Mark Solms talks about the origins of Consciousness (BS 184)
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In this month's episode of Brain Science, neuroscientist Mark Solms talks about his new book "The Hidden Spring: A Journey to the Origins of Consciousness." Solms was inspired by the pioneering work of Jaak Panksepp who argued that the origins of consciousness can be traced to the brainstem. In his new book Solms presents the evidence for this viewpoint and explains how the work of computational neuroscientist Karl Friston has provided additional support. We consider the implications for our understanding of both human consciousness...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - May 28, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Books Consciousness Interviews Podcast Show Notes Source Type: podcasts
Oldest African burial site uncovers Stone Age relationship with death
The earliest evidence of deliberate human burial in Africa, and a metal-free rechargeable battery.Listen to our mini-series ‘Stick to the Science’: when science gets political and vote for the show in this year’s Webby Awards.In this episode:00:44 Human burial practices in Stone Age AfricaThe discovery of the burial site of a young child in a Kenyan cave dated to around 78 thousand years ago sheds new light on how Stone Age populations treated their dead.Research Article: Martinón-Torres et al.News and Views: A child’s grave is the earliest known burial site in Africa09:15 Research HighlightsHow warming seas led t...
Source: Nature Podcast - May 5, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Oldest African burial site uncovers Stone Age relationship with death
The earliest evidence of deliberate human burial in Africa, and a metal-free rechargeable battery.Listen to our mini-series ‘Stick to the Science’: when science gets political and vote for the show in this year’s Webby Awards.In this episode:00:44 Human burial practices in Stone Age AfricaThe discovery of the burial site of a young child in a Kenyan cave dated to around 78 thousand years ago sheds new light on how Stone Age populations treated their dead.Research Article: Martinón-Torres et al.News and Views: A child’s grave is the earliest known burial site in Africa09:15 Research HighlightsHow warming seas led t...
Source: Nature Podcast - May 5, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Meet the inflatable, origami-inspired structures
The self-supporting structures that snap into place, and how a ban on fossil-fuel funding could entrench poverty in sub-Saharan Africa.In this episode:00:45 Self-supporting, foldable structuresDrawing inspiration from the art of origami, a team of researchers have demonstrated a way to design self-supporting structures that lock into place after being inflated. The team hope that this technique could be used to create arches and emergency shelters that can be quickly unfolded from flat with minimal input.Research Article: Melancon et al.News and Views: Large-scale origami locks into place under pressureVideo: Origami-in...
Source: Nature Podcast - April 21, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Meet the inflatable, origami-inspired structures
The self-supporting structures that snap into place, and how a ban on fossil-fuel funding could entrench poverty in sub-Saharan Africa.In this episode:00:45 Self-supporting, foldable structuresDrawing inspiration from the art of origami, a team of researchers have demonstrated a way to design self-supporting structures that lock into place after being inflated. The team hope that this technique could be used to create arches and emergency shelters that can be quickly unfolded from flat with minimal input.Research Article: Melancon et al.News and Views: Large-scale origami locks into place under pressureVideo: Origami-in...
Source: Nature Podcast - April 21, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Magnetar mysteries, and when humans got big brains
Host Sarah Crespi talks with Contributing Correspondent Joshua Sokol about magnetars—highly magnetized neutron stars. A recent intense outburst of gamma rays from a nearby galaxy has given astronomers a whole new view on these mysterious magnetic monsters.
Also on this week’s show, Christoph Zollikofer, a professor of anthropology at the University of Zurich, talks about the evolution of humanlike brains. His team’s work with brain-case fossils suggests the complex brains we carry around today were not present in the early hominins to leave Africa, but later developed in the cousins they left behind.
This week’s ...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - April 8, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Magnetar mysteries, and when humans got big brains
Host Sarah Crespi talks with Contributing Correspondent Joshua Sokol about magnetars —highly magnetized neutron stars. A recent intense outburst of gamma rays from a nearby galaxy has given astronomers a whole new view on these mysterious magnetic monsters. Also on this week’s show, Christoph Zollikofer, a professor of anthropology at the University of Zurich, talks about the ev olution of humanlike brains. His team’s work with brain-case fossils suggests the complex brains we carry around today were not present in the early hominins to leave Africa, but later developed in the cousins they left behind. This week’s ...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - April 8, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
Magnetar mysteries, and when humans got big brains
Host Sarah Crespi talks with Contributing Correspondent Joshua Sokol about magnetars—highly magnetized neutron stars. A recent intense outburst of gamma rays from a nearby galaxy has given astronomers a whole new view on these mysterious magnetic monsters.
Also on this week’s show, Christoph Zollikofer, a professor of anthropology at the University of Zurich, talks about the evolution of humanlike brains. His team’s work with brain-case fossils suggests the complex brains we carry around today were not present in the early hominins to leave Africa, but later developed in the cousins they left behind.
Th...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - April 8, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Magnetar mysteries, and when humans got big brains
Host Sarah Crespi talks with Contributing Correspondent Joshua Sokol about magnetars —highly magnetized neutron stars. A recent intense outburst of gamma rays from a nearby galaxy has given astronomers a whole new view on these mysterious magnetic monsters.
Also on this week’s show, Christoph Zollikofer, a professor of anthropology at the University of Zurich, talks about the e volution of humanlike brains. His team’s work with brain-case fossils suggests the complex brains we carry around today were not present in the early hominins to leave Africa, but later developed in the cousins they left behind.
This week’...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - April 2, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 731: The kids aren't alright
On a TWiV tetramer, we review the ongoing outbreaks of Ebolavirus disease in DRC and Guinea, evidence that SARS-CoV-2 infections in children are far more prevalent than are being detected, and recent long COVID estimates from the UK. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Alan Dove, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Ebolavirus disease outbreak continues in Africa (ProMedMail) List of Ebolavirus outbreaks (Wikipedia) Ebolavirus genome sequences from Guinea (virological) Bias in reporting on childhood SARS-CoV-2 infections (Clinic...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - March 14, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Building Africa ’s Great Green Wall, and using whale songs as seismic probess
Science journalist Rachel Cernansky joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about progress on Africa’s Great Green Wall project and the important difference between planting and growing a tree.
Sarah also talks with Václav Kuna, a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Geophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, about using loud and long songs from fin whales to image structures under the ocean floor.
This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy.
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Source: Science Magazine Podcast - February 11, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Building Africa ’s Great Green Wall, and using whale songs as seismic probess
Science journalist Rachel Cernansky joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about progress on Africa’s Great Green Wall project and the important difference between planting and growing a tree.
Sarah also talks with Václav Kuna, a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Geophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, about using loud and long songs from fin whales to image structures under the ocean floor.
This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy.
Listen to previous podcasts.
About the Science Podcast
Download a transcript (PDF).
[Image: Holly Gramazio/Flickr; Music: Jeffrey Cook]
Authors: ...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - February 11, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Building Africa ’s Great Green Wall, and using whale songs as seismic probes
Science journalist Rachel Cernansky joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about progress on Africa ’s Great Green Wall project and the important difference between planting and growing a tree. Sarah also talks with Václav Kuna, a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Geophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, about using loud and long songs from fin whales to image structures under the ocean floor. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast Download a transcript (PDF). (Source: Science Magazine Podcast)
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - February 11, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
Human Genome Project - Nature ’s editor-in-chief reflects 20 years on
Looking back at the publication of the human genome, and how macrophages mend muscle.In this episode:00:45 The human genome sequence, 20 years onThis week marks the 20th anniversary of a scientific milestone – the publication of the first draft of the human genome. Magdalena Skipper, Nature’s Editor-in-Chief gives us her recollections of genomics at the turn of the millennium, and the legacy of the achievement.Editorial: The next 20 years of human genomics must be more equitable and more openComment: A wealth of discovery built on the Human Genome Project — by the numbersComment: Sequence three million genomes across...
Source: Nature Podcast - February 10, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
