Listen to this episode from Tiny Matters on Spotify. In this episode of Tiny Matters, Sam and Deboki go on a detection dog deep dive. These are dogs who can sniff out basically anything, from explosives to invasive pythons to diseases like cancer and COVID-19. How are they trained? Are certain breeds better at recognizing certain odors? And, come to think of it, how do any of us smell things? Links to the Tiny Show & Tell stories: https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/02/02/cavefish-couch-potato-evolution/ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/03/science/new-ice-glass.html
maybe you know @hankgreen from Vlogbrothers, SciShow or CrashCourse
maybe you watch his TikToks or have read his books
or maybe... about a dozen other things. Hank's everywhere, including this week's #tinymatters 🎙️
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5YJ6ymo2iLLeN9IbkFzs4g?si=IKHa-mgxS9-gNsHXTRbtLg
Listen to this episode from Tiny Matters on Spotify. Maybe you know Hank Green from Vlogbrothers or CrashCourse. Maybe he taught you something on TikTok. Maybe you’ve read one of his books. Or maybe you know him from about a dozen other things. Hank does a lot, so Sam and Deboki were psyched to get a chance to chat with him. Even more about Hank at https://hankgreen.com/
Listen to this episode from Tiny Matters on Spotify. For centuries, scientists have looked through microscopes to witness the worlds of tiny creatures and cells that exist all around us. In this episode, Sam and Deboki learn what it takes to hunt down a rare microbe and why it matters for how we understand evolution and the connections between species today. Links to the Tiny Show & Tell stories: https://defector.com/an-oral-history-of-the-time-six-doctors-swallowed-lego-heads-to-see-how-long-theyd-take-to-poo https://www.newscientist.com/article/2353644-amazon-deforestation-may-shrink-himalayan-snow-and-antarctic-ice/
At #TinyMatters we’re kicking off the year by having a look back at some of our favorite episode moments from 2022🍾
Have suggestions for topics for 2023? Email us! [email protected]
🎙️available wherever you listen https://open.spotify.com/episode/5psUHDIwE1UxP1ynHGSIid
Listen to this episode from Tiny Matters on Spotify. Today, we're taking a look back at a handful of our favorite episode moments from the first year of Tiny Matters. Want to tell us your favorite? Have suggestions for topics for 2023? Email us! [email protected]. Here's the article in The Conversation that Deboki mentions: https://theconversation.com/what-causes-asthma-clues-from-londons-great-smog-with-implications-for-air-pollution-today-62468
I’m so happy to share that #tinymatters has won silver in the 2022 Signal Awards science podcast category🥈
proud of this little team and our first year as a podcast💚
🎙️available wherever you listen, all episode transcripts here🔗 https://acs.org/tinymatters
Today we released the last #TinyMatters episode for 2022. We chatted with Latif Nasser of @radiolab, who was a total joy to have on the show.
Below's a little snippet from our conversation, about how science has never operated in a vacuum and how that's not just essential to acknowledge when reporting but actually makes the stories themselves more interesting.
Available everywhere you listen https://open.spotify.com/episode/0xY7bY4GnQHZPAHUdeQ0MD?si=21d3512e38a14f3b
Listen to this episode from Tiny Matters on Spotify. In the final episode of Tiny Matters for 2022, Sam and Deboki chat with Latif Nasser about his experience as the co-host and director of research at Radiolab, his love of science history and telling surprising stories about everyday things, and much, much more.
The Ig Nobel Prize celebrates discoveries that are unusual—things that make people laugh and then think. I consider it the younger, much more fun sibling of the renowned Nobel Prize. This week on #TinyMatters, we chat with @MarcAbrahams about the history of the prize and share some of our favorite winners, including this one📽️👇
🎙️available everywhere, transcripts at acs.org/tinymatters
🔗https://open.spotify.com/episode/0lVTJb3U73T6nGIOsIh6X6?si=HUdPzyiWRqavU5exxJ6U9w
Listen to this episode from Tiny Matters on Spotify. The Ig Nobel Prize celebrates discoveries and inventions that are unusual and imaginative. Think of it as the younger, more fun sibling of the revered Nobel Prize. Ig Nobel Prize winners are often recognized for research that might not make it into a more traditional science journal—one that doesn’t publish studies about levitating frogs or constipated scorpions. You’re in for a fun one. Links to the Tiny Show & Tell stories: https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/11/the-angle-at-which-dogs-pee-inspired-optimal-design-for-splash-free-urinal/ https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03783-5
I just learned that the day #tinymatters dropped its episode on the microbiome, which included a discussion about fecal transplants being effective—but not yet fda-approved—probiotics, the FDA gave its *first* approval to fecal transplant therapy💩
You can learn more about fecal transplants, the gut-brain axis, and other things 'microbiome' here🔗 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-the-microbiome-deserve-so-much-hype/id1599757941?i=1000588105315
(or wherever you listen to podcasts)
Sam Jones, PhD
