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Is there a cure for OCD?

Ask the Naked Scientists - May 17, 2024 09:26 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratings
Chris Smith covers another cast of interesting queries submitted by listeners. They include: Why do we have accents? Is there such a thing as the "devil's hour?" What is acid reflux? Is there such a thing as race? If you had unfettered access to the James Webb Space Telescope, what would you poin...

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Guy Yanai on Pentimenti

Night Science - May 14, 2024 10:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratings
Guy Yanai is a painter whose work is displayed in many public and private collections across the US, Europe, and Asia, including, for example, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. His distinctive painting style blends modernist, abstract tendencies together with references to everyday life and popular cu...

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Guy Yanai on Pentimento

Night Science - May 14, 2024 10:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratings
Guy Yanai is a painter whose work is displayed in many public and private collections across the US, Europe, and Asia, including, for example, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. His distinctive painting style blends modernist, abstract tendencies together with references to everyday life and popular cu...

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Horror In The Air - May 14, 2024 05:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
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Horror In The Air - May 14, 2024 05:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
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760: Unearthing Clues About Our Planet's Past From Tiny Fossils Found in Rock - Dr. Francisca Ikuenobe

People Behind the Science Podcast Stories from Scientists about Science, Life, Research, and Science Careers - May 13, 2024 07:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 282 ratings
Dr. Francisca Ikuenobe is a Professor of Geology and Geophysics at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. In her research, Franca studies rocks to understand the clues they can reveal about the living things, environments, and climates of the past. Franca is particularly interested i...

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Do fish drink water?

Ask the Naked Scientists - May 10, 2024 10:06 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Dr Chris takes on listener questions: how long can someone survive without food and water? Why are some of us more prone to hangovers? Do gorillas drink water? Does spicy food cause vivid dreams? What causes insomnia? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Do fish drink water?

Ask the Naked Scientists - May 10, 2024 10:06 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratings
Dr Chris takes on listener questions: how long can someone survive without food and water? Why are some of us more prone to hangovers? Do gorillas drink water? Does spicy food cause vivid dreams? What causes insomnia? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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62- Dr Iryna Kuksa- Designing green personalisation

Research lives and cultures - May 07, 2024 14:00 - 47 minutes
Dr Iryna Kuksa is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Art and Design at Nottingham Trent University. She describes herself as a cross-disciplinary researcher, having studied and worked, in departments as diverse as History of Arts, British Politics and Theatre, Performance & Cultural Studi...

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Horror In The Air - May 07, 2024 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
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759: Dedicated to Antibody Discovery and Development for Research and Therapeutics - Dr. John Majercak

People Behind the Science Podcast Stories from Scientists about Science, Life, Research, and Science Careers - May 06, 2024 07:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 282 ratings
Dr. John Majercak is Head of Antibody Discovery at Lampire Biological Laboratories, a life science company at the forefront of innovation and discovery. At Lampire Biological Laboratories, John works primarily with antibodies, a type of blood protein. He generates new antibodies and provides exi...

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Saving seeds, saving ecosystems

Down to Earth: The Planet to Plate Podcast - May 05, 2024 15:09 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 80 ratings
Seed Savers Exchange is a small non-profit that's making a big difference. For a half century, they've been saving seeds, getting them out into gardens, telling their stories––and cultivating biodiversity that has been badly diminished with the rise of corporate agriculture and seed production. ...

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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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EP178: 10 Tips for Caregivers of People Living with Dementia

This Is Getting Old Podcast with Melissa B PhD - April 30, 2024 09:00 - 14 minutes
“If you aren't taking care of yourself, you can't take care of anybody else.” —Melissa Batchelor, PhD, RN, FNP, FGSA, FAAN   Caring for individuals living with dementia is a profound act of love and dedication, but it also comes with its unique set of challenges. Caregivers often find them...

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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 ★★★★★ - 36 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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758: Keeping Your Brain in the Game: Creating Interventions to Optimize Cognition - Dr. Adam Gazzaley

People Behind the Science Podcast Stories from Scientists about Science, Life, Research, and Science Careers - April 29, 2024 07:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 282 ratings
Dr. Adam Gazzaley is a Professor of Neurology, Physiology and Psychiatry and the Founding Director of the Neuroscience Imaging Center at the University of California, San Francisco. Adam is also Co-Founder and Chief Science Advisor of Akili Interactive Labs, a company that is developing therapeu...

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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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61- Dr Sara Vasconcelos- Starting with curiosity

Research lives and cultures - April 25, 2024 17:00 - 47 minutes
Dr Sara Vasconcelos is an Associate Professor based at the University of Toronto in the Institute of Biomedical Engineering with a research team in the Toronto General Hospital: University Health Network (UHN). Her research focuses on tissue engineering approaches to address cardiovascular probl...

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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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757: Developing Molecular Biotechnology Tools for Neural Dynamics Research and Novel Therapeutics - Dr. Lin Tian

People Behind the Science Podcast Stories from Scientists about Science, Life, Research, and Science Careers - April 22, 2024 07:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 282 ratings
Dr. Lin Tian is a Scientific Director at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience and Clinical Professor at the University of California, Davis. The main goal of Lin’s lab is to develop, leverage, and also share novel optical and molecular tools that can help us to characterize neural s...

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60- Prof. Thushan de Silva- When building compartiments between clinical and research practice creates better focus

Research lives and cultures - April 19, 2024 14:00 - 39 minutes
Prof. Thushan de Silva is an Infectious Diseases Clinician Scientist at The University of Sheffield. His research journey started during his medical training and continued thanks to several clinical fellowships that have allowed him protected time to build his research portfolio alongside conti...

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EP177: Why Women Have a Greater Risk of Alzheimer's Disease or Related Dementia

This Is Getting Old Podcast with Melissa B PhD - April 19, 2024 09:00 - 10 minutes
“Women are more likely than men to have the mutated gene (APOE4) associated with Alzheimer's disease.” —Melissa Batchelor, PhD, RN, FNP, FGSA, FAAN   Alzheimer's disease is a complex neurodegenerative condition with various risk factors. Women face a higher risk due to multiple contributin...