Science Night

Let's Talk About Stress Baby

December 3rd, 2021  |  Season 3  |  48 mins 50 secs

ai, anthro, anthropology, anxiety, arc reactor, artificial intelligence, bees, bioanthro, biological anthropology, biology, birth, carion, childbirth, dartmouth, entomology, epigenetics, evolution, fusion energy, genetics, harvard, honey, inequality, racism, robot apocalypse, robotics, scavenger, spark, stress, university of vermont, uvm, vulture, vulture bees

STRESS! Everyone experiences it, and most of us aren't the greatest at dealing with it. The question our guest, Dr. Zane Thayer from Dartmouth College, is trying to learn more about stress. Mainly how a history of stress can lead to long-term health effects. You'll also learn a few tips for dealing with stress in a healthy way. The news segment will definitely build those stress levels as we talk about bees that will make you think twice about where your honey comes from and a new biological robot that will probably not herald the end to civilization as we know it.

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.

Constructed Languages with David J. Peterson

September 24th, 2021  |  Season 3  |  59 mins 21 secs

anthropology, archaeology, art, conlang, constructed language, defiance, denisovan, disney, dune, evolution, game of thrones, geology, hominid, language, linguistics, marvel, neurology, reading, scicomm, science, screens

This week we're talking about all the ways humans express themselves including a stories about a recent find that may be the world's most ancient, and how the things we use to read affect our comprehension. The highlight is a conversation with David J. Peterson, and language creator that has helped build the languages that made the world your favorite shows and movies inhabit feel richer and more vibrant. The list of projects he's worked on is too long to list completely, but some of the highlights include the 2021 remake of Dune, Disney's Raya and the Last Dragon, HBO's Game of Thrones, Freeform's Motherland: Fort Salem, SyFy's Defiance, and many many many more.

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!

First Steps Featuring: Jeremy DeSilva

April 30th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  47 mins 26 secs

anatomy, anthropology, bipedalism, evolution, scicomm, science, walking

What does it mean to be bipedal? How do we know what we know about this process in our own human lineage? How important is the continued reevaluation of fossil remains, and old hypotheses? To help answer these questions, we have the author of the new book First Steps: How Upright Walking Made Us Human, Jeremy DeSilva

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

Jason Organ

July 3rd, 2020  |  Season 1  |  55 mins 19 secs

anatomy, anthropology, evolution, scicomm, science

Jason is an anatomist at the Indiana University School of Medicine and an editor for the PLOS Scicomm Blog. In this episode we talk about his work, what brought him to it, and the importance of communicating science to the public.