general science

#1062 Nandita Bajaj: We Have an Overpopulation Problem

Feb 21, 2025

Nandita Bajaj is the Executive Director of Population Balance, a US nonprofit that works to inspire narrative, behavioral, and system change that shrinks our human impact and elevates the rights and wellbeing of people, animals, and the planet. She also co-hosts The Overpopulation Podcast, a popular series that delves into the nuances of the drivers and impacts of human expansionism with expert guests. (Note: The Overpopulation Podcast is now called OVERSHOOT) More»
#1058 Marc Steen: Ethics for People Who Work in Tech

Feb 13, 2025

Dr. Marc Steen works as a senior research scientist at TNO, a leading research and technology organization in The Netherlands. He worked at Philips and KPN before joining TNO. He is an expert in Human-Centred Design, Value-Sensitive Design, Responsible Innovation, and Applied Ethics of Technology and Innovation. His mission is to promote the design and application of technologies in ways that help to create a just society in which people can live well together. He is the author of Ethics for People Who Work in Tech. More»
#1057 Daniel Hoyer: Cliodynamics, Inequality, Elite Overproduction, and Revolution

Feb 10, 2025

Dr. Daniel Hoyer is Senior Research Associate & Managing Director for Seshat: Global History Databank, Research Scientist with the SocialAI Research Group, and Founder of SODY. He is the author of Figuring Out The Past: The 3,495 Vital Statistics that Explain World History. More»
#1050 David Henshall - Fine-Tuning Life: A Guide to MicroRNAs, Your Genome's Master Regulators

Jan 24, 2025

Dr. David Henshall is Professor of Physiology and Medical Physics at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. His laboratory is studying cell and molecular mechanisms of epilepsy. His research team combines cell and molecular biology techniques, data science and bioinformatics, pharmacology, neuroscience and behavior, imaging and histology, and employs a range of experimental and human models. He is the author of Fine-Tuning Life: A Guide to MicroRNAs, Your Genome's Master Regulators. More»
#1048 Mona Simion: Why Do People Resist Evidence?

Jan 20, 2025

Dr. Mona Simion is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the COGITO Epistemology Research Centre at the University of Glasgow. Her research interests include epistemology, philosophy of language, moral and political philosophy, and feminist philosophy. She is the author of several books, the latest one being Resistance to Evidence. More»
#1047 Paul Penn - The Psychology of Effective Studying: How to Succeed in Your Degree

Jan 17, 2025

Dr. Paul Penn is Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of East London. His interests revolve around cognitive psychology and understanding how we can best use psychological knowledge to improve the way people learn, communicate and collaborate. He is the author of The Psychology of Effective Studying: How to Succeed in Your Degree. More»
#1040 Luana Colloca: Placebo Effects Through the Lens of Translational Research

Jan 2, 2025

Dr. Luana Colloca is Professor in Pain and Translational Symptom Science, Director of the Placebo Beyond Opinions Center, MPower Professor, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology (School of Medicine) at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. She is co-editor of Placebo Effects Through the Lens of Translational Research. More»
#1033 Michael Levin: Self, Collective Intelligence, Cognition, Life after Death, & More

Dec 16, 2024

Dr. Michael Levin is Distinguished Professor in the Biology Department and Vannevar Bush Chair, as well as director of the Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology at Tufts University. His work is focused on understanding the biophysical mechanisms that implement decision-making during complex pattern regulation, and harnessing endogenous bioelectric dynamics toward rational control of growth and form. More»
#1028 Sergio Almécija - Humans: Perspectives on Our Evolution from World Experts

Dec 5, 2024

Dr. Sergio Almécija is Senior Research Scientist in Biological Anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History. He studies the key adaptations defining different stages of ape and human evolution (i.e., hominoid evolution). He pays special attention to the process leading and following the split between humans and apes (i.e., “non-human hominoids”). He is the editor of Humans: Perspectives on Our Evolution from World Experts. More»
#1014 Walter Scheirer: A History of Fake Things on the Internet

Nov 1, 2024

Dr. Walter Scheirer is Dennis O. Doughty Collegiate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of A History of Fake Things on the Internet. More»