Big Picture Science
Big Picture Science
4.5from 925 ratings
- 583
- Episodes
- 44
- Transcribed
- 925
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2006
- First episode
About Big Picture Science
The surprising connections in science and technology that give you the Big Picture. Astronomer Seth Shostak and science journalist Molly Bentley are joined each week by leading researchers, techies, and journalists to provide a smart and humorous take on science. Our regular "Skeptic Check" episodes cast a critical eye on pseudoscience.
- Publisher
- Big Picture Science
- Category
- science · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 16 May 2006
- Latest episode
- 2 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
44 of 583 episodes have a transcript.
2 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Earth's Misunderstood Molecule
29 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Particle Accelerators, from In Our Time
19 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Our Floral Planet
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Earth's Misunderstood Molecule
Published 2 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Well, Peter, did it have to be the sixth element on the periodic table? Was there another element that was a runner-up to life? I mean, silicon is just one row down, and some scientists hypothesize about silicon life forms somewhere, those scientists who are looking for alien life. What would it take to create one? […]
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- Peter Brannen
- Harry Cliff
- David George Haskell
- Kate Shaw
- Kimberly Palladino
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 925 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100
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- Quality
- 90
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 99
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