The Barcelona Supercomputer Adventure | Tumble Episode
EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: PS In this episode, we visit a supercomputer! It's called MareNostrum 4 , and it's house in a former chapel in Barcelona, Spain. It's the world's 16th most powerful supercomputer , and it's been named the World's Most Beautiful Data Center! MareNostrum Eduardo Porta stands outside MareNostrum for the first time, even though he's worked at Barcelona Supercomputing Center for two years. My background is in biology," he explained to Lindsay.
The Sleep Camp Experiment | Tumble Episode
In this episode we are talking about sleep, and an unusual experiment designed to study it. Imagine going to a camp where the director is a sleep scientist, and you go to bed hooked up to a machine that monitors your brainwaves. We’ll meet Mary Carskadon, the scientist who runs this sleep summer camp, and find out what it’s taught us about the need for Zs. Dr. Carskadon sent us this list of some of the other interesting things she's learned from over 30 years of Sleep Camp:
What Would Happen If There Was No Moon? | Tumble Episode
EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: ESS What if there was no moon? In this episode, we find out that there's a lot of fascinating lunar science that goes into answering that question. Miquel Sureda is a Spanish astrophysicist and science communicator who helped us figure it out. Check out his Spanish language blog, Gaia Ciencia. And before we get to the science, one more thing: We collaborated with fellow Kids Listen podcast What If World to tell a much less science-based s
The Power of Pika Scientists | Tumble Episode
EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS ESS Photo by Johanna Varner. Pikas are our new favorite animal, and soon to be yours, if they’re not already. They look like chipmunks, but are actually in the rabbit family. Somehow Pikas are cuter than both of those animals combined. They live in mountainous areas in parts of Asia, Eastern Europe, and Western North America. Pikas are more than just a cute face, they are helping scientists study climate change. Johanna Varner , aka
The Weather Balloon, the Girl Scouts and the Unicorn | Tumble Episode
In this episode, we find out that balloons are about more than fun, they are involved in some very serious science.