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The Coin World Podcast
Coin World is a website and magazine that deals with all facets of numismatics. Coin World also has a podcast where hosts Jeff Starck and Chris Bulfinch discuss coins, delve into numismatic history, and interview people who are involved in numismatics. Sometimes the interviewees are coin designers; in Episode 52 I was invited to speak about about my experiences designing coins for the United States and for Canada. The interview can be heard here; it…
Historical Conventions
Student: “I’m going to fight against these stupid conventions!†Professor (shrugs): “Fine, but I think every student in the history of teaching science has said that, and yet here I am.â€
#557 Homeschool STEM Resource Extravaganza
With many schools closed and parents looking for resources to help keep children stuck at home engaged and still learning, the hosts of Science for the People stuck on our curation caps and did some digging to create a list of STEM themed online resources for students of all ages and interests. This week we take a break from our usual format so that hosts Bethany Brookshire and Rachelle Saunders can showcase these great resources…
Part 1: Stories of Bodies
Confabulation and Broad Science Presents Bodies. This show explored the theme of Bodies. Storytellers spoke about bodies both as human and celestial shells, as well as exploring the forms that define our lives. Storytellers: Alice Fleerackers (00.35) Fleerackers is a freelance writer, a researcher at the ScholCommLab, the Communications Officer at Art the Science, and a Science in Society Editor at Science Borealis. She’s also a doctoral student at Simon Fraser University, where she is…
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Clear Proofs
The best part is when I write something along the lines of, “Clearly, this is true…†I want to strangle past-me at that point.
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What is socially responsible AI?
On this episode, it’s all about ethics in AI! We’ll be sharing different stories about how AI is being used, what the pitfalls are, and who in the field is trying to make changes. We chat to the next generation of AI experts to understand how their institutions are preparing them(or not) to use AI ethically. Surya Mattu, a data scientist who was part of the Pulitzer nominated Propublica investigation “Machine Biasâ€, talks to us…
Change of Variables
This comic might make it seem like only physicists have these notational conventions, but don’t worry, those mathematicians are just as caught up in their ways!
