What topics does Tiny Matters cover?

Tiny Matters covers topics including: science.

Tiny Matters

EN168 episodes

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Science shapes every part of our lives, but so much of its influence is overlooked or buried in the past. Tiny Matters is an award-winning podcast about tiny things — from molecules to microbes — that have a big and often surprising impact on society. From deadly diseases to forensic toxicology to the search for extraterrestrial life, hosts and former scientists Sam Jones and Deboki Chakravarti embrace the awe and messiness of science and its place in history and today, and how it could impact o...

Notable Guests

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Jane Smith6×DDr. John Taylor5×DDr. Jane Doe4×DDr. Jane Smith3×D

Episodes (168)

[BONUS] Antarctic dinosaurs, blood restriction therapy, and an HIV prevention br...

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Deep-sea mining: Environmental uncertainty, ‘Law of the Sea,’ and shark potatoes

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Episodes (168)

[BONUS] Antarctic dinosaurs, blood restriction therapy, and an HIV prevention br...

Deep-sea mining: Environmental uncertainty, ‘Law of the Sea,’ and shark potatoes

[BONUS] The history of Turner Syndrome and engineering food for bees: Tiny Show...

How soap shaped civilizations — and ‘ruined’ famous art

[BONUS] Camel antibodies and colorful Greco-Roman statues: Tiny Show and Tell Us...

Stinky white gold, Haber-Bosch, and ‘peecycling’: How fertilizer shapes our worl...

[BONUS] Reef balls and peanut allergy immunotherapy: Tiny Show and Tell Us #43

The Mothers of Gynecology: The centuries that led to today’s Black maternal mort...

A new podcast joining the fam: Chain Reaction by ACS!

[BONUS] 5D storage in the ‘Memory of Mankind’ and the root of morning sickness:...

Inside expedition medicine: Keeping people alive in the harshest places on Earth

[BONUS] 'Mitochondrial Eve' and birds stealing anti-bird spikes: Tiny Show and T...

From ancient grain mills to massive offshore turbines: Why wind energy was — and...

[BONUS] Dandelion rubber tires and a fentanyl vaccine: Tiny Show and Tell Us #40

The history of clinical trials: From fake exorcisms to testing today

[BONUS] Bat periods and toxins from fungi: Tiny Show and Tell Us #39

The iron lung: How a hulking metal tube became the first machine to keep humans...

[BONUS] The woman who mapped the Milky Way and a toxic evolutionary showdown: Ti...

Sam’s brain-altering bacteria and Deboki’s polio vaccine fascination: EPISODE 10...

[BONUS] Bunny pregnancy tests and a dead salmon MRI: Tiny Show and Tell Us #37

How life keeps time: Zeitgebers, hidden clocks, and ugh daylight saving

[BONUS] Polar bear fact vindication and vibrating insects: Tiny Show and Tell Us...

Dinner with King Tut: How experimental archaeologists are recreating the past

[BONUS] Making magenta pennies and touching the sun: Tiny Show and Tell Us #35

What's eating the Titanic?

[BONUS] 4 years of Tiny Matters?! How we started, what we've learned, and where...

New male contraceptives could be here soon. What took so long?

[BONUS] Why horseshoe crab blood is blue, HELLP syndrome, and a one-electron bon...

Trade, tyranny, and untapped potential: The history and science of spices

[BONUS] Fluorescent milk, ‘liquid’ glass, and studying ripples in spacetime: Tin...

How stunning 19th century dyes led to today's drugs

[BONUS] Wasp versus beetle and blood iron recycling: Tiny Show and Tell Us #32

De-extinction: Genetics, conservation, and lessons from 'dire wolves'

[BONUS] Woolly mammoth mice and filtering microplastics out of your water: Tiny...

Zircon: How this tiny, ancient mineral is upending what scientists believed abou...

[BONUS] Biodegradable super glue and a severe greenhouse gas that lowers your vo...

Is ‘mom brain’ … forever?

[BONUS] Birds breathing with their butts and reducing food waste to combat clima...

How domesticated is a domestic cat? From the wild to ancient Egyptian tombs to n...

[BONUS] Diamond rain on Saturn (maybe) and UV rays breaking down harmful dyes: T...

The strange science and history of quantum computing and how it could transform...

[BONUS] Squirrel pox and did tin buttons cause the downfall of Napoleon's army?:...

Making labs safer: A heavy metal poisoning, a deadly protein exposure, and their...

[BONUS] Fetuses ‘listening’ to different languages and climate change affecting...

How NASA scientists are monitoring and predicting wildfires from space

[BONUS] The FDA’s ban of Red Dye No. 3 and the surprising science of winter road...

How a Mars mission from the 1970s shaped the search for extraterrestrial life to...

[BONUS] Babies leaving cells behind in mom and rethinking the Big Bang: Tiny Sho...

Ozempic: The science behind this blockbuster drug and its untapped potential

[BONUS] Marfan syndrome and plant pathogens eating DNA: Tiny Show and Tell Us #2...