Science Night
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Displaying 5 items of Science Night with the tag "nasa".
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Stranded in Space
August 30th, 2024 | Season 3 | 41 mins 32 secs
bees, boeing, cancer, climate change, iss, lung cancer, nasa, robotics, space, space travel, space x, starliner, synthetic skin
We are back with an episode from the past, that is also relevant in the present, and will remain topical into the future...confused? You'll have to listen to the episode! We're talking about startling synthetic skin, cancer-detecting bees, and a cosmic crisis.
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A Lunar Odyssey
February 28th, 2024 | Season 3 | 38 mins 34 secs
apollo 11, apollo 17, apollo mission, artemis mission, astronomy, moon, moon landing, nasa, odysseus, odysseus lander, physics, scicomm, science, space, space exploration, space travel
This week we're going back to the moon! It's a very spacey episode as we talk about a dark matter mirrorverse, and the search for Planet IX, and in the second half we go on a Lunar Odyssey. Along the way, we talk about the problem with pre-print servers and the growing distrust of science by the general public.
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Alien Lights or Misinformation Fights?
January 17th, 2024 | Season 3 | 30 mins 36 secs
astronomy, dart, esa, exoplanets, fusion, hera mission, iter, jwst, kstar, nasa, nuclear fusion, proxima b, proxima centauri, scicomm, science, tokamak
This week we're attempting to answer the age-old question...if there is a possibility for a sensational story involving aliens, will social media just run with it? We're also checking our DARTs, and hearing about the newly upgraded KSTAR tokamak from our favorite fusioneer.
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The Interface of Science and Policy with Dr. Alma Cristal Hernandez-Mondragon
April 29th, 2022 | Season 3 | 1 hr 5 mins
astronomy, biology, climate change, dartmouth, frogs, jpl, mating calls, mexico, nasa, physics, policy, scicomm, science, scipolicy, scorpions, snakes, space, the three body problem, theoretical physics, three body
This week we're featuring a conversation with Dr. Alma Cristal Hernandez-Mondragon, a science policy advocate from Mexico City that is paving the way for a generation of science advocates in Mexico. In the news, we're talking about troubling transmissions, frog tinder, and anti-venom achievements.
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A Wild Connection With Dr. Jen Verdolin
December 17th, 2021 | Season 3 | 52 mins 20 secs
astronomy, biology, climate change, climate science, cop26, dna, evolution, extinction, genetics, james webb space telescope, laetoli, mammoths, nasa, parker sattelite, prairie dogs, scicomm, science, solar sattelite, space, wild connection, wooly mammoth
This week we talk to Dr. Jen Verdolin, the host of the Wild Connection podcast, about her work studying prairie dogs and her recent visit to Glasgow in an attempt to...SAVE THE WORLD. In the news, we talk about delayed launches, solar satellites, forgotten freezer DNA, and we tease a future interview about our favorite paleo pathway.