Science Night
A place for scientists to tell their story.
Displaying all 3 Episode of Science Night with the tag “green energy”.
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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.
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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!