Reducing cartel violence in Mexico, and what to read and see this fall
The key to shrinking cartels is cutting recruitment, and a roundup of books, video games, movies, and more
First up on this week’s show: modeling Mexico’s cartels. Rafael Prieto-Curiel, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Complexity Science Hub in Vienna, joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss how modeling cartel activities can help us understand the impact of potential interventions such as increased policing or reducing gang recruitment.
Lisa Sanchez, executive director of México Unido Contra la Delincuencia, talks with Sarah about just how difficult it would be to make the model results—which show that ...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - September 21, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Reducing cartel violence in Mexico, and what to read and see this fall
The key to shrinking cartels is cutting recruitment, and a roundup of books, video games, movies, and more
First up on this week’s show: modeling Mexico’s cartels. Rafael Prieto-Curiel, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Complexity Science Hub in Vienna, joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss how modeling cartel activities can help us understand the impact of potential interventions such as increased policing or reducing gang recruitment.
Lisa Sanchez, executive director of México Unido Contra la Delincuencia, talks with Sarah about just how difficult it would be to make the model results—which show that ...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - September 21, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
We could still limit global warming to just 2˚C — but there's an 'if'
00:46 What COP26 promises will do for climateAt COP26 countries made a host of promises and commitments to tackle global warming. Now, a new analysis suggests these pledges could limit warming to below 2˚C — if countries stick to them.BBC News: Climate change: COP26 promises will hold warming under 2C03:48 Efficiency boost for energy storage solutionStoring excess energy is a key obstacle preventing wider adoption of renewable power. One potential solution has been to store this energy as heat before converting it back into electricity, but to date this process has been inefficient. Last week, a team reported the develo...
Source: Nature Podcast - April 20, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 801: We can hear the coffin
The meteorologicomaniacs discuss the COVID-19 pandemic global death toll, effectiveness of vaccines against the delta variant, and how analysis of ancient viral DNA reveals that two pathogenic human viruses were brought into Mexico during the transatlantic slave trade. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode ASV Vaccine Town Halls COVID-19 excess mortality (eLife) Tracking pandemic death toll (eLife) COVID-19 vaccines and delta variant (NEJM) Slave trade carries vir...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - September 5, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
An oasis of biodiversity a Mexican desert, and making sound from heat
First up this week, News Intern Rodrigo Pérez-Ortega talks with host Meagan Cantwell about an oasis of biodiversity in the striking blue pools of Cuatro Ciénegas, a basin in northern Mexico. Researchers have published dozens of papers exploring the unique microorganisms that thrive in this area, while at the same time fighting large agricultural industries draining the precious water from the pools.
David Tatnell, a postgraduate researcher at the University of Exeter, talks with host Sarah Crespi about using heat to make sound, a phenomenon known as thermoacoustics. Just like the sound of fire or thunder, sudden changes...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - July 2, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
An oasis of biodiversity a Mexican desert, and making sound from heat
First up this week, News Intern Rodrigo P érez-Ortega talks with host Meagan Cantwell about an oasis of biodiversity in the striking blue pools of Cuatro Ciénegas, a basin in northern Mexico. Researchers have published dozens of papers exploring the unique microorganisms that thrive in this area, while at the same time fighting large agri cultural industries draining the precious water from the pools. David Tatnell, a postgraduate researcher at the University of Exeter, talks with host Sarah Crespi about using heat to make sound, a phenomenon known as thermoacoustics. Just like the sound of fire or thunder, sudden change...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - July 2, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
An oasis of biodiversity a Mexican desert, and making sound from heat
First up this week, News Intern Rodrigo Pérez-Ortega talks with host Meagan Cantwell about an oasis of biodiversity in the striking blue pools of Cuatro Ciénegas, a basin in northern Mexico. Researchers have published dozens of papers exploring the unique microorganisms that thrive in this area, while at the same time fighting large agricultural industries draining the precious water from the pools.
David Tatnell, a postgraduate researcher at the University of Exeter, talks with host Sarah Crespi about using heat to make sound, a phenomenon known as thermoacoustics. Just like the sound of fire or thunder, su...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - July 2, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
An oasis of biodiversity a Mexican desert, and making sound from heat
First up this week, News Intern Rodrigo P érez-Ortega talks with host Meagan Cantwell about an oasis of biodiversity in the striking blue pools of Cuatro Ciénegas, a basin in northern Mexico. Researchers have published dozens of papers exploring the unique microorganisms that thrive in this area, while at the same time fighting large agri cultural industries draining the precious water from the pools.
David Tatnell, a postgraduate researcher at the University of Exeter, talks with host Sarah Crespi about using heat to make sound, a phenomenon known as thermoacoustics. Just like the sound of fire or thunder, sudden chang...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - July 2, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
Fluoxetine for overweight or obese adults
Obesity is a problem worldwide and several Cochrane Reviews examine interventions that might help to prevent or reduce it. These were added to in October 2019 with a new review examining the evidence on the drug fluoxetine. Here ’s the lead author, Alejandro Gonzalez Garay from the National Institute of Paediatrics in Mexico City to let us know what they found. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - April 28, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Searching for a lost Maya city, and measuring the information density of language
This week ’s show starts with Contributing Correspondent Lizzie Wade, who spent 12 days with archaeologists searching for a lost Maya city in the Chiapas wilderness in Mexico. She talks with host Sarah Crespi about how you lose a city—and how you might go about finding one.
And Sarah talks with Christoph e Coupé, an associate professor in the department of linguistics at the University of Hong Kong in China, about the information density of different languages. His work, published this week in Science Advances, suggests very different languages—from Chinese to Japanese to English and French—are all equally effici...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - September 5, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
Searching for a lost Maya city, and measuring the information density of language
This week ’s show starts with Contributing Correspondent Lizzie Wade, who spent 12 days with archaeologists searching for a lost Maya city in the Chiapas wilderness in Mexico. She talks with host Sarah Crespi about how you lose a city—and how you might go about finding one. And Sarah talks with Christophe Coupé, an associate professor in the department of linguistics at the University of Hong Kong in China, about the information density of different languages. His work, published this week in Science Advances, suggests very different languages—from Chinese to Japanese to English and French—are all equally efficien...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - September 5, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
Searching for a lost Maya city, and measuring the information density of language
This week ’s show starts with Contributing Correspondent Lizzie Wade, who spent 12 days with archaeologists searching for a lost Maya city in the Chiapas wilderness in Mexico. She talks with host Sarah Crespi about how you lose a city—and how you might go about finding one.
And Sarah talks with Christoph e Coupé, an associate professor in the department of linguistics at the University of Hong Kong in China, about the information density of different languages. His work, published this week in Science Advances, suggests very different languages—from Chinese to Japanese to English and French—are all equally effici...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - September 5, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
Searching for a lost Maya city, and measuring the information density of language
This week ’s show starts with Contributing Correspondent Lizzie Wade, who spent 12 days with archaeologists searching for a lost Maya city in the Chiapas wilderness in Mexico. She talks with host Sarah Crespi about how you lose a city—and how you might go about finding one. And Sarah talks with Christophe Coupé, an associate professor in the department of linguistics at the University of Hong Kong in China, about the information density of different languages. His work, published this week in Science Advances, suggests very different languages—from Chinese to Japanese to English and French—are all equally efficien...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - September 5, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
