Cool Science Radio
192 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsFrom the discovery of new dinosaurs to the science of an avalanche. From the secret technology behind Facebook, to nanotechnology. Deciphering science and technology in an entertaining, amusing and accessible way. If we can understand it, so can you. Hosted by Lynn Ware Peek and Katie Mullaly.
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Hold Onto Your Hat: Converging Technologies Will Bring Expontential Forward Momentum
February 13, 2020 17:37 - 19 minutes - 1.14 KBCool Science Radio welcomes guest Peter Diamandis , a space-entrepreneur-turned-innovation-pioneer and the Chairman and CEO of the X Prize Foundation , a non-profit organization that designs and manages public competitions intended to encourage technological development that could benefit humanity. Peter has co-written a book with Steven Kotler, a follow up to their NY Times bestselling books Abundance and Bold - The Future is Faster than You Think: How Converging Technologies are Transformin...
What Determines The Infectious Potential Of Coronovirus?
February 13, 2020 17:23 - 26 minutes - 1.54 KBJoining Cool Science Radio is Tanya Lewis, health and medicine editor at Scientific American . Lewis has followed the novel coronvirus story closely and written on it extensively. In December 2019 a cluster of patients was found in Wuhan, China with pneumonia from an unknown cause. While the majority of the cases are in China, the coronavirus has been found in countries all over the world, including the US, where there have been 14 cases reported. Over 3,000 people in China have died from the...
Technology Creating Plant Based Foods
February 06, 2020 16:58 - 26 minutes - 1.53 KBCool Science Radio welcomes Mike Leonard, the Chief Technology Officer at Motif FoodWorks in Boston. Motif makes ingredients for plant-based meat and dairy products. Could plant based meats and dairy products allow us to be kinder to our animals, kinder to out environment and kinder to our own health? Each year in the United States 39 million cattle and calves are slaughtered for meat. 9% of greenhouse gas comes from agriculture and 1/3 of that is methane from cow digestion. Also, it takes ro...
Building A Bridge Between Technology And Empathy
February 06, 2020 16:50 - 26 minutes - 1.52 KBKaitlin Ugolik Phillips joins Cool Science Radio. She has written The Future Of Feelings: Building Empathy in a Tech-Obsessed World . In her new book, Phillips shares her own personal stories as well as those of doctors, entrepreneurs, teachers, journalists, and scientists about moving innovation and technology forward without succumbing to isolation. This book is for anyone interested in how our brains work, how they’re subtly being rewired to work differently, and what that ultimately means...
Psychedelics Examined By Researchers For Use In Treating Depression, Anxiety, Addiction And PTSD
January 24, 2020 15:51 - 24 minutes - 1.45 KBCool Science Radio speaks with Neuropsychologist Dr. Parth Ghandi . He previews the inaugural Intermountain Psychedelic Science & Therapy Symposium on January 17 and 18 in Salt Lake City. This conference is for those interested in learning about the new science and therapy models using psychedelics. The symposium covers the current scientific research on micro-dosing, psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, legalization, integration after an experience, and more. Fro more information on the resea...
Mountain Man Collects Snow Data Every Day For Over 40 Winters
January 23, 2020 18:18 - 21 minutes - 1.27 KB"The Snow Guardian, " Billy Barr joins Cool Science Radio . Billy lives alone on a secluded site of an abandoned silver mine shack in Gothic, Colorado, population 180. Since the winter of 1974, the 68-year-old citizen scientist has recorded daily observations of his environment: high and low temperatures; total snowfall; snow depth, water content, and density; and when animals emerge, disappear, and migrate. His data and work has resulted in being a member of the staff at Rocky Mountain Biolo...
How To Optimize Your Brain Power With Superfoods
January 23, 2020 17:54 - 27 minutes - 1.63 KBCool Science Radio welcomes NYTimes best-selling author Julie Morris whose new book is Power Foods & Natural Nootropics for Optimized Thinking, Focus & Memory . If you struggle with focus and memory lapses, mental fog, or stress—or if you simply want to optimize your mental performance and protect your brain health this book examines how diet can potentially impact brain health via the gut. Incorporating research from neuroscientists and dieticians, Morris explores how fats, protein, and othe...
U of U Paleontologist To Introduce New Dinosaur At Dino Fest 2020
January 16, 2020 15:25 - 22 minutes - 1.31 KBWhat’s in a name? Cool Science Radio asks this question of someone who has named eight dinosaurs - paleontologist and Associate Professor & Lecturer in Geology and Geophysics at the University of Utah, Mark Loewen . Professor Loewen also teaches the popular World of Dinosaurs and Natural Disasters classes. He’s going us to talk about the wonderful world of dinosaurs, but also about the upcoming Dino Fest 2020 taking place at the Natural History Museum of Utah on January 25 and 26.
Discover Magazine Tells The Stories Of The Science That Matters In 2020
January 10, 2020 14:32 - 25 minutes - 1.52 KBCool Science Radio speaks with Gemma Tarlach, Senior Editor of Discover Magazine . Gemma joined the show last year to talk about Discover’s September/October cover story on The Science of Gun Violence . It was an eye-opening conversation that you can listen to here . Gemma is back, this time to discuss the most important science stories of the previous year and their potential impact into the future. The Science That Matters 2020 has just hit the newsstands and it covers the top 50 stories on...
How Movement Helps Us Find Happiness, Hope, Connection, And Courage
January 09, 2020 18:42 - 24 minutes - 1.43 KBThe Joy of Movement is Dr. Kelly McGonigal' s new book; it's a 'love letter' to movement and exploration of what is most human about us. Through her trademark blend of science and storytelling, McGonigal draws on insights from neuroscience, psychology, anthropology, and evolutionary biology, to clear up some common misconceptions about the brain on exercise. Along the way, Dr. McGonigal tells the stories of incredible examples of how movement can change your life, from Tanzania, where one of ...
Einstein On The Run: How Britain Saved The World's Greatest Scientist
November 21, 2019 17:55 - 21 minutes - 1.25 KBCool Science Radio welcomes guest Andrew Robinson who has written more than twenty-five books on an unusual range of subjects within the realm of science and the history of science. They include seven biographies, some about what we are guessing is his favorite topic: the physicist Albert Einstein. His new book, Einstein On The Run is the first account of how Britain gave sanctuary to Einstein - initially by inspiring his teenage passion for physics, then by providing refuge from the Nazis.
Einstein on The Run: How Britain Saved The World's Greatest Scientist
November 21, 2019 17:55 - 21 minutes - 1.25 KBCool Science Radio welcomes guest Andrew Robinson who has written more than twenty-five books on an unusual range of subjects within the realm of science and the history of science. They include seven biographies, some about what we are guessing is his favorite topic: of the physicist Albert Einstein. His new book, Einstein On The Run is the first account of how Britain gave sanctuary to Einstein - initially by inspiring his teenage passion for physics, then by providing refuge from the Nazis.
Einstein on The Run: How Britian Saved The World's Greatest Scientist
November 21, 2019 17:55 - 21 minutes - 1.25 KBCool Science Radio welcomes guest Andrew Robinson who has written more than twenty-five books on an unusual range of subjects within the realm of science and the history of science. They include seven biographies, some about what we are guessing is his favorite topic: of the physicist Albert Einstein. His new book, Einstein On The Run is the first account of how Britain gave sanctuary to Einstein - initially by inspiring his teenage passion for physics, then by providing refuge from the Nazis.
How Online Extremists, Propagandists And Internet Trolls Have Broken Our Informational Landscape
November 21, 2019 17:41 - 24 minutes - 1.45 KBCool Science Radio welcomes New Yorker staff writer Andrew Marantz who spent the last three years going into the worlds - even sometimes the homes — of online extremists, propagandists, internet trolls, and white supremacists who have become experts at using social media to advance their agenda. He also explored the world of the sometimes naive and recklessly ambitious tech entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley who created these platforms that have allowed misinformation to alter the way we think, ...
Using Modern Technology To View The Underwater World From Marine Creatures' Perspectives
November 14, 2019 22:56 - 7 minutes - 432 BytesCool Science Radio speaks with David Gruber who is the presidential professor of Biology at Baruch College, City University of New York. He is also an Explorer for National Geographic. David is passionate about utilizing modern technology to view the underwater world from marine creatures' perspectives. He deploys robotic devices that are kinder and more gentle so they can study animals in their environment.
From Brain Cells, Engineering Bio-Micro Chips That Combine Biological And Artificial Qualities
November 14, 2019 22:52 - 15 minutes - 935 BytesCool Science Radio welcomes Osh Agabi who is the founder and CEO of Koniku Inc. His company is combining living cells with electronic circuits to create “wetchips” that they believe will one day outperform what either biology or a machine could do on its own.
A New Science Of Consciousness
November 14, 2019 22:44 - 26 minutes - 1.56 KBCool Science Radio welcomes Philip Goff who has written Galileo’s Error, Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness . Understanding how brains produce consciousness is one of the great scientific challenges of our age. Goff makes the case for panpsychism pan-sick-ism, a theory that posits that consciousness is not confined to biological entities but is a fundamental feature of all physical matter—from subatomic particles to the human brain.
Make A Labyrinth At Kimball Art Center Workshop On November 17
November 07, 2019 18:28 - 11 minutes - 693 BytesCool Science Radio speaks with Roger Burrows, a Park City resident and author of several books including, 3D Thinking in Design and Architecture from Antiquity to the Future. Roger joins us today to talk about an upcoming workshop all about labyrinths at the Kimball Art Center on November 17, from 1 - 4:30, where all can experience the history, logic, and creativity behind building a labyrinth.
Citizen Scientists Gather Data To Further Research Around The Globe
November 07, 2019 18:16 - 19 minutes - 1.14 KBCool Science Radio speaks with Andrew Howley from Adventure Scientists in Bozeman, Montana. Citizens scientists are becoming quite a useful tool for researchers all over the world, and especially at Adventure Scientists where citizens can help to collect data from the farthest reaches of the planet. Howley also describes the Ride for Roadkill project as well as other data gathering stories from the globe.
How Bumblebees, Hummingbirds And Their Food Source React To Climate Change At High Altitude
November 07, 2019 17:49 - 19 minutes - 1.13 KBCool Science Radio speaks with Dr. David Inouye, a research ecologist at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory near Crested Butte, Colorado, where he has spent summer field seasons since 1971. He is also professor emeritus at the University of Maryland. His long-term studies of the timing of the biological events in plants and animals are being used now to provide insights into the effects of climate change at high altitudes.
What Nature Teaches Us About Living Well In The World
October 31, 2019 17:20 - 23 minutes - 1.36 KBNature and science writer Gary Ferguson joins Cool Science Radio. He delineates all we can not only learn but actually put to practice in the The Eight Master Lessons of Nature: What Nature Teaches Us About Living Well in the World. By using enlightening case studies and deeply personal stories, Ferguson leaves readers with hope, excitement, and joy on how to enrich their own everyday lives through what nature has shown us since the beginning of time.
Over 100,000 Species In Our Homes: From Shower Microbes To Cupboard Moths
October 31, 2019 16:46 - 24 minutes - 1.42 KBCool Science Radio welcomes distinguished biologist Rob Dunn, who presents a natural history of the wilderness in everyday homes, revealing the presence of some 100,000 species, from shower microbes to cupboard moths, including many who benefit human health . Even when the floors are sparkling clean and the house seems silent, our domestic domain is wild beyond imagination. His book, now out in paperback, is Never Home Alone .
CRISPR Inventor Previews Advances In Future Technology
October 28, 2019 14:59 - 15 minutes - 940 BytesCool Science Radio welcomes Dr. George Church, professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School. Church developed the methods for the first genome sequence and dramatic cost reductions since then (down from $3 billion to $600). His team invented CRISPR for human stem-cell genome editing and other synthetic biology technologies and applications - including new ways to create organs for transplantation, gene therapies for aging reversal, and gene drives to eliminate Lyme disease and malaria. He ...
Taiwan Ambassador Talks Semiconductor Industry And Artificial Intelligence
October 28, 2019 14:40 - 10 minutes - 642 BytesCool Science Radio speaks with Ambassador Abraham Wen-Shang Chu who is currently the Director General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles. Ambassador Chu has held a number of senior level positions in the Taiwan government including his role as Ambassador. John Wells spoke with Ambassador Chu at the Future in Review Conference held in La Jolla, CA in early October. We spoke about Taiwan’s semiconductor industry, artificial intelligence and the relationship between our tw...
Neil DeGrasse Tyson Surveys Letters From An Astrophysicist
October 28, 2019 14:08 - 14 minutes - 886 BytesDr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson joins Cool Science Radio. His new book Letters From An Astrophysicist was just released. Tyson introduces us to a newly personal dimension of his quest to understand our place in the cosmos as he answers 101 letters from people around the world. Neil has attracted one of the world’s largest online followings with his fascinating, widely accessible insights into science and our universe. The book chronicles his correspondence with people who have sought him out in searc...
Banjo Founder/CEO Damien Patton's Mission: To Save Lives And Reduce Human Suffering
October 18, 2019 15:47 - 30 minutes - 1.78 KBCool Science Radio welcomes Park City local Damien Patton, the CEO and founder of Banjo . Damien has been determined to solve one of the most common but difficult problems out there - making the world's disparate data purposeful - and doing so live. Over the past seven years, Banjo has continued to pioneer technology that reinvents what's possible in a truly connected world. Banjo is the world's first Live-Time intelligence platform that gives decision makers the ability to KNOW INFORMATION N...
Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Andrew Shapiro Guides Concept Development For Space Exploration
October 17, 2019 16:27 - 20 minutes - 1.23 KBCool Science Radio speaks with Dr. Andrew Shapiro , the manager of technology formulation for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Shapiro is the manager of early-stage innovation for the Space Technology Office. These concepts typically are developed for NASA . We will talk with him about new technological concepts and what it's like to manage a lab where ideas become concepts, possible projects and even part of a mission for robotic and manned space exploration.
Pterosaurs, Quantum Computing, And Ultraprocessed Food With Scientific American Editor
October 10, 2019 21:30 - 23 minutes - 1.39 KBS cience writer and technology editor for the magazine Scientific American , Sophie Bushwick, joins the show to discuss the October issue of the magazine. The cover issue deals with new information acheived through mathematical models which expose terrifying flying monsters called Pterosaurs. She talks about quantum computers and the challenges to encryption of protected information as these quantum computers come onto the scene. Bushwick also discusses new findings that ultraprocessed food t...
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory Perched At 9,300 Ft In Colorado Is Science Mecca
October 10, 2019 20:03 - 28 minutes - 1.65 KBCool Science Radio welcomes Ian Billick, executive director of the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory . At 9,300 feet in a picturesque canyon above Crested Butte, Colorado, in the former silver mining/ghost town of Gothic, s cientists from all over the globe come each year to do research at this mountain outpost also known as RMBL. Billick is a field biologist who is interested in the ecology and evolution of complex systems. He has a Phd in Biology from UCSD and he lives in Crested Butte.
The World's Most Seductive Instrument
October 03, 2019 20:40 - 23 minutes - 1.38 KBCool Science Radio welcomes guest David Schiller, who has written Guitar: The World’s Most Seductive Instrument . Beginning in a guitar store on Bleecker Street in New York City, Schiller, accompanied by a photo researcher, traveled far and wide to study and photograph hundreds of guitars, visiting shops, collectors’ offices, museums, festivals, factories, and artisan workshops around the country and all over the world. From pursuing great photo collections to tracking rare images in far-flun...
Cannabis Meets Biochemistry and Neuroscience In Entrepreneurial Business
October 03, 2019 20:32 - 28 minutes - 1.64 KBCool Science Radio welcomes guest Andrew Mack, the founder of OLO , a modern day cannabis company based in Richmond, California. Recreational marijuana isn't legal in the great state of Utah but we wanted to shine a light on OLO’s unique scientific approach to cannabis products. To go beyond simple strains, OLO has assembled a team of biochemists, neuroscientists, psychologists, and cannabis experts to apply their expertise to develop, analyze and extensively test new products.
Technology Fiction: A New Genre With Pulitzer Prize Winner A.B. Jewell
September 26, 2019 16:28 - 24 minutes - 1.44 KBCool Science Radio speaks with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Matt Richtel , who this time appears under his pseudonym, A.B. Jewell, which he uses to write technology fiction. His book is The Man Who Wouldn't Die , it's a Silicon Valley Mystery Novel. Having reported on science, technology and business for nearly two decades for the New York Times , A.B. Jewell knows the Silicon Valley world and the often wild world of mystery that exists within technology.
How To Be Human In The Age Of The Machine
September 26, 2019 16:11 - 24 minutes - 1.42 KBCool Science Radio speaks with someone who will turn you on to math and algorithms like you never thought possible -- Hannah Fry . She’s a mathematician, an author, a presenter, podcaster, TV personality, and public speaker. Her TED Talk The Mathematics of Love , has over five million views. She discusses her book, Hello World: How to Be Human in the Age of The Machine .
Working Towards An Understandable Version Of Quantum Physics
September 19, 2019 16:50 - 27 minutes - 1.6 KBCool Science Radio welcomes theoretical physicist at California Insitute of Technology, Sean Carroll , who says that understanding physics means understanding one of the most contentious theories of all time - the 'Many Worlds Theory.' Carroll is a New York Times bestselling author and suggests in his new book, Something Deeply Hidden , that there are multiple copies of you.... and everything else in our universe.
Humans, Not To Worry - Robots Will Always Need You
September 19, 2019 16:44 - 24 minutes - 1.43 KBCool Science Radio welcomes David Mindell , a Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Dibner Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing at MIT, and CEO/Founder of startup Humatics , which is pioneering micro-location technologies to revolutionize how people and machines locate, navigate and collaborate. He is also the author of five books, including Our Robots, Ourselves .
Dissecting CRISPR Technology With Park City Local
September 12, 2019 17:13 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBCool Science Radio talks with Lauren Strachan, Phd, a biologist living in Park City who has a passion for science education. In college she decided to pursue biology as a career after being transfixed by The Human Genome Project. She earned her PhD in Neurobiology and Anatomy from the University of Utah, has worked in both academic and industry labs, as well as for non-profit science education projects like The Natural History of Genes and BioEyes. She's also vested in this community, running...
GetWell Loop: Local Harry Kirschner Bringing Efficiencies And Empathy To Healthcare Technology
September 12, 2019 16:56 - 22 minutes - 1.34 KBCool Science Radio welcomes guest Harry Kirschner who was instrumental in the commercialization of a company called Health Loop. The company's mission: to bring mobile technology to health care to improve the patient experience and reduce avoidable costs. Health Loop (now GetWell Loop ) was sold nearly a year ago to GetWeLL Network and combining the two has created a fast growing and more comprehensive health care platform. Kirschner has focused his career in the development of software and c...
Digital Think Tank Guides Health Care Through Quickly Changing World Of Technology
September 06, 2019 18:09 - 33 minutes - 1.97 KBCool Science Radio is joined by John Nosta, founder of NOSTALAB —a digital health think tank. Nosta is entrenched in the world of science, medicine and innovation. He’s currently ranked as the #1 global influencer in digital health and generally regarded as one of the top global strategic and creative thinkers in this important and expanding area. His focus is on guiding companies, non government organizations and governments through the dynamics of exponential change in the health / tech mar...
Absurd Scientific Advice For Common Real-World Problems
September 06, 2019 18:05 - 14 minutes - 873 BytesCool Science Ra dio welcomes Randall Munroe who discusses his new book, How To: Absurd Scientific Advice For Common Real-World Problems. Each week, millions of dedicated followers flock to his website xkcd to get his stick-figure comic takes on current events, pop culture, science, and the mundanities of modern life. Munroe teaches us how to predict the weather by analyzing the pixels of your Facebook photo or how to tell if you're a baby boomer or a 90's kid by measuring the radioactivity of...
Strange Harvests And Obscure Natural Materials From Around The Globe
August 29, 2019 16:50 - 27 minutes - 1.6 KBCool Science Radio welcomes guest Edward Posnett who has written Strange Harvests: The Hidden Histories of Seven Natural Objects . Posnett journeys to some of the most far-flung locales on the planet to bring us seven wonders of the natural world: eiderdown from Scandinavia, sea silk from Sardinia, vicuña wool and guano from Peru, civet coffee from Indonesia, vegetable ivory from Ecuador, and edible birds’ nests from Borneo.
Lithium: A Doctor, A Drug, And A Breakthrough
August 29, 2019 16:44 - 23 minutes - 1.38 KBDr. Walter Brown, a professor at Brown University, joins Cool Science Radio. Brown explored the story of what he calls the “wildly unsung” 1949 discovery of lithium as a cure for bipolar disorder. He calls it one of the most important breakthroughs of the modern era and answers the questions surrounding why, discovered in 1949, lithium would not be available to patients until 1970— meanwhile those patients underwent horrifying treatments to cure bipolar disorder. Brown tells the story in his ...
Discover Magazine Studies The Science Of Gun Violence
August 15, 2019 16:26 - 20 minutes - 1.2 KBCool Science Radio welcomes Gemma Tarlach, Senior Editor of Discover Magazine whose September/October cover story is titled: The Science of Gun Violence. For every death due to firearms, the U.S. spends about $63 on firearm research. In contrast, research spending on motor vehicle deaths is about $1,000 per fatality. Since publicly funding the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration traffic accidents are down dramatically and yet there has been almost no publicly funded research on fir...