In The Trenches

June 11, 2019 jeremy Communication, Education and Outreach, Multimedia, Physics and Astronomy

I got the idea for this after visiting a university for their graduate program in physics. The professor said that while undergraduate studies are like seeing the best cathedrals and architecture, graduate studies are like having to build these from scratch with no prior knowledge.

Legibility

June 9, 2019 jeremy Communication, Education and Outreach, Multimedia, Physics and Astronomy

“Professor, why do we use this symbol? It’s so difficult to write.” “Oh, you’ll get used to it after writing it a thousand times!”

050 – The Anniversary Edition

June 9, 2019 The Body of Evidence Biology and Life Sciences, Health, Medicine and Veterinary Science, Multimedia

An unexplained bout of amnesia leads Jonathan to completely change his mind about Chris' interior decoration choices. For the 50th episode of their podcast, the boys have friends over who will help them explain what's been in the news lately. A dentist and a paediatrician talk about human touch; a chemistry and gender studies double major comments on the line between male and female in competitive sport; and an Apple fanboy and his sui…

E-books vs. paper books

June 7, 2019 The Body of Evidence Biology and Life Sciences, Health, Medicine and Veterinary Science, Multimedia

If you have children, here's what you have to do. You have to feed them. You have to clothe them. You have to love them. And if you can, you should try to read them a bedtime story. Parents are often inundated with advice, much of which is often wrong and self-contradictory. But reading with your children is probably one of the most meaningful and beneficial things you can do. As the American Academy of Pediatrics…

#526 Let Me See You Sweat

June 7, 2019 Rachelle Saunders General Science, Multimedia

Summer is coming, and summer means sweat. Why do we sweat so much, and how do we do it? We hear from Yana Kamberov about the evolutionary origins of our sweat glands, and why it's one of the things that makes us mammals. Then we talk about why some (but not all) of our sweat STINKS. We'll speak with Gavin Thomas about the bacteria that give us our BO. Related links: Comparative evidence for the…

No Distractions

June 6, 2019 jeremy Communication, Education and Outreach, Multimedia, Physics and Astronomy

It feels so strange to think that you used to go to a library to search for these papers instead of having easy(-ish) access online.

Foundations

June 4, 2019 jeremy Communication, Education and Outreach, Multimedia, Physics and Astronomy

“Do we need to know this for the test, Professor?” “Nah, I barely remember them!”

Experiment Public Relations

June 2, 2019 jeremy Communication, Education and Outreach, Multimedia, Physics and Astronomy

“There weren’t any difficult aspects?” “Nope, everything was amazing!”

#525 Chernobyl

May 31, 2019 Rachelle Saunders General Science, Multimedia

This week we're looking back at a man-made disaster that changed the world: the Chernobyl meltdown. We take a closer look at all the contributing factors that lead the No 4 reactor at Chernobyl to explode and how the Soviet Union's political, scientific, and administrative culture at the time contributed to the disaster. And we'll look at the fallout, the logistics of trying to clean up a radioactive accident where five minutes in the wrong…

Excited

May 30, 2019 jeremy Communication, Education and Outreach, Multimedia, Physics and Astronomy

This might sound like a rare problem, but it happens more than you might think. In particular, I see it when professors start rattling off long theorems that they know by heart.

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