Ideas Worth Exploring

By Mark McDonald

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Category: Science

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Science is the best way we have for understanding how the world works. And you know what makes science better? Puns! This podcast is meant to introduce a variety of scientific topics in a way that is approachable for people without a scientific background and entertaining even for the nerds who think they know everything.


Episode Date
Oh no! Polymers are taking over the world!
Apr 13, 2024
Thinking, fast and slow
Dec 20, 2023
A brief history of life, the universe, and everything
Sep 19, 2023
Building a planet, one climate at a time
Sep 02, 2023
Evolution through natural selection: “I choose you, Darwin!”
Jul 04, 2023
The Big Bang and the fate of the universe
Jun 03, 2023
Matter, antimatter, and beyond!
Apr 27, 2023
Brains! Part 2: Memory matters
Feb 28, 2023
Brains! Part 1: The humble neuron
Feb 12, 2023
Eat your nutrients!
Jan 28, 2023
Archimedes’ Principle of Floatiness
Jan 12, 2023
Black holes don't suck!
Dec 08, 2022
Microwaves, eyeballs, and why the sky isn't purple
Nov 12, 2022
Viruses: Tiny robots that make us sneeze
Oct 18, 2022
Your bacteria: Poop, soap, and alcohol
Sep 04, 2022
Relativity: How to time travel to the future
Aug 13, 2022
A tomato is a vegetable
Jul 15, 2022
Nuclear espionage and E=mc2
Jul 05, 2022
Dinosaurs: The Bone Wars
Jun 25, 2022
Bus ride through the solar system
Jun 12, 2022
You don't know how magnets work
May 22, 2022
Electricity: Ben Franklin and not getting electrocuted
May 21, 2022
DNA and Darwin's mistake
May 20, 2022
Why is the table periodic?
May 19, 2022
Newton's laws applied to gumballs in space
May 18, 2022