Tiny Matters
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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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Pesticides across history and learning from millions of years of plant-insect wa...
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[BONUS] A shark’s ‘jelly-filled canals’ and deadly cyanide in clovers: Tiny Show...
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Vaping vs. smoking: What does decades of research tell us?
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[BONUS] How the moon causes tides and ancient viruses lurking in your DNA: Tiny...
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Extinction: Rethinking the dodo's demise, and could a supervolcano threaten huma...
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[BONUS] We think your dog loves you and an intriguing molecule hitches a ride on...
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CTE: From ‘punch drunk’ to today, how this devastating disease is finally being...
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[BONUS] Cleaning up brain junk while you sleep and new neurons from exercise: Ti...
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Pig hearts in people: Xenotransplantation's history, promise, and the ethical us...
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[BONUS] 1930s (inebriated) chemist poetry and a new organelle: Tiny Show and Tel...
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Could most of our food, medication, and clothing come from...bacteria?
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[BONUS] A dark energy discovery and a thirsty hydrangea mystery: Tiny Show and T...
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Sewage and the Seine: From Mesopotamia messes and the 1858 Great Stink to today'...
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[BONUS] The disappearance of 10,000 skeletons and get those eyes outside: Tiny S...
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It’s sporty (science) summer: Cutting edge monitoring of sweat, and how decades...
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[BONUS] Parrotfish poop beaches and an altitude adaptation: Tiny Show and Tell U...
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‘Beef snow,’ sludge, and seafood fraud: How NIST standardizes everything from $1...
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Jun 26, 202430:04pending
From volcanoes and Swiftquakes to buzzing bees: How scientists use sound to unde...
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Long COVID: What we’re learning about pathogens and chronic illness goes beyond...
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Mysteries in the museum: How textile conservators investigate and preserve histo...
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May 15, 202431:46pending
The curable disease that kills someone every 20 seconds: Tuberculosis (ft. John...
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May 1, 202433:53pending
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Arsenic, radium, and a locked room cyanide mystery: Poisons and the rise of fore...
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Apr 17, 202431:51pending
IVF: The history, science and struggle that gave rise to a life-changing technol...
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Apr 3, 202429:33pending
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Who invented lawns? From Cretaceous grass to modern turf with That's Absurd Plea...
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What hibernating bears and 'couch potato' cavefish are teaching us about blood c...
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Mar 6, 202425:29pending
Listener Q&A: Methanol poisoning, quantum entanglement, biomimicry, sea foam sna...
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Feb 21, 202445:54pending
Let's talk about love: Is oxytocin really the 'love drug'? How do we stay in lov...
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Feb 7, 202426:05pending
Did mating with Neanderthals make us morning people?: What ancient DNA tells us...
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Jan 24, 202430:37pending
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Cosmic clues, shrinking transistors, debunking a Salem witch trials theory, and...
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Dec 27, 202327:04pending
He was never there, but his DNA was: The history and debate surrounding forensic...
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Dec 13, 202328:49pending
The rise and fall of a fake decongestant: What phenylephrine tells us about the...
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Nov 29, 202328:39pending
The opioid crisis: From pill mills to fentanyl. Are we now seeing glimmers of ho...
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Nov 15, 202330:38pending
We don't deserve dogs: The science behind the human-canine relationship
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Nov 1, 202328:05pending
The Salem witch trials LSD theory and the fascinating evolution of mummification...
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Oct 18, 202330:02pending
Asteroid Bennu, OSIRIS-REx, and the Apollo 11 moon microbe scare: The challenge...
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Oct 4, 202330:57pending
It’s flu season: Why do we need a shot every year? And should we be worried abou...
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Listener Q&A: Plastic-eating mushrooms, allergy-curing hookworms, the end of the...
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Flavor is more than meets the taste buds: Health impacts, seltzer facts, and cho...
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Aug 23, 202327:48pending
We’re not all in this together: How colonialist practices are shaping the impact...
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Aug 9, 202329:30pending
Mad cow, 'zombie deer disease' and the science and spread of prions
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Jul 26, 202329:31pending
Combating misinformation in a crisis: Lessons from Deepwater Horizon
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Jul 12, 202329:02pending
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Hurricane Katrina and the Ohio train derailment: Science, confusion, and human i...
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Jun 28, 202330:28pending
A fungal pandemic is unlikely in humans. That’s not true for other species.
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Jun 14, 202325:13pending
Could psychedelics transform mental healthcare?
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May 31, 202330:00pending
Treating depression: Then versus now, and the SSRI debate
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