Science Night
A place for scientists to tell their story.
Displaying 3 items of Science Night with the tag "science policy".
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Stellar Scicomm
April 5th, 2023 | Season 3 | 39 mins 52 secs
british parliament, capitol hill, carbon capture, climate change, climate crisis, fusion energy, scicomm, science, science advocacy, science policy, stellerator, tokamak, us government
This week we're talking about two of our favorite things, science advocacy, and fusion energy. First, James, Jason, and Steffi talk about their recent trip to D.C. Next, we talk about science advocacy across the pond. In the second half, we talk about the recent news about carbon capture, and a hot new fusion energy company is building a stellarator.
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The 2022 Earth Day Special Featuring Dr. Devyani Singh
April 22nd, 2022 | Season 3 | 56 mins 52 secs
biology, climate change, climate crisis, earth day, green party, invasive species, permaculture, plastic, pollution, scicomm, science, science policy
Earth Day is here, and what better way to celebrate than bringing back our favorite climate scientist, and Vancouver City Council hopeful, Dr. Devyani Singh! We share our feelings about the modern Earth Day holiday, talk about some counter-environmental efforts by large companies, counter that with how scientists are pushing back, and finally share some things you can do to help.
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It's Not Easy Being Green, Featuring: Dr. Devyani Singh
March 4th, 2022 | Season 3 | 1 hr 26 secs
beetles, biology, climate change, climate crisis, green party, invasive species, magpies, plastic, pollution, scicomm, science, science policy
This week we are talking to climate science, Canadian Green Party political candidate, and generally incredible person Dr. Devyani Singh. We talk about potential solutions to the climate crisis and ways to make green energy work for everyone. In the news, we talk about new ways of identifying invasive species, the best-laid plans of a research team being thwarted by Australian Magpies, and a new policy that could help keep plastic out of our oceans.