A Piece of String

The podcast that brings together comedians and scientific minds to answer the biggest of all questions, ever.

[A Piece of String @StringPodcast]

Aaaand we’re back!

(With a 7 episode season 🦑)

How Long Is An Antarctic New Year?

Listen on Spotify, iTunes, or by holding your hand to your ear and listening to the wind running it on a continuous loop. 🦕

[CliMatt (Matthew Shribman) @MatthewShribman]

What film do you think this is from?

It’s from the most detailed film there is: nature! Well, it’s not actually a film, but… it *could* be in a film🌋

This is called a dirty storm. Churning magma charges up the bottom of the ash cloud, which eventually fires lighting upwards.

[dr josie a peters @josieapeters]

another episode of Weird Science is out!

This time about alien megastructures and harnessing energy

https://t.co/9MtzoYu57x

[Liam Thorp @LiamThorpECHO]

A headline I never thought I would write

https://t.co/cBPLhwM2iv

[A Piece of String @StringPodcast]

This crow knows what you did 👀 ⁣
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... or maybe it’s mistaken.⁣

For more chats about which animal has the best memory, check out our latest episode ‘Does Paris actually exist?’ 🇫🇷 ⁣

[Maja @igobymaja]

Just heard on @StringPodcast : coconut milk tastes like water that was already in someone else’s mouth and truer words have never been spoken! 😂

[CliMatt (Matthew Shribman) @MatthewShribman]

Did you know that there’s more genetic difference between a wasp and a bee than there is between the two most different mammals? 🐫🐪

We kind of like to think of ourselves as the stars of the show, but actually there’s so much more diversity going on in the insect 🐞world

[Dr Erica McAlister @flygirlNHM]

Flies and clouds! (@CloudAppSoc) 🥰 #flyfriday

[Dr Erica McAlister @flygirlNHM]

I have a worry maggot that I need to calm me when I’m stressed

[A Piece of String @StringPodcast]

In our latest episode ‘How romantic is a drunken fly?’ special guest @flygirlNHM tells us how her mammatus were appreciated by the Cloud Society ⛅️ ⁣
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Here’s a pic of @MatthewShribman’s mammatus for you lucky devils. ⁣
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Check it out for more very serious science sharing. 🪰

[A Piece of String @StringPodcast]

Would you die for Guinness? Arthur would. 🍺 ⁣
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In our latest episode, ‘How warm are butterfly wings?’ we ask…⁣
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💧 What’s the best water?⁣
🔥 Which wearable material would keep you the warmest and driest?⁣
🍔 What’s the fastest food?⁣
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Have a listen to find out!

[Julia Galef @juliagalef]

I don't know what it is about eel scientists, but they do have a way with a pithy quote

[Ivo Graham @IvoGraham]

Getting increasingly hard to delude myself that I am going to “get back to them all when I have a moment”

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Edit: whoops, much like a drunken fly, we got overexcited at String HQ. @flygirlNHM’s episode is next week!

We still have some science delights for you tomorrow though. The content of the episode will remain a surprise for now... 🤫

[A Piece of String @StringPodcast]

TOMORROW another episode recorded in ye olde 2019 is coming out 🥳⁣
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We were joined by the fab @flygirlNHM, who kindly only showed half her face in this photo so there was more space for Paul’s beautiful expression.

Check it out on Thursday wherever you get your podcasts 🪰

[A Piece of String @StringPodcast]

Edit: whoops, much like a drunken fly, we got overexcited at String HQ. @flygirlNHM’s episode is next week!

We still have some science delights for you tomorrow though. The content of the episode will remain a surprise for now... 🤫

[A Piece of String @StringPodcast]

TOMORROW another episode recorded in ye olde 2019 is coming out 🥳⁣
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We were joined by the fab @flygirlNHM, who kindly only showed half her face in this photo so there was more space for Paul’s beautiful expression.

Check it out on Thursday wherever you get your podcasts 🪰

[Andrew Dixon @the_AndrewDixon]

My lizard doing a brilliant impression of a lizard that has died in comedic fashion

[CliMatt (Matthew Shribman) @MatthewShribman]

How many people do you reckon are cryopreserved 🧊 right now?

And would you cryopreserve yourself?

I am not up for it, but then I’m also not that keen to go to Mars 🚀

New @StringPodcast out this Thursday featuring the brilliant @JosieAPeters and @sophsnotes

#apieceofstring

[🎵 Tim Blais 👨🏻‍🔬 @acapellascience]

vaccine wellerman let’s gooooo #seashantytok

[Eloise Todd @eloisetodd]

💥CALLING UK SCHOOLS WHOSE KIDS NEED LAPTOPS👩🏻‍💻👨🏾‍💻👩🏽‍🏫

💥CALLING ALL THOSE WHO MAY HAVE AN OLD LAPTOP TO GIVE 💻

Check out the map to see how schools can advertise their needs+ how individuals+companies can donate tech 👇👇👇👇👇

Proud of this latest initiative from @TechForUK ♥️

[jonny sun @jonnysun]

writing is a lot like cooking spinach. you start with a gigantic abundance of raw ideas and you end up with two, maybe three good sentences