A Bittersweet Farewell and Enthusiastic Hello: A New Science Podcast Is Headed Your Way!
We have some bittersweet news: Orbitals is coming to a close. BUT there’s a new science podcast...
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🧪 Solutions 112 | The Sweet Chemistry of Vanilla Memories
If there’s one flavor you can always count on, it’s vanilla. Sweet, creamy, and nostalgic, it...
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🧪 Solutions 111 | A Walk Among the Sponges
Think the science behind sponges must be boring? You’re so, so wrong. Shrink down to the...
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Bacteria are cleaning up our toxic waste | Orbitals 410
Bacteria often get a bad rap, which is fair—they are responsible for diseases like strep throat,...
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🧪 Solutions 110 | What your raincoat and a hydrogen fuel cell have in common
Polymer membranes make everything from rain jackets to medical devices. But they’re also integral...
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The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 | Orbitals 409
When you hear the word “molasses” you probably imagine super slow-moving, brown-colored sweet...
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🧪 Solutions 109 | No 5G Without Chemistry
5G is coming… but can your phone handle it? Surprisingly, a lot of that comes down to the...
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Sweat: The Taboo Fluid That Keeps Us Alive | Orbitals 408
Sweat is this thing that many of us seem to loathe, but also pay a lot of money to do while being...
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🧪 Solutions 108 | Antiviral Fabric: From Less-Smelly Socks to Life-Saving Masks
A team of researchers making workout gear that never stinks realized that their invention could...
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It's Raining PLASTIC?! | Orbitals 407
In 2020, researchers discovered that more than 1,000 tons of plastic—that’s over 100 million...
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🧪 Solutions 107 | How Wood is Making Sunscreen More Effective
Many of us slather sunscreen on in the summer to keep sunburns at bay. But new materials can...
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The Icepick Surgeon With Author Sam Kean| Orbitals 406
Sam Kean's latest book, The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly...
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🧪 Solutions 106 | Fermenting Pheromones and Phytases
How do you keep moths from munching on apples? By confusing them with a field full of mating...
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🧪 Solutions 106 | Fermenting Pheromones and Phytases
How do you keep moths from munching on apples? By confusing them with a field full of mating...
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Pub Chemistry: Let Us Help You Be Less (or More) Awkward Post-Quarantine | Orbitals 405
A lot has happened in the last year (understatement of the millennium), so we wanted to bring our...
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🧪 Solutions 105 | The New Molecules Making Vaccines More Effective
Vaccines help our immune system to learn to recognize invading pathogens before we ever get...
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Why Are Doctors Still Prescribing Opioids? | Orbitals 404
Over half a million people in the US have died from an opioid overdose over the last 20 years,...
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🧪 Solutions 104 | How Omega-3s from Algae Could Help Save Our Oceans
In this episode of Solutions, we’re going to travel from mangrove coasts to outer space, to the...
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Combating The Climate Crisis: From Blackout Curtains to Feeding Cows Seaweed | Orbitals 403
April 22nd is Earth Day, so this month’s episode is all about our warming planet--what the data...
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🧪 Solutions 103 | Boats Floating on Air and Solar Panel Crystal Balls: Lessons from Nature
We humans are pretty smart, but sometimes our best solutions to big problems are inspired by...
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