Life Science

Reading is your one-way ticket to adventure! But have you ever wondered how we learn to read?

Plastic is useful but also a danger, because a lot of it is ending up in our oceans, where it’s sucked into swirly twirly whirlpools of garbage.

There are more than a million different species of insects out there, from speedy dragonflies that zip through the air as fast as a car to rainbow-colored beetles living in tropical rainforests. But why does the world need bugs?

Why are dogs and humans such great pals?

Friendship rules! Friends help us work through problems, keep us company and bring joy to our lives. Making friends might have also helped our prehistoric ancestors survive and thrive!

Humans need sleep to survive, but do plants doze off too?

In this episode, we’ll travel to the bottom of the ocean in the ExPLORERR to meet some super spectacular, bioluminescent friends and find out why so many animals make their own light.

In this episode, Xuan June is getting fitted for a new pair of hearing aids — and she’s invited Molly to come with her!

It's just a normal day at Brains On headquarters, until Molly and co-host Aaliyah find Forever Ago host Joy Dolo in the midst of a full-blown stress attack.

Imagine an exact copy of you, someone with the same hair, eyes and DNA. That’s a clone!

Concrete is so much more than just a sidewalk. To celebrate this superlative substance, Molly and cohost Mark are joined by special guest Concreature, a being from the concrete dimension! Tune in for a dose of history, some magnificent moss, and some hot, hot science.

Ancient Egyptians did lots of amazing things, from building pyramids to inventing a form of writing called hieroglyphics. They also mummified important people after they died. In this episode we’ll explain how that process was done and why.

Our listeners have a lot of questions about the way animals see the world, and this episode tackles lots of them.

Every time you flush, your poo and pee start an epic journey. From the toilet, to the sewers, to a treatment plant, our waste travels quite a distance only to end up cleaner by the end.

This episode is going to make you sweat!

The psychology of horror movie music

In this episode, we'll find out the super important role blood plays in your body and why that means it has so many clues about what's going on in there.

The great Brontosaurus vs. Apatosaurus debate rages on!