Let there be light! ‘Scopers, we’ve got another fun show for y’all. Today’s guest is Dr. Lindsay Miller, Director of Materials Integration at Alphabet Energy. Hop on the renewable energy bandwagon as discuss the latest in thermoelectrics, working at an engineering startup, and Lindsay’s future career writing children’s books. (Move over Mousetronaut, you’ve got competition!)
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Herpes: The virus we may not want to hate so much
For decades we have known that microbes cause many diseases known to plague us as humans (did you see what I did there?). It’s easy to identify the microbes that cause disease but it’s harder to identify the microbes that do not harm us or more interestingly the ones that actually benefit our survival. Now some resourceful folks […]
Breaking News! We’re going to be famous (kind of)
We just wanted to let you know that we’ll be sharing our podcasting wisdom at a real, honest-to-goodness academic conference. We wrote a paper and everything. (Okay, Mumu wrote the paper.) Mumu and I are gathering our favorite audio moments and sharing our project at the 1st IEEE WIE Summit USA East next weekend. The conference […]
Episode 14: The (High School) Science Fair
Lads and lasses, welcome back for another exciting episode. Today, for your listening pleasure, we delve into the world of high school science with Diana Gibson, a teacher at a Washington, D.C. charter school. Join our discussion about the differences between teaching teenagers and adults, Bigfoot, and 3D printing. Oh, and lots, lots more. Happy […]
[Fixed] Episode 12: A Quantum (Physics) Leap
Hey folks, We had some slight audio difficulties with a previous episode. It’s all been fixed, for your listening pleasure! Check it out. Particle physicist Tara Shears, a professor from the University of Liverpool, chats with us about the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, anti-matter, and the mysteries of dark energy. Listen in as we […]
Episode 13: You Live, You Learn (Engineering)
Good morning, listeners! What’s got us all abuzz today? A new episode with guest Terrell Hatzilias, of course. Terrell is an instructor at Georgia Tech’s Grand Challenges program, a living-learning community where cross-disciplinary student teams investigate societally relevant technological and sociological problems. Join us for a far-ranging discussion about the program, ALS, and neuroethics. It’s nerdtastic!
Episode 12: A Quantum (Physics) Leap
[Editor’s Note: We noticed some technical issues with the audio – bear with us as we fix some things and Tara’s interview will be back shortly!] On today’s episode, particle physicist Tara Shears, a professor from the University of Liverpool, chats with us about the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, anti-matter, and the mysteries of […]
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Episode 11: Fly Me to the Moon (and Beyond)
Good morning, Scopers! Hope you’re ready for today’s brand new episode. We’re back for another round of space discussions, this time with Adrianne Stroup, a power systems engineer at SpaceX. We talk about the creative genius that is Elon Musk, and the importance of hot sauce and waffles to the future of space flight. Go forth […]
The Smart Girls science video missed the mark. Here’s why.
It’s been one week since Smart Girls at the Party released their science video series starring comedian Megan Amram, and I’ve been trying to figure out why I felt so appalled by it. You can watch the episode below: David Kroll from Forbes quoted my initial reaction to the piece: For a site that’s empowering girls […]
Episode 10: For Love of the (Data) Game
Hello, world. My fellow ‘Scopers, get excited! It’s new episode Tuesday and we’ve got Morgana Carter, a senior information analyst at the American Speech Language Hearing Association. Morgana’s worked quite a bit in politics and data, so listen as we geek out over campaign modeling, health care, and code development. aaaand…. go!