Category: Podcasts
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087: The Search in the Stars with Wael Farah
Wael Farah is a research scientist at the SETI Institute, where he searches the stars for alien life. The Allen Telescope Array (ATA), where Wael conducts his research, is located at the Hat Creek Observatory in Northern California. The ATA is a collection of 42 relatively small dishes (antennas) that are designed to work together…
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086: How Dogs Think with Gregory Berns
What do our dogs think about all day? Do dogs experience emotions like people do? Gregory Berns is a bestselling author and a professor at Emory University where he studies animal neuroscience. On this episode of The Show Show About Science, he joins Nate to talk about how he trained dogs to go into an…
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085: Firebeetles with Sara Lewis
In some parts of the world they’re known as fireflies. In other parts, they’re called lightning bugs. On this episode of The Show About Science, Sara M. Lewis from the Department of Biology at Tufts University joins Nate to talk about these fascinating and mysterious creatures. Learn more about Sara’s work: https://ase.tufts.edu/biology/labs/lewis/ Please leave a…
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084: The Serendipitous Zebrafish Discovery with Keith Cheng and Máté Varga
A scientist from Budapest who immigrated to the US in the 1930s. A beloved and common pet store fish. And a researcher looking at genes that suppress the growth of cancerous tumors. On this episode of The Show About Science, these three worlds serendipitously collide to lead to a discovery that would help us understand…
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083: Supernovas with Sarafina Nance
Sarafina Nance is an American astrophysicist and science communicator who is a PhD student in the Department of Astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley. She joins Nate on this episode of The Show About Science to talk about supernovas. Learn more about Sarafina at: https://starafina.com/
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Transmissions From the Quarantine: Remote Learning
Want to be on the show? Call our hotline: (202) 681-9144. You can also email your voice recordings to showaboutscience@gmail.com. I love hearing what people are doing, thinking and feeling as we continue to navigate COVID-19 together (at a distance). We want to share your transmissions on this new miniseries from Nate and The Show…
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082: Cockroaches with Dominic Evangelista
Dominic Evangelista is an evolutionary biologist who studies how biodiversity originates through evolutionary processes. And what creature on this planet is more diverse then bugs? On this episode of The Show About Science, Dominic and Nate dive through the interesting world of cockroaches. Learn more about Dominic and his work at https://www.roachbrain.com/
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081: Ick! with Melissa Stewart
Okay kids, prepare your parents for a totally gross and super awesome interview! On this episode of The Show About Science, author Melissa Stewart takes us on a gross journey through the animal world. Find out where the Bone-Eating Snot Flower Worm calls home, how the Northern Fulmar protects itself and why Nate loves the…
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080: Lemurs with Anne Yoder
Anne Yoder is a biologist, researcher, and professor at Duke University. When Anne was in college, a serendipitous visit to the Duke Lemur Center inspired her fascination with lemurs, Madagascar, and all things evolutionary. She would later go on to become the Director of the Duke Lemur Center between 2006 and 2018. On this episode…
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079: Planetary Geology with Bethany Ehlmann
Bethany Ehlmann is a professor of planetary science at CalTech and a research scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She joins Nate on this episode of The Show About Science to talk about her work on the three Mars Rover missions (Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity) and to share what we can learn by studying the…
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