Brains On!® is a science podcast for curious kids and adults from American Public Media. Each week,
We’ve gotten a lot of questions about bridges and tunnels: How do bridges stay up? How are tunnels b
We talk to Dr. Alan Stern, the leader of NASA’s mission to Pluto – New Horizons. He’s been working o
… and you thought chameleons could hide.
How do trees make oxygen? How do they grow? How do evergreens stay green all year? Why do tree leave
This question has been a mystery for millennia. Turns out there’s a name for the phenomenon: photic
All jellyfish sting – but not all jellyfish sting people. In this episode, we learn about how jellyf
The biggest volcano in our solar system is not on Earth -- and its footprint is as big as the entire
After a caterpillar goes into its chrysalis, you would expect a beautiful butterfly to emerge. But w
Gravity is a very familiar force to us here on Earth. We know how it behaves and how it affects us.
Monarch butterflies are unique — they’re the only butterfly to travel thousands of miles when the se
It’s easy to take water for granted. After all, you just turn a faucet and it pours right out. But h
The questions we have about numbers are uncountable. But here are a few of them: Where does zero com
If you look a little closer, listen a little harder, you’ll notice the secret life of things all aro
We have some questions about sleep: It’s ok to stay up late, right? Is it possible to control your d
The questions asked and answered in this episode include: What is harmony exactly? What does it take
Among the questions answered in this episode: Is it better to be taller or shorter? Do animals grow
In this episode, we ask: Why do some foods taste better to adults than kids? And what happens to foo
