Paper Boys Podcast
1) What happened to the mice of Universe 25? (BONUS EPISODE)
What happens when you give a scientist, obsessed with biblical death, near unlimited control over a utopian city of mice? Well...a lot of death, it turns out. In the 1960's and 70's, Dr. John Calhou...Show More
2) Is solar reflective pavement the cure for hot cities?
As urban environments grow and natural vegetation gets replaced with concrete and asphalt, “Urban Heat Islands” develop, where urbanized areas retain much more heat than surrounding rural areas. The i...Show More
3) What’s inside a Martian meteorite?
Returning rock samples from planets and asteroids can provide new insights into how the solar system, the universe, and life formed. But how much can we learn from meteorite samples that fell to the g...Show More
4) Is eating sugar a gut instinct?
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5) What happened in the Stanford Prison Experiment? (Bonus episode)
This week is a bit different - instead of a fresh episode, we are sharing one of our bonus episodes covering the Stanford Prison Experiment. Tune in to hear how this seemingly innocent psychology exp...Show More
6) Did Oumuamua come from a destroyed planet?
Oumuamua is an interstellar object that passed through our solar system in late 2017. It originally made the news thanks to several scientists suggesting its odd shape might be explained if it were a ...Show More
7) Does traffic spread like a virus?
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8) Why is Uranus losing its atmosphere?
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9) Why do water balloons pop?
Any kid can intuitively understand how much you need to fill a water balloon to effectively drench someone. But it turns out that predicting this quantitatively with physics is much more challenging! ...Show More
10) How can we suppress COVID-19?
The coronavirus, COVID-19, has been spreading around the world since it was first detected in December 2019. Since then, drastic measures have been taken in communities around the world to limit its s...Show More