People who study mollusks are malacologists. If you spend your life studying moss (and, yes, there are people who do), you’re a bryologist. Gelotologists study laughter, while condorologists study, ...

The College of Science’s Discover Science Lecture Series will bring “Ologies” podcast host Alie Ward to campus on Sept. 4 at 7 p.m. to share how curiosity can lead to incredible things. Besides her ...

Ever wonder what an anthropodermic biocodicologist does? The answer may surprise you: it’s a scientist who studies books that have been bound with leather made from human skin. Alie Ward delves into ...

In each episode of Ologies, host Alie Ward interviews an expert on a different “ology”—think: Teuthology (squids), Egyptology (ancient Egypt), mixology (cocktails), biogerontology (aging), or even ...

Come for the seaweed, stay for the Constitution. In Ologies, podcaster Alie Ward interviews experts in everything from volcanology to vexillology (that's the study of flags). The best episodes reach ...

In September, award-winning podcast host Alie Ward sat on the other side of the microphone for the Discover Science podcast. The “Ologies” expert was interviewed before her Discover Science Lecture ...

An invitation from a friend of a friend set off a domino effect for a woman at low point in her life, which eventually prompted her to quit her job and start a successful science podcast. Time now for ...