Today on Math! Science! History! I follow ten Black women inventors. Some left thick paper trails, stamped with patent numbers and filing dates.
It’s Flashcards Friday! This podcast is a follow-up to Tuesday’s episode about Benjamin Banneker. This brilliant individual was predominantly self-taught. I found his story very inspiring because he was self-educated. In other words, he learned everything he knew about astronomy and surveying without being in a classroom. And today, when people say they are self-taught, that means so more than
The holidays have ended, the decorations have come down, and many people have stepped outside to find that the ground has been quietly transformed into a dense, slippery physics problem.
Today we explore something wonderfully nerdy: the neuroscience of puzzles. Not just why puzzles are fun, but what your brain is actually doing the moment you lean over a crossword, a logic grid, or a deliciously tricky time-travel cipher.
Discover how the olfactory system works, why smell shapes memory and emotion, and three science-backed ways to strengthen and train your sense of smell.
Welcome to Math! Science! History!, Today we’re exploring the story and the myths surrounding Carl Friedrich Gauss, the Prince of Mathematics. This isn’t because he chased fame, he didn’t, but because his insights were so deep they silently built the scaffolding of modern science. Hi, I’m Gabrielle Birchak. I’m a science communicator with a background in math, science and journalism.
Thank you for tuning into today’s podcast! If you are here for the recipes, just scroll to the bottom! PODCAST TRANSCRIPTS Welcome to Flashcards Friday! Today we’re taking a closer look at something that shows up every November: tryptophan. Yes, that mysterious amino acid that gets blamed every year for the legendary “post-Thanksgiving nap.” Turkey is the star witness, but
PODCAST TRANSCRIPTS Gabrielle Birchak I just finished editing this fantastic interview with Dr. Ronald Mallett, Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Connecticut. This episode of Math Science History is all about exploring one of physics most daring frontiers, time travel. Dr. Mallett has spent a lifetime investigating whether light itself can twist space time enough to form loops
Time Travel Imagine stepping into a machine, an elaborate chamber of brass, gears, and humming coils. You sit down, pull a lever, and suddenly the world outside your window blurs. The clock on the wall no longer ticks in neat, familiar seconds. Instead, time itself bends and stretches like taffy. Days whirl past in moments, centuries collapse into a single
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