Science Night
A place for scientists to tell their story.
About the show
Science! What is it? Who does it? Why does it matter? At the Science Night Podcast, we highlight the people doing the work, and give them a place to tell their stories. We also cover science news and discoveries to keep you up on all the amazing things that are happening.
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Episodes
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The Rosetta Stone
May 21st, 2021 | Season 2 | 26 mins 4 secs
anthropology, archaeology, cultural resource management, egypt, egyptology, linguistics, scicomm, science
This week I'm on my own and talking about the Rosetta Stone. Not the overpriced software but the large slab of granite from which the software gets its name. I'll talk about why the stone was made in the first place and it's role in our understanding of ancient Egyptian culture. I'll also talk about why should be returned to Egypt by the British Museum.
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First Steps Featuring: Jeremy DeSilva
April 30th, 2021 | Season 2 | 47 mins 26 secs
anatomy, anthropology, bipedalism, evolution, scicomm, science, walking
What does it mean to be bipedal? How do we know what we know about this process in our own human lineage? How important is the continued reevaluation of fossil remains, and old hypotheses? To help answer these questions, we have the author of the new book First Steps: How Upright Walking Made Us Human, Jeremy DeSilva
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Zombification Featuring: Athena Aktipis
April 16th, 2021 | Season 2 | 54 mins 8 secs
athena aktipis, covid19, psychology, scicomm, science, scifi, zombie apocalypse, zombies, zombification
Is the zombie apocalypse really possible? Worse yet, has it already started? Dr. Athena Aktipis stopped by to answer these questions and more.
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Who Owns the Past? Featuring: Gypsy Price
April 2nd, 2021 | Season 2 | 1 hr 7 mins
anthropology, archaeology, cultural resource management, elgin marbles, greece, parthenon, parthenon marbles, scicomm, science
Who owns the past? Why should we care about this question? How annoyed can James make a guest by comparing them to Indiana Jones or Lara Croft? In this episode, I talked with Gypsy Price, a bioarchaeologist, about a lot of things. Topics range from her work in Greece, cultural resource management, what to do with a degree in archaeology, and why Britain should return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece.
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The Curious Case of the Painted Turtle with Beth Reinke
March 19th, 2021 | Season 2 | 43 mins 26 secs
biology, color, ecology, evolution, pigmentation, scicomm, science, turtles
Why are painted turtles painted? What role does pigmentation play in biology? How little does our host know about this topic? Beth Reinke, an evolutionary ecologist at Northeastern Illinois Univ., stopped by to answer these questions and more on the newest episode of the podcast.
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The Scientific Association with Shawn Boynes
March 4th, 2021 | Season 2 | 45 mins 1 sec
anatomy, scicomm, science
Shawn Boynes, the Executive Director of the American Association for Anatomy, and I talk about the importance of science communication and the role of the professional association in science.