/science-environment/science Science en-US Copyright Wed, 30 Jul 2025 17:00:21 GMT /show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2025-07-30/a-most-confounding-affliction-a-look-at-headaches Virtually everyone has had headaches, yet their underlying neurological cause is still unknown. This hour, a look at the long history of and current science around headaches. Wed, 30 Jul 2025 17:00:21 GMT /show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2025-07-30/a-most-confounding-affliction-a-look-at-headaches Jonathan McNicol, Isaac Moss /show/disrupted/2025-07-25/lizards-scallops-and-funding-cuts-connecticut-biologists-talk-about-our-ever-changing-world Two ���ϳԹ��� biologists tell us about the changing environment, what inspired them to study science and the impact of funding cuts on research. Fri, 25 Jul 2025 13:15:00 GMT /show/disrupted/2025-07-25/lizards-scallops-and-funding-cuts-connecticut-biologists-talk-about-our-ever-changing-world Kevin Chang Barnum, Khalilah Brown-Dean, Erica McIntosh, Robyn Doyon-Aitken , Megan Fitzgerald /show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2025-07-11/alive-and-well-in-our-imaginations-dinosaurs-in-pop-culture This hour, with the latest ‘Jurassic World’ at No. 1 at the box office, a look at dinosaurs in our popular culture. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 19:03:43 GMT /show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2025-07-11/alive-and-well-in-our-imaginations-dinosaurs-in-pop-culture Jonathan McNicol /show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2025-07-08/an-appreciation-of-squirrels This hour, an appreciation of fluffy-tailed, seed- and nut-hoarding, sometimes nuisancey, sometimes shockingly industrious … squirrels. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 17:00:06 GMT /show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2025-07-08/an-appreciation-of-squirrels Jonathan McNicol /news/2025-06-05/ct-scientists-begin-annual-monitoring-for-mosquito-borne-viruses Researchers trap and track mosquitoes annually from June to October to look for the presence of mosquito-borne viruses including West Nile and Eastern Equine Encephalitis, or “Triple E” virus. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 21:27:45 GMT /news/2025-06-05/ct-scientists-begin-annual-monitoring-for-mosquito-borne-viruses Kelsey Hubbard Rollinson /show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2025-06-03/two-thumbs-up-a-show-all-about-fingers This hour, a look at the hidden language of finger gestures, the future of Braille, and the joys and challenges of animating fingers for the movies. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 17:00:18 GMT /show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2025-06-03/two-thumbs-up-a-show-all-about-fingers Julia Pistell /show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2025-05-28/how-robots-and-our-attitudes-toward-them-have-evolved This hour, a look at what robots are and how humans have thought about robots throughout history. Wed, 28 May 2025 17:00:59 GMT /show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2025-05-28/how-robots-and-our-attitudes-toward-them-have-evolved Lily Tyson /show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2025-05-07/are-you-still-the-you-that-you-used-to-be-and-other-questions-of-self-continuity This hour, a look at the age-old philosophical concept of continuity of self. Wed, 07 May 2025 17:00:42 GMT /show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2025-05-07/are-you-still-the-you-that-you-used-to-be-and-other-questions-of-self-continuity Jonathan McNicol /show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2025-03-21/from-the-bad-ideas-dept-todays-show-is-not-about-tapirs To celebrate the show’s 15th anniversary, an episode we did for its 10th anniversary. After thousands of shows, each about some something, a show NOT about a specific something: tapirs. Fri, 21 Mar 2025 17:00:25 GMT /show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2025-03-21/from-the-bad-ideas-dept-todays-show-is-not-about-tapirs Jonathan McNicol /show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2025-02-12/an-appreciation-of-squirrels This hour, an appreciation of fluffy-tailed, seed- and nut-hoarding, sometimes nuisancey, sometimes shockingly industrious … squirrels. Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:00:43 GMT /show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2025-02-12/an-appreciation-of-squirrels Jonathan McNicol