOURCES
- NASA’s Roman Mission Gears Up for a Torrent of Future Data
- 'The apple you eat isn't the apple your granddaughter will eat': What's on the menu in a warming world? | Live Science
CREDITS:
Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong
Booking - September McCrady
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
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7 September 2026, 4:25 pm - 42 minutes 51 seconds309 - What is life and what is memory?
On today’s episode: Life’s Last Universal Common Ancestor might not have been fully alive. Scientists wiped the memory of a bunch of lab mice… and they weren’t even EVIL scientists! All that and more today on All Around Science...
RESOURCES
- Life’s ‘last universal common ancestor’ may predate life itself | Scientific American
- Putting mice into hibernation causes a major loss of synapses | Ars Technica
- Memories stick around even after half the synapses are gone | Ars Technica
- What Happens to Memories When Half the Brain's Synapses Disappear? | Technology Networks
CREDITS:
Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong
Booking - September McCrady
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
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31 August 2026, 12:36 pm - 39 minutes 26 seconds308 - Moderna Cancer Breakthrough and Bioplastics
On today’s episode: Personlized cancer vaccines are coming! This worm can eat plastic! All that and more today on All Around Science...
RESOURCES
- Bobby was on Daily Tech News Show
- Moderna Press Release
- New Cancer Vaccine Could Change America in 7 Surprising Ways | Newsweek
- Moderna, Merck breakthrough could usher in wave of cancer vaccines | CNN
- Moderna, Merck unveil mRNA-based cancer vaccine that cuts spread | Al-Jazeera
- Nature’s original bioplastic is food for animals
CREDITS:
Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong
Booking - September McCrady
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
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25 August 2026, 1:28 am - 41 minutes 42 seconds307 - Hydrogen from plastic and Antarctica is cold
On today’s episode: A way to turn unsorted plastic into hydrogen! What’s the coldest place you’ve ever lived? I bet it’s not as cold as Antarctica! All that and more today on All Around Science...
RESOURCES
- New process turns mixed plastic waste into hydrogen fuel without sorting
- Antarctica just experienced minus 119 F, Earth's coldest temperature since 2012 — here's why | Live Science
CREDITS:
Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong
Booking - September McCrady
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
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17 August 2026, 12:39 pm - 40 minutes 3 seconds306 - Sister Supernovae and Ancient Human Mixing
On today’s episode: Astronomers have discovered a first: sister supernovae. Our ancestors had their eye on more hominins than we originally thought. All that and more today on All Around Science...
RESOURCES
- In a cosmic first, astronomers detect 2 sibling supernovas that came from a pair of bound stars | Live Science
- Shared cloud interactions unveil a candidate binary-system supernova pair with no known analogue | Nature
- New technique pinpoints human DNA inherited from ‘ghost’ ancestors - Berkeley News
CREDITS:
Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong
Booking - September McCrady
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
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11 August 2026, 2:25 pm - 32 minutes 38 seconds305 - Dolphin Names and Orca Pinatas
On today’s episode: Do dolphins have names? Orcas have the weirdest piñatas. All that and more today on All Around Science...
RESOURCES
- Are dolphins the only animals that call each other by name? | Science
- Watch orcas ram a sunfish so hard it explodes | Ars Technica
CREDITS:
Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong
Booking - September McCrady
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
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3 August 2026, 4:00 am - 41 minutes 51 seconds304 - Conspiracy Thinking and Crater Discoveries
On today’s episode: How come your uncle says he loves science, but also thinks chemtrails are real? An amateur astronomer discovered a crater in Quebec! All that and more today on All Around Science...
RESOURCES
- Why do some people who trust in science also believe in scientific conspiracy theories? | The Conversation
- What they don’t tell you about conspiracy theories: genius-driven science and informal science communication predict susceptibility to conspiracy beliefs | Current Psychology
- Britain Talks Trust in Science | More In Common
- Amateur astronomer discovers 390-million-year-old meteorite impact crater in Quebec - ABC News
- Criteria for the identification of an impact structure
- An Amateur Astronomer Using Google Maps Spotted a Strange Indentation. It Turned Out to Be a Meteorite Crater From 390 Million Years Ago
CREDITS:
Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong
Booking - September McCrady
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
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27 July 2026, 11:17 am - 47 minutes 49 seconds303 - Naked Mole Rats and Earthquake Gates
On today’s episode: How naked mole rats synchronize their cycles. California is overdue for the next big one… are you prepared? All that and more today on All Around Science...
RESOURCES
- How naked mole rat queens stop rivals reproducing
- A queen odour mediates reproductive suppression in a eusocial mammal | Nature
- A Millennium of Pressure Has Been Building Under California Fault Lines. What Does That Mean for Earthquake Risk? | TIME
CREDITS:
Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong
Booking - September McCrady
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
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20 July 2026, 12:20 pm - 51 minutes 39 seconds302 - Birth Stories and SpudCell
On today’s episode: Talking about your birth story helps you deal with your…birth story The SpudCell is here! The first completely artificial cell that feeds, grows, and reproduces! All that and more today on All Around Science...
RESOURCES
- Researchers Discover a Rare, Carnivorous Caterpillar That Wears Dead Insect Parts to Fool Spiders | Smithsonian
- The power of conversation post-childbirth: Midwife-led birth debrief strengthens perinatal mental health
- This Cell Feeds, Grows and Reproduces. And It’s Manmade. | New York Times
- Lab-created ‘SpudCell’ marks ‘stunning’ step toward building life from scratch | Science
CREDITS:
Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong
Booking - September McCrady
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
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13 July 2026, 12:01 pm - 35 minutes 38 seconds301 - Orangutan Playdates and Cyborg Cockroaches
On today’s episode: Orangutan mothers organize playdates! Just like humans! Cyborg cockroaches just got an upgrade. All that and more today on All Around Science...
RESOURCES
- The Vera C. Rubin Observatory's 10-year movie of the universe is about to 'blow our minds' | Live Science
- Orangutan mothers seem to plan playdates for their offspring | New Scientist
- Great apes use self-experience to anticipate an agent’s action in a false-belief test | PNAS
- Maternal ranging strategies facilitate offspring social play at energetic cost in the most solitary ape | bioRxiv
- World’s first cockroach diving suit actually works | Popular Science
CREDITS:
Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong
Booking - September McCrady
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
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6 July 2026, 4:00 am - 52 minutes 6 seconds300 - WE'RE BACK! With Sneaky Spiders and Sneaky Cancer Treatments
On today’s episode: Spiders that launch their prey into their web! Scientists are fighting cancer by making it cosplay as malaria. All that and more today on All Around Science...
RESOURCES
- This Newly Discovered Spider Builds a Unique Web That Catapults Ants Through the Air
- Phages could enable us to hijack vaccine immunity to kill cancer cells | New Scientist
- Discovery of VIP236, an αvβ3-Targeted Small-Molecule–Drug Conjugate with Neutrophil Elastase-Mediated Activation of 7-Ethyl Camptothecin Payload for Treatment of Solid Tumors | NIH
- A Guide to Targeted Therapy Side Effects | Hirschfeld Oncology
- Orbital Data Centers: Spacecraft Constraints and Economic Viability | Cornell University
CREDITS:
Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong
Booking - September McCrady
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
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