EPISODES

Hello everyone! This is our very first holiday special!No special guest this time, just four members of the TSB podcast team chatting about sciency fun-facts, evil christmas decorations and …bird dress code! This is the last episode of the year…

“Always question your own morals” is the key message of our new episode, where Eleanna and Giuliano interview Marianna Saartio-Itkonen, doctoral student at the University of Helsinki, investigating evil as a mass phenomenon.Listen through to find out how group dynamics…

In this episode Giuliano and Eleanna interview Manlio Fusciello, PhD student working on anti-cancer tharepies.Did you know that some viruses hate cancer cells and they like to destry them? And killing cancer cells is …good!Turns out that many scientists like…

Spiders, pumpkins and witches… it’s THAT time of the year, and the Science Basement is here to get you through this dark scary night.Are you scared? Well that’s just fine (got the quote?), ’cause turns out that scientists can treat…

Gold! Gold! That sweet yellow metal that shines and makes people rich. It also makes fancy spoons, tacky teeth, and… dragonflies?!Well not exactly, we are cheering in that last one; but we promise it’s useful!In today’s episode we will tell…

Aaaaaand we’re back!After a nice (and long) break, we’re back to provide you your bi-weekly dose of science! In this interview, we jump down the rabbit hole of psychedelic drugs and their potential use in treating depression, with the help…

Sweet, sweet sleep… We all love a good nap. That moment when we switch off the lights, get cozy in our beds, close our eyes and fall in the blissful arms of Morph… zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz… …zzzz…Sorry! I’m awake! Where were we?Sleep!…

Did you ever wonder how solar eruptions affect the space, as they travel away from the Sun? In this episode Eleanna Asvestari and Guliano Didio are interviewing Dr. Matti Ala-Lahti about plasma in space, solar eruptions, and the “sheath region”…

How does the eye work?Well… Ehm… You have the eye of course, than the light goes inside the eye, through the pupil… and then the light hits the RETINA.Wait… the what now?!“A carpet of neurons”! That’s how our interviewee, Laura,…