Science Night

Biology Beyond the Binary with Camryn Martin

June 22nd, 2022  |  Season 3  |  49 mins 35 secs

asteroids, biology, engineering, gender, geology, green energy, hayabusa 2, nature, ocean currents, pride, scicomm, science, sexuality, space, super worms

This week we're talking to the host of the Nature is Gay podcast Camryn Martin. We talk about mating behaviors in nature, and how species after species don't fit in the "binary". In the news, we're covering terrific turbines, wonderful worms, and ancient asteroids.

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.

BeetleMania with Gabe Verduzco

April 15th, 2022  |  Season 3  |  43 mins 42 secs

batteries, battery, beetles, botany, engineering, invasive species, paleontology, plants, scicomm, science, technology

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.

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!