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Welcome to the American Geophysical Union's podcast about the scientists and methods behind the science. These are stories you won't read in a manuscript or hear in a lecture.

Horror stories (especially movies) have a tradition of long series capstoned by an “ending” movie. Halloween Ends. Friday the 13 th : The Fi...

There’s something powerful about the sound of a scream. Whether it pierces the silence of an empty building or rings out through a crowded r...

Carolyn Elya is the Zombiologist in Chief, aka incoming Assistant Professor in Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University. She’s b...

One of the scariest things for scientists is watching entertainment media portray your field of study inaccurately—the horror! Flood resilie...

The video game and TV show “The Last of Us” captivated audiences with the concept of a fungal pandemic. The story is set in a world ravaged...

We're diving into the intriguing world of vampire bats and their unique genetic adaptations to a blood-based diet. Shenglin Liu is a researc...

It’s that time of year again! For many of us, temperatures are cooling, leaves are changing, Pumpkin Spice Lattes are…latte-ing. While that...

As a young child in India, Nithin Silvadas picked up Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, and it may have changed his life. From that moment on, he was enra...

What goes up must come down, right? Well, what if things go up and come down slightly slower than you might expect? Are there balloons attac...

If you’re a scientist in an oceanography department, you’re probably studying the ocean, right? Well, part of your job might be studying thi...

What was the first big project you worked on at your job? An important report? An interesting experiment? How about helping to build a satel...

When you look up into the night sky, what do you see? Is it a clear picture? Do you see anything at all? What if we could enhance our view o...

We’re journeying into the mysterious world of invisible forces that shape our lives in ways we often overlook for our next series! Join us a...

What do Antarctica, Nepal, South Korea, and rural NE Pennsylvania all have in common? They’re all places where Doug Goetz of UC Boulder’s La...

The mountains are calling! But the trail to get there is pretty bumpy…can everyone come along? When we imagine a geologist striding through...

Many of us know that tree rings can tell us how old a tree is. But there’s so much more we can learn from these seemingly simple lines. In t...

You might think of a deserted island when you picture being marooned, but for some geology researchers the island is their research ship. To...

Every year between June and November, researchers take to the skies to better understand and measure hurricanes. Heather Holbach is part of...

Seismologist Margaret Boettcher has ventured to the depths of South African gold mines and the middle of the Pacific Ocean in a quest to fin...

Joris De Raedt, a passionate scientific illustrator dedicated to capturing the beauty and significance of nature through his art, strives to...

It’s that time of year again where many scientists head out into the field, from far-flung locations to local backyards. In recognition of t...

Wildfires seem to be happening more often, and in 2020, Colorado experienced the worst fire season in its recorded history. Extreme fire eve...

The different temperatures humans experience can be as localized as the variance from a suburban area to its urban center. The urban heat is...

We all know the saying “history repeats itself” but to what extent is that true when it comes to Earth’s climate? In order to understand and...

We’ve all probably heard about how climate change is affecting the ice sheets and polar bears, but what about human health? More severe and...

Jane Baldwin is a storm chaser, only her mode of chasing is computational modeling using multiple streams of data. As an Assistant Professor...

The Earth's oceans play a crucial role in regulating the planet's climate by absorbing and storing vast amounts of heat and carbon dioxide f...

Are you a math person? Does thinking about math make your head hurt? Well, we hate to break it to you, but we’re all math people! Math is pa...

Peter Falcon is an Earth Science communications specialist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory with an atypical background: behavioral scien...

Hashima Hasan is the program scientist for NASA’s James Webb, XP, and NuSTAR telescopes, helping to bring those missions from cradle to grav...

Cynthia Hall is the community coordinator for NASA’s Transform to Open Science program, where she works with organizations and communities t...

Dr. Alex Lockwood is the project scientist on the science communication team for the James Webb Space Telescope at the Space Telescope Scien...

When it comes to data archiving, Michele Thornton has you covered. As a Geospatial Data Professional for ORNL-DAAC, Michele ensures that NAS...

As a leading international expert in weather and climate and Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Geography and Atmospher...

We're back! And this time, we're heading to the moon! Well, not the moon, but to space! Well, that's not quite true either. But we are start...

For many of us, the word “extinctions” conjures up images of dinosaurs, asteroids, and (maybe?) volcanos. And while that last point did like...

Tanya Harrison never thought she was going to be an astronaut. But she was determined to go to space. And she did just that – through satell...

When you hear the word “extinction,” chances are you probably think of the extinction of the dinosaurs and a big rock. But did you know that...

Dive down into the freezing depths of Patricia Lake, in Alberta’s Jasper National Park, and you will find the wreck of the Habbakuk —a sixty...

When Christa Peters-Lidard cold-called the head of NASA’s hydrology lab as an undergrad, she wasn’t thinking she’d eventually land that very...

As the Scientific Visualization lead for NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Mark SubbaRao oversees the translation of NASA science into ima...

As the Deputy Program Manager for NASA’s Radioisotope Power Systems Program at Glenn Research Center, Concha Reid leads a team overseeing an...

Being a Hydrologist was never on Matthew Rodell’s radar, let alone working for NASA. But he always trusted the path ahead. Now as their Depu...

Dorian Janney is a science communicator for NASA asking the big question: how do we make science accessible? Sparked into Earth Space Scienc...

Chris Justice is a geographer and professor at the University of Maryland whose research on land use changes and global agriculture has take...

What do folks who fight food insecurity with satellites, do outreach about Pluto, and map out the Earth's gravitational fields have in commo...

Many might think that we know most or all there is to know about our world. On the surface, that might be somewhat true. But below the surfa...

When you think of a combo of science & art, what comes to mind? Drawings? Dance? Music? How about quilting? Laura Guertin, Professor of Eart...

While climate change is a global issue, it affects people on a local, and sometimes personal level. And it disproportionately affects those...

Fresh water is something that many of us take for granted. But for Carmen George and Brianna John, it's not a trivial thing. They're working...