110 Episodes

  1. The rape kit: From controversial 1970s invention to ending the backlog today

    Published: 3/19/2025

  2. [BONUS] Double rainbows and mysterious chromosomes: Tiny Show and Tell Us #18

    Published: 3/12/2025

  3. Not just a ‘royal disease’: Hemophilia’s devastating past to recent advances

    Published: 3/5/2025

  4. [BONUS] Fungus farming ants and disappointing orange juice: Tiny Show and Tell Us #17

    Published: 2/26/2025

  5. How plants shaped our world: Rising oxygen, blocky bones, and other pivotal moments in evolution

    Published: 2/19/2025

  6. [BONUS] 'Night soil' recycling and could viruses be the new antibiotics?: Tiny Show and Tell Us #16

    Published: 2/12/2025

  7. Can evolution go backwards?

    Published: 2/5/2025

  8. [BONUS] Four armadillos in a trench coat and does pregnancy boost your sense of smell?: Tiny Show and Tell Us #15

    Published: 1/29/2025

  9. 'A cage of ovulating females': The development and testing of the oral birth control pill

    Published: 1/22/2025

  10. Submit a Tiny Show and Tell Us — first 40 people get a coffee mug!

    Published: 1/17/2025

  11. [BONUS] A hedgehog doppelgänger and STEVE lighting up the sky: Tiny Show and Tell Us #14

    Published: 1/15/2025

  12. Nearly 40 years after the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, wildlife is thriving

    Published: 1/8/2025

  13. Happy New Year! Bring on 2025

    Published: 1/1/2025

  14. [BONUS] Pollen-food allergy syndrome and stepping on 116 snakes: Tiny Show and Tell Us #13

    Published: 12/18/2024

  15. Frostbite: From Napoleonic era treatments to the first FDA approved frostbite drug

    Published: 12/11/2024

  16. [BONUS] Xenobots and rethinking 'junk DNA': Tiny Show and Tell Us #12

    Published: 12/4/2024

  17. In defense of plants: Pitfall traps, rancid aromas, and other wild pollination strategies with Matt Candeias

    Published: 11/27/2024

  18. [BONUS] Why we experience altitude sickness and a chirality mystery: Tiny Show and Tell Us #11

    Published: 11/20/2024

  19. Stories trapped in ancient teeth: Reconstructing megalodon’s diet and retracing the steps of woolly mammoths

    Published: 11/13/2024

  20. [BONUS] Mice aging in reverse and using origami to understand how a tiny organism captures prey: Tiny Show and Tell Us #10

    Published: 11/6/2024

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Take a dive into the genes, microbes, molecules and other tiny things that have a big impact on our world with Tiny Matters. Join scientists Sam Jones and Deboki Chakravarti as they take apart complex and contentious topics in science and help rebuild your understanding. From deadly diseases to ancient sewers to forensic toxicology, Sam and Deboki embrace the awe and messiness of science and its place in the past, present, and future. Tiny Matters releases new episodes every Wednesday and is brought to you by the American Chemical Society, a non-profit scientific organization advancing chemistry and connecting the broader scientific community. Tiny Matters is produced by Multitude.