Sunset flimflam! Auroras! Eclipse tips! Let’s get to know the center of our solar system, the Sun, as the April 8th eclipse approaches. What is it made of? How big is it? Will it explode soon? Why can’t I stare at it? And why is it wearing sunglasses? Dr. Michael Kirk and almost-Dr. India Jackson are brilliant and charming Heliologists who have both worked with NASA’s heliophysics departments. Get to know them and also the giant hot plasma ball we revolve around. You’ll never (not look at it) the same.
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Watch NASA’s Total Solar Eclipse Live Broadcast on April 8, 2024
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Scheduling producer: Noel Dilworth
Transcripts by Aveline Malek
Website by Kelly R. Dwyer
Theme song by Nick Thorburn
Classical Archaeology (ANCIENT ROME) Encore with Darius Arya
Teuthology (SQUIDS) Encore with Dr. Sarah McAnulty
Environmental Microbiology (TESTING WASTEWATER FOR DISEASES) with Amy Kirby
Echinology (SEA URCHINS & SAND DOLLARS) with Rich Mooi
Carnivorous Phytobiology (MEAT-EATING PLANTS) with Hali’a Eastburn
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Smologies #11: SNAILS & SLUGS with Jann Vendetti
Ferroequinology (TRAINS) Encore with Matt Anderson
Part 2: Attention-Deficit Neuropsychology (ADHD) with How to ADHD, Black Girl Lost Keys, Jahla Osborne + more
Part 1: Attention-Deficit Neuropsychology (ADHD) with Russell Barkley
Cycadology (RARE PLANT DRAMA) with Nathalie Nagalingum
Carnivore Ecology (LIONS, TIGERS, & BEARS) with Rae Wynn-Grant
Myrmecology (ANTS) Encore with Dr. Terry McGlynn
Smologies #10: BODY HEAT with Shane Campbell-Staton
Indigenous Cuisinology (NATIVE COOKING) with Mariah Gladstone of Indigikitchen
Screamology (LOUD VOCALIZATIONS) with Harold Gouzoules
Bovine Neuropathology (HEADBUTTING) with Nicole Ackermans
Smologies #9: GAMING with Jane McGonigal
Neuropathology (CONCUSSIONS) with Mary Alexis Iaccarino
Raccoonology (PROCYONIDS) with A Gaze of Raccoonologists
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