Jetlagged Hamsters and the Smell of Space!
Part-Time Genius
iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope
4.5 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
While we take a short break this week, we're revisiting our countdown of the 25 greatest science ideas of the past 25 years! It all kicks off right here with a breakthrough for jetlagged hamsters, a hot tub that’ll take you on a journey, a better ketchup bottle, a solution for one of the world’s most common tech annoyances, and some very bad news: chickens are definitely judging you. Plus, we meet the man who brought the smell of outer space to earth.
Learn more about Steve Pearce’s work with fragrances and flavors here!
This episode originally aired on March 3, 2025.
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| 0:27.3 | slash back to school. Bold ideas brought to life wherever inspiration strikes. |
| 0:35.2 | Hey everyone, it's Mango here. With summer winding down, we are taking a little break, |
| 0:39.2 | but we will be back with brand new episodes starting September 9th, |
| 0:43.1 | and we have been working hard on so many fun episodes this summer. |
| 0:47.7 | I cannot wait for you to listen to them. |
| 0:50.2 | In the meantime, we are re-airing our countdown |
| 0:53.1 | of the 25 greatest science ideas of the past 25 years. |
| 0:56.9 | This list was so joyous to make Mary and Gabe did all this extra research for it. |
| 1:03.5 | We pulled in contributors for various places. |
| 1:06.5 | We got incredible songs written for the show. |
| 1:09.3 | The whole thing is bizarre and delightful and |
| 1:12.5 | fascinating and joyous. And honestly, I just hope you enjoy it half as much as we enjoyed making |
| 1:18.9 | it. Let's dig in. |
| 1:24.1 | You're listening to Part-Time Genius, the production of kaleidoscope and IHeart Radio. |
| 1:32.4 | Guess what, Will. |
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