Science Night

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.

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.

The Science of SciFi from Gen Con '21

September 18th, 2021  |  Season 3  |  25 mins 10 secs

anthropology, big foot, biology, cryptid, cryptids, cryptozoology, geek, gen con, gencon, gritty, indianapolis, jersey devil, monster, nerd, science, science fiction, scifi, yeti, zoology

Here's a quick bonus episode brought to you by our friends at Indiana Sciences! James talked about cryptids for the 2021 Science of Science Fiction panel from Gen Con. If you want to hear more (and you definitely do) check out https://indianasciences.org/ to hear the rest.

The Relaunch

August 27th, 2021  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 24 mins

alfred wallace, alpha fold, biology, computing, evolution, quantum computers, scicomm, science, scientists, technology, time crystal

Science Night, reimagined. Season 3 debuts a new format for your favorite podcast where we focus on the coolest science the stories behind it: past, present, and future! Episode 1 features the latest science developments from protein folding to time crystals, a brief history of 19th Century evolutionary theorist Alfred Russell Wallace, and an attempt to answer the question, “What is Science?” We hope you enjoy the new look and sound of Science Night!

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.

A Conversation with Ellie McNutt

October 2nd, 2020  |  Season 1  |  55 mins 16 secs

anatomy, anthropology, biology, evolution, hominids, primates, scicomm, science, stem, usc, women in stem

Ellie is a biological anthropologist that studies bipedalism in humans and an anatomy instructor at the Keck School of Medicine at USC. She's also a good friend that I've been excited to introduce you all to!

The Science of Science Fiction from Gen Con Online

August 5th, 2020  |  56 mins 5 secs

anatomy, bigfoot, biology, cryptids, d&d, dungeons and dragons, evolution, games, gaming, geek, gen con. gencon, nerd, nessie, sci fi, scicomm, science, star wars, wookie, yeti

Audio from the "Science of Science Fiction" from Gen Con Oline 2020 presented by Indiana Sciences.

Angiosperm Coevolution Hypothesis

July 17th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  24 mins 28 secs

anthropology, biology, evolution, flowers, plants, primates, scicomm, science