Tiny Matters
EN188 episodes
science
Science shapes every part of our lives, but so much of its influence is overlooked or buried in the past. Tiny Matters is an award-winning podcast about tiny things — from molecules to microbes — that have a big and often surprising impact on society. From deadly diseases to forensic toxicology to the search for extraterrestrial life, hosts and former scientists Sam Jones and Deboki Chakravarti embrace the awe and messiness of science and its place in history and today, and how it could impact o...
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Episodes (188)
How stunning 19th century dyes led to today's drugs
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[BONUS] Wasp versus beetle and blood iron recycling: Tiny Show and Tell Us #32
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De-extinction: Genetics, conservation, and lessons from 'dire wolves'
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[BONUS] Woolly mammoth mice and filtering microplastics out of your water: Tiny...
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Zircon: How this tiny, ancient mineral is upending what scientists believed abou...
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[BONUS] Biodegradable super glue and a severe greenhouse gas that lowers your vo...
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Is ‘mom brain’ … forever?
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[BONUS] Birds breathing with their butts and reducing food waste to combat clima...
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How domesticated is a domestic cat? From the wild to ancient Egyptian tombs to n...
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[BONUS] Diamond rain on Saturn (maybe) and UV rays breaking down harmful dyes: T...
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The strange science and history of quantum computing and how it could transform...
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[BONUS] Squirrel pox and did tin buttons cause the downfall of Napoleon's army?:...
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Making labs safer: A heavy metal poisoning, a deadly protein exposure, and their...
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[BONUS] Fetuses ‘listening’ to different languages and climate change affecting...
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How NASA scientists are monitoring and predicting wildfires from space
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[BONUS] The FDA’s ban of Red Dye No. 3 and the surprising science of winter road...
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How a Mars mission from the 1970s shaped the search for extraterrestrial life to...
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[BONUS] Babies leaving cells behind in mom and rethinking the Big Bang: Tiny Sho...
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Ozempic: The science behind this blockbuster drug and its untapped potential
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[BONUS] Marfan syndrome and plant pathogens eating DNA: Tiny Show and Tell Us #2...
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How a little-known vaccine project and decades of HIV research made "Operation W...
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[BONUS] Time limits for anesthesia and stunning bioluminescence: Tiny Show and T...
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The placenta: A disposable organ we can’t live without
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[BONUS] An inspiring pharmacist grandma and orcas wearing dead salmon hats: Tiny...
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How glaciers safeguard Earth’s future and hold clues to our ancient past
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[BONUS] Evolutionary adaptations to high altitudes and e-cigs vs. dry herb vapor...
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How 18th and 19th century 'race science' still has deadly medical consequences t...
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[BONUS] Crocheted wasp nests and sewage in reefs: Tiny Show and Tell Us #19
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The rape kit: From controversial 1970s invention to ending the backlog today
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[BONUS] Double rainbows and mysterious chromosomes: Tiny Show and Tell Us #18
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Not just a ‘royal disease’: Hemophilia’s devastating past to recent advances
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[BONUS] Fungus farming ants and disappointing orange juice: Tiny Show and Tell U...
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How plants shaped our world: Rising oxygen, blocky bones, and other pivotal mome...
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[BONUS] 'Night soil' recycling and could viruses be the new antibiotics?: Tiny S...
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Can evolution go backwards?
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[BONUS] Four armadillos in a trench coat and does pregnancy boost your sense of...
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'A cage of ovulating females': The development and testing of the oral birth con...
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Submit a Tiny Show and Tell Us — first 40 people get a coffee mug!
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[BONUS] A hedgehog doppelgänger and STEVE lighting up the sky: Tiny Show and Tel...
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Nearly 40 years after the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, wildlife is thriving
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Happy New Year! Bring on 2025
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[BONUS] Pollen-food allergy syndrome and stepping on 116 snakes: Tiny Show and T...
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Frostbite: From Napoleonic era treatments to the first FDA approved frostbite dr...
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[BONUS] Xenobots and rethinking 'junk DNA': Tiny Show and Tell Us #12
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In defense of plants: Pitfall traps, rancid aromas, and other wild pollination s...
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[BONUS] Why we experience altitude sickness and a chirality mystery: Tiny Show a...
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Stories trapped in ancient teeth: Reconstructing megalodon’s diet and retracing...
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[BONUS] Mice aging in reverse and using origami to understand how a tiny organis...
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Ghosts and cyborgs: A specter skeptic and the promise (and perils) of biohybrid...
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[BONUS] Algae in the clouds and colossal galaxy walls: Tiny Show and Tell Us #9
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