crisscrossing Science
Welcome to crisscrossing Science, the podcast in which we answer the science questions that you never thought to ask. Every other week, co-hosts Michael Crosser and Chad Tillberg will share their love of natural science by discussing a topic that they find interesting.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 55
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Episode 214: Wallace and Darwin
Chad tells Mike about the co-discoverers of the mechanism of evolution by natural selection: Wallace and Darwin. What? You've only ever heard of Darwin? Listen and learn...
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Episode 213: Primates!
Chad and Mike welcome Stephen Frost onto the podcast to discuss the evolutionary history of primates.
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Episode 212: The Solar Neutrino Problem
Imagine studying one problem for forty years until finally the scientific community accepts your research. Mike and Chad discuss the work of Raymond Davis, Jr. who measured the number of neutrinos e…
Episode 211: Original Antigenic Sin
Chad and Mike delve into disease and vaccinations and consider the role of B cells. When are new B cells produced and when do older ones ramp up production of antibodies?
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Episode 210: Tesla & Edison's Current War
Mike and Chad talk about the differences between AC and DC power. We then delve into the history of electrifying the world, when advocates for AC (Tesla, Westinghouse) beat out arguments for DC (Edi…
Episode 209: Take Me Home-ing Pigeon
How do Homing Pigeons find their way? It turns out researchers have done many experiments to confuse them! We also have a tie in to Game of Thrones, so be sure to tune in.
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Episode 208: It's STILL GOLD, I tell ya!
We've been busy watching the Olympics, which got us thinking about GOLD!! So while we finish our efforts for Season 8, we are replaying this episode about where gold comes from.
Episode 207: Still Humming Along
Mike and Chad are gearing up for Season 8 and have a lot of ideas for upcoming episodes. In the meantime, we were enjoying hummingbirds flying around and thought it would be fun to revisit an episod…
Episode 206: Still WaterLogged!
Enjoy this encore episode in which our guest Janet Peterson discusses how much water we should be drinking.
Episode 205: The Crisspies II - Revenge of the Science!
This is our second annual Crisspies award show, celebrating the Best Science in Science Fiction.
The awards this year go to the best depiction of the Science behind pandemics (too soon?). Which movie…
Episode 204: Stressed Bees
Chad and Mike invite Adam Dolezal to discuss the plight of bees and how they are facing new struggles with parasites, pathogens, pesticides, and poor nutrition.
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Episode 203: Replaying Sunspots
You may have been wondering about the aurora that have been visible in the last few weeks. Mike tells Chad about sunspots and how these lead to the cool events in our atmosphere.
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Episode 202: Magnets, and how do they work?
Mike and Chad take a tour through magnetism and explain how magnets are used in everyday life.
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Episode 201: Great Galls of Fire
Chad and Mike talk about plant formations called Galls in which an external object (insect, bacteria, etc) cause the plant to make small circular scars on its leaves.
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Episode 200: The 0.2 K
Chad and Mike are celebrating 200 episodes of crisscrossing Science! Join us as we look back on the past and remember our favorite episodes.
Episode 199: Bernoulli and Magnus Effects
Mike and Chad answer a listener's question about why spin affects the flight of baseballs.
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Episode 198: Termites: How to eat food you can't actually digest
Chad tells Mike all about termites, the Russian nesting dolls of the insect world. Termites can't actually digest wood all by themselves and so utilize trichonympha to help them digest. Meanwhile, …
Episode 197: Total Eclipse of 2024
Mike and Chad answer all your questions about the total solar eclipse happening on April 8, 2024.
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Episode 196: The Malaria Vaccine
Chad tells Mike about the new vaccine to prevent malaria. This has been decades in the making and Chad explains why this was such a difficult vaccine to create.
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Episode 195: Pulsars and Bursts...Oh My!!
We often think of astronomical events as ephemeral; however, today we are talking about three evanescent events that are making astronomers very excited. Pulsars, gamma ray bursts, and fast radio bu…