Sound Science was OMSI's weekly podcast. A podcast is a radio show you download on the internet. Your computer can subscribe to the show, and automatically download new episodes. The last new episode was posted in November 2008.

Penultimate Sound Science (11/7/08): This episode we talk about (1)why higher diving hurts more. [Text answer: (1) ]

Sound Science 118 (10/10/08): This episode we talk about (1)if a full memory card weighs more than an empty one and (2) why a lollipop dissolves faster in water than in root beer. [Text answers: (1) (2) ]

Sound Science 117 (9/19/08): This episode we talk about (1)whether glucosamine helps arthritic knees and (2) how pinhole spectacles work. [Text answers: (1) (2) ]

Sound Science 116 (9/12/08): This episode we talk about (1)where stuff goes in black holes and (2) why cans of air get cold when you empty them. [Text answers: (1) (2) ]

Sound Science 115 (9/5/08): This episode we talk about (1)how spiders know how to make webs and (2) why ducks swim in a line. [Text answers: (1) (2) ]

Sound Science 114 (8/29/08): This episode we talk about (1)why baleen whales have 2 blowholes and toothed whales have 1 blowhole (2)if whales sneeze and (3)if dinosaurs sneezed. [Text answers: (1) (2) (3) ]

Sound Science 113 (8/22/08): This episode we talk about (1)does anyone use geometry after high school and (2)are black and white colors. [Text answers: (1) (2) ]

Want to listen to an older episode? You can look through all our past podcasts.

Each podcast we answered questions from listeners about science, technology and math. Educators talked about weather, chemistry, geology, physics, biology, inventions, and more!

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