EarthDate
Switch Energy AllianceEarthDate is a short-format weekly audio program delivering concise, science-based stories about the Earth: its geology, environments, and the processes that shape our planet over deep time and today. Beginning in 2026, EarthDate is managed by Switch Energy Alliance and hosted by SEA's founder Dr. Scott W. Tinker. Together, we explore earth systems, natural resources, and their relevance to everyd... more
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 300 | Founded | 3 months ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | EducationEarth SciencesScience | |||
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Lithium-ion batteries have transformed our lives. They make our smartphones possible. They power our laptops and most other rechargeable devices—including, increasingly, our vehicles.
We’re even hoping to put giant batteries on the grid, to store so... more
When is a potato not a potato? When it’s a sweet potato!
And when is a sweet potato not a sweet potato? When it’s a yam!
What I mean is, these three food staples may look similar, but they’re not related at all.
The potato is part of the nightshad... more
It might surprise you to know that plants can hear, and even speak, in their own unique ways.
Scientists have discovered that some plants respond to the sound of water.
They found that the roots of common garden peas will actively grow toward vibra... more
99% of Earth’s biomass is estimated to be on land, with only 1% in the oceans.
However, Earth’s biomass is mostly plants. And the average terrestrial plant is huge—a 2-ton tree that could live for a century. Whereas the average marine plant is tiny—... more
For centuries, humans have relied on pigments to color our products. But a new discovery may change that.
Pigments produce color, ironically, by absorbing light. Chlorophyll, for example, absorbs all colors of the light spectrum except green, which ... more
There’s a spooky, otherworldly intelligence on Earth—and it’s called the slime mold! That may sound like a horror movie, but it’s real.
And it grows in leaf litter … perhaps in the woods behind your house, waiting for darkness to creep under your do... more
The largest mountain in our solar system is not on Earth but on Mars. Olympus Mons is 72,000 feet tall—that’s two and a half times higher than Everest!
And mountains on Earth will never get that tall. Why?
First, we have stronger gravity. About two... more
Around 300 million years ago, something magnificent happened: evolution hatched the egg.
Specifically, the shelled egg. Most eggs then, and many still today, were gelatinous and could only survive in water. Like those of frogs or fish.
But the shel... more
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Apple Podcasts | #122 |  United States/Science/Earth Sciences |
Apple Podcasts | #125 |  Canada/Science/Earth Sciences |
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