Episode #15: Books Bound in Human Skin
Who knew a scientific examination of bookbinding would take us down such a macabre pathway? That's right, books made with human flesh are more common ...
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"It's Only Science" is a podcast from the editorial team at Discover Magazine. Every episode, we get the band of nerds together to talk about science. We might discuss the news, play some games or just share something that blew our minds recently. We don't take ourselves too seriously, so join us and have some fun. After all, it's only science.
Episode #14: Vegan Meat Should Bleed
Is it a vegan burger or witchcraft? Alison introduces the gang to the meatiest non-meat patty you can sink your teeth into. We ponder Albert Einstein'...
Episode #13: 52! Pickup
When you shuffle a deck of cards, odds are you've assembled something that no one else has ever assembled, or ever will again. We take a walk around t...
Episode #12: What Is Time?
The present doesn't exist, and the most accurate clock in the world is actually an email newsletter. We dig into the intricacies of time in this episo...
Episode #11: Space Potatoes, the Dirt on Dust and Stupid Smarts
Over and over again, people tend to misperceive their true expertise on a given subject. Some people think they are smarter than they really are, and ...
Episode #10: We're Talkin' Poop and Urinal Cakes
Yes, we're going there. In this episode of the podcast, Alison, our latest Boredom Bin victim, gets stuck explaining the science of urinal cakes. She'...
Episode #9: From Boredom to 'Sporedom'
The science of boredom is actually quite stimulating, as Carl makes clear in an utterly meta segment of the Boredom Bin. And they're old, they're fast...
Episode #8: An Homage to Spacefaring Animals
This week on another rousing episode of "It's Only Science," Alison recounts the rich history of animals in space. Seriously, we've sent a lot of anim...
Episode #7: Wonders of the Uvula and the 'Nice-Guy' Nazi Interrogator
This week, Alison stuns the "It's Only Science" crew with a smorgasbord of facts about the uvula—you know, that thing that hangs from the back of your...
Uncut: Five Steps Closer to a Synthetic Genome
Scientists are five steps closer to synthesizing the entire genome of baker’s yeast, a feat that, once accomplished, will push the field of synthetic ...