An Astronaut's Tips for COVID-19 Quarantine
APS' Chief Science Officer Dennis Brown, PhD, recently spoke to astronaut and APS member Jessica Meir, PhD, about her work on the International Space Station. As part of the interview, we asked her fo...
3 Apr 20201min
Episode 29: Outtakes
From the cutting room floor, here are some of the outtakes about physiology that we thought were just too interesting not to use:1. Dusty Sarazan describes one way that physiological research helpe...
8 Jan 201012min
Episode 28: 'Tis the Season That's Hard on Your Heart
Heart attacks peak during the winter months and cold weather has been thought to be the primary culprit. But cardiologist Robert Kloner of the Keck School of Medicine and Good Samaritan Hospital found...
8 Dec 200913min
Episode 27: When the Sense of Smell Fails
What would it be like to live without being able to detect any odors? For one thing, Thanksgiving would be much less enjoyable, perhaps disturbingly so. In this episode, we talk to Robert I. Henkin of...
12 Nov 20099min
Episode 26: Invention and Impact of Ultrasound
Dean Franklin developed the first instruments to measure blood flow and the changes in diameter of the pulsating heart in conscious animals. He also pioneered the use of radio waves to measure heart a...
7 Okt 20090s
Episode 25: EleComm
You've heard the word telecomm? In this episode, we are going to coin a new word: elecomm, shorthand for elephant communication. Caitlin O'Connell-Rodwell is a Stanford University professor and the au...
8 Sep 200919min
Episode 23: Cool Water
Three physiologists tell us why the prescription "drink when you are thirsty" is usually the best guideline for deciding when and how much to drink. We will talk to Heinz Valtin of Dartmouth Medical S...
7 Juli 200919min
