On this month’s show, we have light-activated neurons making waves, and two huge genetic studies that reveal some new autism candidates. Plus, the neuroscientist who is the first Nobellist to turn one hundred, and a conference including emotional robots.
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This week we’ve a climate special: Nicholas Stern tells us how the recession could help curb global warming, Nature’s climate science editor is in the studio to talk us through the latest research, and we imagine what the world would look like in the worst-case scenario of 1000ppm of CO2. Also on the show, autism [...]
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Mark Skoog, team director for the Automatic Collision Avoidance Technology Fighter Risk Reduction Program (ACAT FRRP) at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, and David “Nils” Larsen and Kevin Prosser, project research pilots, discussed a software-based technology that has demonstrated a 98 percent effectiveness rate at eliminating aircraft crashes into the ground. [...]
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Here you go, sciencepodcasters.org fans and friends. Your first episode of scienceTASTIC, but our 16th. In it, Mark introduces us to a mysterious space blob, Mike tells us to take two chuckles* and call him in the morning, and Joe reports on two Earth-like planets – one too hot and one juuuust right. [...]
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Science. Some crazy stuff goin’ on there, am I right? In each episode of scienceTASTIC Joe, Mark and Mike share interesting news stories from the worlds of biology, cosmology, technology… basically all of your favorite -ologies. Catch us here at sciencepodcasters.org or at sciencetastic.net.
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ACS Chemical Biology editors highlight articles from Volume 4, Issue 4 and speak with author Jeffrey Dietrich about the enhanced production of a precursor to a drug in the treatment of malaria. Listen to the podcast here.
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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, and Alan Dove
Vincent, Dick, and Alan talk about insect and human dengue virus host proteins, equine vaccine for WNV and EEEV, return of swine flu to humans, spread of polio in Africa, and listener email.
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Discovery of insect and human dengue virus host proteins
Immunize your horse with PreveNile
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Everyone tells you that you should have “passion for your work”. In fact, in the US culture we seem to pressure ourselves about this idea. Perhaps the whole thing is a waste of mental energy. According to research by Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, you might actually enjoy work that you never dreamed [...]
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Dealing with challenging behavior in children is discussed in this episode. Facts are separated from fallacies and effective methods to manage difficult behavior are explored. Why do people so often insist on using the least effective methods to deal with difficult behavior and neglect to use the most empirically supported approaches?
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In this episode, I talk to Dr Amanda Barnard, an expert in nanoscience, from the CSIRO on nanotechnology. We discuss:
- What are nanoparticles?
- What are nanorods?
- What properties of a substance make it a useful nanoparticle?
- What makes nanoparticles useful?
- What do you need to know to understand nanotechnology?
- What are some examples of the [...]
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