Science Night
A place for scientists to tell their story.
Displaying Episode 11 - 19 of 19 in total of Science Night with the tag “climate change”.
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The 2022 Earth Day Special Featuring Dr. Devyani Singh
April 22nd, 2022 | Season 3 | 56 mins 52 secs
biology, climate change, climate crisis, earth day, green party, invasive species, permaculture, plastic, pollution, scicomm, science, science policy
Earth Day is here, and what better way to celebrate than bringing back our favorite climate scientist, and Vancouver City Council hopeful, Dr. Devyani Singh! We share our feelings about the modern Earth Day holiday, talk about some counter-environmental efforts by large companies, counter that with how scientists are pushing back, and finally share some things you can do to help.
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A Piece of Our Mind
April 1st, 2022 | Season 3 | 1 hr 5 mins
biochemistry, climate change, cone snails, dance, dementia, fusion energy, green science, mcgill university, neurodegenerative disease, neuroscience, opiates, pain medicine, parkinsons disease, pollen, sciart, scicomm, science
This week we’re highlighting another scientist that is blending art with science. Dr. Naila Kuhlmann is a Parkinson’s researcher from McGill University that has found an interesting way to include dance in her work, which led to the creation of the Piece of Mind Collective. She’s also a host of the AMiNDR (A Month in Neurodegenerative Disease Research) Podcast and co-founder of the Green Labs Initiative at McGill. In the news, we’re talking about Dr. Diem’s trip to the White House, medicinal mollusks, and pollen proliferation. It’s another instant classic just waiting for you to listen.
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It's Not Easy Being Green, Featuring: Dr. Devyani Singh
March 4th, 2022 | Season 3 | 1 hr 26 secs
beetles, biology, climate change, climate crisis, green party, invasive species, magpies, plastic, pollution, scicomm, science, science policy
This week we are talking to climate science, Canadian Green Party political candidate, and generally incredible person Dr. Devyani Singh. We talk about potential solutions to the climate crisis and ways to make green energy work for everyone. In the news, we talk about new ways of identifying invasive species, the best-laid plans of a research team being thwarted by Australian Magpies, and a new policy that could help keep plastic out of our oceans.
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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 Festival of Fusion
January 28th, 2022 | Season 3 | 1 hr 9 mins
arc, climate change, climate crisis, east, fusion, fusion energy, nuclear fusion, physics, scicomm, science, sparc, step, tokamak
2021 was a year with loads of advancement in the field of fusion energy. To mark the achievements from this incredible year, Dr. Arturo Dominguez from the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory is joining Steffi and James for a special episode of the podcast. We cover the major landmarks and talk about what this could mean for the future of fusion energy. Also, Steffi talks to Arturo about his work and how he engages the public to teach them more about fusion.
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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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A Wild Connection With Dr. Jen Verdolin
December 17th, 2021 | Season 3 | 52 mins 20 secs
astronomy, biology, climate change, climate science, cop26, dna, evolution, extinction, genetics, james webb space telescope, laetoli, mammoths, nasa, parker sattelite, prairie dogs, scicomm, science, solar sattelite, space, wild connection, wooly mammoth
This week we talk to Dr. Jen Verdolin, the host of the Wild Connection podcast, about her work studying prairie dogs and her recent visit to Glasgow in an attempt to...SAVE THE WORLD. In the news, we talk about delayed launches, solar satellites, forgotten freezer DNA, and we tease a future interview about our favorite paleo pathway.
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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.
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Fusion: Some Like It Hot
September 10th, 2021 | Season 3 | 53 mins 32 secs
climate change, comparative anatomy, dog training, engineering, fish, fusion, fusion energy, grad school, green energy, nuclear engineering, pegasus iii, pegasus3, physics, renewable energy, robotics, scicomm, science, soft robotics
Science news has been hot over the last couple of weeks, with announcements of major advances in fusion energy, a green alternative to fossil fuel energy. In this episode we sit down with Dr. Steffi Diem, a plasma physicist from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and director of the Pegasus III a fusion energy and plasma science experiment, to learn about the latest in fusion energy research and how she forged her own path in science. She’s also a dog agility trainer… you don’t want to miss this!