Science Night
A place for scientists to tell their story.
Displaying Episode 1 - 10 of 16 in total of Science Night with the tag “anatomy”.
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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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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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The Simplicity of Complexity with Dr. Yasmeen Mezil
August 3rd, 2022 | Season 3 | 56 mins 25 secs
anatomy, animals, art, brain fog, covid 19, sciart, scicomm, science
This week Dr. Yasmeen Mezil fills us in on her work as an anatomist and illustrator. She talks about her path in finding a way to combine the many facets of her life, and how to bring creativity into science. In the news, we're talking about some animal antics that have been in the headlines, and charting the foggy shores of "Covid brain".
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The 2022 May 4th Spectacular
May 4th, 2022 | Season 3 | 1 hr 29 mins
anatomy, biology, blaster, chewbacca, chlorophyll, death star, engineering, jabba the hutt, jedi, lightsaber, midichlorian, mitochondria, sand people, scicomm, science, scifi, sith, star wars, the force, tusken raider, wookie
It’s Star Wars Day and we’ve gathered a plucky team to talk about the science of this beloved saga. We have four great pieces of Star Wars scicomm covering lightsabers and blasters, languages, midichlorians, and Wookie anatomy, plus so much more. Don’t forget to checkout scinight.com for links to learn more about the topics we cover in this episode.
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Face 2 Face with Dr. Richard Sherwood
March 18th, 2022 | Season 3 | 1 hr 45 secs
anatomy, antarctic expedition, biology, covid-19, craniofacial, daylight saving time, de-extinction, dst, endurance, gene editing, imperator, paleontology, regina, scicomm, science, t-rex, tyrannosaurus rex
This week we're talking to paleontologist turned anatomist and craniofacial researcher, Dr. Richard Sherwood, from the Univ. of Missouri. He tells us all about the path that brought him to his current work, and an approach to work-life balance that we should all listen to. In the news, we solve daylight saving time. We also talk about sunken ships, de-extinction debacles, and dino disagreements. It's a jam-packed episode that you won't want to miss a second of!
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Croc Talk with Dr. Casey Holliday
February 18th, 2022 | Season 3 | 50 mins 24 secs
anatomy, biology, biomechanics, climate change, comparative anatomy, crocodiles, dinosaurs, fusion energy, jet, paleontology, physiology, scicomm, science, solar storm
This week we're talking to paleontologist, anatomist, and all-around crocophile Dr. Casey Holliday. He talks all about bringing extinct dinosaurs to life using the dinosaurs that are still alive, and how imaging and modeling can help us learn more about how dinosaurs interacted with their world. In the news, we revisit the problem with solar storms, the state of methane concentrations, and another fusion energy check-in.
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A Human Evolution Extravaganza
January 21st, 2022 | Season 3 | 1 hr 14 mins
anatomy, anthropology, bipedalism, denisovan, evolution, human evolution, human origins, laetoli, neanderthal, sapiens, scicomm, science, smithsonian, smithsonian institution, walking
This week we have a human evolution double feature. First, special guest hosts Dr. Briana Pobiner from the Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program and Ryan McRae from The George Washington University talk about the biggest discoveries from 2021 in human evolution. Next up, the former guest turned returning champion Dr. Ellie McNutt returns to talk about her recent work at our favorite paleo pathway in Laetoli Tanzania. Also, be sure to check out our website, scinight.com, for tons of links to learn more about alllll the stuff covered in this episode
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Talking Bodies with Adam Taylor
January 14th, 2022 | Season 3 | 44 mins 10 secs
alkaptonuria, anatomy, biology, boaty mcboatface, climate change, fish, goldfish, physiology, robotics, scicomm, science, sea level, technology, thwaites glacier
This week Prof. Adam Taylor of Lancaster Univ. is talking to us about his attempts to teach the people of Britain more about their bodies, and his work on a very rare disease. In the news, we’re talking about fish cars and a check-in with our favorite autonomous submarine.
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Pleased to Meet Me
November 19th, 2021 | Season 3 | 30 mins 18 secs
anatomy, astrobiology, biology, epigenetics, evolution, frogs, genes, genetics, ketchup, scicomm, science, space, teeth
This week, our friend Bill Sullivan returns to talk about his book Pleased to Meet Me. We talk about how the world around you can cause a ripple effect down to the genetic level. In the news segment we're talking about Martian tomatoes along with their many uses, and the chilling revelation of frog teeth.
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Funding Science: It's Good Policy
October 22nd, 2021 | Season 3 | 1 hr 10 mins
air travel, anatomy, aviation, biology, chemistry, climate change, democrat, design, energy, engineering, environment, faseb, fossil fuel, fusion energy, green energy, lobbying, nih, nsf, photosynthesis, policy, politics, renewable, republican, scicomm, science, science fiction, sustainable fuel, travel, weird science
Science isn't political. But that doesn’t mean that scientists don’t have influence in politics. Join us for our conversation with Dr. Naomi Charalambakis, Associate Director of Science Policy at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, to learn about how animal research informs human health and why it’s important for scientists to advocate for increased federal funding for science. Plus, is greener air travel on the horizon? And can photosynthesis be harnessed to restore nerve function? - these topics are covered in our news segment.