Big Picture Science
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A weekly science radio show hosted by astronomer Seth Shostak and journalist Molly Bentley | Linktree: http://bit.ly/3GAzFVo
One of the world’s most prominent bird flu scientists, veterinarian David Swyane, has studied the routes that H5N1 has taken to land where it is now. He helps us understand why the current flu variant is so lethal. bigpicturescience.org/episodes/flu...
November 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
One of the world’s most prominent bird flu scientists, veterinarian David Swyane, has studied the routes that H5N1 has taken to land where it is now. He helps us understand why the current flu variant is so lethal. bigpicturescience.org/episodes/flu...
Find out why, by hitching a ride inside migrating birds and circling the globe, H5N1 has had time and opportunity to mingle and mutate to become better at transmission to a wide variety of animals. bigpicturescience.org/episodes/flu...
November 27, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Find out why, by hitching a ride inside migrating birds and circling the globe, H5N1 has had time and opportunity to mingle and mutate to become better at transmission to a wide variety of animals. bigpicturescience.org/episodes/flu...
BPS reporters Nsikan Akpan @MoNscience.bsky.social and Brian Edwards tour a location where the avian influenza virus has many opportunities to mix, mingle and recombine: a live poultry market. A surprising spot for this one: Brooklyn! bigpicturescience.org/episodes/flu...
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
BPS reporters Nsikan Akpan @MoNscience.bsky.social and Brian Edwards tour a location where the avian influenza virus has many opportunities to mix, mingle and recombine: a live poultry market. A surprising spot for this one: Brooklyn! bigpicturescience.org/episodes/flu...
Never short of wonder in his accounts of what it’s like to be a bird traveling along a flyway, ornithologist Scott Weidensaul describes what motivates a migratory trip, and what is required by the animals to complete it. bigpicturescience.org/episodes/flu...
November 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Never short of wonder in his accounts of what it’s like to be a bird traveling along a flyway, ornithologist Scott Weidensaul describes what motivates a migratory trip, and what is required by the animals to complete it. bigpicturescience.org/episodes/flu...
Ornithologist Scott Weidensaul describes the dangers migrating birds face - from urban lights to climate change - and why, “if we have a planet that works for birds, we have a planet that will work for everything else, including us.” bigpicturescience.org/episodes/flu...
November 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Ornithologist Scott Weidensaul describes the dangers migrating birds face - from urban lights to climate change - and why, “if we have a planet that works for birds, we have a planet that will work for everything else, including us.” bigpicturescience.org/episodes/flu...
Ornithologist Scott Weidensaul describes how our feathered friends achieve incredible feats of endurance with each migratory journey. The bar-tailed godwit can fly more than a week without stopping! bigpicturescience.org/episodes/flu...
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Ornithologist Scott Weidensaul describes how our feathered friends achieve incredible feats of endurance with each migratory journey. The bar-tailed godwit can fly more than a week without stopping! bigpicturescience.org/episodes/flu...
Since 2005, the number of wild and domesticated birds killed by H5N1 is greater than the combined human populations of the United States and Russia. Find out why avian influenza isn’t dying out as it has in years past. bigpicturescience.org/episodes/flu...
November 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Since 2005, the number of wild and domesticated birds killed by H5N1 is greater than the combined human populations of the United States and Russia. Find out why avian influenza isn’t dying out as it has in years past. bigpicturescience.org/episodes/flu...
We worry whether H5N1 will trigger a human pandemic, but bird flu has already taken an enormous toll on wild and domesticated birds. In this episode, we consider the animals often left out of the story of avian influenza: bigpicturescience.org/episodes/flu...
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
We worry whether H5N1 will trigger a human pandemic, but bird flu has already taken an enormous toll on wild and domesticated birds. In this episode, we consider the animals often left out of the story of avian influenza: bigpicturescience.org/episodes/flu...
Avian influenza is taking a huge toll on the lives of birds and other animals. We look at what gives H5N1 its staying power and why, when we have poultry vaccines, we don’t use them. It’s “Flu the Coop” bigpicturescience.org/episodes/flu...
November 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Avian influenza is taking a huge toll on the lives of birds and other animals. We look at what gives H5N1 its staying power and why, when we have poultry vaccines, we don’t use them. It’s “Flu the Coop” bigpicturescience.org/episodes/flu...
Since 2005, the number of wild and domesticated birds H5N1 has killed is greater than the combined human populations of the U.S. and Russia. On this week's episode, why this version of avian influenza won’t go away. bigpicturescience.org/episodes/flu...
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Since 2005, the number of wild and domesticated birds H5N1 has killed is greater than the combined human populations of the U.S. and Russia. On this week's episode, why this version of avian influenza won’t go away. bigpicturescience.org/episodes/flu...
If proven true, string theory could answer questions about the structure of the universe and reality itself, including whether there are more dimensions all around us. It's "Skeptic Check: String Theory" bigpicturescience.org/episodes/ske...
November 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
If proven true, string theory could answer questions about the structure of the universe and reality itself, including whether there are more dimensions all around us. It's "Skeptic Check: String Theory" bigpicturescience.org/episodes/ske...
String theory! Huh!
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing? Anything? Everything?
On our most recent Skeptic Check, Seth asks Brian Greene what string theory has done for us lately. bigpicturescience.org/episodes/ske...
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing? Anything? Everything?
On our most recent Skeptic Check, Seth asks Brian Greene what string theory has done for us lately. bigpicturescience.org/episodes/ske...
November 21, 2025 at 1:29 AM
String theory! Huh!
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing? Anything? Everything?
On our most recent Skeptic Check, Seth asks Brian Greene what string theory has done for us lately. bigpicturescience.org/episodes/ske...
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing? Anything? Everything?
On our most recent Skeptic Check, Seth asks Brian Greene what string theory has done for us lately. bigpicturescience.org/episodes/ske...
We are a curious species, says physicist Brian Greene. "We yearn to understand where we came from and where we're going." Could string theory hold the answers? bigpicturescience.org/episodes/ske...
November 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
We are a curious species, says physicist Brian Greene. "We yearn to understand where we came from and where we're going." Could string theory hold the answers? bigpicturescience.org/episodes/ske...
String theory has yet to be proven or disproven. But over the decades, it has generated many different ideas that have influenced new areas of mathematics. Learn more about the impact of string theory on modern physics on this week's episode: bigpicturescience.org/episodes/ske...
November 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
String theory has yet to be proven or disproven. But over the decades, it has generated many different ideas that have influenced new areas of mathematics. Learn more about the impact of string theory on modern physics on this week's episode: bigpicturescience.org/episodes/ske...
String theory posits that the universe is made up of tiny vibrating strings. If it's true, it could answer big questions about the nature of the universe. But how do you test it? It's "Skeptic Check: String Theory" bigpicturescience.org/episodes/ske...
November 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
String theory posits that the universe is made up of tiny vibrating strings. If it's true, it could answer big questions about the nature of the universe. But how do you test it? It's "Skeptic Check: String Theory" bigpicturescience.org/episodes/ske...
String theory could help us make sense of a wider reality, says physicist Brian Greene. "If it proves to be correct, it could provide the deepest insights we can get into why there is a universe and what matter is made of." bigpicturescience.org/episodes/ske...
November 20, 2025 at 1:29 AM
String theory could help us make sense of a wider reality, says physicist Brian Greene. "If it proves to be correct, it could provide the deepest insights we can get into why there is a universe and what matter is made of." bigpicturescience.org/episodes/ske...
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of his bestselling book, "The Elegant Universe," author and physicist Brian Greene discusses the challenges and promise of string theory with Seth Shostak this week: bit.ly/3XYdhfm
November 19, 2025 at 10:13 PM
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of his bestselling book, "The Elegant Universe," author and physicist Brian Greene discusses the challenges and promise of string theory with Seth Shostak this week: bit.ly/3XYdhfm
The emergence of string theory was a seismic shift, says physicist Brian Greene. It promised to unite the theories of particles and gravity. But where does the theory stand today? This is "Skeptic Check: String Theory" bigpicturescience.org/episodes/ske...
November 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The emergence of string theory was a seismic shift, says physicist Brian Greene. It promised to unite the theories of particles and gravity. But where does the theory stand today? This is "Skeptic Check: String Theory" bigpicturescience.org/episodes/ske...
It's been 25 years since Brian Greene's bestselling book "The Elegant Universe" brought the concept of string theory to the public. But what's happened with the theory since then? This week, it's "Skeptic Check: String Theory" bigpicturescience.org/episodes/ske...
November 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
It's been 25 years since Brian Greene's bestselling book "The Elegant Universe" brought the concept of string theory to the public. But what's happened with the theory since then? This week, it's "Skeptic Check: String Theory" bigpicturescience.org/episodes/ske...
Quarks and bosons and neutrinos, oh my! This week, we explore the fundamental nature of the universe with physicist and author Brian Greene. It's "Skeptic Check: String Theory" bigpicturescience.org/episodes/ske...
November 19, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Quarks and bosons and neutrinos, oh my! This week, we explore the fundamental nature of the universe with physicist and author Brian Greene. It's "Skeptic Check: String Theory" bigpicturescience.org/episodes/ske...
String theory promised to unite quantum physics and gravity. Many were giddy about the suggestion that tiny vibrating strings might make up the universe. What happened to this idea? It’s "Skeptic Check: String Theory” bigpicturescience.org/episodes/ske...
November 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
String theory promised to unite quantum physics and gravity. Many were giddy about the suggestion that tiny vibrating strings might make up the universe. What happened to this idea? It’s "Skeptic Check: String Theory” bigpicturescience.org/episodes/ske...
One the best known proponents of string theory, Brian Greene, describes why it is still the best theory to understand the fundamental laws of nature. But can it even be tested? This week, it’s "Skeptic Check: String Theory" buff.ly/SOmv0qH
November 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
One the best known proponents of string theory, Brian Greene, describes why it is still the best theory to understand the fundamental laws of nature. But can it even be tested? This week, it’s "Skeptic Check: String Theory" buff.ly/SOmv0qH
A DIY solar panel movement has come to countries like Pakistan. Social media videos are showing users how to build their own source of energy in areas where access to a reliable national electrical grid is inconsistent. Learn more on this week's episode: bigpicturescience.org/episodes/sol...
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
A DIY solar panel movement has come to countries like Pakistan. Social media videos are showing users how to build their own source of energy in areas where access to a reliable national electrical grid is inconsistent. Learn more on this week's episode: bigpicturescience.org/episodes/sol...
Texas is the fastest growing clean energy state in America, outpacing even California in solar energy production. Clean energy has had a stabilizing effect on an electric grid that previously struggled with blackouts. We look at the "Solar Good" this week: bigpicturescience.org/episodes/sol...
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Texas is the fastest growing clean energy state in America, outpacing even California in solar energy production. Clean energy has had a stabilizing effect on an electric grid that previously struggled with blackouts. We look at the "Solar Good" this week: bigpicturescience.org/episodes/sol...
When energy analysts noticed Pakistan's sudden drop in its grid's energy demand, they found a surprising answer; solar panels were spreading across rooftops, "like mushrooms after a rainstorm" reports @billmckibben.bsky.social. bigpicturescience.org/episodes/sol...
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
When energy analysts noticed Pakistan's sudden drop in its grid's energy demand, they found a surprising answer; solar panels were spreading across rooftops, "like mushrooms after a rainstorm" reports @billmckibben.bsky.social. bigpicturescience.org/episodes/sol...