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From viral variants to devastating storms, how names shape the public's reaction to science
Listen to What's in a name episode 2 Categorizing things is central to science. And there are dozens of systems scientists have created to name everything from the trenches on the sea bed to the stars in the sky. But names have consequences.
Listen: The Fossil That Launched a Dinosaur Revolution
A fossil of Archaeopteryx, found in limestone deposits in southern Germany. Photo: National Geographic Society/Wikimedia Commons Transcript Charlotte Stoddart: When you think of a dinosaur, what do you imagine? Is it a hulking great Tyrannosaurus rex? Or a gentle but giant Diplodocus with a long neck? Or do you think of something birdlike? A chicken-sized creature with feathers? I’m Charlotte Stoddart, and this is Knowable.
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How the placebo effect went mainstream
Listen on: Amazon Music | Apple Podcasts | Deezer | Google Podcasts | LibSyn | Player.FM | SoundCloud | Spotify | Stitcher This is Episode 3 of Season 3 of the Knowable Magazine podcast. Listen to Episode 1 (Scientists warned about climate change in 1965. Nothing was done.) and Episode 2 (The fossil that launched a dinosaur revolution). Transcript Charlotte Stoddart: Can a sugar pill make you feel better? What about the rituals surrounding a visit to the doctor?
History of the placebo effect and its use in drug trials
Knowable Magazine · How the placebo effect went mainstream Listen on: Amazon Music | Apple Podcasts | Deezer | Google Podcasts | LibSyn | Player.FM | SoundCloud | Spotify | Stitcher This is Episode 3 of Season 3 of the Knowable Magazine podcast. Listen to Episode 1 (Scientists warned about climate change in 1965. Nothing was done.) and Episode 2 (The fossil that launched a dinosaur revolution). Transcript Charlotte Stoddart: Can a sugar pill make you feel better?
History of the placebo effect and its use in drug trials
Knowable Magazine · How the placebo effect went mainstream Listen on: Amazon Music | Apple Podcasts | Deezer | Google Podcasts | LibSyn | Player.FM | SoundCloud | Spotify | Stitcher This is Episode 3 of Season 3 of the Knowable Magazine podcast. Listen to Episode 1 (Scientists warned about climate change in 1965. Nothing was done.) and Episode 2 (The fossil that launched a dinosaur revolution). Transcript Charlotte Stoddart: Can a sugar pill make you feel better?
The fossil that launched a dinosaur revolution
Listen on: Amazon Music | Apple Podcasts | Deezer | Google Podcasts | LibSyn | Player.FM | SoundCloud | Spotify | Stitcher This is Episode 2 of Season 3 of the Knowable Magazine podcast. Listen to Episode 1: Scientists warned about climate change in 1965. Nothing was done. Transcript Charlotte Stoddart: When you think of a dinosaur, what do you imagine? Is it a hulking great Tyrannosaurus rex? Or a gentle but giant Diplodocus with a long neck? Or do you think of something birdlike?
The fossil Archaeopteryx forever changed our understanding of the origin of birds
Knowable Magazine · The fossil that launched a dinosaur revolution Listen on: Amazon Music | Apple Podcasts | Deezer | Google Podcasts | LibSyn | Player.FM | SoundCloud | Spotify | Stitcher This is Episode 2 of Season 3 of the Knowable Magazine podcast. Listen to Episode 1: Scientists warned about climate change in 1965. Nothing was done. Transcript Charlotte Stoddart: When you think of a dinosaur, what do you imagine? Is it a hulking great Tyrannosaurus rex?
The fossil Archaeopteryx forever changed our understanding of the origin of birds
Knowable Magazine · The fossil that launched a dinosaur revolution Listen on: Amazon Music | Apple Podcasts | Deezer | Google Podcasts | LibSyn | Player.FM | SoundCloud | Spotify | Stitcher This is Episode 2 of Season 3 of the Knowable Magazine podcast. Listen to Episode 1: Scientists warned about climate change in 1965. Nothing was done. Transcript Charlotte Stoddart: When you think of a dinosaur, what do you imagine? Is it a hulking great Tyrannosaurus rex?
Podcast: How particle accelerators came to be
Like Brookhaven, CERN was founded shortly after the Second World War. Its mission was to unite European scientists and to share the increasing costs of nuclear physics facilities. Particle accelerators are big projects; they can’t be done by small teams of scientists working alone; they need big teams, lots of money and government support. Ernest Lawrence realized this when he was building cyclotrons.
Unlocking hibernation’s mysteries, and digital money is here
Newsletter NEWSLETTER: Plus, unrelenting grief and the evolution of particle accelerators 04.03.2022 Support sound science and smart stories Help us make scientific knowledge accessible to all Donate today How particle accelerators came to be By Charlotte Stoddart PODCAST: They started out so small, one could fit on the palm of your hand, but to make groundbreaking discoveries, physicists had to think really big — as in, vast machines with the power and capacity to reveal the tiniest building...
How particle accelerators came to be
Knowable Magazine · How particle accelerators came to be Listen on: Amazon Music | Apple Podcasts | Deezer | Google Podcasts | LibSyn | Player.FM | Soundcloud | Spotify | Stitcher TRANSCRIPT: Some of the most fundamental questions about our universe are also the most difficult to answer. Questions like what gives matter its mass, what is the invisible 96 percent of the universe made of, and what’s the difference between matter and antimatter?
Plants that eat animals, and scorched Joshua trees
Newsletter NEWSLETTER: Plus, spying on proteins and placebo quackery 03.06.2022 Support sound science and smart stories Help us make scientific knowledge accessible to all Donate today How plants turned predator By Stephanie Pain Carnivorous plants fascinate as much now as when their gruesome diet was first discovered. Molecular biology is helping botanists trace the origins of their predatory ways.
Structural biology: How proteins got their close-up
Knowable Magazine · Structural biology: How proteins got their close-up Listen on: Amazon Music | Apple Podcasts | Deezer | Google Podcasts | LibSyn | Player.FM | Soundcloud | Spotify | Stitcher TRANSCRIPT: Every living thing, from bacteria to our own bodies, is made up of cells. And those cells are built from four kinds of large biological molecules: carbohydrates, fats, nucleic acids (that’s DNA and RNA) and proteins.
The science of dreams
PODCAST: We have thoughts, visions and feelings while we sleep, experiencing a virtual reality of sorts. But how and why does dreaming happen? Researchers bring us closer to understanding the work our brains do while our bodies rest. (Season 2/Episode 1) Knowable Magazine · The science of dreams Listen on: Amazon Music | Apple Podcasts | Deezer | Google Podcasts | LibSyn | Player.FM | Soundcloud | Spotify | Stitcher TRANSCRIPT: What did you dream about last night while you were sleeping?
Coming soon: The Knowable Magazine Podcast, season 2
The science history series audio returns on February 1. Subscribe today. · Listen to the trailer for season 2 above. What are the limits to what’s knowable — and how has our thinking about big questions in science and technology has evolved over time? Knowable Magazine’s science history podcast returns on February 1, with brand new episodes exploring the science of dreams, the search for extrasolar planets, the quest to treat depression and more.
The science of dreams
Knowable Magazine · The science of dreams Listen on: Amazon Music | Apple Podcasts | Deezer | Google Podcasts | LibSyn | Player.FM | Soundcloud | Spotify | Stitcher CREDIT: JESSIE LIN Catch up on Season 1 and see what Season 2 has in store The Knowable Magazine Podcast from Annual Reviews explores the limits to what’s knowable — and how thinking about big questions in science and technology evolves over time. Listen now! TRANSCRIPT: What did you dream about last night while you were sleeping?
Hawaii’s surprise volcanic eruption: Lessons from Kilauea 2018
Nature Video 19 May 2021 Volcanologists have been studying the unexpected eruption to try and better predict future hazards. In 2018, Hawaii's most active volcano took scientists by surprise. Lava started spewing out, not from the summit, but 50km away on the lower slopes of the volcano. This unexpected eruption destroyed farmland, roads and over 700 homes. Since then, volcanologists have been piecing together the events that triggered it.
Podcast | Knowable Magazine | Annual Reviews
Physical World How particle accelerators came to be PODCAST: They started out so small, one could fit on the palm of your hand, but to make groundbreaking discoveries, physicists had to think really big — as in, vast machines with the power and capacity to reveal the tiniest building blocks of our universe (Season 2/Episode 5) By Charlotte Stoddart
Day in the life of a Nature multimedia editor - video
Charlotte Stoddart, chief multimedia editor 8 a.m. My commute is a chance to listen to podcasts. Once a week, on a Wednesday morning, I listen to an almost-final version of our own show, the Nature Podcast. My job is to pick up any minor mistakes that might have been made when the various segments and music were mixed together on Tuesday afternoon. I also give the team general feedback on the tone, structure and content of the show.
WATCH Is there a reproducibility crisis in science?
Nature Video 25 May 2016 Reproducibility is a hot topic in science at the moment, but is there a crisis? Nature asked 1,576 scientists this question as part of an online survey. Most agree that there is a crisis and over 70% said they'd tried and failed to reproduce another group's experiments.
These bones belong to a new species of human
Nature Video 10 April 2019 The remains, found on an island in the Philippines, suggest that Homo luzonensis was under 1.2 metres tall. Scientists have found a few bones and seven teeth belonging to a previously unknown species of human. They've named the new species Homo luzonensis, after the island of Luzon in the Philippines where it was found. The bones are tiny, suggesting that Homo luzonensis was under 1.2 metres tall.
Nature Video: Untangling the brain
Two teams of neuroscientists have reconstructed the wiring of tiny pieces of the brain and related it to the function of individual cells. To understand how the brain works, you need to know what connects to what. But the brain has so many cells, making so many connections, that this is a big challenge. Using a souped-up electron microscope with a sophisticated slicing system, along with lots of computing power, the scientists mapped tiny specks of the mouse visual system.
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