#13 The Quantum Supremacy with Science Writer George Musser
Receive 25% off any web hosting plan using the promo code "science": http://hostgator.com A little over a week ago, Google announced they had achieved something called “quantum supremacy”, a powerf...
6 Nov 20191h 3min
#12 Video Games & Psychology's Replication Crisis with Dr. Pete Etchells
There is a growing body of scientific literature about video games. Not how their made, but how they impact our brains and our lives. Researchers are looking at questions like: do violent video games ...
18 Okt 20191h 3min
#11 How to Use Your Brain with Neuroscientist Henning Beck
We may marvel at the precision and efficiency of computers, wishing our brains operated in much the same way. We’d remember everything perfectly, we’d never feel bored or get distracted, we’d have las...
4 Aug 201946min
#10 Hacking the Code of Life with Molecular Biologist Nessa Carey
In this episode, we’re talking about the most exciting thing to happen in biology in the last ten years--the development of the CRISPR-CAS9 gene-editing system, more commonly known as CRISPR. It’s a m...
26 Juni 201943min
#9 Vanishing Fish with Marine Biologist Daniel Pauly
Daniel Pauly is a professor of marine biology at the University of British Columbia and principal investigator of the Sea Around Us Project, which seeks to understand the impact that fisheries have on...
5 Juni 20191h
#8 Getting Cultured with Author Katherine Courage
The gut microbiome is the collection of microbes living in our digestive tract and concentrated in the large intestine. Science is revealing that a healthy microbiome has a number of important benefit...
29 Apr 201931min
#7 Trump's Wall and the Environment with Journalist John Platt
One of the most polarizing political issues of the day is President Trump’s proposed border wall. An Executive Order he signed in 2017 calls for a “contiguous, physical wall or other...impassable...ba...
3 Apr 201934min
#6 Talking De-extinction with Journalist Torill Kornfeldt
Who can forget the classic 1993 movie Jurassic Park? In that film, scientists extracted dino DNA from mosquitoes trapped in amber fossils and used it to bring back all kinds terrifying creatures--from...
15 Mars 201936min
