SCI063: With a large part of the US getting a chance to see a total solar eclipse this week, Caroline Knight, Lindsay Sant, and Lino Saubolle discuss eclipse science and viewing tips for those lucky enough to be in the path. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Listen and subscribe on YouTube. Help us continue to offer Let’s Science. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * The Ambitious Plans to Study the Sun During...

SCI062: Baboons in ancient Egypt held special significance, even providing the form of one of their gods. Caroline Knight, Lindsay Sant, and Lino Saubolle discuss how recent DNA finds trace their origins to the land of Punt and reveal insights into ancient trade routes and more. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Listen and subscribe on YouTube. Help us continue to offer Let’s Science. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this...

SCI061: The Moon is indeed shrinking. Caroline Knight explains to Lindsay Sant and Lino Saubolle how the Moon is contracting and cooling over time, causing moonquakes, shrinking about 150 feet every few hundred million years, and potentially affecting future Artemis lunar missions. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Listen and subscribe on YouTube. Help us continue to offer Let’s Science. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this...

SCI060: Plant-animal hybrids may only exist in the Pikmin game, but Caroline Knight tells Lindsay Sant and Lino Saubolle that there are also real-life photosynthetic animals that convert sunlight to energy, and discusses how all that works. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Listen and subscribe on YouTube. Help us continue to offer Let’s Science. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Pikmin’s plant-animal mashups...

SCI059: The little penguins of Phillip Island, Australia, are a unique avian population. Lindsay Sant and Lino Saubolle discuss their unique characteristics and life cycle and the role of ecotourism in habitat protection as a testament to effect conservation efforts. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Listen and subscribe on YouTube. Help us continue to offer Let’s Science. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: *...

SCI058: Explore the science of Christmas trees with Caroline Knight, Lindsay Sant, and Lino Saubolle, including traditional trees from Europe and North America, but also some native Australian trees that would make great living Christmas trees. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Listen and subscribe on YouTube. Help us continue to offer Let’s Science. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * 9 Most Popular Types of...

SCI057: Dive into the world of bizarre starfish facts! Caroline Knight tells Lindsay Sant and Lino Saubolle about their unique biology, complex genetics, distinctive radial symmetry, and that their whole body is a head. Reflect with us on our enduring curiosity about nature and the critical need to preserve the rich tapestry of life on Earth. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Listen and subscribe on YouTube. Help us continue to offer Let’s Science. Won’t...

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SCI056: Isotopes in an Alaskan woolly mammoth’s tusk have helped scientists track the probable journey of this extinct creature. Caroline Knight shares the fascinating life of Kick the Mammoth with Lindsay Sant and Lino Saubolle. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Listen and subscribe on YouTube. Help us continue to offer Let’s Science. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Scientists Tracked Movements...

SCI055: Space probes have begun returning samples of asteroids to Earth so Caroline Knight shares with Lindsay Sant and Lino Saubolle the exciting news about the asteroids Bennu and Ryugu from US and Japanese space agencies. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Listen and subscribe on YouTube. Help us continue to offer Let’s Science. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Why are the Asteroid Samples Collected by...

SCI054: The Vesuvius Challenge is a scientific competition to unravel the text on burned papyri from the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum. Lindsay Sant and Lino Saubolle discuss the first milestone in which AI was used to read a word on a scroll which can never be unrolled and what comes next. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Listen and subscribe on YouTube. Help us continue to offer Let’s Science. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links...

SCI053: A new study challenges the conventional theory that an asteroid killed the dinosaurs. Lindsay Sant and Lino Saubolle discuss the idea that massive volcanic eruptions were responsible, the scientific evidence for the theory, and more. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Listen and subscribe on YouTube. Help us continue to offer Let’s Science. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * New computer analysis hints...

SCI052: Imagine a tiny robot that can fly through the air, powered by light, and able to change its shape. Lindsay Sant and Lino Saubolle discuss the latest experimental robots that move through the air by snapping into new shapes, allowing for sophisticated mass dispersal of sensors. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Listen and subscribe on YouTube. Help us continue to offer Let’s Science. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this...

I need to ask for your help, but first I want to thank you for listening to StarQuest and supporting our mission of exploring the intersection of faith and pop culture. Over the past five years–since 2018–StarQuest has grown by leaps and bounds, more than at any time in our previous 12 years. With more than a dozen programs and hundreds of thousands of listeners and viewers each month, we are able to bring the Gospel to the world in a unique and entertaining way. This summer, we marked...

SCI051: Dive into a wild ride as Lindsay Sant and Lino Saubolle unravel the mystery of magpie swooping in springtime—attacking, singing, and all. Don’t miss the laughs and insights, and discover how to befriend these feathered friends! Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Listen and subscribe on YouTube. Help us continue to offer Let’s Science. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Surviving Magpie Swooping Season *...

SCI050: Explore the wonders of exoplanets with Caroline Knight, Lindsay Sant, and Lino Saubolle as they discuss fascinating exoplanets like the egg-shaped WASP-12b, the blue-hued HD 189733B, and the temperature-swings of HD 80606B. Uncover the mysteries beyond our solar system. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Listen and subscribe on YouTube. Help us continue to offer Let’s Science. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this...

SCI049: The world is experiencing scorching heat waves, with Europe facing record-breaking temperatures. Caroline Knight tells Lindsay Sant and Lino Saubolle that rising global temperatures and El Nino are contributing to the intensity of these heat waves; Wildfires causing damage in Spain and Canada. Climate change is altering seasons, and urgent action is required to mitigate further damage. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Listen and subscribe on...

SCI048: The Sun’s surface is a fascinating place and Caroline tells Lindsay and Lino about new discoveries of ‘shooting stars’ in the Sun’s corona in spectacular plasma displays known as coronal rain. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Listen and subscribe on YouTube. Help us continue to offer Let’s Science. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Solar astronomers discover ‘shooting stars’ on the sun’s corona *...

SCI047: Do you know your scientific history? Caroline quizzes Lindsay and Lino to see if they know the order in which the top discoveries and theories of the past 100 years occurred. Can you do better than they did? Try it out and you might also learn a thing or two. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Listen and subscribe on YouTube. Help us continue to offer Let’s Science. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * If...

SCI046: Mushrooms are amazing. Lindsay and Lino discuss research that suggests mushrooms communicate using underground electrical signals after rainfall in a mycorrhizal network. Of course, the show wouldn’t be complete with some puns in “spore” taste. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Listen and subscribe on YouTube. Help us continue to offer Let’s Science. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Mushrooms Appear to...

SCI045: The Drop Bear is a mythical creature often used to tease tourists to Australia, but as Caroline and Lindsay discuss there really was an ancient creature that very much fit its description, as well as other even stranger prehistoric creatures on the continent. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Listen and subscribe on YouTube. Help us continue to offer Let’s Science. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: *...

SCI044: The Moon isn’t made of cheese as young Lindsay once thought, and Caroline explains that scientists have finally confirmed it is a solid ball of iron by measuring acoustic waves from moonquakes Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Listen and subscribe on YouTube. Help us continue to offer Let’s Science. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Scientists Finally Confirm What’s Inside The Moon : ScienceAlert *...

SCI043: Fulgurites are naturally occurring crystals formed by lightning striking and melting sand or soil. Caroline Knight tells Lindsay Sant and Lino Saubolle about these fascinating formations and new discoveries of never-before-seen minerals found in them. Plus, the latest on SpaceX’s Starship Heavy. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Listen and subscribe on YouTube. Help us continue to offer Let’s Science. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give...

SCI042: New discoveries may have revealed lots of water on the Moon. Caroline tells Lindsay and Lino about the Chinese discovery of glass beads on the lunar surface that contain water. Plus, a bonus discussion about screaming plants! Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Listen and subscribe on YouTube. Help us continue to offer Let’s Science. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * China discovers strange glass beads on...