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Welcome to Eurekanerd, bringing you the finest and funniest in science news. We are Leah and Will, two nerds going through the press releases collected in Eurekalert mailing lists and sharing the gems we find. Find all this and more at eurekanerd.com
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- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 76
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2020
Episode 16?
Welcome to EurekaNerd, bringing you the finest and funniest in science news. Normally. Being in Chicago has made things trickier than usual.
Find more at eurekanerd.com, and leave us tourist highlig…
00:00:50 |
Sun 04 Jun 2017
Episode 15: Booze, bromance, and bugs for brunch
This episode features the latest news on some of our very favourite science topics - Extinctions, bromance and wool. What a delight for us, and for you too!
Questions? Comments? Email us at eurekane…
00:36:10 |
Sun 21 May 2017
Episode 14: Testosterone, teenagers, and traumatic vape-splosions
What have we got for you this episode? We've got testosterone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, more testosterone and street racing. Feeling pumped? You should be, it's science!
Questions? Comments? Email us …
00:39:08 |
Sun 07 May 2017
Episode 13: Brain training, bacteria talking, racist robots and making rain
If you, like us, are recovering from a March for Science with slow Sunday and sunburn lotion, then what better way to relax with some chilled out news. Racist robots and communicating bacteria. Lovel…
00:39:51 |
Sun 23 Apr 2017
Episode 12: Sexist video games, benefits of exercise, and favoured vape flavours
Lots of tasty little science bites for you this week, a lot of which you... might have seen coming, frankly, but it's good to have the data to back it up. A few technical issues in this one, but stic…
00:33:54 |
Sun 09 Apr 2017
Episode 11: Sleep vs Money, Politics vs Weather, Satnavs vs You
This week features some much more light hearted topics - why water splashes, yoga, and a good nights rest. Also, climate science denial will doom us all, but that's hardly even news at this point.
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00:37:12 |
Sun 26 Mar 2017
Episode 10: Space age solar tech, sad songs for cyborgs, and sleepovers
This marks our tenth podcast! Might one even say ... a deca-pod?
No. One mightn't.
But instead of ten legs, what we've got for you is a bumper crop of science in a hour long special. It wasn't ev…
00:59:13 |
Sun 12 Mar 2017
Episode 9: Baller bees, snot sequencing and robo-doom
It's the second sunday of the second month, with us in our second calendar year of recording, so this one comes to you with a special little sprinkling of magic in every sentence.
Wait, that's not m…
00:38:08 |
Sun 26 Feb 2017
Episode 8: Time crystals, toad licking and tautonyms
What a week it has been! A whole 29 day week. Phew, don't those just sneak up on you. Join us for alphabet zoology, eco-friendly episcopalians and the sex lives of Norwegians. Plus, what might be the…
00:38:09 |
Sun 12 Feb 2017
Episode 7: Gender reassignment support, white privilege and right wing morality
I guess this is the politics episode? Well, not really. It's science. Science about teen drinking, tanning and synthetic antibiotic spider silk. Also, those other things...
We're trying a new editin…
00:32:48 |
Sun 15 Jan 2017
Episode 6: Brain injury, blood drones, and breathing better
Ok, i'm not going to say our other episodes aren't as good as this one, but they didn't have windsurfing swans. I think that's all that needs to be said.
Questions? Comments? Leave them below, or e…
00:34:13 |
Sun 18 Dec 2016
Episode 5: Climate change, christmas, creativity and crustaceans.
In this episode, we tackle some festive favourites including food comas and lying to children, as well as booze, boots, and broken hearts. Merry christmas! Signed, science.
Questions? Comments? Leav…
00:32:14 |
Sun 04 Dec 2016
Episode 4: Jet mice, giant fish and joking about genitals
What do you fear? If it's singing mice, sexism and spiders, we've got bad news. How about giant fish, or Shakespeare? Specific, but ok. Corrupt governments, terrorism and your financial future? Well,…
00:36:39 |
Sun 20 Nov 2016
Episode 3: Sharks, psychology and stowaway frogs
If placebos work when you know they're placebos, are they still placebos? And if a dog understands when you say they're a good boy, could sharks be trained to avoid pianos going dun-dun? All these pu…
00:30:31 |
Sun 06 Nov 2016
Episode 2: The Ig Nobel Prizes 2016
Join us as we revel in the highlights, lowlights, hill-sides and horseflies of the years premier science prize, the Ig Nobels.
Questions? Comments? Leave them below, or email us at eurekanerdcast@gm…
00:23:57 |
Sun 30 Oct 2016
Episode 1: Biology, bagpipes and bias
Pop quiz: what do lobsters, lung infections and institutional misogyny have in common? They're all in this weeks science highlights, is what. And they're all upsetting, so, sorry about that.
Questio…
00:34:07 |
Sun 30 Oct 2016
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