Science Night
A place for scientists to tell their story.
Displaying all 3 Episode of Science Night with the tag “microbiology”.
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There's a Fungus Among Us
March 15th, 2023 | Season 3 | 38 mins 35 secs
anti-fungal, antibiotic, cordyceps, fungus, hbo, infectious disease, john wick, keanu reeves, last of us, microbiology, parasite, parasitology, scicomm, science, the last of us
This week, we're joined by our friend and yours, Dr. Bill Sullivan, so of course we had to talk about some of the science behind The Last of Us! We're talking about the very real cordyceps fungus, and how one species can create a zombie apocalypse while another changes the economy of the Tibetan plateau. We're also looking at Keanumycin, the bacterial substance that could save us all, without the need for any pesky fireflies.
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Luxurious Chaos with Dr. Alexis Katsis
February 15th, 2023 | Season 3 | 35 mins 29 secs
cellular engineering, chaos theory, engineering, fashion, gold, luxury, luxury goods, mathematics, medicine, microbiology, podcasting, scicomm, science, science podcasting
This week, Dr. Alexis Katsis from the Luxesci podcast is joining us to talk about her work as an immunologist during the COVID-19 pandemic and her shift looking at the more luxurious side of science. In the news, we're talking about some cyborg cells that could change the way we treat certain diseases (or usher in the end of humanity...) and James tries to talk about theoretical mathematics with some chaotic, and beautiful, results.
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Gen Con: The Science of SciFi
August 24th, 2022 | Season 3 | 41 mins 42 secs
ai, biology, epidemiology, evolution, fallout, fusion, games, gaming, mass effect, microbiology, parasites, physics, scicomm, science, scifi, ttrpg, video games
This week we have another special episode from our recent trip to Gen Con in Indianapolis, IN. This time, its some of the audio from both nights of the Science of SciFi panel presented by Indiana Sciences. First up, the Science Night crew talks about the science of the Mass Effect and Fallout series. In Night two, Dr. Bill Sullivan, Matt Sauers, and Rufus Cochran talk about parasites, physics-based traps, and AI. For the full audio and video from both nights make sure you head over to indianasciences.org.