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Ologies with Alie Ward

Volcanoes. Trees. Drunk butterflies. Mars missions. Slug sex. Death. Beauty standards. Anxiety buste

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If you need fuel to get excited about voting: here it is. How low is U.S. voter turnout? And why? Ar

Thunder and lightning: very, very frighteningly interesting! Wildfire researcher and lightning scien

Mammals: you’re one. Your dog is one. So are giant rats. What do we have in common? Nipples. The inc

The spirited, laughy chatter with a duo of deer scientists named Rhiannon continues in the thrilling

What IS a deer? And an elk? And a moose? And a Rhiannon? One thing they all have in common: cervidol

Tasmanian devils! Quolls! Carnivores! Wait … what is a quoll? In what will become an instant-favorit

With some fresh updates, ocean and policy expert Dr. Ayana Johnson guests in an encore presentation

Spears! Sharp rocks! Ancient blades, bows and arrows and ...atlatls? What’s an atlatl? Experimental

Jellyfish stings: what are they and why do they hurt? And who studies them? Toxinologist Anna Klompe

What even *is* a jellyfish?! How do they eat? What are they made of? Can we eat them? Your new favor

Update! This episode posted on Tuesday per usual, then somehow un-published itself! Weird. Harrumph!

Lights! Cameras! Arachnids! And lizards and bees and beetles. Macro photography is like magic: curve

Yes, there is an -ology for that. Dr. Robert Proctor is a Stanford professor of the History of Scien

An instant classic. You’ll listen on repeat as world-renowned author, botanist, Indigenous ecology p

The wonderful neuroscientist and endocrinology researcher Dr. Daniel Pfau is back for Part 2 to answ

How many genders are there? How do you know if you’re queer? Is sexual orientation biological, and i

The most ologists in one Ologies. And maybe my favorite episode ever. #BlackBirdersWeek was such a f

Spine mysteries, saggy sacs, limericks, flim flam, flags, #BlackBirdersWeek, sandals, divebombs, por

Why does clutter happen? How can we get rid of it and how will it affect us psychologically if we do

Who cares about flatworms? Guess what: you do. Planarian expert Dr. Oné Pagán shares his infectious