Brains On!® is a science podcast for curious kids and adults from American Public Media. Each week,
Trees are the strong, silent type but that doesn’t mean they can’t communicate. In this episode we’l
What wonders are hiding underground? Producer Marc Sanchez finds out what it’s like to explore one o
This is the third of our four-part series on feelings. Today we're learning why we all get angry
This is the second episode in our four-part series on feelings! In this episode, we're covering
Where do feelings come from? And why do we have them? In this four-part series, we're digging de
You may have noticed some strong smells coming from your feet, your friend's breath, or your bro
Today we shout out our love for the ECHO! (echo echo) Discover how these curious callbacks happen an
The hair on our heads is on our minds. We have fun with follicles and learn about how they make hair
This episode is an ear-tickler! Guess your way through eleven mystery sounds — one from a scientist,
Most plants get the energy and nutrients they need from water, sunlight, air and soil. But carnivoro
Black holes happen when you have a super huge, mega-giant amount of stuff --- crammed into a super-t
Ants and spiders are able to defy gravity -- but how do they do it? We'll learn about how awesom
Oxygen is quite the savvy traveler. We explore how this gas travels all around the world and ends up
How do planes stay in the air? And how did humans figure out that it wasn’t enough to just strap win
In this episode, we take a trip down memory lane. We visit a campus full of hippos to learn how memo
In this episode, we climb up, down and all around our evolutionary family tree. When did we branch o
This is a special fundraising episode, where we peek behind the curtain of Brains On!
50 years ago NASA astronauts took a picture that changed the world. It was a full color photo of pla
We’re ready to get our hands dirty as we explore the stuff beneath our feet. Clay, sand, mud — soil
We are very vocal about this episode, and that’s because it’s all about voices. We look into how our
