Making Science Make Sense Audio Series

This audio series is part of Bayer's Making Science Make Sense efforts to promote science literacy. It is a series of two-minute vignettes that explore the wonders of science found in our everyday lives in a creative and interesting way.

To listen to any of the vignettes, click on the links below.
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Come back and visit this on a regular basis. A new category of vignettes will be posted soon.

Click here to view the vignettes available is the Making Science Make Sense Audio Series Archive

Body and Medicine

How Can People Stay Afloat in Water?		How Do Antacids Work?
How Do Antibiotics Fight Disease?		How Do Cells Work?
How Do People Hear?		How Do Tastebuds Taste?
How Do Vaccinations Work?		How Does a Pacemaker Work?
How Does an MRI Work?		How Does an X-Ray Take Pictures of Bones?
How Does Anesthesia Work?		How Does Aspirin Work?
How Does Fluoride Help Fight Cavities?		How Does Iodine Work as an Antiseptic?
How Does Nasal Spray Unclog a Stuffy Nose?		How Does Sunscreen Work?
What are Calories?		What are Fingernails?
What are Teeth?		What Are _Butterflies In Your Stomach?
What Causes Allergies?		What Causes Blisters?
What Causes Color Blindness?		What Do Bifocals Do?
What Does an Appendix Do?		What Does Nearsighted and Farsighted Mean?
What Happens When We Dream?		What Happens When Your Foot Falls Asleep?
What is a Herniated Disk?		What is a Snore?
What is a Virus?		What is Adrenaline?
What is Cholesterol?		What is Diabetes?
What is Jetlag?		What is Skin?
What is the Common Cold?		What Makes Skin Heal?
What Makes Some Hair Straight and Others Curly?		What Makes Us Inhale and Exhale?
Where Do Headaches Come From?		Where Do Tears Come From?
Where Does the Fat Go When You Lose Weight?		Why Are Men's Voices Deeper than Women's?
Why Are People Ticklish?		Why Are Some People Better at Sprinting Than Long Distance?
Why Are Some People Immune To Antibiotics?		Why Can You See Your Breath When it's Cold Outside?
Why Do Feet Have Arches?		Why Do People Get Calluses?
Why Do People Get Fevers?		Why Do People Like Horror Films?
Why Do People Lose Their Hair?		Why Do People Need Water?
Why Do People's Eyes Turn Red in Photos?		Why Do Sinuses Sometimes Hurt?
Why Do Some People Faint When They're Scared?		Why Do We Blush?
Why Do We Get Goosebumps?		Why Do We Have Eyelashes and Eyebrows?
Why Do We Move Our Arms When We Walk?		Why Do We Sleep?
Why Do We Use Ice for Muscle Strains?		Why Does Cold Weather Make Your Nose Run?
Why Does Hair Turn Grey?		Why Does Humidity Cause Unmanageable Hair?
Why Does It Hurt When You Hit Your Funnybone?		Why Does Your Stomach Growl?
Why is Spicy Food Hard to Digest?		Why Should We Wear a Hat on Cold Days?