crisscrossing Science

Recent Episodes

Episode 175: Cancelling Murder Hornets

Posted May 15, 2023 • 00:31:34

Two years ago, Giant Asian Hornets were a new, invasive species to the United States. Dubbed Murder Hornets by the media, for how quickly they could...

Episode 174: Bose-Einstein Condensation

Posted May 2, 2023 • 00:32:10

Mike and Chad discuss a phenomenon that occurs when some atoms are cooled to very low temperatures. To help with the explanation, we have a special...

Episode 173: Sex Determination

Posted April 18, 2023 • 00:30:10

Chad and Mike discuss how sex is determined in mammals and birds. There are some surprising differences between them. Listen to learn more.

Episode 172: Saving Our Soils

Posted April 3, 2023 • 00:32:53

Mike and Chad invite Dr. Jo Handelsman from the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery to discuss the dirty secrets of our soil. There is a lot more happening...

Episode 171: Debugging Programs

Posted March 20, 2023 • 00:31:18

We are joined by data scientist Dr. Kate Lorenzen to talk about the mathematical logic used to debug complicated computer software and what can go wrong...