How Do We Read?

Why does frying food make it crispy? And why does paper curl up when you color on it? In this special mailbag episode, Lindsay and Marshall bring two great questions from kids to Dr. Colleen Kelley and Dr. Cary Supalo. Plus, we try to crack the case of Tigrino, the mysterious tig ...  Show more

Can dogs talk? That’s what Silas wants to know. We’re going beyond the bark to discover a new technology that is enabling dogs to “talk,” and a scientist who’s determined to find out if the effect is real. Dog owners are training their dogs to use “soundboards” – a collection of ...  Show more

This week we have an episode of a show called Brains On. It’s a science podcast for kids from our colleagues at APM. In this episode, Emily joins the Brains On hosts to talk about how people learn to read. Grab the kids in your life and listen to this special episode made for kid ...  Show more

Reading is your one-way ticket to adventure! You can ride fire-breathing dragons, explore outer space, or even save the world – all within the pages of a book. But have you ever wondered how we learn to read? And why it can sometimes feel hard to do? Molly and co-host Anna talk t ...  Show more

There is so much happening in your brain when you read. From recognizing shapes as letters to discovering empathy, our brains really get a workout when we read books. In this episode, Ben Bergen from the Language and Cognition Lab at UC San Diego drops by to shed some light on ho ...  Show more