Periodic audiocasts from American Scientist, a publication of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society.
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Global Discourse on Science Communication
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An interview with the president and founder of African Gong, Elizabeth Rasekoala. Her current book "Race and Sociocultaral Inclusion in Science Communication" brings together perspectives from science communicators from the global south. Host, Katie L. Burke, Digital Features Editor at American Scientist. Edited by Nwabata Nnani.…
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Changing Policies on COVID-19 Transmission
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An interview with Virginia Tech environmental engineer, Linsey Marr. Her expertise in aerosols came to center stage as she and her colleagues worked for years to change policies based on faulty ideas about the transmission of the coronavirus. Host, Katie L. Burke, Digital Features Editor at American Scientist. Edited by Nwabata Nnani.…
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Why We Podcast: Sharing Your Voice in Science
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We'll hear from science communication leaders and podcasters on why podcasting is an important platform for Science. Interviews from Samir Honwad—professor at the University of Buffalo, Wendy Zuckerman—host of Science VS and 2022 Sigma Xi IFORE award winner, and Aaron Scott and Emily Kwong from NPR Short Wave as well as one of their guests Dr. Tian…
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How to Start a Fusion Fire
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Andrea "Annie" Kritcher discusses her and her team's achieved ignition, raising new hopes for fusion as a practical energy source.Host Corey S. Powell and American Scientist Magazine.
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The Early Human Social Network
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Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias is melding enviromental data and how these early populations interacted. Host Corey S. Powell and American Scientist Magazine.
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Physicians Need Caregiving Support Policies
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The collision of the Great Resignation and long-standing gender inequities in medicine is heightening calls for improved family leave policies at American health care institutions. Host Jordan Anderson and American Scientist editor Katie L. Burke discuss caregiving support policies, bringing in perspectives from interviewees Christina Mangurian of …
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Synthesizing Engineering and Biology
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On using synthetic biology to create next-generation diagnostics and therapeutics -- an interview with James J. Collins of Harvard and MIT, one of founders of the field.
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Science Curious Through Science Fiction
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How science fiction promotes science curiosity and why that matters. Hear from science communication practitioners and scholars Reyhaneh Maktoufi, Thomas DeFrantz, and Stephanie Castillo.
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Pulling Back the Cosmic Veil
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The first images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are already transforming our view of the universe. Hear from John Mather, Nobel Laureate and senior project scientist for JWST at NASA.
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The Genes Behind Ecosystems
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There are many ways organisms adapt to their environments, which can be seen both with the eye and in an organism's genetic sequence.
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The Brain Cartographer
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Researchers are working to understand the cellular composition and diversity of the brain, creating a catalog of cell types as well as seeking to plot the relationships, structures, and functions of those cell types.
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3D Printing Medical Devices
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Arrays of microneedles that could replace injections have been the subject of research for some 50 years, but have not yet been commercially successful. A new type of high-resolution 3D printing could change that.
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As entomologist Suzanne W.T. Batra has long argued, there are far better pollinator bees than they honeybee. Hear an interview with the researcher whose colleagues at the USDA named a research conference "Batrafest" to honor her.
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Liquid-filled scaffolds that are not enclosed, but don’t leak? A team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory came with a 3D-printed unit with an internal structure that water clings to and flows into... even though it has holes.
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Platforms, Echo Chambers, and Misinformation
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Rewards and pitfalls to communicating science on social media: a discussion with Michael Xenos at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, BlackInNeuro and SciComm Collective's Danielle Nadin, and Samantha Yammine, also known on the internet as Science Sam.
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Entanglement and Choice
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Astrophysicist Hakeem Oluseyi discusses his memoir, A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Streets to the Stars.
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Fixing Broken Biological Clocks
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Structural problems in STEM workplaces, and the importance of inclusivity in institutions -- a conversation with Shirley Malcom.
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Structural problems in STEM workplaces, and the importance of inclusivity in institutions -- a conversation with Shirley Malcom.
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Guardrails for Biotech
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Lessons from past biotechnology controversies and the potentials and concerns that lie ahead -- a conversation with Insoo Hyun.
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(Re)building trust in public health campaigns
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Approaches to engage marginalized communities -- a conversation with Stephaun Elite Wallace.
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Exploring all things data visualization.
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Art and Environmental Education
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Using art as a tool for environmental education.
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Science and Hip Hop: Using Music to Communicate Science
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How science communicators are using music to make science more reflexive, equitable, and engaging to audiences.
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The Crazy Anatomy of Horned Dinosaurs
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This remarkably diverse group of dinosaurs went far beyond Triceratops.
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A More Universal Language
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Seeking to better describe the world, researchers are attempting to blend the languages of science and art.
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Developing New Vaccines
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An interview with virologist Peter Jay Hotez on the anti-vaccine movement and other challenges to vaccine development, including poverty, war and conflict, urbanization, and climate change.
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Synesthesia’s Altered Senses
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An interview with Anina Rich, who heads the Perception in Action Research Centre at Macquarie University and the Synaesthesia at Macquarie research group. She investigates synesthesia to learn about how the brain integrates information.
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The Human Need for Visible Data
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An interview with Manuel Lima, Senior UX Design Leader for Google, avid historian, and author of books exploring how certain visual themes, such as circles, go back to the beginnings of human understanding.
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New computing applications are ahead for soft materials that can guide light.
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An interview with atmospheric scientist Ben Santer, who helped to author the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's famous conclusion in 1995 of the “discernible human influence on global climate” and who has continued his research through to the present day at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the United States.…
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Family-Friendly Science Communication
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All-ages programming is a challenge, but Tinkercast's "WOW in the World" is popular among both parents and children.
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Detecting Gerrymandering
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Detecting gerrymandering is an active research field, particularly given new voting methods such as ranked-choice voting, but ending the practice takes more than mathematical know-how.
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New imaging reveals the hidden structure that makes enamel in human teeth so tough, inspiring researchers to use the knowledge to create tougher synthetic materials.
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Using Pop Culture to Teach Science
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An interview with high school teacher Matt Brady -- author of "The Science of Rick and Morty: The Unofficial Guide to Earth's Stupidest Show" -- on his use of pop culture in the science classroom.
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Microsized Architecture
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An interview with University of Maryland engineer Ryan Sochol, whose team has developed a technique to do three-dimensional printing at capillary sizes, for better modeling of living systems.
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Laser Pulses Examine Water Surface Chemistry
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An interview with Geraldine L. Richmond, Presidential Chair in Science and professor of chemistry at the University of Oregon, and the current President of Sigma Xi, the organization that publishes American Scientist magazine.
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Water Quality versus Water Quantity
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Coal-ash spills and water quality: an interview with Avner Vengosh, a geochemist at Duke University, on his latest research.
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Overuse, population growth, and climate change are turning water into a powerful tool for conflict in many parts of the world.
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Air Quality Trade-Offs
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Modern life is costing us months of our lives.
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Seeing the Sixth Sense
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Live imaging of body-sensing neurons required both new techniques and new technology.
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The Future of Artificial Intelligence
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An interview with Jeff Dean, head of artificial intelligence at Google, about the major advances and concerns facing current artificial intelligence research, and how it interfaces with human society.
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Young women have a low risk of heart disease, and sex differences in this bodily system could help explain why.
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A new pharmaceutical specifically for postpartum depression is approved and a large, ongoing study may yield insight into depression generally, informing future treatment.
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An interview with Ulrich Parlitz, a biomedical physicist, on using artificial intelligence to predict the propagation of the heart's electrical signals in order to make defibrillation safer.
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An interview with Anna Marie Skalka, whose primary research focus has been understanding viruses’ many functions -- both harmful and helpful.
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Nerves of an Escape Artist
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Studying the neurons of a most elusive and delicate animal, hydra, required a new trap, which worked... at least for a little while. Here's our interview with Jacob Robinson, a neuroengineer at Rice University, whose team developed that trap.
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At age 31, astrophysicist Gene Parker, now 91, mathematically described what we now call the "solar wind." This August, NASA launched the Parker Solar Probe -- the first mission named after a living person -- to study the Sun and solar wind, seeking to solve a sixty-year-old mystery.
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Reading from "The People Vs Tech: How the Internet Is Killing Democracy (and How We Save It)," author Jamie Bartlett tells one story of Donald Trump's campaign's digital strategy and their collaboration with Facebook in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election.
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A Chemical History of the Universe
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Mapping "star stuff" onto the periodic table -- an interview with Jennifer Johnson, a professor of astronomy at the Ohio State University who studies the history of the Milky Way and its stars.
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What's Next for Finding Other Earth-like Worlds?
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An interview with the TESS mission's Sara Seager, an astrophysicist and planetary scientist at MIT who focuses on theoretical models of atmospheres and interiors of all kinds of exoplanets as well as novel space science missions.
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