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    Tiny Matters

    Tiny Matters

    Tiny Matters

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    Length:
    67 episodes
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Description

    From molecules to microbes, Tiny Matters is a science podcast about the little things that have a big impact on our world. Every other Wednesday, join hosts and former scientists Sam Jones and Deboki Chakravarti as they answer questions like, 'what is a memory?', 'is sugar actually addictive?' and 'are we alone in the universe?'
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Episodes1 - 10 of 67 episodes

    Title

    The curable disease that kills someone every 20 seconds: Tuberculosis (ft. John Green)

    Every year, tuberculosis claims over a million lives despite being curable. Tuberculosi...

    33 minutes
    		May 01, 2024

    Introducing: Tiny show and tell *us*!

    Deboki and Sam put out a survey last month asking Tiny Matters listeners for feedback a...

    1 minute
    		Apr 30, 2024

    Arsenic, radium, and a locked room cyanide mystery: Poisons and the rise of forensic toxicology in early 1900s United States

    At the beginning of the 1900s, New York City was in turmoil. Prohibition loomed, outbre...

    31 minutes
    		Apr 17, 2024

    IVF: The history, science and struggle that gave rise to a life-changing technology

    On July 25th, 1978, in the northwest of England, a baby was born. On its surface, that’...

    29 minutes
    		Apr 03, 2024

    Win a Tiny Matters mug by filling out this survey!

    Tiny Matters listeners are THE BEST and we want to bring you more of what you like! Hea...

    1 minute
    		Mar 26, 2024

    Who invented lawns? From Cretaceous grass to modern turf with That's Absurd Please Elaborate

    This week, Sam and Deboki are joined by Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet, the hosts of...

    33 minutes
    		Mar 20, 2024

    What hibernating bears and 'couch potato' cavefish are teaching us about blood clots and fatty liver disease

    Although we look very different from many of the other creatures on this planet, we’re ...

    25 minutes
    		Mar 06, 2024

    Listener Q&A: Methanol poisoning, quantum entanglement, biomimicry, sea foam snakes, tiny discoveries in 2023, and more!

    It's happening again! A Tiny Matters Q&A and mug giveaway! Sam and Deboki answer listen...

    45 minutes
    		Feb 21, 2024

    Let's talk about love: Is oxytocin really the 'love drug'? How do we stay in love? And how do our brains adapt to the deaths of people we love?

    Love is everywhere: In friendships, in romance, in the songs we listen to, books we rea...

    26 minutes
    		Feb 07, 2024

    Did mating with Neanderthals make us morning people?: What ancient DNA tells us about the messiness of human evolution

    In the winter of 1829, Dutch-Belgian anthropologist Philippe-Charles Schmerling discove...

    30 minutes
    		Jan 24, 2024