x

75% of people globally want unbiased news (Pew Research) but are concerned they're not getting that.

Get balanced coverage with Symby. See how stories are covered across diverse outlets and spot when one side covers a story the other skips.

PODCAST

The Deep Dive Lab: Unraveling Materials Science

Hey, fellow science enthusiasts! Welcome to our podcast, where we dive deep into the fascinating world of Materials Science! Join us as we explore groundbreaking discoveries in computing, memory, energy, and environmental applications. We’ll unpack the latest research from top-tier journals and shine a spotlight on the innovations that are shaping our future. Get ready for insightful discussions, expert interviews, and a dash of nerdy fun—because science is best when shared!

science natural sciences

All Episodes

00:12:24

Why Spicy Food Hurts So Good 🌶️🔥 | The Science of...

The Deep Dive Lab: Unraveling Materials Science ·

2025/12/27

Why do humans crave chili peppers when our brain literally thinks we’re on fire? 🌡️🌶️In this episode, we dive into the surprising neuroscience, evolution, and psychology behind spicy food. From how capsaicin hacks your pain receptors, to why chili peppers evolved to repel mammals (yes, including us), and why we still learned to love the burn anyway.We explore concepts like TRPV1 receptors, benign masochism, food preservation before refrigeration, and the surprising health paradox of spicy

en-us

00:12:15

When Single Atoms Meet Enzymes: Turning Nitrate...

The Deep Dive Lab: Unraveling Materials Science ·

2025/12/26

Nitrate is everywhere—from polluted waterways to the heart of fertilizer and fuel production. But converting nitrate into useful chemicals has long been limited by one stubborn bottleneck: the slow, inefficient nitrate-to-nitrite step.In this episode, we explore a striking breakthrough in bio-inspired catalysis, where scientists combine a single-atom iron nanozyme with a natural nitrate reductase enzyme (NarGH) to create a light-powered hybrid system with record-breaking efficiency.By mimicking

en-us

00:14:17

🎙️ Science Magazine’s 2025 Breakthroughs of the Year...

The Deep Dive Lab: Unraveling Materials Science ·

2025/12/26

🌍✨ In a year filled with noise, some of the most powerful changes happened quietly.In this episode, we explore Science Magazine’s 2025 Breakthroughs of the Year—a curated look at the discoveries that are reshaping our future, often beyond the headlines. From renewable energy reaching a historic tipping point ⚡, to AI becoming a real partner in scientific discovery 🤖, from revealing the face of an ancient human relative 🧬 to uncovering a shocking new role of nerves in cancer 🧠—these breakthroughs

en-us

00:14:52

Why Humans Are Getting Colder 🔥❄️ | The Myth of 37°C,...

The Deep Dive Lab: Unraveling Materials Science ·

2025/12/24

For over 150 years, 37°C (98.6°F) has been considered the definition of a healthy human body temperature. But modern science tells a very different story.In this video, we explore why humans are getting colder over time, how antibiotics, sanitation, and air conditioning quietly reshaped our metabolism, and why our ancient ancestors may have lived at temperatures that would count as a fever today.You’ll also discover:🧬 Why “normal” body temperature is no longer 37°C❄️ How modern lifestyles changed

en-us

00:14:53

Is HDPE Just Plastic? Or the Backbone of Modern...

The Deep Dive Lab: Unraveling Materials Science ·

2025/12/23

HDPE looks disposable—but it isn’t. From artificial joints to century-long infrastructure and recyclable circular systems, this polymer quietly supports modern life.In this episode, we rethink plastic—not as waste, but as design, durability, and possibility.🌱 What if the problem isn’t plastic itself—but how we understand it?#RethinkingPlastic #HDPE #MaterialsMatter #CircularEconomy #EngineeringDesign #SciencePodcast #SustainableFuture ♻️🧠

en-us

00:11:28

Beyond Super-Sensors: The Hidden Physics Behind...

The Deep Dive Lab: Unraveling Materials Science ·

2025/12/22

For decades, potentiometric immunoassays based on field-effect transistors (FETs) have promised something extraordinary: detecting disease biomarkers down to a single molecule. But if these sensors are so powerful, why are they still stuck in the lab?In this episode, we dive into a recent Nature Reviews Materials analysis that challenges a long-held belief—that extreme sensitivity comes from electronic amplification. Instead, the real breakthrough lies in unexpected sensing regimes, where subtle

en-us

00:14:16

Sparkling Water Myths, Busted 🫧 Teeth, Bones,...

The Deep Dive Lab: Unraveling Materials Science ·

2025/12/21

Sparkling water feels like a healthy choice—but is it really? 🥤In this episode, we break down the biggest myths surrounding carbonated water and replace them with solid, evidence-based science. From fears about tooth enamel and bone loss to bold claims about digestion and weight control, the truth is far more nuanced than social media headlines suggest.You’ll discover:🦷 Why plain sparkling water is much gentler on teeth than most people think🦴 Why carbonation doesn’t weaken bones—and what

en-us

00:13:00

Is “TikTok Brain” real—or just moral panic?

The Deep Dive Lab: Unraveling Materials Science ·

2025/12/20

In this episode, we explore the neuroscience behind short-form videos and how endless scrolling is reshaping attention, memory, and self-control—especially in children and teenagers. Research shows that frequent exposure to rapid, high-stimulation content can alter dopamine reward systems, weaken executive control, and make slower, low-stimulus activities feel unbearable.We’ll also unpack how recommendation algorithms can create harmful content spirals, pulling vulnerable users deeper within

en-us

00:14:54

A Major Step Toward Commercially Viable Perovskite...

The Deep Dive Lab: Unraveling Materials Science ·

2025/12/19

Cheaper than silicon.Greener to manufacture.Better performance in extreme heat.So what changed?In this episode, we explore a new perovskite solar manufacturing process that replaces toxic solvents, scales to full-size panels without defects, and produces modules tough enough to pass the harshest international reliability tests.From green chemistry to smart surface science, this is the story of how a fragile lab material became a certified, real-world energy technology—and why it could matter most in

en-us

00:15:44

The Science of FOMO: From Evolutionary Survival to...

The Deep Dive Lab: Unraveling Materials Science ·

2025/12/18

Every time you refresh your feed, your brain is asking one question:“Am I being left out?” 🧠📱This episode dives into the science of FOMO — tracing it from evolutionary survival to modern digital overload. Research shows that FOMO is linked to real changes in brain structure, increased loneliness, sleep disruption, stress hormones, and even financial decision-making.We explore:🔬 The evolutionary roots of social anxiety🧠 The brain circuitry behind compulsive checking📉 Why more connection can feel

en-us

00:13:53

Living Diagnostics: When Bacteria Read—and...

The Deep Dive Lab: Unraveling Materials Science ·

2025/12/17

🧬 What if DNA testing didn’t require expensive machines—but living cells instead?Modern DNA analysis underpins cancer diagnostics, infectious disease surveillance, and precision medicine, yet it relies heavily on centralized laboratories, purified samples, and costly instrumentation. Recent advances in synthetic biology are transforming this landscape by engineering bacteria as living DNA biosensors, or bactosensors.In this episode, we explore how engineered microbes can:🦠 Detect target DNA

en-us

00:12:12

The Science of Kindness: How One Small Act Rewires...

The Deep Dive Lab: Unraveling Materials Science ·

2025/12/16

🧠❤️ We often think of kindness as something soft—nice, polite, optional.But science tells a very different story.In this episode, we explore how kindness directly affects your biology—from slowing cellular aging to reducing inflammation, stress hormones, anxiety, and even depression. Neuroscience reveals that we’re hardwired for kindness from infancy, and social science shows that a single kind act can ripple through entire communities, reaching people you’ve never met.We’ll uncover:✨ How kindness

en-us

00:15:37

Teaching Machines Uncertainty: Inside the Bayesian...

The Deep Dive Lab: Unraveling Materials Science ·

2025/12/15

Modern AI can outperform humans — yet it often fails in the most dangerous way: it remains confident even when it’s wrong. In medicine, robotics, or autonomous systems, this confidence can lead to serious real-world consequences.A new research frontier known as Bayesian electronics proposes a radical shift — not by refining algorithms alone, but by redesigning the hardware itself. Instead of suppressing noise and randomness, researchers are learning to embrace them as a computational

en-us

00:11:20

🎧 If We Have No Sense of Time, Why Do We Feel It? ⏳🧠

The Deep Dive Lab: Unraveling Materials Science ·

2025/12/14

Why does time race when you’re having fun… yet crawl during a boring meeting?If humans truly have no sensory organ for time, why does time feel so vivid — sometimes painfully slow, sometimes gone in a blink?In this episode, we dive into a surprising idea from modern neuroscience: time is not sensed — it is constructed. Your brain doesn’t read time from the outside world. Instead, it builds the feeling of time from rhythms inside your own body.You’ll discover how heartbeats, breathing, neural

en-us

00:13:53

Why Your Brain Thinks You’re Poisoned: The Real...

The Deep Dive Lab: Unraveling Materials Science ·

2025/12/13

Why do some people thrive on boats and VR headsets while others turn green in seconds? 🤢In this episode, we break down the surprising neuroscience behind motion sickness—a glitch in your brain’s prediction system, not your stomach. From genetic variants and hormonal cycles to the rise of VR-induced “cybersickness,” we explore the cutting-edge research rewriting what we know about this ancient biological response.We also dive into how scientists used galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) to manually

en-us

00:13:18

From Air to Explosive: How Scientists Broke...

The Deep Dive Lab: Unraveling Materials Science ·

2025/12/12

For a century, nitrogen’s N≡N triple bond resisted every attempt at taming. Now, chemists have beaten the odds by forming hexanitrogen (N₆), a room-temperature–stable nitrogen allotrope with explosive potential far beyond TNT. We dig into the science behind the breakthrough and the futuristic nitrogen structures now on the horizon.📄 Source paper: Preparation of a neutral nitrogen allotrope hexanitrogen C₂h-N₆. Nature 642, 356–360 (2025)🧪⚗️💣#MoleculeOfTheYear #N6 #MaterialsScience #Explosives

en-us

00:12:29

How to Really Clean Your Fruits and...

The Deep Dive Lab: Unraveling Materials Science ·

2025/12/11

Think you know how to wash produce? Think again. In this episode, we break down the wild, messy truth behind waxy apples, suspicious lettuces, and those “miracle” fruit washes that do absolutely nothing except drain your wallet. From the FDA’s shockingly simple advice (“Just use water, folks!”) to the surprising power of baking soda, we reveal what actually works—according to real science, not your aunt’s Facebook post.#FoodScience #KitchenDrama #CleanEating

en-us

00:15:43

The Secret Phase Between Solid and Liquid

The Deep Dive Lab: Unraveling Materials Science ·

2025/12/10

🧊➡️💧 We grow up thinking melting is simple: solid turns into liquid, end of story. But at the atomic scale, reality gets far stranger. Scientists have now captured a hidden intermediate phase—the hexatic phase—inside a two-dimensional layer of silver iodide. It’s a bizarre state that flows like a liquid but still carries the memory of its crystal structure.Using a graphene “Petri dish,” researchers finally visualized this elusive phase in a covalently bonded 2D crystal—something long believed too

en-us

00:13:34

Why Humans Hear So Little: The Hidden Limits of Our Ears

The Deep Dive Lab: Unraveling Materials Science ·

2025/12/09

You hear from 20–20,000 Hz… or so you think. 👂✨But why those numbers? And what incredible worlds do we miss because of it?In this episode, we explore how the human ear evolved into a finely tuned—but shockingly narrow—sensor. From an ear canal that amplifies only infant-cry frequencies to a brain that filters out everything irrelevant to our survival, human hearing is not a universal microphone—it’s a biological spotlight. 🔦Discover how much of reality your ears ignore… and what animals hear that

en-us

00:09:26

The Physics That Killed 3D—and the AI That Brought It...

The Deep Dive Lab: Unraveling Materials Science ·

2025/12/08

For decades, the dream of real holographic-style displays—3D visuals you can see from anywhere, without wearing goofy glasses—kept crashing into a brutal law of optics: the space–bandwidth product (SBP). This fundamental limit forced scientists to choose: big screen OR wide viewing angle. Never both.But a 2025 Nature breakthrough changes everything. In this episode, we unpack EyeReal, an AI-powered system that stops trying to fight physics… and instead works with it. By focusing light only where the

en-us

155 results

Similar Podcasts

Classic Radio Science Fiction

solgoodmedia.com

Mission to Mars

Inception Point Ai

The 365 Days of Astronomy

365DaysOfAstronomy.org

Creek Devil

william Jevning

UFO Chronicles Podcast

Nik Hunter