Category: Podcasts
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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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Transmissions From The Quarantine: What Day Is It?
New transmissions! 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 About Science!
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Transmissions From The Quarantine: Day 8
New transmissions on this episode from Kelton, Sharon, and Liv. 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…
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Transmissions From The Quarantine: Day 5
Call our hotline and let us know: (202) 681-9144. You can also email your voice recordings to showaboutscience@gmail.com. We want to share your transmissions on this new miniseries from Nate and The Show About Science! New transmissions on this episode from Hope, Matt, Kylie and Brian. Some of the music on this episode was written…
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Transmissions From The Quarantine: Day 2
We have transmissions from Hannah and Antonio in Italy (which has been on lockdown for a week) and Arlo in Virginia. What are you doing to keep busy? How are you feeling right now? Call our hotline and let us know: (202) 681-9144. You can also email your voice recordings to showaboutscience@gmail.com. We want to…
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Transmissions From The Quarantine: Day 1
School has been shut down. People are working from home. Now more than ever, we need to stay connected. What are you doing to keep busy? How are you feeling right now? Call our hotline and let us know: (202) 681-9144. You can also email your voice recordings to showaboutscience@gmail.com. We want to share your…
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078: The Coronavirus with Tara C. Smith
Tara C. Smith has studied infectious diseases for twenty years in the U.S. and other countries around the globe. She currently leads the Smith Emerging Infections Laboratory at Kent State University which focuses on the transmission and evolution of zoonotic pathogens. She joins Nate on this episode to talk about a topic that’s making everyone…
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077: The Cosmic Microwave Background with Sasha Rahlin
The South Pole Telescope (SPT) is a 10-meter diameter telescope located in Antarctica that is taking pictures of our Universe. Sasha Rahlin is an observational cosmologist and part of the team at Fermilab collecting and analyzing data from SPT. On this episode, Nate visits Fermilab to talk with Sasha about what they’re photographing down at…