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Where and how do scientists protect Earth from asteroids ☄️? Tune into our latest episode with Edgard Rivera-Valentin to learn about planetary defense and the moving story behind Arecibo Observatory 🔭 Learn more about Arecibo in our bonus interview extra on Patreon ! 🎧 Listen to the Episode 🔎About The Featured Expert Dr. Edgard Rivera-Valentín is a planetary radar scientist at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab. They use radar technology to research planetary defense stra

You may have heard their song, but have you heard their story? In our latest episode, cicada scientist Chris Simon helps us dig into the surprising science of cicadas - and figure out how they’re changing! Learn more about cicada history in our in our bonus interview extra on Patreon ! 🎧 Listen to the Episode 🔎About The Featured Expert Chris Simon is a senior research scientist at the University of Connecticut in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Among m

It's fact-meets-fiction in our latest episode! Tune in to learn how scientist Caroline Blassick faces off against alien bacteria invaders who avoid antibiotics. You won’t want to miss this battle of microbial life and death! 🦠 Learn more about “alien bacteria” in our bonus interview extra on Patreon ! This episode is supported by the National Science Foundation under award number MCB: 2032357. 🎧 Listen to the Episode 🔎About The Featured Expert Caroline Blassick is a PhD c

Let’s dive into the mysteries of black holes with astronomer Maura McLaughlin 🌌 We’ll learn what black holes are, how we find them, and how scientists are setting off on an intergalactic search for the biggest black holes in the universe  🔭 Tune in to our latest episode for a stellar adventure! Learn more about Maura and pulsar stars in our bonus interview extra on Patreon ! 🎧 Listen to the Episode 🔎About The Featured Expert Maura McLaughlin is a professor of physics an

Welcome to the amazing world of spider sounds! 🕷️ Check out our latest episode to learn how spiders make music. Engineer and materials expert Markus J. Buehler gets us stuck in the strange sounds of spider webs 🕸️ Learn more about Markus and his musical projects in our bonus interview extra on Patreon ! 🎧 Listen to the Episode 🔎About The Featured Expert Markus J. Beuhler is the McAfee professor of engineering at MIT. Markus researches material science and the interactio

Excited for the upcoming April 8 US eclipse? Listen to our new eclipse special! Eclipse expert, Vivian White, tells us the how, the why, and the feeling of seeing the moon block out the sun. It’s gonna be SO-lar fun! 🌑🌕☀️ Learn more about Vivian and her sky stories in our bonus interview extra on Patreon ! 🎧 Listen to the Episode 🔎About The Featured Expert Vivian White is the Director of Free Choice Learning for the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Vivian administer

When diseases are on the loose, who will you call? The Molecular Detectives! 🕵️ This week we’ll hear from Mona Minkara, a detective who studies molecular clues to solve BIG mysteries inside our bodies. 🔎 Learn more about Mona and her research work in our bonus interview extra on Patreon ! 🎧 Listen to the Episode This episode is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number # 2148711 - Engaging Blind, Visually Impaired, and Sighted Students

It’s not an earthquake - it’s a Swift Quake! Join us this week as we hear from Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, a geophysicist who studied the seismic impact of Taylor Swift’s concerts 👩🏼‍🎤Tune in to find who really “shakes it off!” 💃 Learn more about Jackie and her work with sound in our bonus interview extra on Patreon ! 🎧 Listen to the Episode Photo from Quanta Magazine 🔎About The Featured Expert Dr. Jackie Caplan-Auerbach is a professor of geophysics at Western Washington

How Did Language Start? In our first episode of 2024, we’re joined by linguist Robert Englebretson. He tells us how language developed and how we could find out more. Hop into your time machine ⌛ because we’re taking a trip to the past! Learn more about Robert and his journey into linguistics in our bonus interview extra on Patreon ! This episode is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number # 2148711 - Engaging Blind, Visually Impaired, a

It’s Tumble’s 150th episode! 🥳 To celebrate, we had a Quiz Show with four of our biggest fans. Hear our Patrons Zoe, Kai, Eleanor and Avery compete in Tumble trivia with questions from episodes across all nine seasons of our podcast! Thank you to our amazing contestants! If you would like to compete in a future quiz show and help support the show, sign up to become a Tumble Patreon on patreon.com/tumblepodcast . You’ll get access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more