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Episode 66: The Artemis Missions in Specific (And Spaceflight in General)

We initially recorded this episode in three parts - right before the Artemis II mission landed, a few weeks after, and a few months later when they announced the Artemis

Episode 65: Mother's Day Special - Maternal Care in Insects

This episode is coming a day late but time is fake anyway. Happy Mother's Day! Or maybe not, if you have a bad relationship with your mom. Either way, insects will always

Episode 64: Blood-Eating Mosquitoes, Mosquito-Eating Spiders

This episode was originally recorded several years ago and I never got around to editing and posting it - but we're getting back into the swing of things and I didn't wan

Episode 63: Our Triumphant Return from Hiatus! Space Updates

We're back from hiatus and talking about several updates in space news from the time we were gone - specifically, Arizona naming Pluto its state planet, the status on pho

Episode 62: The (Trans) Body in Space

In this the first episode of Trans Medicine March - the one month of the year where this podcast is specifically and explicitly about being trans, and specifically aspect

Episode 61: Genetic Control of Courtship Behaviors in Flies and Roaches (Happy Belated Valentine’s Day)

In this episode which is definitely right on time for Valentine's Day, Charles tells Tessa about a paper he read on the fruitless gene (originally identified in Drosophil

Episode 60: Jackson Reyna on Chemistry, Fire, and the Chemistry of Fire

On this episode we're joined by PhD student Jackson Reyna to talk about his love of chemistry and specifically fire. Some topics include organometallics, practical applic

Episode 59: Dead Dinosaurs, Cockroach Sperm, and Monkey Testicles - A Science Sampler Platter for the New Year

In this episode, the two of us share several different interesting topics we've read about recently, including the timing of the meteor that killed the dinosaurs, the fir

Episode 58: Where Do Insects Go When It’s Cold?

In this episode, we address what happens to all the insects when it's cold out - where do they go? how do they survive? how do you survive freezing temperatures? Includin

Episode 57: Rose Eveleth on the future, Flash Forward, whether you are your brain, and whether to put that brain in a robot

In this episode - recorded almost 18 months ago but still great - we talk to our first and only cis (?) guest: Rose Eveleth, the creator, writer, producer, and host of th

Episode 56: Nona the Ninth (SPOILERS)

It's Nona time baby!!!!!!  A transcript and show notes are available on our website here: https://asabpodcast.com/2022/09/19/episode-56/ The show is on Twitter @ASABpod

RE-RELEASE: The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir (Books 1-2)

In anticipation of the release of the third entry in the Locked Tomb quartet by Tamsyn Muir (Nona the Ninth, out 13 September), we're re-releasing our conversation with f

Episode 55: ”The Neutral Zone” (TNG 1x26) and the Past and Future of Cryonics

In this episode we use the TNG episode "The Neutral Zone," in which three people from the 20th century are revived from cryopreservation to find themselves on the Enterpr

Episode 54: What’s the Big Deal With the James Webb Space Telescope?

In this episode, we talk about the significance of the new James Webb Space Telescope (and why it should have a different name) - how it works, why it's important, and wh

Episode 53: Laurel Hiatt on What’s Really Happening in Your Colon

In this episode we're joined by MD-PhD student Laurel Hiatt, whose work focuses on somatic mosaicism, or the differences between individual cells, specifically in the hum

Episode 52: Father’s Day Special - Seahorses and Male Pregnancy

In this special holiday episode, we talked about Syngnathidae (the family of ray-finned fishes including pipefish, seahorses, and sea dragons), particularly Hippocampus s

Episode 51: Robin Aguilar on Genetics

In this episode we're joined by geneticist and artist Robin Aguilar to talk about their research using fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) to visualize DNA, brush up

Episode 50: Lyra Cronin on Quantum Physics and When to Become a Robot

This week we're joined by quantum physics student Lyra Cronin. We talk about the meaning of quantum physics, Lyra's work with nitrogen vacancy centers in diamonds, the po

Episode 49: The Science of Our Flag Means Death

Like most gay people, we have now watched the HBO series Our Flag Means Death (full season 1 available now!). Unlike most gay people, Charles is a PhD candidate in histor

Episode 48: Lucianne Walkowicz on Space - Who Does It Belong To? How Gay Is It?

In this episode we're joined by science superstar (pun intended) Lucianne Walkowicz to talk about their research, who space belongs to (including whether it can "belong"