พอดคาสท์ Sciencentric ชั้นนำ (2024)

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Exploring the Human Need for Connection | Mark Williams 1:22:30

8M ago1:22:30

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Mark Williams is a professor of cognitive neuroscience with over 25 years’ experience conducting behavioral and brain imaging research. He regularly runs programs on the neuroscience of learning, the neuroscience of emotions, how our brains create our reality, and the impact of modern technologies on our brains. His latest book "The Connected Speci…

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The Keys to Creativity | Hilde Østby 1:10:30

10M ago1:10:30

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Do you want to be more creative? Learn how you can unlock your own natural powers of creativity as Norwegian author and journalist Hilde Østby discusses her latest book "The Key to Creativity: The Science Behind Ideas and How Daydreaming Can Change the World."**SUPPORT**Show your support for our community and help us create more outstanding content…

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In the Shadow of the Dark Cloud | Guillaume Pitron 1:04:00

10M ago1:04:00

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Have you ever wondered what happens when you hit the like button on Facebook or other social media apps? Come take a journey with us into the massive hidden infrastructure that supports all of our online activities. In this episode, journalist and documentary filmmaker Guillaume Pitron discusses his new book “The Dark Cloud: how the digital world i…

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Discovering Nature-Inspired Innovation | Kristy Hamilton 55:46

1y ago55:46

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Join us as we delve into the world of technological innovation inspired by nature with award-winning author and science journalist Kristy Hamilton. Kristy is a frequent contributor to notable publications like WIRED, Science Magazine, Hakai Magazine, Business Insider, Mongabay, and others. **SUPPORT**Show your support for our podcast and help us cr…

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The Power of Poo | Bryn Nelson 1:03:25

2y ago1:03:25

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Bryn Nelson is a Seattle-based journalist who specializes in scientific, environmental, medical, and travel-related stories. His crappy new book is called “Flush: The Remarkable Science of an Unlikely Treasure” and it’s all about humanity’s relationship to our poop and how we can improve upon that…erm…relationship. Video version is available here: …

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The Evolution of Humor | Jonathan Silvertown 55:36

2y ago55:36

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Jonathan Silvertown is a professor of evolutionary ecology in the Institute of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of numerous books on ecology and evolution. His most recent book is called "The Comedy of Error: why evolution made us laugh." Video version is available here: https://youtu.be/B5KYVtnmORI **SUPPORT** …

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How Language Made Us Human | Simon Prentis 1:10:36

2+ y ago1:10:36

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Simon Prentis is the author of "SPEECH! How Language Made Us Human", an acclaimed exploration of human history through the lens of language. He is an experienced translator and interpreter who has worked with different cultures and languages in over fifty countries. Video version available here: https://youtu.be/4RDjqPz0ock **SUPPORT** Help support…

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The Swedish Experiment | Johan Anderberg 58:00

2+ y ago58:00

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Johan Anderberg is a Swedish journalist and writer who has been a regular contributor to a number of Swedish and international media outlets, including Fokus, Sydsvenskan,andTheWall Street Journal. His book “The Herd: how Sweden chose its own path through the worst pandemic in 100 years” will be published in the U.S. this month. Video version avail…

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LIVE: Splatometers, Pterosaurs, Chewing Robots and more! 48:41

2+ y ago48:41

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Host Eric R Olson and guest Michael Mills discuss the most interesting science stories of the day. Video version available here: https://youtu.be/dxHaxpF3Zgc **SUPPORT** Help support this channel so we can create more great science content! Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sciencentric Purchase a book through our reading room:…

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Preventing Childhood Allergies | Vincent Ho 1:04:07

2+ y ago1:04:07

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Vincent Ho is an academic gastroenterologist who works as a researcher and senior lecturer at Western Sydney University in Sydney, Australia. He is also a practicing doctor who sees patients with all kinds of gut problems. In his spare time, he created a website and YouTube channel called Gut Doctor and is the author of the upcoming book The Health…

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The Fantastical World of Fungi | Keith Seifert 1:06:28

2+ y ago1:06:28

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KEITH SEIFERT is a Canadian mycologist who’s spent more than forty years studying fungi on five continents. He’s done research on microscopic fungi from farms, forests, food, and the built environment, as well as studied ways reduce fungal toxins and diseases affecting plants and animals. Keith is a former president of the International Mycological…

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Restoring the World's Forests | Fred Pearce 52:49

2+ y ago52:49

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Fred Pearce is an English author and journalist based in London. Over his 20-year career, he has traveled to 87 countries to write about the environment, science, and development issues. In this episode of The Sciencentric Podcast, he spoke about his upcoming book "A Trillion Trees: Restoring Our Forests by Trusting in Nature." Video version here: …

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Wildlife and the Next Pandemic | Dina Fine Maron 1:00:43

3+ y ago1:00:43

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Our guest in this episode is Dina Fine Maron, an Investigative Reporter for National Geographic covering Wildlife Crime. Dina was previously a health editor for Scientific American magazine and holds a master's degree in public health. In short, she knows a lot about wildlife trafficking and public health, and those appear to be two important facto…

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All About Bears | Rémy Marion 50:45

3+ y ago50:45

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Our guest in this episode is Rémy Marion -- author, photographer, and documentary filmmaker. Rémy is a member of France’s national society of geographers and explorers, and an authority on bears. In particular, brown bears and polar bears, which he has been observing in the wild since the 1980s. His book, “On Being a Bear: Face to Face with Our Wil…

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Chemistry & Communication | Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim 54:28

3+ y ago54:28

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Our guest in this episode is German chemist, journalist, author, TV host and YouTube star Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim. Her first book, “Chemistry for Breakfast: The Amazing Science of Everyday Life,” has recently been translated into English. It follows a typical day in Mai’s life, drilling down into the molecules that make it all happen. It’s an interestin…

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Inside Wildlife Trafficking | Rachel Nuwer 37:45

3+ y ago37:45

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In our inaugural episode, we spoke with science and environmental journalist Rachel Nuwer about her book "Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking." We spoke about her process for writing the book, the time she spent with actual wildlife traffickers, and what can be done to stop the illegal wildlife trade--particularly in Asia. Help s…

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Talking Sexes | Zach Elliot 1:08:52

4y ago1:08:52

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In this episode, we’re delving into some controversial topics. In fact, I really couldn’t think of more controversial topics than sex and gender and how the two relate. Much like religion or politics, how we understand sex and gender are fundamental to how we operate in the world and inspire a whole range of opinions--often in conflict with each ot…

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Rare Metals War | Guillaume Pitron 47:26

4y ago47:26

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In this episode, we’re speaking to award-winning French journalist and documentary filmmaker Guillaume Pitron. For the last decade or so, Guillaume has been following the global trade in rare earth metals. There are around 30 of these metals and they can be found in virtually all of our electronic devices and in green technologies like solar panels…

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Sharing Ingredients | George Zaidan 54:20

4+ y ago54:20

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George Zaidan is the executive producer for the American Chemical Society and a former co-host of CNBC's “Make Me a Millionaire Inventor.” Most recently, he authored the book, “Ingredients: The Strange Chemistry of What We Put in Us and On Us”. As the title suggests, “Ingredients” is about the chemistry of the food we eat and the products we use, b…

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Sex and Monogamy | Carin Bondar 57:48

4+ y ago57:48

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In this episode, we speak with Carin Bondar, a biologist, writer, TV host, and public speaker. Carin is probably best-known for covering the topic at the forefront of everyone’s mind: sex. In various forms, she has documented all the strange and fascinating ways that animals approach enterprise reproduction--including us. As a presenter, Carin has …

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Into the Abyss | Anthony David 1:03:32

4+ y ago1:03:32

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Anthony David is Director of the University of College London Institute of Mental Health. For twenty-eight years he was a consultant psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital in London. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Academy of Medical Sciences. His new book, "Into the Abyss: A Neuropsychia…

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#16 Love, Drugs and Ethics with Bioethicist Brian D. Earp 1:09:54

4+ y ago1:09:54

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Brian D. Earp is a cross-disciplinary academic whose work draws on philosophy, cognitive science, psychology, history of science and medicine, and ethics. He is the Associate Director of the Yale-Hastings Program in Ethics and Health Policy at Yale University and Research Fellow in the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford.…

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#15 Evolution & Design with Evolutionary Theorist Mark Changizi 1:12:47

5y ago1:12:47

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Mark Changizi is an evolutionary theorist, author, and entrepreneur. His work focuses on the ultimate foundations underlying why we think, feel and see as we do. He has made important discoveries such as why we see in color, why we see illusions, why we have forward-facing eyes, why the brain is structured as it is, why animals have as many limbs a…

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#14 The Secrets of Snakes with Wildlife Biologist David A. Steen 53:34

5y ago53:34

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Help support this channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sciencentric David A. Steen is a wildlife biologist who specializes in snakes and other "creepie crawlies." He is the author of the award-winning science blog Living Alongside Wildlife where he writes about natural history, ecology, and his own research. He's also been called the "best b…

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#13 The Quantum Supremacy with Science Writer George Musser 1:03:03

5y ago1:03:03

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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 powerful new way of computing that makes use of quantum principles. Google claims it's quantum processor can tackle a really difficult computational problem in…

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#12 Video Games & Psychology's Replication Crisis with Dr. Pete Etchells 1:03:37

5y ago1:03:37

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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 make us more violent in real life? Can games be addictive? Or, how much time sitting in front of the screen is really good for us? Our guest in this e…

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#11 How to Use Your Brain with Neuroscientist Henning Beck 46:40

5y ago46:40

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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 laser-like focus, we’d be on all the time…. But not so fast, says our guest, neuroscientist Henning Beck. Henning is a writer, speaker, consultant and au…

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#10 Hacking the Code of Life with Molecular Biologist Nessa Carey 43:31

5+ y ago43:31

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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 molecular tool that allows scientists to make precise changes to DNA, even within living cells. In the near future, CRISPR will have an impact on prett…

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#9 Vanishing Fish with Marine Biologist Daniel Pauly 1:00:16

5+ y ago1:00:16

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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 the world’s oceans. His new book, "Vanishing Fish: Shifting Baselines and the Future of Global Fisheries", is a kind of greatest hits of his essays o…

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#8 Getting Cultured with Author Katherine Courage 31:59

5+ y ago31:59

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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 benefits related to digestion, weight loss, the immune system and even our mood. What we eat has big impact on the health of our gut microbes. In this episod…

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#7 Trump's Wall and the Environment with Journalist John Platt 34:45

5+ y ago34:45

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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...barrier” along the entire U.S. Mexico border. The idea being that an unbroken, impassable wall would help deter illegal immigration and drug trafficking…

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#6 Talking De-extinction with Journalist Torill Kornfeldt 36:23

5+ y ago36:23

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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 the mighty T-rex to overgrown velociraptors. Fast forward to 2019 and we’ve yet to create dinosaurs, or any other creatures, by extracting ancient DN…

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#5 Solving a Red Wolf Mystery with Biologist Elizabeth Heppenheimer 27:53

5+ y ago27:53

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About six years ago, a wildlife biologist noticed a pack of mysterious creatures living on Galveston Island, a barrier island off the Gulf Coast of Texas. The creatures looked an awful lot like coyotes, but also red wolves, an ancient coyote-wolf hybrid that had been extinct in the wild for nearly 40 years. Eventually, scientists collected DNA samp…

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#4 Questioning the Mortality Plateau with Biologist Saul Newman 34:11

6y ago34:11

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As adults, our odds of dying doubles about every eight years. However, a high-profile paper published in Science this summer seems to tell a different story; past age 80 those increasing odds slow down and almost completely level off past 100, In this episode, we speak with Saul Newman, a biologist at the Australia National University in Canberra, …

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#3 Is Big Chicken a Symbol of the Anthropocene? 30:39

6y ago30:39

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Is the broiler chicken an icon of the anthropocene--an era when humans are are radically altering the biology and geology of the planet? A new paper out of the UK says so and we take a look at the authors' argument. Support us on Patreon: bit.ly/2GjxdoLCheck our list of recommended science books: bit.ly/2zOIiYULinks:How chickens became the ultimate…

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#2 Everything We Know about the CRISPR Babies 37:20

6y ago37:20

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We explore the latest news out of China that a scientist has created genetically-modified babies using the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system. Support us on Patreon: https://bit.ly/2GjxdoLCheck our list of recommended science books: https://bit.ly/2zOIiYULinks:The He Lab YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0MrOF3n_8ZrklRxAm4zoA_zB…

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