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S1E8 Can Fat Fight Diabetes?
Conventional wisdom tells us that, to be healthy, we should exercise and limit fatty foods. Exercise helps us lose weight, build muscle, strengthens our hearts and boosts how we take in and use…
S1E7 What Makes Seizures Start?
Not all cases of epilepsy are the same. Some people suffer a few seizures, begin taking one of 30 or more epilepsy medications available, and live a typical life.But for about a half million U.S.…
S1E6 What Do You Do When Your Body Is Its Own Enemy?
Lining the vessels that carry blood and oxygen to your brain, there’s a protective filter than keeps bad stuff from getting out of the bloodstream and into the brain where it can do harm. It’s called…
S1E5 How Does a Brain Even Happen?
The cerebellum hasn’t gotten much love from brain scientists historically, but neurobiologists today are discovering how it works to control motor functions, and how problems in that brain region…
S1E4 What If Sound Could Heal?
Sound has been harnessed for uses from medical imaging to SONAR. Now, scientists are exploring how ultrasound can be focused and used to treat conditions as varied as chronic pain, addiction, and…
S1E3 Why Don’t I Slosh When I Walk?
Human beings are mostly water, and about a fifth of that water is interstitial fluid, flowing in the spaces between our cells. Jenny Munson, a world leader in the study of interstitial fluid flow,…
S1E2 What Makes a Heart Stop?
Your heart will beat billions of times, with incredible reliability, if you live a typical lifespan. But a handful of abnormal beats could be fatal. Steve Poelzing, a groundbreaking cardiovascular…
Welcome to Big Science, Small Pod
A compact guide to the human body and how it works, powered by the world-class scientists of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
S1E1 Are We Eating Ourselves to Death?
More than half of the calories consumed in the United States are ultra-processed. At the same time, food-related ailments, including heart disease and diabetes, are on the rise. Yet we struggle to…
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Big Science Small Pod has published 9 episodes since February 2025, covering topics in Science.
Big Science Small Pod is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 months. Average episode length is 17m.
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