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Is the '10,000 hours rule' accurate?

Ask the Naked Scientists - May 03, 2024 09:02 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
In this week's selection of science questions, Dr Chris explains the impact of sweetners on the body, what happens when we suffer a stroke, and where the other half of the moon disappears to... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Is the '10,000 hours rule' accurate?

Ask the Naked Scientists - May 03, 2024 09:02 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratings
In this week's selection of science questions, Dr Chris explains the impact of sweetners on the body, what happens when we suffer a stroke, and where the other half of the moon disappears to... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Low-Mass Mania with Emily Rice

StarTalk Radio - April 30, 2024 07:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 12.9K ratings
Could we find life around low-mass stars? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice find out why life might be more likely around low-mass stars, what makes brown dwarfs, galactic archeology, and more with astronomer Emily Rice. NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commer...

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Horror In The Air - April 30, 2024 05:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
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Investing in regenerative ag

Down to Earth: The Planet to Plate Podcast - April 29, 2024 19:14 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 80 ratings
Dirt Capital Partners takes a "slow money" perspective on investing, helping farmers get land access and regenerate not only the soil but also their communities.  Their goal is to not only transform how agriculture is done in the US, but how investing itself is done, by focusing on the real impa...

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George Church and shooting for the stars

Night Science - April 29, 2024 09:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 34 ratings
George Church, professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School, leads a large research group at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. A pioneer in the fields of personalized genomics and synthetic biology, he has co-founded over 50 biotech companies. In 2017, Time magazine na...

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Stars Talk to Neil – Alien Love

StarTalk Radio - April 26, 2024 07:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 12.9K ratings
How certain are we about aliens? Neil deGrasse Tyson and cohosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly answer science questions from celebrities like Kevin Hart, Jack White, Nikki Glaser, and more! NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here:  https://startalkmedia.com...

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How does cloud seeding work?

Ask the Naked Scientists - April 26, 2024 00:31 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratings
Why are viruses so contagious? Are there any treatments for macular degeneration? How are we treating depression with psychedelics? Why do people lose their sense of smell? Is cloud seeding a real thing? Dr Chris Smith and Relebogile Mabotja have all the answers... Like this podcast? Please help ...

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How does cloud seeding work?

Ask the Naked Scientists - April 26, 2024 00:31 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Why are viruses so contagious? Are there any treatments for macular degeneration? How are we treating depression with psychedelics? Why do people lose their sense of smell? Is cloud seeding a real thing? Dr Chris Smith and Relebogile Mabotja have all the answers... Like this podcast? Please help ...

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Debating Pluto's Planethood with Alan Stern

StarTalk Radio - April 23, 2024 07:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 12.9K ratings
Will Neil take back what he said about Pluto? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice explore planets, dwarf planets, and the Kuiper belt with planetary scientist and principal investigator for the New Horizons Mission, Alan Stern.  NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode ...

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Horror In The Air - April 23, 2024 05:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
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Horror In The Air - April 23, 2024 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
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Why do we dream the things we dream?

Ask the Naked Scientists - April 19, 2024 00:13 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratings
Is our perfect total eclipse just a total coincidence? Where do our dreams come from? Can you launch a missile without it being picked up by satellites? Which animals have the best memory? Do humans have any instincts? Can gravity be 1g on a planet with a greater mass than Earth? Where could we g...

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Why do we dream the things we dream?

Ask the Naked Scientists - April 19, 2024 00:13 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Is our perfect total eclipse just a total coincidence? Where do our dreams come from? Can you launch a missile without it being picked up by satellites? Which animals have the best memory? Do humans have any instincts? Can gravity be 1g on a planet with a greater mass than Earth? Where could we g...

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Eyes in the Sky with Larissa Rodrigues & Jennifer Holm

StarTalk Radio - April 16, 2024 07:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 12.9K ratings
How is new tech helping protect the rainforest? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice learn how space technology is helping uncover illegal gold mines and protecting the Amazon, with illegal mining expert Larissa Rodrigues and Earth researcher Jennifer Holm.  Thanks to SkyFi for sponsorin...

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Horror In The Air - April 16, 2024 05:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
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Horror In The Air - April 16, 2024 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
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From suburban Chicago to rural Montana: the journey of a bison rancher

Down to Earth: The Planet to Plate Podcast - April 16, 2024 01:42 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 80 ratings
Matt Skoglund grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, went to law school, and for ten years worked for the Natural Resources Defense Council doing policy work to protect bison in Yellowstone. Always happy in the outdoors and with an interest in both hunting and conservation, he started a bison ranch ...

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756: Passionately Pursuing Projects on the P53 Tumor Suppressor Protein - Dr. Maureen Murphy

People Behind the Science Podcast - Stories from Scientists about Science, Life, Research, and Science Careers - April 15, 2024 07:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 282 ratings
Dr. Maureen Murphy is a Professor and Program Leader in the Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program of the Wistar Institute Cancer Center in Philadelphia. She is also the Associate Vice president for Faculty Affairs and Associate Director For Education and Career Development there. Maureen’s ...

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Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz lights a candle for science

Night Science - April 15, 2024 06:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 34 ratings
Prof. Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz directs research labs at both CalTech in the US and the University of Cambridge in England. Magdalena is one of the world’s leading developmental biologists, who has been recognized by the 2023 Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell Prize and Science magazin's People's Vote for ...

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Cosmic Queries – Black Hole Time Cloak with Charles Liu

StarTalk Radio - April 12, 2024 15:32 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 12.9K ratings
Are black holes places or objects? Neil deGrasse Tyson and cohosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly answer grab-bag questions about distorting spacetime, Olbers’ Paradox, singularities, the shape of the universe, and more with astrophysicist Charles Liu.  NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this ...

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Are lactose intolerant mothers allergic to their own milk?

Ask the Naked Scientists - April 12, 2024 02:39 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratings
Why did the eclipse move west to east across the Earth? Why are we so interested in nuclear fusion? Could we ever breathe underwater? What is the opposite force to gravity? Would alcohol sterilise a drowning fly? What the difference between cancer and cancerous growths? Are lactose introlerant mo...

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Are lactose intolerant mothers allergic to their own milk?

Ask the Naked Scientists - April 12, 2024 02:39 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Why did the eclipse move west to east across the Earth? Why are we so interested in nuclear fusion? Could we ever breathe underwater? What is the opposite force to gravity? Would alcohol sterilise a drowning fly? What the difference between cancer and cancerous growths? Are lactose introlerant mo...

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EP176: State of Alzheimer's Disease Research

This Is Getting Old Podcast with Melissa B PhD - April 09, 2024 09:00 - 11 minutes
“As a nurse, I'm all about lifestyle strategies and preventing Alzheimer’s from even happening to us” —Melissa Batchelor, PhD, RN, FNP, FGSA, FAAN   Alzheimer's disease poses a significant threat to individuals and societies worldwide due to its devastating impact on cognitive function and...

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Things You Thought You Knew – The Geometric Universe

StarTalk Radio - April 09, 2024 07:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 12.9K ratings
What is the Sun’s ecliptic? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice break down the things you thought you knew about spheres in the universe, navigating the sky, and taking spacecraft out of orbit.  NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://star...

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Horror In The Air - April 09, 2024 05:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
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755: Designing, Creating, and Testing Novel Materials with Unique Properties - Dr. Carlos Portela

People Behind the Science Podcast - Stories from Scientists about Science, Life, Research, and Science Careers - April 08, 2024 07:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 282 ratings
Dr. Carlos Portela is the Brit and Alex d'Arbeloff Career Development Professor in Mechanical Engineering at MIT. Carlos’s research involves designing, making, and testing new types of materials that have unconventional properties. To do this, they rearrange the components of existing materials ...

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Eclipses, Cosmic Cataclysms, and More with Janna Levin

StarTalk Radio - April 05, 2024 07:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 12.9K ratings
What can we learn from eclipses? Janna Levin joined by comedian Matt Kirshen and professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Columbia University, Joe Patterson, discuss the 2017 eclipse, binary star systems, super novae and more. What is an eclipse on Jupiter like? NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can li...

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Do ants count their steps?

Ask the Naked Scientists - April 05, 2024 02:40 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratings
Do animals ever get lost? Do ants count their steps? Could we recreate the greenhouse effect on Mars? Why can you hear some aircraft, but not others? Could we mine the Moon? Is it ever too late to stop somking? Do people with autism have a different brain structure? Dr Chris Smith and Clarence Fo...

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Do ants count their steps?

Ask the Naked Scientists - April 05, 2024 02:40 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Do animals ever get lost? Do ants count their steps? Could we recreate the greenhouse effect on Mars? Why can you hear some aircraft, but not others? Could we mine the Moon? Is it ever too late to stop somking? Do people with autism have a different brain structure? Dr Chris Smith and Clarence Fo...