Science Night
Episode Archive
Episode Archive
91 episodes of Science Night since the first episode, which aired on May 18th, 2020.
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Stranded in Space
August 30th, 2024 | Season 3 | 41 mins 32 secs
bees, boeing, cancer, climate change, iss, lung cancer, nasa, robotics, space, space travel, space x, starliner, synthetic skin
We are back with an episode from the past, that is also relevant in the present, and will remain topical into the future...confused? You'll have to listen to the episode! We're talking about startling synthetic skin, cancer-detecting bees, and a cosmic crisis.
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Eclipses, Amphibians, and the Future of Fusion
April 10th, 2024 | Season 3 | 35 mins 58 secs
amphibians, astronomy, biology, eclipse, engineering, evolution, fusion, fusion energy, kstar, mammals, nuclear engineering, nuclear fusion, pppl, scicomm, science, solar eclipse, stellerator, tokamak
Fusion energy week is happening during the first week of May! To get ready, Dr. Diem is talking about a new design that may improve the Stellarator design and a new record for the KSTAR. We're also talking about our experience during the 2024 solar eclipse, and we have a strange new milk that will be sure to haunt your dreams.
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Legacy Collections, Featuring: Dr. Valerie DeLeon & Dr. Jason Mussell
March 25th, 2024 | Season 3 | 55 mins 56 secs
anatomical collections, anatomy, body donation, legacy collections, scicomm, science
Its Anatomy Connected 2024!!! James and Jason are in Toronto, but that doesn't mean we won't be churning out that sweet sweet content. This week, we're talking to Valerie DeLeon and Jason Mussell about the recently released recommendations for legacy collections from the American Association of Anatomy.
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The Great Geoengineering Debate
March 13th, 2024 | Season 3 | 54 mins 49 secs
big oil, carbon emissions, climate change, climate crisis, engineering, fossil fuels, geoengineering, moths, pollinators, scicomm, science
This week Matt Sauers is back and we're looking we're looking at the shiny new technological idea that could turn back the clock on climate change...or it could fundamentally alter the atmosphere setting in motion a series of events that renders the planet unlivable. So let's ask the question, is it better to invest in solar engineering? Or would we be better served to put that time and effort into finding more sustainable types of energy. Plus we're also talking about some polluted pollinators that are covered in dinosaur juice exhaust.
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A Lunar Odyssey
February 28th, 2024 | Season 3 | 38 mins 34 secs
apollo 11, apollo 17, apollo mission, artemis mission, astronomy, moon, moon landing, nasa, odysseus, odysseus lander, physics, scicomm, science, space, space exploration, space travel
This week we're going back to the moon! It's a very spacey episode as we talk about a dark matter mirrorverse, and the search for Planet IX, and in the second half we go on a Lunar Odyssey. Along the way, we talk about the problem with pre-print servers and the growing distrust of science by the general public.
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Mouse Munchies, Featuring: Jamie Moffa
February 7th, 2024 | Season 3 | 56 mins 45 secs
cannabis, engineering, munchies, neuroscience, scicomm, science, virtual reality, vr
This week, we're joined by the host of the In Plain English podcast, Jamie Moffa! Together we talk about how cannabis affects hunger...in mice, and whether or not a new, tiny VR rig...designed for mice, is worth the hype. We also talk at length about the horrors of St. Louis pizza.
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Alien Lights or Misinformation Fights?
January 17th, 2024 | Season 3 | 30 mins 36 secs
astronomy, dart, esa, exoplanets, fusion, hera mission, iter, jwst, kstar, nasa, nuclear fusion, proxima b, proxima centauri, scicomm, science, tokamak
This week we're attempting to answer the age-old question...if there is a possibility for a sensational story involving aliens, will social media just run with it? We're also checking our DARTs, and hearing about the newly upgraded KSTAR tokamak from our favorite fusioneer.
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Knives Up
December 13th, 2023 | Season 3 | 32 mins 15 secs
astronomy, diswasher, exoplanets, fluid dynamics, ocean current, oceanography, oceans, scicomm, science
This week we're tackling what could be the most controversial and polarizing topic to date. How to properly load a dishwasher! Knives up or down? Where do you put your egg yolk-encrusted plates? All this and so much more in our Dishwasher Discourse. We're also in search of some Wandering Water and looking at an Expansive Exoplanet
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It's An Alien Invasion!
November 30th, 2023 | Season 3 | 27 mins 27 secs
alien, alien mummy, aliens, ancient aliens, anthropology, dark forest, et, extraterrestrials, game theory, hoax, nazca lines, scicomm, science, twilight zone, uap, ufo
This week we're talking about some out-of-this-world science!! The aliens have arrived at Science Night! We're talking about ancient alien evidence, UAP FAQs, and we walk through a dark forest to talk about why we're so afraid of visitors from another planet.
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Science & Seance: The Victorian Parlor
October 11th, 2023 | Season 3 | 44 mins 28 secs
burned over district, fox sisters, medium, parlor games, psychic, revivalism, science, scifi, seance, spiritualism, victorian era, victorian parlor
This week, as we head into the spooky season, the veil is beginning to thin, and we gather round the parlor table to summon the spirits, wherever they're at. That's right, we're talking about spiritualism and those wacky Victorians that came to count on mediums to help ease their grief.
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Don't Call It A Comeback: The Season 4 Premier
September 27th, 2023 | Season 3 | 32 mins 34 secs
biology, engineering, physics, robotics, scicomm, science, soft robotics, space, space travel
Science Night returns with a new season, a new logo, but the same great scicomm!!! This week, we have three stories that don't appear to have an obvious application to our lives, but who knows what the future will bring. We're talking about projects that are created and funded for the sake of discovering something about our world...its science for science's sake. So join us as we talk about soft robots that get even softer as they melt into a puddle of toxic goo, a nano bead that can write on water, and why our squishy human bodies aren't quite ready to explore the stars.
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The Science of Science Fiction 2023: Presented by Indiana Sciences
September 6th, 2023 | Season 3 | 50 mins 57 secs
bethesda, fallout, gen con, portal, scicomm, science, science fiction, scifi, valve, video games
This week, we have the recording of our annual presentation of the science behind our favorite sci-fi franchises. This year we talked about two video games, Portal and Fallout. We got moon dust, super mutants, and of course a big helping of plasma. Be sure to check out our friends at Indiana Sciences (indianasciences.org) for more fun scicomm.
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Fun & Games: A GenCon Special
August 30th, 2023 | Season 3 | 40 mins 3 secs
5 years to mars, anatomy, astronomy, biology, board games, flux, gaming, gencon, holotype, paleontology, physics, scicomm, science
This week, we're bringing you our favorite moments from the best 4 days of gaming, GENCON!!!! We played games, made new friends, and spent lots of time walking the convention floor learning about games and the people who play them. Be sure to check out the page for this episode on our website for links to all the games we mention.
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First Steps with Jerry DeSilva: Revisited and Remastered
July 26th, 2023 | Season 3 | 39 mins 10 secs
bioanthro, biological anthropology, denaledi chamber, evolution, homo naledi, human evolution, naledi, paleoanthropology, rising star cave, scicomm, science
With homo naledi, the rising star caves, and human evolution trending, we decided to revisit one of our favorite episodes. We're looking back at James' conversation with Dr. Jerry DeSilva, talking about the evolution of upright walking, science communication, and all kinds of bioanthro goodness.
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Cave of Bones with Lee Berger
July 19th, 2023 | Season 3 | 34 mins 40 secs
bioanthro, biological anthropology, denaledi chamber, evolution, homo naledi, human evolution, naledi, paleoanthropology, rising star cave, scicomm, science
This week, we have the triumphant return of one of our favorite guests! Prof. Lee Berger is back to talk about some amazing new finds coming out of the Rising Star cave system. We're talking about symbolism, culture, and how it all applies to homo naledi. And don't miss Unknown: Cave of Bones, available right now on Netflix
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Fins on Film: A Sharkfest Special
July 12th, 2023 | Season 3 | 19 mins 28 secs
biology, cape cod, climate change, disney, disney plus, disney+, diving, film making, great white sharks, marine biology, nat geo, national geographic, photojournalism, seals, sharkfest, sharks, underwater photography, white sharks
This week, Jason is talking to Brian Skerry, a photojournalist and film producer that specializes in underwater wildlife, about his new documentary "The Return of the White Shark! A film that you can see RIGHT NOW on Disney+ as part of National Geographic's Sharkfest!!!!!