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 3: Pascal Lee
37 min
2
Beyond the Periodic Table
50 min
3
Amazing Amazonia
69 min
4
Fuhgeddaboudit**
50 min
5
How Hot is Too Hot?*
51 min
6
Platypus Crazy*
50 min
7
Spotlight on SETI ep 2: Nathalie Cabrol
38 min
8
Skeptic Check: String Theory
50 min
9
We'll Always Have Parasites
50 min
10
Measure For Measure
50 min
11
Skeptic Check: Cell Phone Bans
51 min
12
Cold Comfort
50 min
13
Introducing Spotlight on SETI!
46 min
14
Shipwrecks
51 min
15
Calling All Aliens*
50 min
16
Life in the Solar System
50 min
17
Catching Fire
50 min
18
Not Just a Phage
50 min
19
Skeptic Check: Is Social Media Harming Kids?
62 min
20
Animal Alphabets
50 min
21
Allergy Reason*
50 min
22
CRISPR Mosquitoes*
50 min
23
Don't Lighten Up
50 min
24
Aliens Now
50 min
25
Skeptic Check: The Body Electric*
50 min