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
26
How Hot is Too Hot?*
51 min
27
Platypus Crazy*
50 min
28
Spotlight on SETI ep 2: Nathalie Cabrol
38 min
29
Skeptic Check: String Theory
50 min
30
We'll Always Have Parasites
50 min
31
Measure For Measure
50 min
32
Skeptic Check: Cell Phone Bans
51 min
33
Cold Comfort
50 min
34
Introducing Spotlight on SETI!
46 min
35
Shipwrecks
51 min
36
Calling All Aliens*
50 min
37
Life in the Solar System
50 min
38
Catching Fire
50 min
39
Not Just a Phage
50 min
40
Skeptic Check: Is Social Media Harming Kids?
62 min
41
Animal Alphabets
50 min
42
Allergy Reason*
50 min
43
CRISPR Mosquitoes*
50 min
44
Don't Lighten Up
50 min
45
Aliens Now
50 min
46
Skeptic Check: The Body Electric*
50 min
47
Flower Power*
50 min
48
Animals Being Jerks*
50 min
49
Post Social Media*
52 min
50
Skeptic Check: Feeling Risky*
50 min