Posted on March 26th, 2007 by docartemis
Futures in Biotech
On the latest episode (#14, posted on 3/23/07) of Futures in Biotech, host Marc Pelletier talks with the founder and scientists from the Myelin Repair Foundation. The MRF is pioneering a new collaborative form of research aimed at developing treatments for multiple sclerosis, which is a disease where the myelin insulation of [...]
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Posted on March 25th, 2007 by docartemis
This post is a request for listener feedback. When I started podcasting in December, 2006, I started two podcasts simultaneously, the Brain Science Podcast and Books and Ideas. My original intention was to use Books and Ideas as a more personal podcast, and as a place to put material that didn’t fit into the Brain [...]
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Posted on March 23rd, 2007 by docartemis
When I started preparing for this week’s episode I realized that before I could discuss neurotransmitters (brain chemicals) I would need to discuss some basic information about how neurons work. Thus this episode is rather long and technical, but hopefully understandable to those who are new to the field. I am including more detailed [...]
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Posted on March 22nd, 2007 by docartemis
The new episode of the Brain Science Podcast has been posted.
Show notes will be up by tomorrow.
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Posted on March 19th, 2007 by docartemis
Quantum mechanics can’t explain consciousness and I am going to explore why.
The reason I bring this up is that many people seem to be worried that the mounting evidence that the brain generates the mind implies that free will can not exist. Of course, most of us feel strongly that we do have free will. [...]
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Posted on March 15th, 2007 by docartemis
This week’s episode of Books and Ideas is a discussion of the book Challenging Nature: The Clash of Science and Spirituality at the New Frontiers of Life, with author Lee M. Silver of Princeton University. I have inserted it into the Brain Science Podcast feed so that listeners can sample my second podcast. If you [...]
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Posted on March 14th, 2007 by docartemis
I recently posted a list of some of my favorite science podcasts. Today I want to mention a few recent episodes that I think are worth listening to.
First, on March 8th, the BBC 4 podcast In Our Time did an excellent review of the history of Microbiology. Host Melvyn Bragg is joined by [...]
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Posted on March 8th, 2007 by docartemis
Kanzi and Sue Savage-Rumbaugh
This is the first interview episode of the Brain Science Podcast. As a follow-up to #6, I had the opportunity to interview Stuart Shanker, PhD, one of the co-authors of The First Idea: How Symbols, Language, and Intelligence Evolved From Our Primate Ancestors to Modern Humans .
I really wanted to talk [...]
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Posted on March 5th, 2007 by docartemis
Alan Saunders of the Philosopher’s Zone
Ever since the logical positivists in the early 20th century, there has been a debate over whether science has made metaphysics obsolete. Is science all we need to describe and understand the ultimate meaning of reality? Even those who consider themselves philosophers of science can’t agree on [...]
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Posted on March 2nd, 2007 by docartemis
No that’s not Dr. Shanker! Its Kanzi, the famous bonobo that is mentioned in The First Idea (Brain Science Podcast #6). I didn’t have time to talk about the bonobo research during last week’s podcast, but today I recorded a very interesting interview with Dr. Stuart Shanker, co-author of The First [...]
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