tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209642972024-03-18T20:19:40.876-07:00CloudymidnightsA blog listing news and updates for the cloudymidnights site - a site dedicated to climatically challenged or visually impaired astronomers.Cloudymidnightshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483179808536834589noreply@blogger.comBlogger2070125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20964297.post-86162232771003943632024-03-18T20:18:00.000-07:002024-03-18T20:18:46.746-07:00Big Picture Science for Mar 18 2024 - Skeptic Check: Asteroid Mining<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi60lcSL0s5OpKKNRXR8Xp_s8fqg6C1DfDDIl9BoeFonyMe1ZaNiB9sx5sW8MOg1x35f7z6QjrNLTCfiUdtlc5ZTySTkEReACqn_iJZQet9NOEBdaCYCJasJ8VHmrWHSGVmrajAgOBpTnxH91pCs3kr1VHcIK9h7u07xLudpn0cGDoD7TzYTwcK/s229/Skeptic%20Check%20Asteroid%20Mining.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="229" data-original-width="229" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi60lcSL0s5OpKKNRXR8Xp_s8fqg6C1DfDDIl9BoeFonyMe1ZaNiB9sx5sW8MOg1x35f7z6QjrNLTCfiUdtlc5ZTySTkEReACqn_iJZQet9NOEBdaCYCJasJ8VHmrWHSGVmrajAgOBpTnxH91pCs3kr1VHcIK9h7u07xLudpn0cGDoD7TzYTwcK/w200-h200/Skeptic%20Check%20Asteroid%20Mining.png" width="200" /></a></div><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>
<a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Big Picture Science</a> - Skeptic Check: Asteroid Mining<br /><br />Asteroids are rich in
precious metals and other valuable resources. But mining them presents
considerable challenges. We discuss these, and consider how these spinning,
rocky resources might be the key to a space-faring future. But an economist
points out the consequences of bringing material back to Earth, and a scientist
raises an ethical question; do we have an obligation to keep the asteroids
intact for science?<br /><br />Guests:<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></p><ul><li><a href="http://jimbell.sese.asu.edu/">Jim Bell</a> - Planetary scientist in the School of Earth and Space
Exploration at Arizona State University.</li><li><a href="https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/people/martin-elvis">Martin Elvis</a> - Astronomer and
author of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Asteroids-Greed-Determine-Future-Space/dp/B0958H3F4H/">Asteroids: How Love, Fear,
and Greed Will Determine Our Future in Space</a>.”</li><li><a href="https://econbus.mines.edu/project/lange-ian/">Ian Lange</a> - Economist and associate professor
at the Colorado School of Mines and author of a paper on the feasibility of
asteroid mining.</li></ul>
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<p></p>Cloudymidnightshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483179808536834589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20964297.post-89110796035025297962024-03-11T22:43:00.000-07:002024-03-11T22:43:32.612-07:00Big Picture Science for Mar 11 2024 - Feet Don’t Fail Me<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAB4Ee8CvUacmqjwoEkW07-6sa7sAcevF9GtudDseaNdWEUJkGg2FT8mNKtu6T3JBZBN7QNL4GF3uW8GyAT3cmJFLKwteHSGYjhggQDIJ4Wkp2EJJeFxM-L6SfHLmyYSF-CsHHTqgLusbp6r22i3j6ZjO0WZohQXse4kho6Owaroq1di5tJ6Ld/s281/Feet%20Don%E2%80%99t%20Fail%20Me.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="204" data-original-width="281" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAB4Ee8CvUacmqjwoEkW07-6sa7sAcevF9GtudDseaNdWEUJkGg2FT8mNKtu6T3JBZBN7QNL4GF3uW8GyAT3cmJFLKwteHSGYjhggQDIJ4Wkp2EJJeFxM-L6SfHLmyYSF-CsHHTqgLusbp6r22i3j6ZjO0WZohQXse4kho6Owaroq1di5tJ6Ld/w200-h145/Feet%20Don%E2%80%99t%20Fail%20Me.png" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>
<a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Big Picture Science</a> - Feet Don’t Fail Me<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />REPEAT</span><br />Standing on your own two feet isn’t easy.
While many animals can momentarily balance on their hind legs, we’re the only
critters, besides birds, for whom bipedalism is completely normal. Find out
why, even though other animals are faster, we’re champions at getting around.
Could it be that our upright stance made us human? Plus, why arches help
stiffen feet, the argument for bare-footin’, and 12,000-year old footprints
that tell a story about an Ice Age mother, her child, and a sloth.<br /><br />Guests:<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></p><ul><li><a href="https://scholar.harvard.edu/dlieberman">Daniel
Lieberman</a> – Professor
of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University.</li><li><a href="https://anthropology.dartmouth.edu/people/jeremy-desilva">Jeremy
DeSilva</a> – Professor
in the departments of anthropology and biological sciences, Dartmouth College,
and author of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062938495/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0062938495&linkId=932bf119831eb1183b7d634862f0ddc5">First Steps: How Upright Walking Made Us Human</a>.”</li><li><a href="https://seas.yale.edu/faculty-research/faculty-directory/madhusudhan-venkadesan">Madhusudhan
Venkadesan</a> – Professor
of mechanical engineering and materials science, Yale University School of
Engineering.</li><li><a href="https://www.nps.gov/articles/park-paleo-fall-2017-bustos-whsa.htm">David
Bustos</a> – Chief of
Resources at White Sands, National Park, New Mexico.</li><li><a href="https://staffprofiles.bournemouth.ac.uk/display/sreynolds">Sally
Reynolds</a> – Paleontologist
at Bournemouth University, U.K.</li></ul>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">This repeat podcast originally aired on May 24, 2021</span><br /><br />Download podcast at - <a href="https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/feet-dont-fail-me">https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/feet-dont-fail-me</a><br /><br />You
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<a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Big Picture Science</a> - Lady Parts<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">REPEAT</span><br />The
Supreme Court’s ruling on Roe has ignited fierce debate about bodily autonomy.
But it’s remarkable how little we know about female physiology. Find out what
studies have been overlooked by science, and what has been recently learned.
Plus, why studying women’s bodies means being able to say words like “vagina”
without shame ... a researcher who is recreating a uterus in her lab to study
endometriosis … and an overdue recognition of medical pioneer Dr. Rebecca
Lee Crumpler.<br /><br />Guests:<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></p><ul><li><a href="https://drmccloud.com/">Melody T. McCloud</a> - Obstetrician
Gynecologist and Founder and Medical Director of Atlanta Women's Health Care;
co-author of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Black-Womens-Wellness-Health-Phenomenal-ebook/dp/B0B19FDL44?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=02ac6fc1ca95474d3c8db8982bc614c8&camp=1789&creative=9325">Black Women's Wellness:
Your ‘I've Got This!’ Guide to Health, Sex, and Phenomenal Living</a>”</li><li><a href="https://www.keephpbeautiful.org/humans-of-hyde-park/hohp-26-victoria-gall">Victoria Gall</a> - Volunteer with the Friends of the
Hyde Park Library and the <a href="https://www.hydeparkhistoricalsociety.org/">Hyde Park Historical Society</a></li><li><a href="https://www.rachelegross.com/about">Rachel E. Gross</a> - Science journalist and author of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Vagina-Obscura-Anatomical-Rachel-Gross/dp/1324006315?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=a87078c3836d197926e940198fee8aca&camp=1789&creative=9325">Vagina Obscura: An
Anatomical Voyage</a>”</li><li><a href="http://be.mit.edu/directory/linda-g-griffith">Linda Griffith</a> - Professor of Biological and
Mechanical Engineering at M.I.T., Director of the Center for Gynepathology
Research, and author of the Boston Globe article, “‘<a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/10/28/magazine/femtech-moonshot-menstruation-science/">FemTech’ and a moonshot for menstruation science</a>”</li><li>Roshni Babal - Pediatric Asthma and Chronic Disease Program Coordinator
at Boston Medical Center</li><li><a href="https://www.perriklass.com/">Perri Klass</a> - Professor of Journalism and
Pediatrics at New York University and Author of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Best-Medicine-Science-Public-Children/dp/0393882381?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=74dfdd7ab052faddff6709a1f28b2341&camp=1789&creative=9325">The Best Medicine: How
Science and Public Health Gave Children a Future</a>”</li></ul><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">This repeat podcast originally aired on October 31, 2022</span><br /><br />Download podcast at - <a href="https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/lady-parts">https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/lady-parts</a><br /><br />You
can listen to this and other episodes at <a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">http://bigpicturescience.org/</a><br /><br />Get early
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<a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Big Picture Science</a> - Tomb with a View<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">REPEAT</span><br />A century ago, British
archaeologist Howard Carter opened the only surviving intact tomb from ancient
Egypt. Inside was the mummy of the boy king Tutankhamun, together with
“wonderful things” including a solid gold mask.<br /><br />Treasure from King
Tut’s crypt has been viewed both in person and virtually by many people since.
We ask what about Egyptian civilization so captivates us, thousands of years
later. Also, how new technology from modern physics allows researchers to
“X-Ray” the pyramids to find hidden chambers.<br /><br />Guests:<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></p><ul><li><a href="https://evbentley.wordpress.com/">Emma Bentley</a> – Postgraduate
student in Archeology and Ancient Worlds at the University of Edinburgh in
the U.K.</li><li><a href="https://www.uab.edu/cas/anthropology/people/faculty-directory/sarah-h-parcak">Sarah Parcak</a> – Archaeologist and Egyptologist,
University of Alabama, and author of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Archaeology-Space-Future-Shapes-Past/dp/1250231345?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=ddf98e6d28ed770837dc5e9a4a346832&camp=1789&creative=9325">Archaeology From Space:
How the Future Shapes Our Past</a>.”</li><li><a href="https://www.pnnl.gov/people/richard-kouzes">Richard Kouzes</a> – Physicist at the Department of
Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.</li><li><a href="https://www.aucegypt.edu/fac/salimaikram">Salima
Ikram</a> – Professor of Egyptology at The American University in
Cairo and head of the Animal Mummy Project at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.</li></ul><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">This repeat podcast originally aired on December 12, 2022</span><br /><br />Download podcast at - <a href="https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/tomb-with-a-view">https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/tomb-with-a-view</a><br /><br />You
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<p><br /></p>Cloudymidnightshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483179808536834589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20964297.post-85517914744536809122024-02-21T11:19:00.000-08:002024-02-21T11:19:15.994-08:00Big Picture Science for Feb. 19 2024 - Lithium Valley<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqdRyqnEyx9CZdEv-PnYrGHYNAIPOrh2dympNzwT98Z3rcwyobN6y-GPMe1wfepKiY7kLWNJ_RWvn8Eptng6BGYOg0_tegeYmx91MCin4T-aZ0XRZneZ7XwixtJ1AT_Ja0Hi2eyYGYo35n0tuEl-CHmgFuADqUe_17ozPho9jXIpuBP2ifnYHb/s265/Lithium%20Valley.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="265" data-original-width="265" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqdRyqnEyx9CZdEv-PnYrGHYNAIPOrh2dympNzwT98Z3rcwyobN6y-GPMe1wfepKiY7kLWNJ_RWvn8Eptng6BGYOg0_tegeYmx91MCin4T-aZ0XRZneZ7XwixtJ1AT_Ja0Hi2eyYGYo35n0tuEl-CHmgFuADqUe_17ozPho9jXIpuBP2ifnYHb/w200-h200/Lithium%20Valley.png" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>
<a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Big Picture Science</a> - Lithium Valley<br /><br />The discovery of a
massive amount of lithium under the Salton Sea could make the U.S. lithium
independent. The metal is key for batteries in electric vehicles and solar
panels. But the area is also a delicate ecosystem. We go to southern California
to hear what hangs in the balance of the ballooning lithium industry, and also
how we extract other crucial substances – such as sand, copper and iron–
and turn them into semiconductors, circuitry and other products upon which the
modern world depends.<br /><br />Guests:<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.edmundconway.com/">Ed Conway</a> – economics and
data editor of Sky News and columnist for the Times in London. He’s the
author of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Material-World-Materials-Modern-Civilization/dp/B0BXFM4F7P/">Material World, The Six Raw
Materials that Shape Modern Civilization</a>“.</li><li><a href="https://ca.audubon.org/contact/frank-ruiz">Frank Ruiz</a> – Audubon California Salton Sea
Program Director.</li><li><a href="https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/mckibben">Michael McKibben</a> – Geologist,
University of California, Riverside.</li></ul><br />Download podcast at - <a href="https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/lithium-valley">https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/lithium-valley</a><br /><br />You
can listen to this and other episodes at <a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">http://bigpicturescience.org/</a><br /><br />Get early
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<a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Big Picture Science</a> - Alien Says What?<br /><br />Whales are aliens on
Earth; intelligent beings who have skills for complex problem-solving and their
own language. Now in what’s being called a breakthrough, scientists have
carried on an extended conversation with a humpback whale. They share the story
of this remarkable encounter, their evidence that the creature understood them,
and how the experiment informs our Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.
After all, what good is it to make contact with ET if we can’t communicate?<br /><br />Guests:<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/faculty/brenda-mccowan">Brenda McCowan</a> – Research behaviorist at the
University of California Davis in the School of Veterinary Medicine who studies
the ecological aspects of animal behavior and communication.</li><li><a href="https://www.seti.org/affiliates/fred-sharpe">Fred Sharpe</a> – whale biologist and behavioral
ecologist at Simon Fraser University and member of the Templeton WhaleSETI
Team.</li><li><a href="https://www.seti.org/our-scientists/laurance-doyle">Laurance Doyle</a> – astrophysicist and information
theory researcher at the SETI Institute.</li></ul><br />Download podcast at - <a href="https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/alien-says-what">https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/alien-says-what</a><br /><br />You
can listen to this and other episodes at <a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">http://bigpicturescience.org/</a><br /><br />Get early
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<p><br /></p>Cloudymidnightshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483179808536834589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20964297.post-82008560113262331432024-02-05T14:26:00.000-08:002024-02-05T14:26:37.321-08:00Big Picture Science for Feb. 05 2024 - The Wrong Stuff<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5sc3nzFP3Ejjco5aZE8Y7Jgs4SHlvZSF5hjI84RAJrApStUaDGztv1JNkz5ss0exQaM9W-td24beOFpakBq8RwixzrSKaTsBwEdDImMCdg8gD71kjc1V8y7dExvJAeMwZo-DuO2RXubqEwJNYGjJyceK_jPzMSCzNYM9IyOpgt199qF98YTcP/s264/The%20Wrong%20Stuff.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="264" data-original-width="264" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5sc3nzFP3Ejjco5aZE8Y7Jgs4SHlvZSF5hjI84RAJrApStUaDGztv1JNkz5ss0exQaM9W-td24beOFpakBq8RwixzrSKaTsBwEdDImMCdg8gD71kjc1V8y7dExvJAeMwZo-DuO2RXubqEwJNYGjJyceK_jPzMSCzNYM9IyOpgt199qF98YTcP/w200-h200/The%20Wrong%20Stuff.png" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>
<a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Big Picture Science</a> - The Wrong Stuff<br /><br />By one estimate the
average American home has 300,000 objects. Yet our ancient ancestors had no
more than what they could carry with them. How did we go from being
self-sufficient primates to nonstop shoppers? We examine the evolutionary history
of stuff through the lens of archeology beginning with the ancestor who first
picked up a palm-sized rock and made it into a tool.<br /><br />Guest:<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.chipcolwell.com/">Chip Colwell</a> - archeologist and former Curator of Anthropology at the
Denver Museum of Nature & Science, editor-in-chief of the digital magazine
Sapiens, and author of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/So-Much-Stuff-Discovered-Everything/dp/022680142X/">So Much Stuff: How
Humans Discovered Tools, Invented Meaning, and Made More of Everything</a>.”</li></ul><br />Download podcast at - <a href="https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/the-wrong-stuff">https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/the-wrong-stuff</a><br /><br />You
can listen to this and other episodes at <a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">http://bigpicturescience.org/</a><br /><br />Get early
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Cloudymidnightshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483179808536834589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20964297.post-29292493792332748212024-01-29T23:45:00.000-08:002024-01-29T23:45:40.802-08:00Big Picture Science for Jan. 29 2024 - Skeptic Check: Hypnosis<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjy_ATyK_I0qRVzkCG-eWZ0N-xrOqOD32FgMC12P-aVx_IY0_gxhXPwwj4JlPpPX_8DK2F7PrEt3nDGSJbz-pZgm0nweCR0PGaEASoqMynciNexgGEwV9faDW48-07lqC3mW5K_DUxotoc12BE4G6-spkXcFEBIZqJsjVP6iQhk8pTXcDubai/s338/Skeptic%20Check%20Hypnosis.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="338" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjy_ATyK_I0qRVzkCG-eWZ0N-xrOqOD32FgMC12P-aVx_IY0_gxhXPwwj4JlPpPX_8DK2F7PrEt3nDGSJbz-pZgm0nweCR0PGaEASoqMynciNexgGEwV9faDW48-07lqC3mW5K_DUxotoc12BE4G6-spkXcFEBIZqJsjVP6iQhk8pTXcDubai/w200-h200/Skeptic%20Check%20Hypnosis.png" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Big Picture Science</a> - Skeptic Check: Hypnosis<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">REPEAT</span><br />You are getting
sleeeepy and open to suggestion. But is that how hypnotism works? And does it
really open up a portal to the unconscious mind? Hypnotism can be an effective
therapeutic tool, and some scientists suggest replacing opioids with hypnosis
for pain relief. And yet, the performance aspect of hypnotism often seems at
odds with the idea of it being an effective treatment.<br /><br />In our regular look at
critical thinking, Skeptic
Check, we ask what part of hypnotism is real and what is an
illusion. Plus, we discuss how the swinging watch became hypnotism’s irksome
trademark<br /><br />Guests:<br /></p><ul><li><a href="https://med.stanford.edu/profiles/david-spiegel">David Spiegel</a> – Professor of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine</li><li><a href="https://www.gold.ac.uk/psychology/staff/terhune-devin/">Devin Terhune</a> – Reader in the Department of
Psychology, Goldsmiths University of London
</li></ul><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">This repeat podcast originally aired on June 27, 2022</span><br /><br />Download podcast at - <a href="https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/skeptic-check-hypnosis">https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/skeptic-check-hypnosis</a><br /><br />You
can listen to this and other episodes at <a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">http://bigpicturescience.org/</a><br /><br />Get early
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<p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Cloudymidnightshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483179808536834589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20964297.post-80382677569667543382024-01-22T21:36:00.000-08:002024-01-22T21:36:25.537-08:00Big Picture Science for Jan. 22 2024 - Inside Planets <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8y6KYO7_bWxbgXp7VfLs5G2yOQzYf5sX64bb-JE0afTgcLspJgKlolSMkGuOgmABr6polqhHOa0ExVBh6it93icUBMKJA7l5lwbHjRTKEEjGcwiVBTxSRTXhdjM60ntz4FZPXrWOQgizpaCfPVMP3un6BBlNZyibn5sseRLrLtziYkRVllKeK/s214/Inside%20Planets.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="214" data-original-width="214" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8y6KYO7_bWxbgXp7VfLs5G2yOQzYf5sX64bb-JE0afTgcLspJgKlolSMkGuOgmABr6polqhHOa0ExVBh6it93icUBMKJA7l5lwbHjRTKEEjGcwiVBTxSRTXhdjM60ntz4FZPXrWOQgizpaCfPVMP3un6BBlNZyibn5sseRLrLtziYkRVllKeK/w200-h200/Inside%20Planets.png" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>
<a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Big Picture Science</a> - Inside Planets<br /><br />With planets and moons,
it’s what’s inside that counts. If we want to understand surface features, like
volcanoes, or their history, such as how the planet formed or whether it’s
suitable for life, we study their interiors. Astronomer Sabine Stanley takes us
on a journey to the centers of Venus, Saturn’s large moon Titan, Jupiter’s moon
Io, and of course Earth, to help us understand how they, and the solar system,
came to be.<br /><br />Guest:<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></p><ul><li><a href="https://sabinestanley.com/">Sabine Stanley</a> - Planetary scientist at Johns Hopkins
University and the author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Inside-Planets-Hopkins-Wavelengths/dp/1421448165/">What’s Hidden Inside
Planets.</a></li></ul>
<br />Download podcast at - <a href="https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/inside-planets">https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/inside-planets</a><br /><br />You
can listen to this and other episodes at <a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">http://bigpicturescience.org/</a><br /><br />Get early
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Cloudymidnightshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483179808536834589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20964297.post-3078834079536726572024-01-15T19:54:00.000-08:002024-01-15T19:54:43.825-08:00Big Picture Science for Jan. 15 2024 - Tech in Check<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC4Y9hC0KOJo1fAVlhfYaYdN5Owg2cDumXlTZfez6UUYh6zUVwjvrkSzZ20CmG5_A1fhC4o6jZ3GZ3XLKkSy9mlUTPGxWTlkVPb9LGVnLCGH7AF_azhShltfxS-uWpsbuXLkF8_AsVuZ-EZRYV0WicUVH6869ry2hyphenhyphendf-oFzB_WW4xiKSo3XSC/s390/Tech%20in%20Check.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="390" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC4Y9hC0KOJo1fAVlhfYaYdN5Owg2cDumXlTZfez6UUYh6zUVwjvrkSzZ20CmG5_A1fhC4o6jZ3GZ3XLKkSy9mlUTPGxWTlkVPb9LGVnLCGH7AF_azhShltfxS-uWpsbuXLkF8_AsVuZ-EZRYV0WicUVH6869ry2hyphenhyphendf-oFzB_WW4xiKSo3XSC/w200-h200/Tech%20in%20Check.png" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>
<a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Big Picture Science</a> - Tech in Check<br /><br />
Worried that AI will
replace you? It may not seem like the Hollywood writers’ strike has anything in
common with the Luddite rebellion in England in 1811, but they are surprisingly
similar. Today we use the term “Luddite” dismissively to describe a
technophobe, but the original Luddites – cloth workers – organized and fought
Industrial Revolution automation and the factory bosses who were replacing
humans with cotton spinning machines and steam powered looms. Find out what our
age of AI can learn from textile workers of 200 years ago about keeping humans
in the loop.<br /><br />Guest:<br /></p><ul><li>Brian
Merchant - Los Angeles Times tech columnist and author of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Machine-Origins-Rebellion-Against/dp/B09SBS22JM/">Blood in the Machine: The
Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech</a>” </li></ul>
<br />Download podcast at - <a href="https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/tech-in-check">https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/tech-in-check</a><br /><br />You
can listen to this and other episodes at <a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">http://bigpicturescience.org/</a><br /><br />Get early
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<p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Cloudymidnightshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483179808536834589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20964297.post-17330922058100483222024-01-08T22:56:00.000-08:002024-01-08T22:56:56.062-08:00Big Picture Science for Jan. 08 2024 - Your Mind On Movies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-UAnkZd7002XKsPLZyl19Zd1dMc7tabeQEbk6wBETXkTp36hhFVArtkQV55qLSOAfHe-hvHXVNmha5fdGA01Cy2bOdJ7fCpiHQhfaOzncyLVi1_fstXiIO96_Xe5JKqJm88sk8LukTqDr5F8Iah7kItP8pL_0MVF07bmjPk91LIns820IkQQ/s276/Your%20Mind%20On%20Movies.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="276" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-UAnkZd7002XKsPLZyl19Zd1dMc7tabeQEbk6wBETXkTp36hhFVArtkQV55qLSOAfHe-hvHXVNmha5fdGA01Cy2bOdJ7fCpiHQhfaOzncyLVi1_fstXiIO96_Xe5JKqJm88sk8LukTqDr5F8Iah7kItP8pL_0MVF07bmjPk91LIns820IkQQ/w200-h200/Your%20Mind%20On%20Movies.png" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>
<a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Big Picture Science</a> - Your Mind On Movies<br /><br />By one estimate we
spend a fifth of our lives watching movies or TV. In fact, we consume
entertainment almost as habitually as we eat or sleep, activities that receive
scientific scrutiny and study. So why not consider the effects that watching
movies and TV have on our minds and bodies too? When we do, we find that they
are not mere escapism. A data scientist reveals why we are what we watch, and
how scientists and filmmakers work, often with competing agendas, to create
sci-fi entertainment.<br /><br />Guest:<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></p><ul><li><a href="https://walthickey.com/">Walt Hickey</a> - journalist, data scientist, and author of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/You-Are-What-Watch-Everything/dp/1523515899/">You Are What You Watch: How
Movies and TV Affect Everything</a>”
</li></ul><br />Download podcast at - <a href="https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/your-mind-on-movies">https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/your-mind-on-movies</a><br /><br />You
can listen to this and other episodes at <a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">http://bigpicturescience.org/</a>, and
be sure to check out <a href="http://blog.bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Blog Picture Science</a>,
the companion blog to the radio show.<br /><br />Get early
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Cloudymidnightshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483179808536834589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20964297.post-46903873331040336332024-01-01T21:18:00.000-08:002024-01-01T21:24:23.546-08:00Big Picture Science for Jan. 01 2024 - Eclectic Company<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0bXrjOQ4WTLtruOtWccPy2tPChD_hO_-BDhj3d51U2-jCM1kDFt3vJRci47m4c9BQ-FddFdD1gNU6ie9qzWLYTMIyeaFggOLs9BV1hPvdqbGBvL3ttcIkHXOsNnkfHBU8vBYyP6RM4cTI27X0EsC7_7Bd3BvSClc3EA50NvRZPo8cx5pv3dr4/s281/Eclectic%20Company.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="204" data-original-width="281" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0bXrjOQ4WTLtruOtWccPy2tPChD_hO_-BDhj3d51U2-jCM1kDFt3vJRci47m4c9BQ-FddFdD1gNU6ie9qzWLYTMIyeaFggOLs9BV1hPvdqbGBvL3ttcIkHXOsNnkfHBU8vBYyP6RM4cTI27X0EsC7_7Bd3BvSClc3EA50NvRZPo8cx5pv3dr4/w200-h145/Eclectic%20Company.png" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>
<a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Big Picture Science</a> - Eclectic Company<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">REPEAT</span><br /><br />We present a grab bag
of our favorite recent science stories – from how to stop aging to
the mechanics of cooking pasta. Also, in accord with our eclectic theme – the
growing problem of space junk.<br /><br />Guests:<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></p><ul><li><a href="http://web.stanford.edu/group/twclab/cgi-bin/">Anthony Wyss-Coray</a> –
Professor of neuroscience at Stanford University.</li><li><a href="https://me.berkeley.edu/people/oliver-oreilly/">Oliver O’Reilly</a> –
Professor of mechanical engineering, University of California Berkeley.</li><li><a href="https://www.ae.utexas.edu/people/faculty/faculty-directory/jah">Moriba Jah</a> –
Professor of aerospace and engineering mechanics, University of Texas.</li></ul><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />This repeat podcast originally aired on March 1, 2021</span><br /><br />Download podcast at - <a href="https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/eclectic-company">https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/eclectic-company</a></p><p>You
can listen to this and other episodes at <a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">http://bigpicturescience.org/</a>, and
be sure to check out <a href="http://blog.bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Blog Picture Science</a>,
the companion blog to the radio show.<br /><br />Get early
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Thanks for your support!<br />
</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p>Cloudymidnightshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483179808536834589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20964297.post-56552285828611478272023-12-27T21:52:00.000-08:002023-12-27T21:52:18.609-08:00Big Picture Science for Dec. 25, 2023 - Iron, Coal, Wood<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxMnN3S4C-NkOHl-SMW2tlSQ9o4w5uJhj94ezC-8vG307ShMyno8PIN50Bm7-Ivx7gS9xm-_gjFFY-0fhhFK0SlBYAsb2cfYUokINtLnn25XfumhbOnZMvUKnSulRO6oJYcyqKIUVoOHfBkf-VAp8LSSlyRP4TrVY_8oouzRXOmbRgnnRzhTPb/s281/Iron%20Coal%20Wood.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="204" data-original-width="281" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxMnN3S4C-NkOHl-SMW2tlSQ9o4w5uJhj94ezC-8vG307ShMyno8PIN50Bm7-Ivx7gS9xm-_gjFFY-0fhhFK0SlBYAsb2cfYUokINtLnn25XfumhbOnZMvUKnSulRO6oJYcyqKIUVoOHfBkf-VAp8LSSlyRP4TrVY_8oouzRXOmbRgnnRzhTPb/w200-h145/Iron%20Coal%20Wood.png" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>
<a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Big Picture Science</a> - Iron, Coal, Wood<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">REPEAT</span><br />Maybe you don’t remember the days of the
earliest coal-fired stoves. They changed domestic life, and that changed
society. We take you back to that era, and to millennia prior when iron was
first smelt, and even earlier, when axe-handles were first fashioned from wood,
as we explore how three essential materials profoundly transformed
society.<br /><br />We were once excited about coal’s promise to
provide cheap energy, and how iron would lead to indestructible bridges, ships,
and buildings. But they also caused some unintended problems: destruction of
forests, greenhouse gases and corrosion. Did we foresee where the use of wood,
coal, and iron would lead? What lessons do they offer for our future?<br /><br />Guests:<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Jonathan-Waldman/404903220">Jonathan
Waldman</a> – Author
of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1451691602/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1451691602&linkId=f99ef45fdf2b35efe49ca705c2871916">Rust:
The Longest War</a>.</li><li><a href="https://www.ruthgoodman.me.uk/">Ruth
Goodman</a> – Historian of
British social customs, presenter of a number of BBC television series,
including Tudor Monastery Farm, and the author of The Domestic Revolution: How the Introduction
of Coal into Victorian Homes Changed Everything.</li><li><a href="https://www.sciencefactory.co.uk/roland-ennos">Roland
Ennos</a> – Professor of
biological sciences at the University of Hull and author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1982114738/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1982114738&linkId=95e967a0c1fe46390026decb47966f6b">The
Age of Wood: Our Most Useful Material and the Construction of Civilization.</a></li></ul>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">This repeat podcast originally aired on February 1, 2021</span><br /><br />Download podcast at - <a href="https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/iron-coal-wood">https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/iron-coal-wood</a><br /><br />You
can listen to this and other episodes at <a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">http://bigpicturescience.org/</a>, and
be sure to check out <a href="http://blog.bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Blog Picture Science</a>,
the companion blog to the radio show.<br /><br />Get early
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Cloudymidnightshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483179808536834589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20964297.post-37929816160476417182023-12-18T20:17:00.000-08:002023-12-18T20:17:20.369-08:00Big Picture Science for Dec. 18, 2023 - The Ocean’s Genome<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0KCfldLgYXLghwq4a7GafzB9LBisBYeI41WA_YpQgOsBmIoSSxc81Gyy0e-pQqCMr1X5LPDoiTSVEMhM496pk05D1N_0IMAx-DJI7P3gyOw_hr_SSk8M-vlionK27EcCWTF9B-V-r47Ci32AVDgYWJLK_If58M34PZyZHd6KYfNghKapQ3__f/s313/The%20Ocean%E2%80%99s%20Genome.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="313" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0KCfldLgYXLghwq4a7GafzB9LBisBYeI41WA_YpQgOsBmIoSSxc81Gyy0e-pQqCMr1X5LPDoiTSVEMhM496pk05D1N_0IMAx-DJI7P3gyOw_hr_SSk8M-vlionK27EcCWTF9B-V-r47Ci32AVDgYWJLK_If58M34PZyZHd6KYfNghKapQ3__f/w200-h199/The%20Ocean%E2%80%99s%20Genome.png" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Big Picture Science</a> - The Ocean’s Genome<br /><br />After helping to
sequence the human genome more than twenty years ago, biochemist Craig Venter
seemed to recede from the public eye. But he hadn’t retired. He had gone to sea
and taken his revolutionary sequencing tools with him. We chatted with him
about his multi-year voyage aboard the research vessel Sorcerer II, its
parallels to Darwin’s voyage, and the surprising discoveries his team made
about the sheer number and diversity of marine microbes and their roles in
ocean ecosystems.<br /><br />Guests:<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.jcvi.org/about/j-craig-venter">Craig Venter</a> - Genomicist, biochemist, founder of
the J. Craig Venter Institute, and co-author of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Voyage-Sorcerer-II-Expedition-Microbiome/dp/0674246470/">The Voyage of Sorcerer II:
The Expedition that Unlocked the Secrets of the Ocean’s Microbiome</a>.”</li><li><a href="https://www.jcvi.org/about/jeffrey-hoffman">Jeff Hoffman</a> - Lab manager at the J. Craig Venter
Institute and expedition scientist on the Sorcerer II expedition.</li></ul>
<br />Download podcast at - <a href="https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/the-oceans-genome">https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/the-oceans-genome</a><br /><br />You
can listen to this and other episodes at <a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">http://bigpicturescience.org/</a>, and
be sure to check out <a href="http://blog.bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Blog Picture Science</a>,
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Cloudymidnightshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483179808536834589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20964297.post-84481035304558967872023-12-11T20:59:00.000-08:002023-12-11T20:59:58.478-08:00Big Picture Science for Dec. 11, 2023 - Skeptic Check: Naomi Klein<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiun5l7CMxy9GiGLDMmI0FBDG2y5FumSm7Qb-ylu7AmNWLvNpr4tpTfjT4ZXr5Q9cmpwpgkrZPXXtDGgdhMqEAvgQgHIzblwPNfDibC3Q_J3m-D_sCZvRcURrITWeHFb9cgzcZdhxGSJoRRt8vpmybF9hT41ssXvO3jj5o23-dXRdWAjxLPSQBE/s285/Skeptic%20Check%20Naomi%20Klein.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="285" data-original-width="285" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiun5l7CMxy9GiGLDMmI0FBDG2y5FumSm7Qb-ylu7AmNWLvNpr4tpTfjT4ZXr5Q9cmpwpgkrZPXXtDGgdhMqEAvgQgHIzblwPNfDibC3Q_J3m-D_sCZvRcURrITWeHFb9cgzcZdhxGSJoRRt8vpmybF9hT41ssXvO3jj5o23-dXRdWAjxLPSQBE/w200-h200/Skeptic%20Check%20Naomi%20Klein.png" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>
<a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Big Picture Science</a> - Skeptic Check: Naomi Klein<br /><br />Our information age is
increasingly the disinformation age. The spread of lies and conspiracy theories
has created competing experiences of reality. Facts are often useless for
changing minds or even making compelling arguments. In this episode, author
Naomi Klein and science philosopher Lee McIntyre discuss why the goal – not
simply the byproduct - of spreading disinformation is to polarize society. They
also offer ideas about how we might find our way back to a shared objective
truth.<br /><br />Guests:<br /></p><ul><li><a href="https://naomiklein.org/">Naomi Klein</a> - Associate
professor of Geography at the University of British Columbia and a co-director
at the Center for Climate Justice. Author of Doppelganger: A Trip Into the
Mirror World</li><li><a href="https://leemcintyrebooks.com/about-lee/">Lee McIntyre</a> - Philosopher of
science and a research fellow at the Center for Philosophy and the History of
Science at Boston University, and author of Post-Truth and On Disinformation.
</li></ul><br />Download podcast at - <a href="https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/skeptic-check-naomi-klein">https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/skeptic-check-naomi-klein</a><br /><br />You
can listen to this and other episodes at <a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">http://bigpicturescience.org/</a>, and
be sure to check out <a href="http://blog.bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Blog Picture Science</a>,
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Cloudymidnightshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483179808536834589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20964297.post-20222386009069226012023-12-04T20:24:00.000-08:002023-12-04T20:24:19.181-08:00 Big Picture Science for Dec. 04, 2023 - End of Eternity<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzCm_6YTxda8zLwNqrgzE9USQ7QXZBpxotK_T1_kqIHqpgDo7OJWcns8uHXxXzAaYeDoTq5mtqFmaubhEK2BuoOHWyjXk1Sy3nr0_uWBG2FgnnDoB0fLk5IDpH2Cu5DVNhLtaQU3M4ZSVfMpEIDdT-yS-f5XCXGn56QKr4GqbPI25wMA98hXDo/s281/End%20of%20Eternity.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="204" data-original-width="281" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzCm_6YTxda8zLwNqrgzE9USQ7QXZBpxotK_T1_kqIHqpgDo7OJWcns8uHXxXzAaYeDoTq5mtqFmaubhEK2BuoOHWyjXk1Sy3nr0_uWBG2FgnnDoB0fLk5IDpH2Cu5DVNhLtaQU3M4ZSVfMpEIDdT-yS-f5XCXGn56QKr4GqbPI25wMA98hXDo/w200-h145/End%20of%20Eternity.png" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>
<a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Big Picture Science</a> - End of Eternity<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">REPEAT</span><br />Nothing lasts forever. Even the universe
has several possible endings. Will there be a dramatic Big Rip or a Big Chill–also
known as the heat death of the universe–in trillions of years? Or will
vacuum decay, which could theoretically happen at any moment, do us
in? Perhaps the death of a tiny particle – the proton – will bring about
the end.<br /><br />We contemplate big picture endings in this
episode, and whether one could be brought about by our own machine
creations.<br /><br />Guests:<br /></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/team/anders-sandberg/">Anders
Sandberg</a> – Researcher at
the Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford</li><li><a href="http://www.astrokatie.com/">Katie Mack</a> – Assistant professor of physics at North Carolina State
University, and the author of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/198210354X/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=198210354X&linkId=d5ea8f2623eceabe10c787d0ee7a8e68">The End of Everything, Astrophysically
Speaking</a>.”</li><li><a href="http://www.briangreene.org/">Brian Greene</a> – Brian Greene, professor of physics and mathematics at
Columbia, and author of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525432175/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0525432175&linkId=44ee202ccc1a771be43350746d08a641">Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our
Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe</a>”</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />This repeat podcast originally aired on May 3, 2021</span><br /><br />Download podcast at - <a href="https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/end-of-eternity">https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/end-of-eternity</a><br /><br />You
can listen to this and other episodes at <a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">http://bigpicturescience.org/</a>, and
be sure to check out <a href="http://blog.bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Blog Picture Science</a>,
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Cloudymidnightshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483179808536834589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20964297.post-72778692351436933972023-11-27T20:17:00.000-08:002023-11-27T20:17:37.021-08:00Big Picture Science for Nov. 27, 2023 - In Living Color<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrCJSDBivdqPjvx069iH9Xw1PlQYLGDslLcY8ZJfnRDXqeqy-CSdygg9q-F9DFd2wFKHl9YGmTatM8_189PlOXjSX2ft6NLzZnjn__V_fdkfhJ02PR8w1v0KRoxS0SAilGBkAgxntKD03IwkhI7xppcM57nAGhm-7pmYWQiGKBjLOBjwYjJLFc/s281/In%20Living%20Color.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="204" data-original-width="281" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrCJSDBivdqPjvx069iH9Xw1PlQYLGDslLcY8ZJfnRDXqeqy-CSdygg9q-F9DFd2wFKHl9YGmTatM8_189PlOXjSX2ft6NLzZnjn__V_fdkfhJ02PR8w1v0KRoxS0SAilGBkAgxntKD03IwkhI7xppcM57nAGhm-7pmYWQiGKBjLOBjwYjJLFc/w200-h145/In%20Living%20Color.png" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>
<a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Big Picture Science</a> - In Living Color<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">REPEAT</span><br />The world is a colorful place, and human eyes
have evolved to take it in – from vermillion red to bright tangerine to cobalt
blue. But when we do, are you and I seeing the same thing?<br /><br />Find out why color perception is a trick of
the brain, and why you and I may not see the same shade of green. Or blue. Or
red. Also, platypuses and the growing club of fluorescent mammals, and the
first new blue pigment in more than two centuries.<br /><br />Guests:<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.northland.edu/dir/paula-spaeth-anich/">Paula
Anich </a>– Associate Professor of Natural Resources,
Northland College</li><li><a href="https://www.northland.edu/dir/michaela-carlson/">Michaela
Carlson </a>– Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Northland
College</li><li><a href="https://www.amnh.org/research/staff-directory/robert-desalle">Rob
DeSalle</a> – Curator at the
American Museum of Natural History, and co-author of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1643134426/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1643134426&linkId=829065a92184e316747e9f73e24bb711">A Natural History of Color: the Science Behind
What We See and How We See It</a>”</li><li><a href="https://subramanian.science.oregonstate.edu/content/dr-mas-subramanian">Mas
Subramanian</a> – Professor of
Materials Science at Oregon State University</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />This repeat podcast originally aired on March 8, 2021</span><br /><br />Download podcast at - <a href="https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/living-color">https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/living-color</a><br /><br />You
can listen to this and other episodes at <a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">http://bigpicturescience.org/</a>, and
be sure to check out <a href="http://blog.bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Blog Picture Science</a>,
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Cloudymidnightshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483179808536834589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20964297.post-46553253048120424042023-11-21T20:19:00.000-08:002023-11-21T20:19:13.995-08:00Big Picture Science for Nov. 20, 2023 - The T-Rex Files<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsb4xcODNgfK2vbOtQOYVsKNsejvAtFhyphenhyphen4gpHX_yvPzilxeIU6sPUL_-qPSr2bMPDnwwnGoeP-8fSedvlcv0LZsKBfA23WlK0z86LdldqIX1UsyRrbEUEn0QBMMAd03TpeeKEnHKiwu7i9D_8DWESCrhD6_R9zWsMg6SwH18cNSWypvEMwEbCK/s300/The%20T-Rex%20Files.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsb4xcODNgfK2vbOtQOYVsKNsejvAtFhyphenhyphen4gpHX_yvPzilxeIU6sPUL_-qPSr2bMPDnwwnGoeP-8fSedvlcv0LZsKBfA23WlK0z86LdldqIX1UsyRrbEUEn0QBMMAd03TpeeKEnHKiwu7i9D_8DWESCrhD6_R9zWsMg6SwH18cNSWypvEMwEbCK/w200-h200/The%20T-Rex%20Files.png" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>
<a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Big Picture Science</a> - The T-Rex Files<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">REPEAT</span><br />T-Rex is having an
identity crisis. Rocking the world of paleontology is the claim that Rex was
not one species, but actually three. It’s not the first time that this
particular dino has forced us to revise our understanding of the past. The
discovery of the first T-Rex fossil in the 19th century taught humanity a<br />scary
lesson: species eventually go extinct. If it happened to this seemingly
invincible apex predator, it could happen to us too.<br /><br />Hear how the amateur
fossil hunter Barnum Brown’s discovery of T-Rex changed our understanding of
ourselves, and the epilogue to the dinosaur era: how our mammalian relatives
survived the potential extinction bottleneck of an asteroid impact.<br /><br />Guests:<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.carthage.edu/live/profiles/782-thomas-carr">Thomas Carr</a> - Vertebrate paleontologist and
Professor of Biology, Carthage College</li><li><a href="https://cse.umn.edu/esci/peter-makovicky">Peter
Makovicky</a> - Vertebrate paleontologist and Professor of paleontology
in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of
Minnesota</li><li><a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/07/t-rex-barnum-brown-dinosaur-collector-history.html">David Randall</a> - Author of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Monsters-Bones-Discovery-Shook-World-ebook/dp/B09KMD26Y6?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=6d1db347f11e61b7d2b151163ec64914&camp=1789&creative=9325">The Monster’s Bones:
The Discovery of T Rex and How It Shook Our World</a>”</li><li><a href="https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/persons/steve-brusatte">Steve Brusatte</a> - Personal Chair of Paleontology and
Evolution, University of Edinburgh. Author of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Fall-Dinosaurs-History-World/dp/B079STL1ZH?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=9e5ed46ec314b2c6097e8bcf39863ca3&camp=1789&creative=9325">The Rise and Fall of
the Dinosaurs</a>” and, most recently, “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Reign-Mammals-History-Dinosaurs/dp/B09K4H3X31?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=826e8e0e86c143deec3077283ffa0204&camp=1789&creative=9325">The Rise and Reign of
The Mammals</a>”</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />This repeat podcast originally aired on October 17, 2022</span><br /><br />Download podcast at - <a href="https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/the-t-rex-files">https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/the-t-rex-files</a><br /><br />You
can listen to this and other episodes at <a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">http://bigpicturescience.org/</a>, and
be sure to check out <a href="http://blog.bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Blog Picture Science</a>,
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Cloudymidnightshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483179808536834589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20964297.post-69590065840218591192023-11-13T22:43:00.000-08:002023-11-13T22:43:00.213-08:00Big Picture Science for Nov. 13, 2023 - Neanderthal in the Family<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV2sRKiWdsl_DIl0oPSCQNBZJtVx_x5fqxqUyf1boSQLd7g23p0sTq57SUfK5Z6iRS3TQF84YOrT5_yuGCgiJ87bLbrqRCYt_cuc1xD81Rd5BjzoYDZqtNpGo5eFmZMZn9wYCJcW3IqbZeCVgX4sflqTy_gdD1gecIu617sKbJLGdb6hvKsoeL/s281/Neanderthal%20in%20the%20Family.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="204" data-original-width="281" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV2sRKiWdsl_DIl0oPSCQNBZJtVx_x5fqxqUyf1boSQLd7g23p0sTq57SUfK5Z6iRS3TQF84YOrT5_yuGCgiJ87bLbrqRCYt_cuc1xD81Rd5BjzoYDZqtNpGo5eFmZMZn9wYCJcW3IqbZeCVgX4sflqTy_gdD1gecIu617sKbJLGdb6hvKsoeL/w200-h145/Neanderthal%20in%20the%20Family.png" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>
<a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Big Picture Science</a> - Neanderthal in the Family<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">REPEAT</span><br />Back off, you Neanderthal! It sounds as if
you’ve just been dissed, but maybe you should take it as a compliment. Contrary
to common cliches, our Pleistocene relatives were clever, curious, and
technologically inventive. Find out how our assessment of Neanderthals has
undergone a radical rethinking, and hear about the influence they have as they
live on in our DNA. For example, some of their genes have a strong association
with severe Covid 19 infection. Plus, how Neanderthal mini-brains grown in a
lab will teach us about the evolution of Homo sapiens.<br /><br />Guests:<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.eva.mpg.de/genetics/staff/paabo.html">Svante
Pääbo</a> – Evolutionary geneticist
and Director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology<span style="text-decoration: underline;">.</span></li><li><a href="https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/education/faculty-staff/stevick_doyle.php">Doyle
Stevick</a> –
Associate professor of educational leadership and policies at the
University of South Carolina.</li><li>Beverly Brown –
Professor emerita of anthropology, Rockland Community College, New York.</li><li><a href="https://www.rebeccawraggsykes.com/about">Rebecca
Wragg Sykes</a> –
Paleolithic anthropologist, author of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/147293749X/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=147293749X&linkId=66235314a38f6823a51c7ff24294cef9">Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death
and Art</a>.”</li><li><a href="https://medschool.ucsd.edu/som/pediatrics/research/labs/muotri-lab/Pages/default.aspx">Alysson Muotri</a> – Neuroscientist and professor of pediatrics,
cellular and molecular medicine at the University of California San Diego
School of Medicine</li></ul><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">This repeat podcast originally aired on</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">March 22, 2021</span><br /><br />Download podcast at - <a href="https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/neanderthal-in-the-family">https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/neanderthal-in-the-family</a><br /><br />You
can listen to this and other episodes at <a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">http://bigpicturescience.org/</a>, and
be sure to check out <a href="http://blog.bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Blog Picture Science</a>,
the companion blog to the radio show.<br /><br />Get early
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<p><br /></p>Cloudymidnightshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483179808536834589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20964297.post-31757460837445190622023-11-06T20:24:00.011-08:002023-11-06T20:39:59.268-08:00Big Picture Science for Nov. 04, 2023 - Night Flight<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-DNnn1HRpzrxLEhUQE9rPBu1OwyQxJhchtbx2pPcG5ROxBS1kGZdF8ekJ_tgNi92AOXWtaiA294mtYJK2pmWGhR98c1ecV0H3lntXoXkeuziknlGhqk94QBmJIo15w-l4rarlGm7aAsyBac3K-8nLk2yu84s30NQHI_RonbM0o1m2aroF0wLy/s340/Night%20Flight.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="340" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-DNnn1HRpzrxLEhUQE9rPBu1OwyQxJhchtbx2pPcG5ROxBS1kGZdF8ekJ_tgNi92AOXWtaiA294mtYJK2pmWGhR98c1ecV0H3lntXoXkeuziknlGhqk94QBmJIo15w-l4rarlGm7aAsyBac3K-8nLk2yu84s30NQHI_RonbM0o1m2aroF0wLy/w200-h200/Night%20Flight.png" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>
<a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Big Picture Science</a> - Night Flight<br /><br />Owls are both the most
accessible and elusive of birds. Every child can recognize one, but you’ll be
lucky to spot an owl in a tree, even if you’re looking straight at
it. Besides their camouflage and silent flight, these mostly nocturnal birds,
with their amazing vision and hearing, are most at home in the dead of night, a
time humans find alien and scary. Ecologist Carl Safina got to know an
injured baby screech owl well. Their relationship saved the owl’s life and gave
Safina insider’s wisdom about these aerial hunters of the night.
<br /><br />Guests:<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><br /></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.carlsafina.org/">Carl Safina</a> – ecologist at
Stony Brook University, head of the non-profit Safina Center, and author of
“Alfie & Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe”</li><li><a href="https://about.me/tomdamiani">Tom Damiami</a> – natural
resources interpreter, singer on Long Island, NY and leader of the <a href="https://www.shelterislandtown.us/community-events/2018/11/10/owl-prowl">Shelter Island Owl
Prowl</a></li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gordy-slack-6423b318/">Gordy Slack</a> – science writer, former senior
editor of California Wild, the science and natural history magazine published
by the California Academy of Sciences</li></ul>
<br />Download podcast at - <a href="https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/night-flight">https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/night-flight</a><br /><br />You
can listen to this and other episodes at <a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">http://bigpicturescience.org/</a>, and
be sure to check out <a href="http://blog.bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Blog Picture Science</a>,
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<p><br /></p>Cloudymidnightshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483179808536834589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20964297.post-33966107452822395042023-10-30T18:08:00.000-07:002023-10-30T18:08:13.876-07:00Big Picture Science for Oct. 30, 2023 - Extraordinary Ordinary Objects<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2f5hnkZ6-Jed0DNipCabJptqA0dGLM3_mAlKnRoQ0z8IPAdz0IOPISnCuooecNcQRG0nnAQwqn-eUj4U2h3_4DeT5q9HZWGpAfFXugQV3_OPpl-0o-3ix64FXpO_FJoXceaCRTaQCPyMoCbXYg8KlmG-YcIliMbWLIF27z-KA9yU93gAPFVYe/s280/Extraordinary%20Ordinary%20Objects.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="280" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2f5hnkZ6-Jed0DNipCabJptqA0dGLM3_mAlKnRoQ0z8IPAdz0IOPISnCuooecNcQRG0nnAQwqn-eUj4U2h3_4DeT5q9HZWGpAfFXugQV3_OPpl-0o-3ix64FXpO_FJoXceaCRTaQCPyMoCbXYg8KlmG-YcIliMbWLIF27z-KA9yU93gAPFVYe/w200-h200/Extraordinary%20Ordinary%20Objects.png" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Big Picture Science</a> - Extraordinary Ordinary Objects<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /><br />“To live is to count
and to count is to calculate.” But before we plugged in the computer to
express this ethos, we pulled out the pocket calculator. It became a monarch of
mathematics that sparked a computing revolution. But it’s not the only
deceptively modest innovation that changed how we work and live. Find out how
sewing a scrap of fabric into clothing helped define private life and how
adding lines to paper helped build an Empire. Plus, does every invention entail
irrevocable cultural loss?<br /><br />Guests:<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></p><ul><li><a href="https://shadycharacters.co.uk/about-me/">Keith Houston</a> – author of
“Empire of the Sum: The Rise and Reign of the Pocket Calculator.”</li><li><a href="https://www.risd.edu/academics/apparel-design/faculty/hannah-carlson">Hannah Carlson</a> – teaches dress
history and material culture at the Rhode Island School of Design, author of
“Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close.”</li><li><a href="https://designerbookbinders.org.uk/fellows-and-licentiates/riley-dominic/">Dominic Riley</a> – bookbinder in
the U.K.</li></ul><br />Download podcast at - <a href="https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/extraordinary-ordinary-objects">https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/extraordinary-ordinary-objects</a><br /><br />You
can listen to this and other episodes at <a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">http://bigpicturescience.org/</a>, and
be sure to check out <a href="http://blog.bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Blog Picture Science</a>,
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Cloudymidnightshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483179808536834589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20964297.post-58432094286013573292023-10-23T20:14:00.001-07:002023-10-23T20:14:11.841-07:00Big Picture Science for Oct. 23, 2023 - Like Lightning<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUvWQP1kKnI2k6B3iDXwBP0Ytk3oiCvYhDnvJDypYwGurLIuDTKL03nNqYmwnVA2r-Vn1TFO9JafPGWgxvTJbviqZdbv8K2VH6JnskvnUgPQzOaGiHgnjm4_5qVt9etD_CKaJd49o14zKmPZAaqEskEqNqhX0hYsigISeWHPAHN3GwmiE1hBLG/s279/Like%20Lightning.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="279" data-original-width="279" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUvWQP1kKnI2k6B3iDXwBP0Ytk3oiCvYhDnvJDypYwGurLIuDTKL03nNqYmwnVA2r-Vn1TFO9JafPGWgxvTJbviqZdbv8K2VH6JnskvnUgPQzOaGiHgnjm4_5qVt9etD_CKaJd49o14zKmPZAaqEskEqNqhX0hYsigISeWHPAHN3GwmiE1hBLG/w200-h200/Like%20Lightning.png" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>
<a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Big Picture Science</a> - Like Lightning<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />REPEAT</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br />Every second, lightning
strikes 50 to 100 times somewhere. It can wreak havoc by starting wildfires and
sometimes killing people. But lightning also produces a form of nitrogen that’s
essential to vegetation. In this episode, we talk about the nature of these
dramatic sparks. Ben Franklin established their electric origin, so what do we
still not know? Also, why the frequency of lightning strikes is increasing in
some parts of the world. And, what to do if you find someone hit by lightning.<br /><br />Guests:<br /></p><ul><li>Thomas Yeadaker – Resident of
Oakland, California</li><li><a href="https://ncoae.org/team/christopher-davis-md/">Chris Davis</a> – Medical doctor and Assistant
Professor of Emergency Medicine at Wake Forest University and Medical Director
for the National Center for Outdoor Adventure Education</li><li><a href="https://www.aos.wisc.edu/faculty/Martin/">Jonathan
Martin</a> – Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University
of Wisconsin, Madison</li><li><a href="https://aos.wisc.edu/faculty/Ackerman/">Steve
Ackerman</a> – Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University
of Wisconsin, Madison</li><li><a href="https://news.uaf.edu/expertsguide/peter-bieniek/">Peter Bieniek</a> – Professor of Atmospheric and Space
Science, University of Alaska, Fairbanks</li></ul><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">This repeat podcast originally aired on September 12, 2022</span><br /><br />Download podcast at - <a href="https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/like-lightning">https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/like-lightning</a><br /><br />You
can listen to this and other episodes at <a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">http://bigpicturescience.org/</a>, and
be sure to check out <a href="http://blog.bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Blog Picture Science</a>,
the companion blog to the radio show.<br /><br />Get early
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Cloudymidnightshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483179808536834589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20964297.post-59426065081283301842023-10-16T22:16:00.005-07:002023-10-17T00:32:49.176-07:00Big Picture Science for Oct. 16, 2023 - Skeptic Check: Worrier Mentality<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbatIb-Air3-oWW72dr6m_x4PCTIEcUOzIfMHBnvVBRT1cJQfi-NsKYBoJFnBSCTXFvCjgw01Ey1LbY1W-XAZyppwGLVpN1yNtj6Zp7qn8ENykoCN5Q1GU9b3K6_XFekF7I_7zlqXbTU-fNiC9pLcd_42vuwd6x6-R9_g9fpTS_nyZuZatmXcv/s281/Skeptic%20Check%20Worrier%20Mentality.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="204" data-original-width="281" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbatIb-Air3-oWW72dr6m_x4PCTIEcUOzIfMHBnvVBRT1cJQfi-NsKYBoJFnBSCTXFvCjgw01Ey1LbY1W-XAZyppwGLVpN1yNtj6Zp7qn8ENykoCN5Q1GU9b3K6_XFekF7I_7zlqXbTU-fNiC9pLcd_42vuwd6x6-R9_g9fpTS_nyZuZatmXcv/w200-h145/Skeptic%20Check%20Worrier%20Mentality.png" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>
<a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Big Picture Science</a> - Skeptic Check: Worrier Mentality<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">REPEAT</span><br />Poisonous snakes, lightning strikes, a rogue
rock from space. There are plenty of scary things to fret about, but are we
burning adrenaline on the right ones? Stepping into the bathtub is more
dangerous than flying from a statistical point of view, but no one signs up for
“fear of showering” classes.<br /><br />Find out why we get tripped up by statistics,
worry about the wrong things, and how the “intelligence trap” not only leads
smart people to make dumb mistakes, but actually causes them to make more.<br /><br />Guests:<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://depts.washington.edu/neurogrd/people/faculty/eric-chudler/">Eric
Chudler</a> – Research associate professor, department of
bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle and co-author of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07F1X6NKJ/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B07F1X6NKJ&linkId=ee9abccffc13be318eb0b1a6a431bfda">Worried:
Science Investigates Some of Life’s Common Concerns</a>”</li><li><a href="http://www.rvu.edu/faculty/lise-johnson-phd/">Lise
Johnson</a> – Director of the Basic Science Curriculum,
Rocky Vista University, and co-author of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07F1X6NKJ/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B07F1X6NKJ&linkId=ee9abccffc13be318eb0b1a6a431bfda">Worried:
Science Investigates Some of Life’s Common Concerns</a>”</li><li>Willie Turner – Vice President of Operations at the Hiller
Aviation Museum in San Carlos, CA</li><li><a href="http://www.nakedeconomics.com/">Charles
Wheelan</a> – Senior Lecturer and Policy Fellow, Dartmouth
College, and author of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/039334777X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=039334777X&linkId=656a9125e70df76f0b78ec1dc2d6b651">Naked
Statistics</a>”</li><li><a href="https://muckrack.com/david-robson">David
Robson</a> – Commissioning Editor for the BBC and author of
“<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393651428/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393651428&linkCode=as2&tag=arweal-20&linkId=3c143f40265b3aeb752a950c0cbb2114">The
Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes</a>”</li></ul><p style="text-align: left;">
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">This repeat podcast originally aired on May 27, 2019</span><br /><br />Download podcast at - <a href="https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/skeptic-check-worrier-mentality">https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/skeptic-check-worrier-mentality</a><br /><br />You
can listen to this and other episodes at <a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">http://bigpicturescience.org/</a>, and
be sure to check out <a href="http://blog.bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Blog Picture Science</a>,
the companion blog to the radio show.<br /><br />Get early
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</p>Cloudymidnightshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483179808536834589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20964297.post-9657269835950976542023-10-09T22:00:00.001-07:002023-10-09T22:00:24.362-07:00Big Picture Science for Oct. 09, 2023 - Going Multicellular<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwqDYMzYmPPgZsdELIRQywD2a0gSCWkTYWX6DE36MnZLGHXjxX08RJIVti8nmsYwQ1DjinWEr4Pmg_OqgrF7kCzuWQr_QfhFhpKbCugitMyAk4wkGISaYj0Gin5Dm77TRwuzxkuzabjz8UN08hGewvErJSnsDr-4CRhrFn7claEjRRpYqJ3zus/s329/Going%20Multicellular.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="329" data-original-width="329" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwqDYMzYmPPgZsdELIRQywD2a0gSCWkTYWX6DE36MnZLGHXjxX08RJIVti8nmsYwQ1DjinWEr4Pmg_OqgrF7kCzuWQr_QfhFhpKbCugitMyAk4wkGISaYj0Gin5Dm77TRwuzxkuzabjz8UN08hGewvErJSnsDr-4CRhrFn7claEjRRpYqJ3zus/w200-h200/Going%20Multicellular.png" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>
<a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Big Picture Science</a> - Going Multicellular<br /><br />Imagine life without
animals, trees, and fungi. The world would look very different. But while the
first life was surely single-celled, we don’t know just how it evolved to
multicellular organisms. Two long-term experiments hope to find out, and one
has been running for more than 35 years. Hear about the moment scientists
watched evolution take off in the lab, and how directed evolution was used to
create a multicellular organism. Also, how single embryonic cells become
humans, and what all of this says about the possibility of life on other
worlds.<br /><br />Guests:<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></p><ul><li><a href="https://molecularbiosci.utexas.edu/directory/jeffrey-e-barrick">Jeff Barrick</a> – molecular
scientist at the University of Texas at Austin where his lab oversees the Long-Term
Evolution Experiment that’s been running since 1988.</li><li><a href="https://biosciences.gatech.edu/people/will-ratcliff">Will Ratcliff</a> - an evolutionary
biologist at Georgia Institute of Technology</li><li><a href="https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p8139400">Ben Stanger</a> - cancer
researcher, professor of medicine and developmental biology at the University
of Pennsylvania and author of “From One Cell: A Journey into Life’s Origins and
the Future of Medicine.”</li><li><a href="https://www.ncat.edu/employee-bio.php?directoryID=113858234">Joseph L. Graves</a> - evolutionary
biologist and geneticist at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State
University and author of “A
Voice in the Wilderness: A Pioneering Biologist Explains How Evolution
Can Help Us Solve Our Biggest Problems.”</li></ul>
<br />Download podcast at - <a href="https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/going-multicellular">https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/going-multicellular</a><br /><br />You
can listen to this and other episodes at <a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">http://bigpicturescience.org/</a>, and
be sure to check out <a href="http://blog.bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Blog Picture Science</a>,
the companion blog to the radio show.<br /><br />Get early
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Cloudymidnightshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483179808536834589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20964297.post-80550205793527934362023-10-02T19:35:00.001-07:002023-10-02T19:35:37.337-07:00Big Picture Science for Oct. 02, 2023 - How Hot is Too Hot?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM4UeN_HP4RTZEtdnQGlI-kn8jx6ejqa5NQqGu29dMOw3q8zG4Bz1rGfrPboUmWgPKzXQ5kCp7jPoeqt1noTN_BEMfBBffKDPCJ1rLPs_RcR5ZCxfAeO0KAcsQcsbReWe4-5JMCzR7xsGKPbUAbhSxWdYxN-258MOTJpA_fk3DkmYBVQUw8e2C/s309/How%20Hot%20is%20Too%20Hot.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="309" data-original-width="309" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM4UeN_HP4RTZEtdnQGlI-kn8jx6ejqa5NQqGu29dMOw3q8zG4Bz1rGfrPboUmWgPKzXQ5kCp7jPoeqt1noTN_BEMfBBffKDPCJ1rLPs_RcR5ZCxfAeO0KAcsQcsbReWe4-5JMCzR7xsGKPbUAbhSxWdYxN-258MOTJpA_fk3DkmYBVQUw8e2C/w200-h200/How%20Hot%20is%20Too%20Hot.png" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>
<a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Big Picture Science</a> - How Hot is Too Hot?<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"><br /><br /></span>Extreme heat is taking
its toll on the natural world. We use words like “heat domes” and “freakish” to
describe our everyday existence. These high temperatures aren’t only
uncomfortable - they are lethal to humans, animals, and crops. In search of an
answer t0 our episode’s question, we discuss the dilemma of an ever-hotter
world with an author who has covered climate change for more than twenty years.<br /><br />Guest:<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><br /></p><ul><li><a href="https://jeffgoodellwriter.com/">Jeff Goodell</a> – author of “The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death
on a Scorched Planet.”</li></ul><br />Download podcast at - <a href="https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/how-hot-is-too-hot">https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/how-hot-is-too-hot</a><br /><br />You
can listen to this and other episodes at <a href="http://bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">http://bigpicturescience.org/</a>, and
be sure to check out <a href="http://blog.bigpicturescience.org/" target="_blank">Blog Picture Science</a>,
the companion blog to the radio show.<br /><br />Get early
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