Tiny Matters

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  Biofilms: The sticky, slimy communities behind some of medicine's toughest infections 16.09.2026 37min

  From your teeth to your lungs, biofilms help bacteria hide and thrive.
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  Introducing What Could Go Right? 16.09.2026 2min

  We'd like to recommend a podcast called What Could Go Right, from the Progress Network. It's a refreshingly different perspective on the news and issues like sustainability, geopolitics or the future of work. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
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  [BONUS] ‘Drinking Grandma,’ digital cadavers and debunking a grave robbing myth: Tiny Show and Tell Us #55 09.09.2026 23min

  From arsenic-filled embalming fluid to VR anatomy labs, we discuss how we’ve preserved and learned from the dead over millennia.
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  The Shroud of Turin: American Medieval x Tiny Matters crossover episode 03.09.2026 1h 6min

  In this special bonus episode, we join American Medieval with host Matthew Gabriele, a professor of medieval studies and who knows about a LOT of history that we don’t. We're there to chat with Matt about some new science research surrounding the Turin Shroud — a cloth that many Christians believe was used to wrap Jesus after he was killed. The debates over this artifact are fascinating and the science only adds to it! So if you like science, history, and a little controversy, you’re going to love this episode. American Medieval is a podcast about the Middle Ages, but with an American twist. Each week, Professor Matthew Gabriele is joined by expert guests to explore either some fascinating part of the medieval world, or some way Americans have used this period to help them understand themselves.Matthew Gabriele is a professor of Medieval History and an elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (UK). In addition to hosting the podcast "American Medieval," he’s the co-author of the books The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe (Harper Books, 2021), and Oathbreakers: The War of Brothers that Shattered an Empire and Made Medieval Europe (Harper Books, 2024). His new book, Violence: A Christian History, will be out with WW Norton in late 2027/ early 2028.Learn more about CALM here. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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  Foraminifera: The one-celled predators that shaped our planet (and kept the receipts) 02.09.2026 37min

  Single-celled marine organisms called foraminifera may be microscopic, but they've had an outsized impact on life on Earth.
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  [BONUS] Dangerously tiny frequencies, endometriosis tests, and cookies made from ... plastic?: Tiny Show and Tell Us #54 26.08.2026 25min

  Dangerous resonance on the power grid, blood tests for endometriosis on the horizon, and scientists converting plastic into cookies.
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  Giant viruses: How these amoeba-infecting behemoths are rewriting the rules of virology 19.08.2026 36min

  Giant viruses have upended how we think of these common pathogens.
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  [BONUS] Fairy tale evolution and the 400(ish) year old elusive Greenland shark: Tiny Show and Tell Us #53 12.08.2026 30min

  How scientists are using evolutionary methods to reconstruct the history of folktales and the debate over the age of the elusive Greenland shark.
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  From cow’s milk to blood banks: The surprising evolution of blood transfusions 05.08.2026 35min

  We trace the fascinating history of blood transfusions.
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  [BONUS] Bread clip taxonomy and power poles on fire: Tiny Show and Tell Us #52 29.07.2026 18min

  How humble plastic bread bag clips that have inspired an entire taxonomy and the perfect conditions for a power pole to go up in flames.
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  Placebo: Why ‘fake’ treatments can have real power 22.07.2026 37min

  A sugar pill shouldn't work as well as a real drug ... except sometimes it does.
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  [BONUS] A pathology lab, a sausage duel, and the fascinating lives of yeast: Tiny Show and Tell Us #51 15.07.2026 23min

  A pathology lab worker shares their experience and we unpack the importance of yeast in the foods we love.
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  Fireworks over millennia: From battlefields and royal displays to sustainable spectacles 08.07.2026 30min

  In medieval Europe, people who worked with early cannons and gunpowder were viewed as untrustworthy, boorish outsiders. But just a few centuries later, as they began creating elaborate fireworks displays for royalty, they went from outcasts to artists. From black powder to modern low-smoke pyrotechnics, in this episode of Tiny Matters we look at the chemistry, engineering, and artistry behind one of humanity's favorite forms of celebration. We also learn how scientists are reinventing pyrotechnics with cleaner-burning compounds that deliver brighter colors and fewer emissions. And check out this video from our friends at Headline Science to get a behind the scenes tour of the Science History Institute’s new exhibit: Flash! Bang! Boom! A History of Fireworks.Check out Simple and Clean here or wherever you listen to podcasts!A transcript and references for this episode can be found at acs.org/tinymatters. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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  [BONUS] The ‘elite neutralizers’ immune to HIV and why galaxies ‘FART’: Tiny Show and Tell Us #50 01.07.2026 16min

  We’re covering galactic gas outflows and antibodies that could neutralize almost any strain of HIV.
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  Collisions in space: Satellites, space debris, and the quest to clean up Earth's orbit 24.06.2026 36min

  In low Earth orbit, tens of thousands of satellites and millions of pieces of debris are hurtling around at incredible speeds.
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  [BONUS] A nitrogen asphyxiation disaster and why ears are incredible: Tiny Show and Tell Us #49 17.06.2026 23min

  In this episode of Tiny Show and Tell Us, we unpack a tragic NASA accident in 1981 when technicians, preparing for the maiden voyage of Space Shuttle Columbia, were accidentally poisoned by nitrogen gas. Then guest Mischa Stanton takes us deep inside the human ear. We talk about how vibrations turn into thoughts via the cochlea and basilar membrane and dive into the fascinating world of logarithmic perception.Find Mischa at mischastanton.com.We need your stories — they're what make these bonus episodes possible! Write in to [email protected] *or fill out this form* with your favorite science fact or science news story for a chance to be featured.A transcript and references for this episode can be found at acs.org/tinymatters. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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  The Challenger disaster: How a NASA tragedy led to a safer Artemis II 10.06.2026 35min

  How do we learn from tragedy? And can those lessons safely carry us back to the moon?
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  [BONUS] The ‘Plankton Manifesto’ and the birth of MRI: Tiny Show and Tell Us #48 03.06.2026 15min

  Listeners write in about the importance of plankton and how MRI is really just a larger version of NMR.
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  When movies caught fire: The history and science of nitrocellulose film 27.05.2026 36min

  Over 75% of silent films have disappeared. The culprit? Highly flammable film.
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  [BONUS] Von Willebrand disease and how old is the air in your lungs?: Tiny Show and Tell Us #47 20.05.2026 18min

  We cover the most common (and underdiagnosed) bleeding disorder and if we could still be carrying air from our very first breath.