Do Trees Fart?

This is a rebroadcast of one of our favorite episodes from season 9! Do fungi breathe? That’s what listener Alice wants to know - and we’ll find out in our punniest episode yet! We visit the Fungarium - the largest and oldest collection of fungi in the world with curator Lee Davi ...  Show more

This is a re-broadcast of a favorite episode from 2019. We actually won our first AAAS Kavli Award for this episode, along with The Cave of the Underground Astronauts. Check it out! Why do seals have whiskers? Listener Karah’s question dives into the wonderful world of whisker sc ...  Show more

This week we join Co-hosts Lindsay and Marshall of Tumble the science podcast for kids. Tumble starts with questions from kids and then explores stories of science and discovery. In this episode the three year old daughter of a plant biologist asks... Do trees fart? Draw us a pic ...  Show more

This episode of SleepTight Science stinks! That's right, this episode is going to talk about FARTING! We going to look at Why we fart and maybe even how to fart less. Join us for an exciting episode of Sleep Tight Science. Thank you for listening, Sheryl & Clark ❤️🔬 --- Please f ...  Show more

Did you know? We are back with another episode of Sleep Tight Science and in this episode we are going to learn about trees. Have you ever wondered about how trees grow? How can you tell how old they are? or Why are trees so important? In this episode we are going to talk about a ...  Show more

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Well we've just finished that time of the year, the time when some of us bring pine trees into our homes to hang out with us for a few weeks. Sounds fine right? Nothing risky, it's just a tree right? Unless maybe that tree secretly has a notable si ...