Science, Actually Presents : The Nerd and the Scientist

During their last Standard Model episode Kovi said, "we really need to get an expert to talk about this." So they did! This week's guest is Ciaran O’Hare - an ARC DECRA fellow at the University of Sy…

Episode 42 - the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything. Well, we don't actually have that answer just yet - but we're working on it - and the best we have thus far is …

Time goes by fast when you're having fun - just like this episode! This episode goes by fast as Kovi and Benjamin have fun talking about the fastest things in the universe! Hypervelocity stars, the s…

Both science and art rely on imagination and creativity to explore new ideas, solve problems, and innovate. Art helps make abstract or complex scientific concepts more accessible through visual repre…

Kovi and Benjamin like the superheroes, too! Comic books aren't exactly where one would go to learn science, but - believe it or not - a great many times they get the science right! The Flash felt mo…

Stars are so hot right now. Annie Jump Cannon, Henriette Leavitt, Antonia Maury, Florence Cushman, Cecilia Payne and others began cataloging and manually classifying stars in the late 1800's - over 3…

This episode's guest, teacher and science communicator Janet Ivey-Duesnsing from Janet's Planet, has Kovi and Benjamin traveling at the speed of thought! Listen in as Janet shares her journey from mu…

Kovi and Benjamin talk about stars and planets and galaxies all the time on this show - but how do we see them? In this episode the lads discuss the evolution of the telescope - from the first lenses…

Executive Director of the Israel Space Forum, Space Mission Manager for the Rakia Mission, SpaceLab mentor and Flight Operations Manager for the Ramon Foundation, and Stargate SG-1 fanatic, Melody Ko…

Blazars are just quasars that are pointed at us? That's it? Yep, that's it according to our guest, PhD candidate Emily Kerrison, in our latest, 'scintillating' episode. Do you mean 'scintillating' as…

In talking about the show one day, Benjamin told Kovi a corny space pun. Kovi chuckled and told another one to Benjamin. "We should make an episode entirely us telling bad jokes!" they said to each o…

Things get messy-ier in this episode as Kovi and Benjamin discuss Messier Objects, supernova remnants, nebulae, and stellar nurseries where stars are born. Tycho's Supernova is just as spectacular as…

Kovi and Benjamin get all wibbly-wobbly as they talk about the timey-wimey scifi gadgets in scifi films and shows. Independence Day, Doctor Who, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and 2001: A Space Od…

The science between the science! Kovi put on his special science goggles as he and Benjamin discussed the Interstellar Medium (ISM). The space between the stars is massive - but not empty! Going back…

Astronauts go to space. Space tourists go to space. So... What's the difference? Kovi and Benjamin have a conversation this episode about when space travel switched from only sending the best of the …

Ever since we've been sending spacecraft out into the universe, we've sent little bits of cargo with them. Be it for hope and optimism, the preservation of our culture, or an olive branch of sorts to…

Transits and microlensing and radial velocity - oh my! Are there other civilizations out there? Maybe. What there's definitely a ton of beyond our Solar System are other worlds. This week Kovi and Be…

This week Kovi and Benjamin discuss the aurorae many of us witnessed last week as a result of a particularly large solar storm. ...and not just that! They also go on to discuss how aurorae are formed…

Getting things to space is relatively easy - just hop on a rocket - but still somewhat expensive. Once in space getting from place to place is hard - once you've launched you're either going into orb…

We want to wish a Happy Passover to all of our listeners who celebrate, and in that spirit this week we're talking about things that are 'passing over' us! Get it? Passover? Passing over? Trust us, i…