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Grad schools dropping the GRE requirement and AIs play capture the flag
Up until this year, most U.S. graduate programs in the sciences required the General Record Examination from applicants. But concerns about what the test scores actually say about potential students and the worry that the cost is a barrier to many have led to a rapid and dramatic reduction in the number of programs requiring the test. Science Staff Writer Katie Langin joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about this trend and how it differs across disciplines. Also this week, Sarah talks with DeepMind’s Max Jaderberg in London about training artificial agents to play a video game version of capture the flag. The agents play...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - May 30, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts

Introducing Sharp Scratch - our new podcast for students and junior doctors
Here's a taster for our new student podcast - Sharp Scratch. We're talking about the hidden curriculum, things you need to know to function as a doctor, but are rarely formally taught. This is a taster - if you enjoy, subscribe! https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/student-bmj-podcast/id331561304 Sharp Scratch episode 1: Surviving the night shift. Why nights shifts mess with your brain, how astronauts will cope with the time difference on Mars, and the power of frozen grapes when you need a boost. Join medical students Laura, Ryhan, Declan, and newly qualified doctor Chidera as we figure out how to survive the night...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - April 26, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Understanding the Brain with John Dowling (BS 153)
John E Dowling (click to play, right click to download mp3) Episode 153 of Brain Science is an interview with Harvard neuroscientist John Dowling. We talk about his latest book Understanding the Brain: From Cells to Behavior to Cognition with a special focus on vision. I first featured Dr. Dowling’s work back in BSP 4 and I am making this episode available as free extra content for users of the free Brain Science mobile app.Understanding the Brain is a book intended for students in other disciplines who want to get an overview of neuroscience. Meanwhile, those who are interested in ...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - January 25, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Brain Research Interviews Neuroscience Podcast Show Notes Source Type: podcasts

A mysterious blue pigment in the teeth of a medieval woman, and the evolution of online master ’s degrees
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) provide free lectures and assignments, and gained global attention for their potential to increase education accessibility. Plagued with high attrition rates and fewer returning students every year, MOOCs have pivoted to a new revenue model—offering accredited master’s degrees for professionals. Host Meagan Cantwell speaks with Justin Reich, an assistant professor in the Comparative Media Studies Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, about the evolution of MOOCs and how these MOOC professional programs may be reaching a different audience than traditio...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - January 10, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts

A mysterious blue pigment in the teeth of a medieval woman, and the evolution of online master ’s degrees
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) provide free lectures and assignments, and gained global attention for their potential to increase education accessibility. Plagued with high attrition rates and fewer returning students every year, MOOCs have pivoted to a new revenue model —offering accredited master’s degrees for professionals. Host Meagan Cantwell speaks with Justin Reich, an assistant professor in the Comparative Media Studies Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, about the evolution of MOOCs and how these MOOC professional progr ams may be reaching a different audience than tradit...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - January 10, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts

Cerebrolysin for acute ischaemic stroke
When someone has an acute ischemic stroke, urgent effective, simple and reliable treatments will reduce their risks of disability or dying from their brain tissue damage. The treatments used vary around the world, and a drug called cerebrolysin is widely used in post-Soviet countries, Eastern Europe, Central and Southeast Asia. In April 2017, the latest update of this review was published by researchers from Kazan Federal University in Russia and Chinara Razzakova, a PhD student from the university interviewed one of the authors, Liliya Eugenevna, for this podcast. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - January 9, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts

"Math Path" -- The Discovery Files
A new study is the first of its kind to show the impact of an online course in changing students' mindsets and beliefs about mathematics and their achievement, with the potential for more widespread dissemination. This free "massive, open, online course" (MOOC) designed to change students' attitudes towards mathematics makes them more engaged in class -- leading to less math anxiety and significantly higher test scores. (Source: The Discovery Files)
Source: The Discovery Files - August 31, 2018 Category: Science Authors: National Science Foundation Source Type: podcasts