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Recent Episodes

Episode 125: Trap-Jaw Ants

Posted June 7, 2021 • 00:31:45

Chad and Mike invite Andrew Suarez to discuss trap jaw ants. These ants have specialized mandibles that are able to snap shut, similar to that of...

Episode 124: Quantum Computing

Posted May 24, 2021 • 00:31:02

Mike and Chad talk about the fundamentals of quantum computing and why anybody would want to learn how to make a computer behave as a quantum system.

This...

Episode 123: Seventeen Year Itch

Posted May 10, 2021 • 00:31:19

Chad and Mike discuss the Brood X of cicadas that will soon be making noise across much of the Eastern United States. They only come out of the ground...

Episode 122: Philosophers are Still People

Posted April 27, 2021 • 00:32:22

In this rebroadcast, Mike and Chad invite Leonard Finkelman from the Philosophy department into the studio in order to discuss what is science and what...

Episode 121: More Consciousness

Posted March 29, 2021 • 00:32:57

In this rebroadcast from 2019, Chad and Mike discuss whether animals have consciousness and what tools can be used to assess whether they do or not.

If...