125 - Look at the Big Brain on Humans

On today’s episode: It’s Nobel Prize time! Let’s tackle the physiology and medicine award. We talk hormone replacement therapy for perimenopause. All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESNobel Prize in Physiology & MedicinePopular information: Medicine Prize 2026 ...  Show more

On today’s episode: What is El Nino, and how will it affect us? A new battery that you can eat! All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCES https://www.sciencenews.org/article/swiftiephylus-bug-named-taylor-swiftThis year's El Niño just broke a record months before i ...  Show more

Is it possible to make something invisible? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice explore transparency, how we measure time on Earth, and how airplanes have changed. 

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Will Tingle and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.This week, the decision to give chickenpox vaccines to kids: what changed medics' minds? Also, spinal injuries, the building blocks of life and why the universe has a speed limit. ...  Show more

Each week, you can count on Robert and Julie to blow your mind with the latest -- and strangest -- stories from the world of science. Tune in and learn more in this episode.