EP 06Field Notes from the Frontier
The Leaf That Hit the Brakes
Why sunlight can be both fuel and something a leaf must control
A SAWT ORIGINAL SERIES
Field Notes from the Frontier
Miles and Tess follow the clues behind fascinating recent scientific discoveries. Each episode unfolds one deeply researched story, from an unexpected observation to the evidence, the competing explanations, and the next unanswered question. Across space, life, Earth, and physics: real discoveries, vivid storytelling, and wonder grounded in what we know.
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New perspectives, one conversation at a time.EP 06
EP 05Field Notes from the Frontier
Prove You Are Here
Two challenge stations, a quantum signal, and a deadline that cannot be negotiated
EP 04Field Notes from the Frontier
The Oceanographers with Whiskers
How diving seals expose ocean motion beneath the surface
EP 03Field Notes from the Frontier
The Passengers We Carried
Clues to ancient human journeys in living gut microbes
EP 02Field Notes from the Frontier
The Throat in the Stone
A Jurassic swimmer and the small bones behind a very old ability
EP 01Field Notes from the Frontier
The Phoenix Planet: A New World After a Star Dies?
A decades-old mystery in starlight points to a startling possibility: a planet built after its star’s death.