From the Vault: The Universe in 100 Colors, w...

In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe continue their Sith-related discussions from Star Wars Week...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe return to the wild world of kaiju with 1964’s “Mothra vs. Godzilla,” directed by Ishirō Honda. (originally published 5/23/2025) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

"Olo" does not exist in nature, nor can it be found among paint cans. But for a very select few, olo can be seen — through the intervention of careful computing and lasers. A team led by vision scientist Austin Roorda and computer scientist Ren Ng at UC Berkeley figured out a met ...  Show more

Science writer Graham Farmelo in conversation with Michael Green. Michael Green is one of the pioneers of the string framework. In collaboration with the Caltech theorist John Schwarz, he made a crucial breakthrough that led in 1984 to the what became known as the First String Re ...  Show more

What happens when a real-life astronaut turns to fiction? In this episode, Chris Hadfield shares how decades of spaceflight and global diplomacy inspired his latest novel, Final Orbit, a cold war thriller packed with historical intrigue and technical precision. Host Rachel Feltma ...  Show more

Scientists now agree that COVID spreads via airborne transmission. But during the early days of the disease, public health officials suggested that it mainly did so via close contact. The subsequent back-and-forth over how COVID spread brought science journalist Carl Zimmer into ...  Show more