Happy International Women’s Day, 2021! Keera Lindenberg introduces you to some of the female scientists, both living and dead, that have paved the way for women in STEM, and changed the course of history along the way. 

Happy International Women’s Day, 2021! Keera Lindenberg introduces you to some of the female scientists, both living and dead, that have paved the way for women in STEM, and changed the course of history along the way.

Female Scientists You Should Know – 2021

Trust me, every single available photo of a placenta is horrifying. Here’s an adorable newborn baby instead.Human pregnancy. A sweet symbiotic relationship between 2 beings? Or a BODILY INVASION?? Depends on which of your cells you ask.In this episode, K+K explore the role of the Placenta, the temporary organ that develops in the mother’s body alongside the fetus. Sure, it procures nutrients and keeps the baby alive… but if mom’s not vigilant, the placenta will gladly TAKE OVER THE WORLD! Or at least her body.Find out how the Placenta executes its military attack, what happens if the body can’t defend itself, and then as a bonus, why this topic is timely and relevant to an upcoming break in the production of Everything is Interesting episodes.

Trust me, every single available photo of a placenta is horrifying. Here’s an adorable newborn baby instead.Human pregnancy. A sweet symbiotic relationship between 2 beings? Or a BODILY INVASION?? Depends on which of your cells you ask.In this episode, K+K explore the role of the Placenta, the temporary organ that develops in the mother’s body alongside the fetus. Sure, it procures nutrients and keeps the baby alive… but if mom’s not vigilant, the placenta will gladly TAKE OVER THE WORLD! Or at least her body.Find out how the Placenta executes its military attack, what happens if the body can’t defend itself, and then as a bonus, why this topic is timely and relevant to an upcoming break in the production of Everything is Interesting episodes.

Season 2: Invasions – Pregnancy

Although we’ve had great breakthroughs in pharmaceutical treatments for HIV, the virus remains one of the scariest diseases out there, because as of yet, there is no surefire cure. But as of this month,we have found a cure… for exactly 2 people in the history of the world. Can the experimental treatment used on the 2 patients who have had the virus wiped from their system be used to help the 37 million people living with the disease today? Should it be? In Part 1, K+K discussed how HIV infiltrates your body, and why its so hard to get rid of. In today’s episode, K+K examine the London Patient, and how doctors used the patient’s immune system against itself to eradicate the virus. They also look at the recent birth of the first person to be genetically modified with an immunity to HIV, and discuss if this will be and should be the future of medicine. Disclaimer: the Human Immunodeficiency Virus is not actually a cartoon. 

Although we’ve had great breakthroughs in pharmaceutical treatments for HIV, the virus remains one of the scariest diseases out there, because as of yet, there is no surefire cure. But as of this month,we have found a cure… for exactly 2 people in the history of the world. Can the experimental treatment used on the 2 patients who have had the virus wiped from their system be used to help the 37 million people living with the disease today? Should it be? In Part 1, K+K discussed how HIV infiltrates your body, and why its so hard to get rid of. In today’s episode, K+K examine the London Patient, and how doctors used the patient’s immune system against itself to eradicate the virus. They also look at the recent birth of the first person to be genetically modified with an immunity to HIV, and discuss if this will be and should be the future of medicine. <a href="http://everythingisinteresting.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/hiv-conveyer-belt.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Disclaimer: the Human Immunodeficiency Virus is not actually a cartoon.

Season 2: Invasions – A Cure for HIV: How We Cured the London Patient

Although we’ve had great breakthroughs in pharmaceutical treatments for HIV, the virus remains one of the scariest diseases out there, because as of yet, there is no surefire cure. But as of this month,we have found a cure… for exactly 2 people in the history of the world. Can the experimental treatment used on the 2 patients who have had the virus wiped from their system be used to help the 37 million people living with the disease today? Should it be? In Part 1, K+K discuss why an HIV infection is such a big deal for your body, how it goes about infiltrating your cells, and the diabolical ways it makes itself so hard to get rid of. This knowledge will set you up to understand the next episode, when K+K examine the London Patient, and how doctors used the patient’s immune system against itself to eradicate the virus. For such a formidable foe, he sure is a tiny guy.

Although we’ve had great breakthroughs in pharmaceutical treatments for HIV, the virus remains one of the scariest diseases out there, because as of yet, there is no surefire cure. But as of this month,we have found a cure… for exactly 2 people in the history of the world. Can the experimental treatment used on the 2 patients who have had the virus wiped from their system be used to help the 37 million people living with the disease today? Should it be? In Part 1, K+K discuss why an HIV infection is such a big deal for your body, how it goes about infiltrating your cells, and the diabolical ways it makes itself so hard to get rid of. This knowledge will set you up to understand the next episode, when K+K examine the London Patient, and how doctors used the patient’s immune system against itself to eradicate the virus. <a href="http://everythingisinteresting.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/HIV-molecular.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>For such a formidable foe, he sure is a tiny guy.

Season 2: Invasions – A Cure for HIV: One Formidable Foe

If you’re a nature documentary fan like we are, you’re probably already familiar with Ophiocordyeps, the species of fungus that turns ants into zombies, using mind control to coerce the ant to attach itself to a treetop, just before a mushroom bursts Alien-like out of its head. K+K looked into the research that’s been occurring over the last few years to determine just how the fungus pulls this off, and it turns out… not only is everything we thought we knew about this parasitic species wrong, its also way more disturbing that we could have previously guessed. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

If you’re a nature documentary fan like we are, you’re probably already familiar with Ophiocordyeps, the species of fungus that turns ants into zombies, using mind control to coerce the ant to attach itself to a treetop, just before a mushroom bursts Alien-like out of its head. K+K looked into the research that’s been occurring over the last few years to determine just how the fungus pulls this off, and it turns out… not only is everything we thought we knew about this parasitic species wrong, its also way more disturbing that we could have previously guessed. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

Season 2: Invasions – Body Snatchers

Circle

How many times has the universe exploded in a great Big Bang? And if the answer is ‘more than once’ then that poses an even more important question: does Time stop and start over with every Bang? To answer this, we have to go back to the very  beginning of the universe (if indeed there was a beginning…) to a “time” before mass, matter, and possibly Time even existed at all.

How many times has the universe exploded in a great Big Bang? And if the answer is ‘more than once’ then that poses an even more important question: does Time stop and start over with every Bang? To answer this, we have to go back to the very  beginning of the universe (if indeed there was a beginning…) to a “time” before mass, matter, and possibly Time even existed at all.

Season 1: Loops – Is Time a Flat Circle? Part 2

What is time? A line? A loop? A figment of our imaginations? Spoiler alert… no one knows. But we can use what we know about physics, biology, and Einstein’s ideas about Relativity to take our best guess. Join K+K on this 2-part journey into the center (if there is such a place) of time (if there is such a thing)!  In this show:  How does the human brain keep track of time? Why is syncing up our biological rhythms with the sun’s cycles so important? If someone kidnapped you and you woke up in a sensory deprivation tank, would you ever know what time it was again?  Are you the glucose monster or the melatonin fairy? Be honest.           [photo courtesy of https://www.sciencenews.org/article/origin-biological-clocks]

What is time? A line? A loop? A figment of our imaginations? Spoiler alert… no one knows. But we can use what we know about physics, biology, and Einstein’s ideas about Relativity to take our best guess. Join K+K on this 2-part journey into the center (if there is such a place) of time (if there is such a thing)!  In this show: <ul> <li>How does the human brain keep track of time?</li> <li>Why is syncing up our biological rhythms with the sun’s cycles so important?</li> <li>If someone kidnapped you and you woke up in a sensory deprivation tank, would you ever know what time it was again?</li> </ul> <a href="http://everythingisinteresting.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/circ_opener.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Are you the glucose monster or the melatonin fairy? Be honest. [photo courtesy of <a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/origin-biological-clocks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.sciencenews.org/article/origin-biological-clocks</a>]

Season 1: Loops – Is Time a Flat Circle? Part I

The kids from Mrs. Pace’s 6th grade class at Pleasant Valley Middle school in Vancouver, Washington sent us so many excellent science questions, we had to take 2 whole episodes to answer them all! This week K+K tackle: -How the Earth was formed -Why the Earth’s axis is tilted -Where Earth’s first water came from -What the Earth’s first plant was and weirdly, -The temperature on the moons of Neptune

The kids from Mrs. Pace’s 6th grade class at Pleasant Valley Middle school in Vancouver, Washington sent us so many excellent science questions, we had to take 2 whole episodes to answer them all! This week K+K tackle: -How the Earth was formed -Why the Earth’s axis is tilted -Where Earth’s first water came from -What the Earth’s first plant was and weirdly, -The temperature on the moons of Neptune

Re-Release: 6th Grader Questions, Part II (edited & updated)

In a special “Listener Question” episode of Everything is Interesting, K+K answer some excellent inquisitions, sent in by the kids from Mrs. Pace’s 6th grade class at Pleasant Valley Middle school in Vancouver, Washington. The science ladies tackle: -The physics of flying in a V-formation -Why there’s droughts when the world is covered in water -The magic behind Magnetic Levitation -The strange &amp; wondrous ways mosses reproduces

In a special “Listener Question” episode of Everything is Interesting, K+K answer some excellent inquisitions, sent in by the kids from Mrs. Pace’s 6th grade class at Pleasant Valley Middle school in Vancouver, Washington. The science ladies tackle: -The physics of flying in a V-formation -Why there’s droughts when the world is covered in water -The magic behind Magnetic Levitation -The strange &amp; wondrous ways mosses reproduces

Re-Release: 6th Grader Questions, Part I (edited & updated)

Its a new year! That means its time to make some resolutions about picking up new, healthy, shiny habits! Habits that will definitely become part of your routine right away and you’ll do them every day and you’ll never break them even when you get super stressed out at work because of that one lady that always comes in and gets on your last nerve and the next thing you know you’re eating chocolate chip cookies… right? Why are bad habits so hard to break, even when we rationally know better? Why do we replay the same thoughts over and over again in our minds, even when we don’t want to? Is it possible to rewire our neural pathways in order to break the old, bad habits in favor of some healthier, more conscious decisions? (Spoiler: yes, yes it is.) Join K+K and guest David Zimelis to find out!

Its a new year! That means its time to make some resolutions about picking up new, healthy, shiny habits! Habits that will definitely become part of your routine right away and you’ll do them every day and you’ll never break them even when you get super stressed out at work because of that one lady that always comes in and gets on your last nerve and the next thing you know you’re eating chocolate chip cookies… right? Why are bad habits so hard to break, even when we rationally know better? Why do we replay the same thoughts over and over again in our minds, even when we don’t want to? Is it possible to rewire our neural pathways in order to break the old, bad habits in favor of some healthier, more conscious decisions? (Spoiler: yes, yes it is.) Join K+K and guest David Zimelis to find out!

Season 1: Loops – Thought Loops & Habits

Come hang out with hosts Kira Klingenberg &amp; Keera Lindenberg (yes, really) as they explore science in a way that anyone, despite their level of nerdy-ness, can enjoy!

The discussion about the Big Bang and the relationship between energy, time and mass was some great stuff. Super accessible, engaging, mind expanding stuff.

Hooked after one episode

I enjoy listening to Kira and Keera, the information is interesting, easy to follow, and fun! Keep up the good work ladies!

Easily informative

Everything Is Interesting -With Keera & Kira

In a special “Listener Question” episode of Everything is Interesting, K+K answer some excellent inquisitions, sent in by the kids from Mrs. Pace’s 6th grade class at Pleasant Valley Middle school in Vancouver, Washington. The question writers brought up some super interesting topics, and we wanted to answer them all, so we broke this one up into 2 separate episodes. On today’s show the science ladies tackle: -Geese vs. Swift formations -Why we have droughts -How Magnetic Levitation works -How much gasoline humans use -How trees make Oxygen -How moss reproduces

In a special “Listener Question” episode of Everything is Interesting, K+K answer some excellent inquisitions, sent in by the kids from Mrs. Pace’s 6th grade class at Pleasant Valley Middle school in Vancouver, Washington. The question writers brought up some super interesting topics, and we wanted to answer them all, so we broke this one up into 2 separate episodes. On today’s show the science ladies tackle: -Geese vs. Swift formations -Why we have droughts -How Magnetic Levitation works -How much gasoline humans use -How trees make Oxygen -How moss reproduces

34. 6th Grader Questions, Part 1

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.  Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning.  What can i say, sometimes its just easier to follow advice when it’s delivered in a rhyme scheme. On today’s show, K+K &amp; guest host Emily Gilliland explore some of the more modern Old Wives Tales, and discuss the science behind why they are or aren’t true.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.  Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning.  What can i say, sometimes its just easier to follow advice when it’s delivered in a rhyme scheme. On today’s show, K+K &amp; guest host Emily Gilliland explore some of the more modern Old Wives Tales, and discuss the science behind why they are or aren’t true.

56. The Science Behind Old Wives Tales

What do you get when you take 2 science nerds &amp; 3 radio producers, and put them in a small room to discuss a hotly debated topic like Genetically Modified Organisms and their role in agriculture? Apparently you get today’s episode of Everything is Interesting. After reading recent news stories explaining that the public should embrace “CRISPRing,” a new(er) technology for engineering DNA, because its different from the topic of GMOs they’ve spent years protesting against (spoiler alert: its not, and CRISPRing isn’t a word)  K+K set out to bring some actual science into the public conversation. With the XRAY crew, they get extremely passionate about:  the definition of a GMO how it is that genes change naturally Golden Bullets and other fun ways to get new genes into old organisms how the mass use of GMOs could affect the environment why being strongly for or against all GMOs as a broad category is, frankly, kinda ridiculous  If you want to have an informed debate about GMOs with your friends and neighbors, and we know you do, this is the episode for you!

What do you get when you take 2 science nerds &amp; 3 radio producers, and put them in a small room to discuss a hotly debated topic like Genetically Modified Organisms and their role in agriculture? Apparently you get today’s episode of Everything is Interesting. After reading recent news stories explaining that the public should embrace “CRISPRing,” a new(er) technology for engineering DNA, because its different from the topic of GMOs they’ve spent years protesting against (spoiler alert: its not, and CRISPRing isn’t a word)  K+K set out to bring some actual science into the public conversation. With the XRAY crew, they get extremely passionate about: <ul> <li>the definition of a GMO</li> <li>how it is that genes change naturally</li> <li>Golden Bullets and other fun ways to get new genes into old organisms</li> <li>how the mass use of GMOs could affect the environment</li> <li>why being strongly for or against all GMOs as a broad category is, frankly, kinda ridiculous</li> </ul> If you want to have an informed debate about GMOs with your friends and neighbors, and we know you do, this is the episode for you!

62. Hot-Topics Debate: GMOs and CRISPR

Rick Strassman

Many years ago, Keera almost died. We’re glad she didn’t, but we have always been curious about the biological basis of what she experienced. Was her “journey outside of this reality,” really real? Or was it a vivid hallucination caused by DMT, the psychoactive molecule theorized to flood your brain at the time of death? To find the answer, K+K talked to Dr. Rick Strassman, author of the book DMT: The Spirit Molecule, and one of the leading experts on how the molecule affects our moods, thoughts, and perceptions. Together, they explore how DMT works, the probable function it has in our lives and in our deaths, and what DMT has to do with near-death experiences. Find more about Dr. Strassman’s work, or delve deeper into the science of DMT and the mystical experience with his incredibly fascinating books, at Rickstrassman.com Weirdly, we couldn’t find any actual photos of the afterlife.

Many years ago, Keera almost died. We’re glad she didn’t, but we have always been curious about the biological basis of what she experienced. Was her “journey outside of this reality,” really real? Or was it a vivid hallucination caused by DMT, the psychoactive molecule theorized to flood your brain at the time of death? To find the answer, K+K talked to <a href="https://www.rickstrassman.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Rick Strassman</a>, author of the book DMT: The Spirit Molecule, and one of the leading experts on how the molecule affects our moods, thoughts, and perceptions. Together, they explore how DMT works, the probable function it has in our lives and in our deaths, and what DMT has to do with near-death experiences. Find more about Dr. Strassman’s work, or delve deeper into the science of DMT and the mystical experience with his incredibly fascinating books, at <a href="https://www.rickstrassman.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rickstrassman.com</a> <a href="http://everythingisinteresting.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nebuladeath.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Weirdly, we couldn’t find any actual photos of the afterlife.

48. DMT & Dying -with Dr. Rick Strassman

Have you ever moved things with your mind? How about communicated a thought telepathically, from your brain, directly to someone else’s brain? If you’ve used Brain-Computer Interface technology, (or if you’re a Jedi) the answer is probably… yes! But if there were wires and a computer involved, does that count as true telepathic or telekenetic abilities? And will they let you into Jedi Academy with something like this on your head? Keera Lindenberg &amp; Joel Murphy, and the hat that sucks up brainwaves. Thank you so much to Joel Murphy from OpenBCI for explaining the ins and outs of Brain Computer Interface, and for reading Keera’s brainwaves! To find out more about his work, or find the open source codes for building some of your own super rad BCI tech (see: exhibit A, Keera’s nifty robot-hat) visit openbci.com!

Have you ever moved things with your mind? How about communicated a thought telepathically, from your brain, directly to someone else’s brain? If you’ve used Brain-Computer Interface technology, (or if you’re a Jedi) the answer is probably… yes! But if there were wires and a computer involved, does that count as true telepathic or telekenetic abilities? And will they let you into Jedi Academy with something like this on your head? <a href="http://everythingisinteresting.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/KeeraBCIHat.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Keera Lindenberg &amp; Joel Murphy, and the hat that sucks up brainwaves. Thank you so much to Joel Murphy from OpenBCI for explaining the ins and outs of Brain Computer Interface, and for reading Keera’s brainwaves! To find out more about his work, or find the open source codes for building some of your own super rad BCI tech (see: exhibit A, Keera’s nifty robot-hat) visit <a href="http://openbci.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">openbci.com!</a>

55. Telepathy & Other Fun Party Tricks You Can Do With A Computer In Your Brain!

When’s the last time you experienced a synchronous diaphragmatic flutter? Or your diaphragm underwent a myoclonic jerk?  On today’s show, K+K take a look at hiccups: why we get them, what’s happening in our bodies when we do, and what the scientific reasoning is behind those crazy cures that seem to work. 

When’s the last time you experienced a synchronous diaphragmatic flutter? Or your diaphragm underwent a myoclonic jerk? <a href="http://everythingisinteresting.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Drink-water-upside-down..jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> On today’s show, K+K take a look at hiccups: why we get them, what’s happening in our bodies when we do, and what the scientific reasoning is behind those crazy cures that seem to work.

46. You Myoclonic Jerk! (The Hiccups Episode)

Your body is almost always using energy, whether you’re going hard labor, or just sleeping. Play along with our Labor Quiz to see if you know the answers to questions like:  True or False: When you sleep your body consumes the caloric equivalent of 1 tablespoon of ketchup. Thinking requires energy, so you burn a lot more calories thinking really hard Celery is a “negative calorie food,” because it takes more calories to digest celery than you absorb from eating it. It takes more energy to digest a sandwich made with whole wheat bread and real cheese than one made of white bread and American cheese.

Your body is almost always using energy, whether you’re going hard labor, or just sleeping. Play along with our Labor Quiz to see if you know the answers to questions like: <ul> <li>True or False: When you sleep your body consumes the caloric equivalent of 1 tablespoon of ketchup.</li> <li>Thinking requires energy, so you burn a lot more calories thinking really hard</li> <li>Celery is a “negative calorie food,” because it takes more calories to digest celery than you absorb from eating it.</li> <li>It takes more energy to digest a sandwich made with whole wheat bread and real cheese than one made of white bread and American cheese.</li></ul>

Re-Release: Hard Labor (Edited & Updated)

Bathypterois grallator, the Tripod Fish. So named because it’s an avid photographer.Have you been feeling like ,homes in Portland are becoming too expensive to afford? Well, good news! There’s plenty of available real estate… under the sea! If, of course, you don’t mind adopting some of the necessary physical adaptations needed to survive there. If fact, the deeper down you go, the stranger your characteristics will have to be. That’s because the deeper down you go, the more extreme conditions like temperature and pressure become. Just ask the creatures that live there!Female Anglerfish. Male is not visible because his tiny dwarf body has already mostly absorbed into her flesh. Think you could hack it as a deep sea creature? Listen in to today’s episode and see what it would take!

Bathypterois grallator, the Tripod Fish. So named because it’s an avid photographer.Have you been feeling like ,homes in Portland are becoming too expensive to afford? Well, good news! There’s plenty of available real estate… under the sea! If, of course, you don’t mind adopting some of the necessary physical adaptations needed to survive there. If fact, the deeper down you go, the stranger your characteristics will have to be. That’s because the deeper down you go, the more extreme conditions like temperature and pressure become. Just ask the creatures that live there!<a href="http://everythingisinteresting.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/angler_0.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Female Anglerfish. Male is not visible because his tiny dwarf body has already mostly absorbed into her flesh. Think you could hack it as a deep sea creature? Listen in to today’s episode and see what it would take!

31. Way, Way Down At The Bottom Of The Sea

We’ve all learned about the birds and the bees at some point: when a man and a woman reeeaally love each other, they deposit chromosomal genetic material into a recipient egg cell to create another, smaller human. But what happens when THREE humans decide to make a baby? Is it possible to possess DNA from more than two parents? (Spoiler: Yes. Yes it is.)  Join K+K in their first of many explorations into the weird world of human genetic anomalies. We’ve made contact!

We’ve all learned about the birds and the bees at some point: when a man and a woman reeeaally love each other, they deposit chromosomal genetic material into a recipient egg cell to create another, smaller human. But what happens when THREE humans decide to make a baby? Is it possible to possess DNA from more than two parents? (Spoiler: Yes. Yes it is.)  Join K+K in their first of many explorations into the weird world of human genetic anomalies. <a href="http://everythingisinteresting.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sperm-and-egg.gif" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>We’ve made contact!

45. Polyamorous Progeny – Can a Baby Have 3 Biological Parents?

Have you ever been falling into a black hole and thought, “how did this infinite curve in spacetime even get here, anyway?” Well, the next time you’re hurdling towards the infinitely dense Singularity, which exists only in time but not in space and is possibly a hole in the 4-dimensional universe, you can listen to this episode! Objects in spacetime, or gumballs in frosting? YOU decide! In Part 1 of their journey through outer space, K+K explore how Black Holes are formed, discuss the recent detection of their gravitational waves, and interview Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein about light, gravity, and the fluffy pink frosting of spacetime.

Have you ever been falling into a black hole and thought, “how did this infinite curve in spacetime even get here, anyway?” Well, the next time you’re hurdling towards the infinitely dense Singularity, which exists only in time but not in space and is possibly a hole in the 4-dimensional universe, you can listen to this episode! <a href="http://everythingisinteresting.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/spacetime.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Objects in spacetime, or gumballs in frosting? YOU decide! In Part 1 of their journey through outer space, K+K explore how Black Holes are formed, discuss the recent detection of their gravitational waves, and interview Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein about light, gravity, and the fluffy pink frosting of spacetime.

52. Black Holes 1 – Infinite Gumballs in the Frosting of Spacetime

It’s Valentines Day! So in true nerd fashion, Keera and Kira delve into the biochemistry of love. Why DO your palms get sweaty when you see the person your attracted to? Also, they explore the heart throughout medical history. Why do we use the heart as the symbol for where love comes from, when we now know that emotions, thoughts, and sweaty palms all begin in the brain?

It’s Valentines Day! So in true nerd fashion, Keera and Kira delve into the biochemistry of love. Why DO your palms get sweaty when you see the person your attracted to? Also, they explore the heart throughout medical history. Why do we use the heart as the symbol for where love comes from, when we now know that emotions, thoughts, and sweaty palms all begin in the brain?

25. Affairs Of The Heart (The Science Of Love)

It’s 4.5 billion years ago. The Earth is a hot, bubbling sphere of lava  &amp; hostile gases. And then suddenly… THERE IS LIFE! But how did this first Earthly organism show up on our planet? And who was (s)he? A Giant Virus? An archaea cell? Meet your Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandmother, Luca.  If our earliest ancestor was indeed, as research suggests, a simple strand of chemicals that randomly happened to smush together in the perfect shape for fabricating its own decedents (also strands of chemicals) floating in a swamp of primordial ooze that was randomly struck by lightning… how did it evolve into the extremely complex multi-cellular plants and animals that exist today?

It’s 4.5 billion years ago. The Earth is a hot, bubbling sphere of lava  &amp; hostile gases. And then suddenly… THERE IS LIFE! But how did this first Earthly organism show up on our planet? And who was (s)he? A Giant Virus? An archaea cell? <a href="http://everythingisinteresting.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/DNAPersonBlackBackground.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Meet your Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandmother, Luca.  If our earliest ancestor was indeed, as research suggests, a simple strand of chemicals that randomly happened to smush together in the perfect shape for fabricating its own decedents (also strands of chemicals) floating in a swamp of primordial ooze that was randomly struck by lightning… how did it evolve into the extremely complex multi-cellular plants and animals that exist today?

51. The First Life on Earth

We humans are pretty fortunate. Our intelligence and physical features are a result of the evolutionary hand we’ve been dealt, and are what have allowed us to build an advanced society with sophisticated infrastructure. Get it?? The HAND we’ve been dealt?? Despite what you may have learned from 2001: A Space Odyssey, genetic changes, which produce physical and behavioral changes, don’t happen overnight, propelled by the power of a giant Monolith. Adaptations like walking upright, dexterity, and large complex brains, took millions of years to develop, and required the right environmental conditions for these random genetic changes to be considered assets. Join Kira and Keera on the journey of just how, and why, our ancient primate ancestors became… us.

We humans are pretty fortunate. Our intelligence and physical features are a result of the evolutionary hand we’ve been dealt, and are what have allowed us to build an advanced society with sophisticated infrastructure. <a href="http://everythingisinteresting.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ChimpHaned.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Get it?? The HAND we’ve been dealt?? Despite what you may have learned from 2001: A Space Odyssey, genetic changes, which produce physical and behavioral changes, don’t happen overnight, propelled by the power of a giant Monolith. Adaptations like walking upright, dexterity, and large complex brains, took millions of years to develop, and required the right environmental conditions for these random genetic changes to be considered assets. Join Kira and Keera on the journey of just how, and why, our ancient primate ancestors became… us.

36. Human Evolution (A Brief Overview)

Kira &amp; Keera explore the immense geological forces that help to shape our planet, and then share some of the places you can go to see them, right here in our own National Parks.  LAVA! The discovery of plate tectonic theory The Cascadia Subduction Zone MORE LAVA! Crater Lake Yellowstone geysers and the ocean of magma beneath them The Missoula Floods and the creation of the Columbia Gorge EVEN MORE LAVA!

Kira &amp; Keera explore the immense geological forces that help to shape our planet, and then share some of the places you can go to see them, right here in our own National Parks. <ul> <li>LAVA!</li> <li>The discovery of plate tectonic theory</li> <li>The Cascadia Subduction Zone</li> <li>MORE LAVA!</li> <li>Crater Lake</li> <li>Yellowstone geysers and the ocean of magma beneath them</li> <li>The Missoula Floods and the creation of the Columbia Gorge</li> <li>EVEN MORE LAVA!</li></ul>

Re-Release: LAVA!! (Edited & Updated)

Human eyes are pretty impressive, but let’s be honest, our ocular organs don’t hold a candle to the eyes of animals like owls, mantis shrimp, cats, eagles, dragonflies, octopuses, bees, parrots, goats, chameleons… Ok, maybe human eyes aren’t all that impressive after all. They’re eyeballs. Today K+K discuss:  The anatomy of the eyeball Color and light wave perception (what is a color, really?) How to see with amazing precision at a distance, or at night (hint: become an owl) The amazing mantis shrimp (who may not actually be as amazing as you’ve been told, but then by the end you’ll think they’re amazing again)

Human eyes are pretty impressive, but let’s be honest, our ocular organs don’t hold a candle to the eyes of animals like owls, mantis shrimp, cats, eagles, dragonflies, octopuses, bees, parrots, goats, chameleons… Ok, maybe human eyes aren’t all that impressive after all. <a href="http://everythingisinteresting.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/eyeballs.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>They’re eyeballs. Today K+K discuss: <ul> <li>The anatomy of the eyeball</li> <li>Color and light wave perception (what is a color, really?)</li> <li>How to see with amazing precision at a distance, or at night (hint: become an owl)</li> <li>The amazing mantis shrimp (who may not actually be as amazing as you’ve been told, but then by the end you’ll think they’re amazing again)</li></ul>

38. The Eyes Are The Window To The Retina.

Love. Some would say its the reason for being alive. So why does it make you feel sweaty, shaky and nauseous, like someone’s forcing you to jump off a bridge at gunpoint? Join K+K to discover what’s happening inside your body when you fall in love, why we give out little candy hearts on Valentine’s Day instead of candy brains, and whether or not the characters from Wayne’s World will ever find their true soulmates.

Love. Some would say its the reason for being alive. So why does it make you feel sweaty, shaky and nauseous, like someone’s forcing you to jump off a bridge at gunpoint? Join K+K to discover what’s happening inside your body when you fall in love, why we give out little candy hearts on Valentine’s Day instead of candy brains, and whether or not the characters from Wayne’s World will ever find their true soulmates.

Re-Release: The Science of Love (Edited & Updated)

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