Podcasts
gregladen | May 13, 2017I'm currently reading Paul Offit's Pandora's Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong, in preparation for an interview with him that I'll be recording later this week. I'll let you know about the interview, but at this time I can say that I'm very much enjoying the book. The publisher's description:
What happens when ideas presented as science lead us in the wrong direction?
History is filled with brilliant ideas that gave rise to disaster, and this book explores the most fascinating—and significant—missteps: from opium's heyday as the pain reliever of choice to recognition of opioids as a…
tsaunders | July 6, 2010Today we have Scibling Showdown # 2 - the pros and cons of grad school. This episode includes Jason Goldman of the Thoughtful Animal, Christie Wilcox of Observations of a Nerd and Scicurious of Neurotopia. We talk about how we chose our current labs, things we wish we had known before we started grad school, and where we plan to end up (spoiler: none of us have any idea!).
We also discuss how blogging plays into the graduate school experience, and here it sounds like we've all had overwhelmingly positive experiences. I think any student will admit that grad school is a bit bipolar -…
retrospectacle | November 19, 2007Didn't go to the Society for Neuroscience conference, but still want to know what happened (and in an English accent, no less)?
Then check out this new NeuroPod podcast from Nature, where Kerri Smith talks about the highlights from SFN.
"Find out what computers can do for brains, find two ways to zoom in on pain, hear some of the most quickfire conference presentations ever, and discover what the Rolling Stones were doing at the meeting."
If you dig this podcast, you can subscribe to it here.
sporte | September 26, 2007For the record: Chlamydia is NOT a virus.
I am bummed. I like the little MicrobeWorld radio broadcasts, and the video podcasts are even more fun.
But I was perusing the archives and I found this:
I could ignore this if it came from a different source, but MicrobeWorld is produced with funding from the American Society for Microbiology!
Microbiologists are supposed to know the difference between bacteria and viruses. It's part of our training and big part of what we do.
I know, as scientists we're always supposed to follow the mantra of "buyer beware" and "be skeptical of…
sporte | September 25, 2007Biology as a second-language: the immersion method
Language teachers say the best way to learn a language is by total immersion and even better, spending time in the country where it's spoken conversing with native speakers.
See it, hear it, speak it, use it!
Put yourself in a position where you must do these four things to survive (or at least find the restroom) and you will learn more rapidly than by any other method.
Graduate school serves a similar purpose for scientists. You go from an environment where your fellow students and co-workers spend time chatting about TV shows and…
retrospectacle | May 14, 2007 There's a nifty little radio show broadcast out of Canada called 'IAmAScientist' which focuses on [wait for it] the lives of scientists. The most recent show, cataloged via podcast courtesy of the friendly yet mysterious host, chats up Retrospectacle's favorite birdly scientist, Dr. Irene Pepperberg herself. Check it out here.
I also just noticed that the Canadian host says 'aboot.' Hehe. :)
Irene discusses at length her techniques and experiments with African Grey parrots and her most recent work on Muller-Lyer illusion perception in parrots. Even after spending a weekend with her, I…
retrospectacle | April 10, 2007Wanna know the deep dark history of creationism, the intelligent design movement, and the Dover trial? Well Ed Brayton who blogs at Dispatches From the Culture Wars gave a talk a few weeks back at the Freethought Association in Grand Rapids, MI. Check it out here.
retrospectacle | March 24, 2007 Check out the latest "I Am A Scientist" podcasts, which every week interviews a scientist about their research topic. Last week, I was a guest, and this week's guest is Jane Lawrence. She discusses two types of imaging techniques: real-time fMRI and fMRI of the spinal cord. Check it out!
ksharpe | February 13, 2007Tune in to daily podcasts from the route up Mount Kilimanjaro, the world's tallest free-standing mountain and, at 19,340 feet, the highest peak in Africa.
Hosted at seedmagazine.com, the series is following day-by-day progress of a team made up by:
Will Cross, mountaineer and traveler
Jimmy Gould, Seed board member
Jo Anderson, environmental biologist
The team will be producing a new, three-to-six minute 'cast each day and, conditions permitting, posting them to the trek homepage as they're created. The group plans to reach Uhuru Peak—Kili's summit—on Thursday, February 15th.
Kilimanjaro…
dmunger | January 28, 2007Here's the Cognitive Daily weekly podcast for January 28.
Topics:
Brains can tell the difference between metaphor and irony
Want to drive safely? Talking to passengers may be okay, but talking on the phone isn't
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http://scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/rss-podcasts.xml
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Cognitive Daily's weekly podcast for January 28, 2007 (AAC version)
Cognitive…
dmunger | January 21, 2007Here's the Cognitive Daily weekly podcast for January 21. Don't forget that you can subscribe to the podcast using the special RSS feed:
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Cognitive Daily's weekly podcast for January 21, 2007 (AAC version)
Cognitive Daily's weekly podcast for January 21, 2007 (MP3 version)
Cognitive Daily's weekly podcast provides audio versions of each week's CogDaily reports on peer-…
dmunger | January 13, 2007Here's the Cognitive Daily weekly podcast for January 13. Don't forget that you can subscribe to the podcast using the special RSS feed:
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Cognitive Daily's weekly podcast for January 13, 2007 (AAC version)
Cognitive Daily's weekly…
dmunger | January 7, 2007Here's the Cognitive Daily weekly podcast for January 7. Don't forget that you can subscribe to the podcast using the special RSS feed:
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dmunger | December 31, 2006Here's the Cognitive Daily weekly podcast for December 31 (one day late -- sorry, we're just back from vacation!). Don't forget that you can subscribe to the podcast using the special RSS feed:
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Cognitive Daily's weekly podcast for December 31, 2006 (AAC version)
Cognitive Daily's weekly podcast for December 31, 2006 (MP3 version)
Cognitive Daily's weekly podcast provides…
dmunger | December 23, 2006Here's the Cognitive Daily weekly podcast for December 23. Don't forget that you can subscribe to the podcast using the special RSS feed:
http://scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/rss-podcasts.xml
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Cognitive Daily's weekly podcast for December 23, 2006 (AAC version)
Cognitive Daily's weekly podcast for December 23, 2006 (MP3 version)
Cognitive Daily's weekly podcast provides audio versions of each week's CogDaily reports on peer-…
dmunger | December 16, 2006Here's the Cognitive Daily weekly podcast for December 16. Don't forget that you can subscribe to the podcast using the special RSS feed:
http://scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/rss-podcasts.xml
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Cognitive Daily's weekly podcast for December 16, 2006 (AAC version)
Cognitive Daily's weekly podcast for December 16, 2006 (MP3 version)
Cognitive Daily's weekly podcast provides audio versions of each week's CogDaily reports on peer-…
dmunger | December 9, 2006A couple new features for this week's podcast. First, a new mic, which I think has a richer sound, but also probably needs a screen to filter out the harsh ps and ts. I'll work on getting one in time for next week's edition. As requested, we're offering the podcast in both AAC and MP3 format. Finally, and most importantly, you can now subscribe to our podcast using the special podcast feed:
http://scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/rss-podcasts.xml
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dmunger | December 2, 2006Starting today, each week's CogDaily Research articles will be available in podcast form! We're working on making them available directly from iTunes, but for now, you can download them from the CogDaily blog.
Click here to download the December 2 Cognitive Daily podcast (AAC format)
Click here to download the December 2 Cognitive Daily podcast (MP3 format)
We're committed to podcasting the reports on peer reviewed research we've covered each week (they'll appear here each Saturday), so if you don't have time to read them online, you can listen while you exercise or commute to work.
In the…
ksharpe | May 12, 2006Drumroll, please.
ScienceBlogs can now be enjoyed on the go, in podcast form.
In our first podcast, Sb editors talk with Janet Stemwedel of 'Adventures in Ethics and Science,' who presents her views on plagiarism in the sciences: why it matters, who it hurts, and what, just maybe, can be done about it.
The program can be found for downloading and listening in the podcast area of Seedmagazine.com, where it is described thusly:
The Worst Thing A Scientist Can Do
ScienceBlogs' Janet Stemwedel discusses scientists' cheating ways.
Lie, cheat, steal: Scientists have been known to do all three on…