The Solar System’s Wild Ride with Stefanie Milam | Tumble Episode
Do solar systems move or do they just stay there? Listener Levan had this question. In this episode, we learn that our solar system - and all others - are moving through space in many different ways. EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: ESS Technology plays a huge role in what is possible to learn about our solar system. When our ancestors looked up at the sky on a starry night, they couldn't comprehend how our planet is physically moving through space. But with the invention
The Magic Memory Molecule with Andre Fenton | Tumble Episode
How does our brain remember things? That's what listener Fiona wants to know. In this episode, we learn that scientists are still searching for the answers. EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS Andre Fenton had the same question as Fiona when he was a kid. He wondered how people understand their own experience. "I thought it was magic," he told us. For a long time, he was interested in philosophy - the study of knowledge. But when he found out that people could study the b
The Science of Poop with Mary Roach | Tumble Episode
From astronaut diapers to poop transplants, in this episode Lindsay and Marshall explore the very real and very gross science of poop.
The Call of the Antarctic Dinosaur with Julia Clarke | Tumble Episode
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS 3-LS4-1 Crosscutting Concepts: Scale, Proportion, and Quantity Julia Clarke grew up wanting to be like the intrepid explorer, Indiana Jones . But instead of raiding Lost Arks, she's studying the evolution of birds and dinosaurs. She travels on expeditions to distant lands - like Antarctica's Vega Island - to find fossils. These fossils contain clues to how ancient world sounded, and why birds survived a mass extinction when other di
The Quest of the Alien Hunter with Seth Shostak | Tumble Episode
It's one of the oldest questions that humans ask about our place in the universe: Are we alone? Or are there other intelligent beings out there, somewhere, in space? EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS We've been looking for the answer for a long time. There's even a term for it: SETI. That's short for Search for ExtraTerrestrial Life. SETI has been going on since we first gained the ability to look into the night sky with telescopes, over a hundred ago. But those teles