Science Night
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Displaying all 3 Episode of Science Night with the tag “horror”.
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It's High Time We Talked About Cannabis
November 5th, 2021 | Season 3 | 55 mins 55 secs
cannabis, coronavirus, covid 19, fear, horror, immunology, marijuana, pot, scicomm, science, science fiction, toxicology
Cannabis continues to spark conversations as popular opinion shifts and its future legal status is debated. However, a long history of stigmatization that led to current federal regulations makes it difficult to study. This week, we're talking to Dr. Barb Kaplan, an Associate Professor for Mississippi State University, whose research looks at how cannabis alters the immune response. In the news segment, we talk about the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) scheduling process that limits cannabis access to researchers, as well as the science of fear, and the FDA's recent approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for use in ages 5 and older.
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The 2021 Science Night Halloween Spectacular!
October 29th, 2021 | Season 3 | 48 mins 27 secs
bill sullivan, disease, fiction, halloween, horror, monsters, non-fiction, porphyria, rabies, scary, scicomm, science, science fiction, scifi, spooky, toxoplasma gondii, toxplasmosis, vampires, werewolves, zombie, zombie apocalypse, zombies
Beware, dear listener, this episode of the Science Night podcast is much spookier than our typical offering. We begin our descent into the strange by talking about the scientific origins of the lore of our favorite monsters with special guest, Bill Sullivan. Later, the bravest among you can stay tuned for a dramatic reading of "Bit" from the twisted mind of Cody Sullivan, host of fellow Riverpower Podcast Mill show, Pulp: From Beyond the Veil.
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The 2020 Science Night Halloween Spectacular
October 29th, 2020 | Season 1 | 53 mins 13 secs
body snatching, buried alive, death, edgar allan poe, grave robbing, halloween, horror, scicomm, science, science fiction, scifi, victorian
For the spookiest of seasons, we put together a special episode talking about death, body snatching, and being buried alive. Listen to the end for a dramatic reading of Edgar Allan Poe's "Premature Burial"