Big Picture Science

The surprising connections in science and technology that give you the Big Picture. Astronomer Seth Shostak and science journalist Molly Bentley are joined each week by leading researchers, techies, and journalists to provide a smart and humorous take on science. Our regular "Skeptic Check" episodes cast a critical eye on pseudoscience.

Science
Technology
1
Spotlight on SETI ep 4: Chenoa Tremblay
22 min
2
2024: Our Space Odyssey
50 min
3
A Real Gas
50 min
4
Going Multicellular
50 min
5
Skeptic Check: Near Death Experiences
50 min
6
Spotlight on SETI ep 3: Pascal Lee
37 min
7
Beyond the Periodic Table
50 min
8
Amazing Amazonia
69 min
9
Fuhgeddaboudit**
50 min
10
How Hot is Too Hot?*
51 min
11
Platypus Crazy*
50 min
12
Spotlight on SETI ep 2: Nathalie Cabrol
38 min
13
Skeptic Check: String Theory
50 min
14
We'll Always Have Parasites
50 min
15
Measure For Measure
50 min
16
Skeptic Check: Cell Phone Bans
51 min
17
Cold Comfort
50 min
18
Introducing Spotlight on SETI!
46 min
19
Shipwrecks
51 min
20
Calling All Aliens*
50 min
21
Life in the Solar System
50 min
22
Catching Fire
50 min
23
Not Just a Phage
50 min
24
Skeptic Check: Is Social Media Harming Kids?
62 min
25
Animal Alphabets
50 min