This week, we bring you two stories about the science of morality. Or morality in science. Either way you want to look at it.
Part 1: Political scientist Ethan Hollander interviews a Nazi war criminal as part of his research.
Part 2: As a graduate student, Cather Simpson is excited to present her work -- but then her adviser lies about it.
Ethan J. Hollander ... Show More
Jul 4
Mishaps: Stories about unintended mistakes
In this week’s episode, both of our storytellers share tales of well-intentioned choices gone wrong.Part 1: In fourth grade, Ro Moran is thrilled to be trusted with the class pet iguana, Iggy, for the night. But by morning, something is very wrong. Part 2: As an exchange student ... Show More
26m 6s
Jun 27
Best of Story Collider: Pride
To close out Pride Month this week, we're sharing a special best of episode featuring stories about coming out in science! Part 1: Science educator Charlie Cook experiments with coming out to students. Charlie Cook is a non-binary white settler on ancestral, unceded Musqueam, Squ ... Show More
28m 55s
Nov 2024
Science Vs: The Funniest Joke in the World
When he rounded them up, he had a 100.
A few months ago, Wendy Zuckerman invited our own Latif Nasser to come on her show, and, of course, he jumped at the chance. Laughter ensued, as they set off to find the "The Funniest Joke in the World." When you just Google something like t ... Show More
42m 52s
Jul 2018
3 | Alice Dreger on Sexuality, Truth, and Justice
The human mind loves nothing more than to build mental boxes -- categories -- and put things into them, then refuse to accept it when something doesn't fit. Nowhere is this more clear than in the idea that there are men, and there are women, and that's it. Alice Dreger is an hist ... Show More
1h 20m
Apr 9
Policymaking Is Not a Science — Yet (Update)
Why do so many promising solutions in education, medicine, and criminal justice fail to scale up into great policy? And can a new breed of “implementation scientists” crack the code? SOURCES:Patti Chamberlain, senior research scientist at the Oregon Social Learning Center.John Li ... Show More
45m 28s
May 23
FLASHBACK FRIDAYS: Oxford Doctor UNCOVERS Centuries-Old HIDDEN Knowledge of the LIVING UNIVERSE! with Edi Bilimoria Ph.D
Unfolding Consciousness, Exploring the Living Universe and Intelligent powers in Nature and Humans is our subject, and our writer and speaker is Edi Bilimoria born in India and educated at the universities of London, Sussex and Oxford, Edi is an extraordinary blend of experience ... Show More
1h 12m
Jul 2024
The Science and Ethics of CRISPR and CRISPR-Inspired Gene Editing | Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, O.P.
This lecture was given on November 12th, 2023, at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events
About the Speaker: Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, OP, received his PhD in Biology from MIT and his S.Th.D. ... Show More
1 h
Mar 2023
Charles L. Briggs, "Unlearning: Rethinking Poetics, Pandemics, and the Politics of Knowledge" (Utah State UP, 2021)
A provocative theoretical synthesis by renowned folklorist and anthropologist Charles L. Briggs, Unlearning: Rethinking Poetics, Pandemics, and the Politics of Knowledge (Utah State UP, 2021) questions intellectual foundations and charts new paths forward. Briggs argues, through ... Show More
1h 22m