Aug 21

Cosmic chemistry: Ewine van Dishoeck shares her zeal for astrochemistry

Our podcast guest is a Kavli Prize in Astrophysics laureate

36m 7s

Aug 14

Building a quantum powerhouse in the US Midwest

Our podcast guests are Preeti Chalsani and David Awschalom

47m 53s

Aug 7

Building a career from a passion for science communication

Our podcast guest is Kirsty McGhee of the quantum software company Qruise

38m 13s

Dec 2023

Katie Hemphill - "Biomedical Engineering to Animistic Wonder"

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium. Katie Hemphill, author of We Are The Forest, talks with J about expanding the scope of our understandi ... Show More

47m 46s

Dec 2024

How to Use Curiosity & Focus to Create a Joyful & Meaningful Life | Dr. Bernardo Huberman

In this episode, my guest is Dr. Bernardo Huberman, Ph.D., a research physicist, expert on quantum networks, and vice president of CableLabs’ Next-Gen Systems. We discuss his journey into science, beginning in South America, how a curiosity about physics led him to the United Sta ... Show More

3h 15m

Apr 2025

Ep. 217 Environmental Sustainability in ENT with Dr. Julie Strychowsky

Operating rooms generate up to 30% of a hospital's waste–what can ENT do to change that? In this episode, Dr. Julie Strychowsky, a pediatric otolaryngologist at London Health Sciences Center in Ontario, discusses environmental sustainability in ENT. --- SYNPOSIS The discussion co ... Show More

46m 20s

Feb 2023

Great Mysteries of Physics - trailer

"There is nothing new to discover in physics", declared the British physicist Lord Kelvin in 1900. That is no longer true. Today it is becoming increasingly clear that there are problems that physics, as we know it, doesn't seem to be able to solve. Perhaps we just need more data ... Show More

2m 45s

Sep 2024

How we slashed our lab’s carbon footprint

Analytical chemist Jane Kilcoyne was working in her biotoxin monitoring lab one day in 2018 when she noticed a bin overflowing with plastic waste. The observation prompted her to join forces with like-minded colleagues and develop a package of measures aimed at reducing their lab ... Show More

24m 9s

Jan 2025

302 | Chris Kempes on the Biophysics of Evolution

Randomness plays an important role in the evolution of life (as my evil twin will tell you). But random doesn't mean arbitrary. Biological organisms are physical objects, after all, and subject to the same laws of physics as non-biological matter is. Those laws place constraints ... Show More

1h 30m

Jun 2024

Physics and sport: flying balls, perfecting technique, and wellbeing in academia

Hear from two physicists whose passion for sport has shaped their careers and lives

52m 8s

Sep 2024

Predicting everything

The Royal Society recently announced the shortlist for their annual Science Book Prize – and nominated is science writer and journalist Tom Chivers, author of the book Everything is Predictable. He tells us how statistics impact every aspect of our lives, and joins Marnie as a st ... Show More

34m 50s

Oct 2024

The Life Scientific: Conny Aerts

Many of us have heard of seismology, the study of earthquakes; but what about asteroseismology, focusing on vibrations in stars?Conny Aerts is a professor of Astrophysics at the University of Leuven in Belgium - and a champion of this information-rich field of celestial research. ... Show More

26m 28s

Mar 2020

Q&A: COVID-19, Solar Storms & Ancient Teeth

What happens if you overwater a plant? How does gravity actually work? And should we be cancelling mass events to contain the coronavirus? It's Q&A time on the show, and this week Phil Sansom is joined by a brainy panel of experts: plant biologist Nadia Radzman, particle physicis ... Show More

59m 30s

Environmental sustainability: exploring ...