Novel approaches are always fun. Nowhere is this more apparent than in today's podcast. We revisit a conversation with Dr. Camille Holmgren from SUNY Buffalo State about her research reconstructing ancient desert climates using pack rat middens. Join us for a fun and interesting discussion that will take you back thousands of years in the past. This episode ... Show More
Aug 2017
Episode 74: Jingle Bell Sweaters
<p>Biophysicists Dr. Nicole Prent and Dr. Jacqueline Townsend are back. this time we're talking about Electron Spin Resonance, a technique that's like Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, but different.<br /> <br /> our guest this time is Diana Goodman, Host of the Thirty Twenty Ten podca ... Show More
48m 53s
Feb 2019
Thermophysiology (BODY HEAT) with Shane Campbell-Staton
<p>This episode, and Dr. Shane Campbell-Staton, are a true joy. The UCLA professor, host of the Biology of Superheroes Podcast and Thermophysiologist talks about big animals vs. little ones, lizard storms, dinosaur blood, hibernating bears, why you sweat in your sleep, antifreeze ... Show More
1h 23m
Jan 2024
The Spawn Chunks 278: Brushing Up On Archaeology With ArchaeoPlays
Joel, and Jonny welcome ArchaeoPlays, Dr. Heather Christie back to the show for a retrospective conversation about archaeology in Minecraft, an ambitious Egyptian pyramid project, and first impressions of the armadillo.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast ... Show More
1h 41m
Dec 2023
Re-release: Podcast Friends, Drunk Plants, Hot Temper
Today we discuss the psychological effects of listening to podcasts, how climate change actually makes us more likely to engage in hate speech, and how giving plants alcohol in the form of ethanol can make them resistant to drought. Podcast Friends “Listening to podcasts may help ... Show More
16m 29s