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Tiny Matters

Tiny Matters

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Science shapes every part of our lives, but so much of its influence is overlooked or buried in the past. Tiny Matters is an award-winning podcast about tiny things — from molecules to microbes — that have a big and often surprising impact on society. From deadly diseases to forensic toxicology to the search for extraterrestrial life, hosts and former scientists Sam Jones and Deboki Chakravarti embrace the awe and messiness of science and its place in history and today, and how it could impact our world’s future. New episodes every Wednesday. Tiny Matters is brought to you by the American Chemical Society, a non-profit scientific organization based in Washington, D.C., and is produced by Multitude.

Recent Episodes

  • [BONUS] Squirrel pox and did tin buttons cause the downfall of Napoleon's army?: Tiny Show and Tell Us #27

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  • Making labs safer: A heavy metal poisoning, a deadly protein exposure, and their aftermath

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  • [BONUS] Fetuses ‘listening’ to different languages and climate change affecting psychiatric meds: Tiny Show and Tell Us #26

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  • How NASA scientists are monitoring and predicting wildfires from space

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  • [BONUS] The FDA’s ban of Red Dye No. 3 and the surprising science of winter roads: Tiny Show and Tell Us #25

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  • How a Mars mission from the 1970s shaped the search for extraterrestrial life today

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  • [BONUS] Babies leaving cells behind in mom and rethinking the Big Bang: Tiny Show and Tell Us #24

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  • Ozempic: The science behind this blockbuster drug and its untapped potential

    2 months ago

  • [BONUS] Marfan syndrome and plant pathogens eating DNA: Tiny Show and Tell Us #23

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  • How a little-known vaccine project and decades of HIV research made "Operation Warp Speed" possible

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