Episodios

  • Five Global Sandwich Icons: The Bread that Built Cultures

    Five Global Sandwich Icons: The Bread that Built Cultures
    Nov 17 2025
    We trace the five sandwiches that cultures around the world rally to as icons—banh mi, jambon beurre, croque monsieur, cubano, and prego—and unpack how bread, fillings, and technique carry history and identity across borders. From the crackly rice-flour baguette to the pressed, sun-warmed crust, these choices reveal how fusion, tradition, and texture shape culture. We also meet boundary-breakers like cemita poblana and torta ahogada, showing how culinary innovation travels and endures. A data-informed journey into why these humble sandwiches resonate so deeply.


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    5 m
  • The Sting Beneath the Beauty: Scorpionfish Venom, Deep-Sea Discovery, and Ocean Medicine

    The Sting Beneath the Beauty: Scorpionfish Venom, Deep-Sea Discovery, and Ocean Medicine
    Nov 17 2025
    We explore the dazzling but deadly world of Scorpaenidae—from the venom-sprayed spines along the Brazilian coast to the new deep-sea species like Fennicus scorpios trispinus. Learn how envenomation feels, why hot-water immersion is a common first aid, how tiny skeletal features distinguish near-identical species, and how deep-sea venoms are yielding promising drug leads. Plus, a look at how Embersilk helps solve complex, AI-enabled challenges in science and industry.


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    5 m
  • Jinlin Crater: Holocene’s Giant Impact and the Rewrite of Earth’s Cosmic History

    Jinlin Crater: Holocene’s Giant Impact and the Rewrite of Earth’s Cosmic History
    Nov 17 2025
    We uncover Jinlin Crater—China’s stunning 900-meter Holocene impact site in Guangdong—pristine despite a harsh monsoon climate. Join us as we explain how microscopic planar deformation features in quartz prove a meteorite struck Earth, estimate a roughly 30-meter object, and explore what this means for planetary defense and our understanding of Earth’s recent cosmic history.


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    4 m
  • Cosmic Headwinds: Are We Moving Faster Than the Universe Itself?

    Cosmic Headwinds: Are We Moving Faster Than the Universe Itself?
    Nov 15 2025
    A deep-dive into new results from a Bielefeld University team suggesting our solar system’s motion relative to the cosmic rest frame is far faster than standard cosmology predicts. Using LOFAR radio surveys and distant radio galaxies, they report a dipole signal that exceeds expectations by about a factor of 3.7 with 5.4 sigma significance, challenging the cosmological principle. We explore how the analysis was done, what it could mean for the large-scale structure of the universe, and what future surveys like the Square Kilometre Array might reveal.


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    5 m
  • She-Crab Soup: A Charleston Icon's Roe-volution

    She-Crab Soup: A Charleston Icon's Roe-volution
    Nov 15 2025
    A deep dive into how she-crab soup evolved from Scottish roots to a Charleston icon, sparked by a chef's roe addition, shaped by conservation laws, and kept alive by clever substitutions that preserve its color, body, and savory tang.


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    4 m
  • Neon Dragon Millipede: Cyanide, Color, and the Mekong's Hidden Biodiversity

    Neon Dragon Millipede: Cyanide, Color, and the Mekong's Hidden Biodiversity
    Nov 15 2025
    In this episode we explore Desmoxytes purpurazia—the neon pink dragon millipede that floods the air with hydrogen cyanide when threatened. Learn how its bright coloration signals danger, how it immunizes itself to cyanide, and why this tiny detritivore is vital to forest nutrient cycles. We’ll also glimpse the Greater Mekong region’s astonishing pace of new species discoveries and what these secrets reveal about biodiversity on Earth.


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    4 m
  • Psyche's Metal Heart: Unraveling a Distant World's Core

    Psyche's Metal Heart: Unraveling a Distant World's Core
    Nov 15 2025
    We explore 16 Psyche, the largest metallic asteroid in the main belt, whose surprising density challenges the idea of a pristine planetary core. We unpack the competing origin stories—an exposed core versus a re-accreted metal–silicate mixture—and the intriguing possibility of ferrovulcanism, plus the hint of hydrated minerals from past impacts. With NASA's Psyche mission on track for a 2029 arrival, this deep dive reveals what Psyche can teach us about how rocky planets form.


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    5 m
  • Submarine Canyons: Hidden Giants Beneath the Deep

    Submarine Canyons: Hidden Giants Beneath the Deep
    Nov 15 2025
    A global analysis of over 2,000 submarine canyons rewrites the story: steep seafloor gradients on continental slopes are the strongest predictor of canyon formation, not river flow. We explore how gravity-driven underwater landslides carve canyons, how turbidity currents power rapid growth and create walls up to five kilometers high, and why these channels are major carbon sinks burying tens of millions of tons of organic carbon each year. We also discuss the practical hazards they pose to cables and pipelines, and how ancient events like the Messinian Salinity Crisis hint at the vast, hidden geology waiting to be mapped.


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    5 m