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

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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