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The challenges of testing medicines during pregnancy, and when not paying attention makes sense
On this week’s show: Getting pregnant people into clinical trials, and tracking when mice aren’t paying attention First up, Staff Writer Jennifer Couzin-Frankel joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss how scientists can overcome the lack of research on drug safety in pregnancy. Next, Nikola Grujic, a Ph.D. student at the Institute for Neuroscience at ETH Zürich, talks about rational inattention in mice and how it helps explain why our brains notice certain things—and miss others. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. [Image: Stefan Rotter/iStock; Music: Jeffrey Cook] [alt: rodent peering out of a...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - March 17, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts

The vest that can hear your heartbeat
00:45 A flexible, wearable, fabric microphoneInspired by the ear, a team of researchers have developed an acoustic fibre that can be woven into fabrics to create a sensitive microphone. This fabric microphone is capable of detecting human speech and heartbeats, and the team think it could be used to develop new, wearable sensors for long-term health monitoring.Research article: Yan et al.News and Views: A smart sensor that can be woven into everyday life08:38 Research HighlightsHow a shark’s posture lets you know if it’s asleep, and the desert dust that helps cirrus clouds form.Research Highlight: The secrets of shark ...
Source: Nature Podcast - March 16, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts

Rural healthcare in a pandemic
In this episode of the podcast we ’re going to be talking about rural healthcare - and specifically the difficulties that distance, demographics, and funding have introduced into the world’s covid-19 response. Rural regions made vulnerable by limited healthcare infrastructure, lower rates of vaccination, and opposition to gover nment policies are the new frontlines in the pandemic, but support systems have not adjusted to the growing rural needs for health education, testing, vaccination, and treatment.Michael Forster Rothbart, Kata Kar áth, and Lungelo Ndhlovu report from the US, Ecuador, and Zimbabwe (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 7, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Rural healthcare in a pandemic
In this episode of the podcast we’re going to be talking about rural healthcare - and specifically the difficulties that distance, demographics, and funding have introduced into the world’s covid-19 response. Rural regions made vulnerable by limited healthcare infrastructure, lower rates of vaccination, and opposition to government policies are the new frontlines in the pandemic, but support systems have not adjusted to the growing rural needs for health education, testing, vaccination, and treatment. Michael Forster Rothbart, Kata Karáth, and Lungelo Ndhlovu report from the US, Ecuador, and Zimbabwe (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 7, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

A global treaty on plastic pollution, and a dearth of Black physicists
On this week’s show: The ins and outs of the first global treaty on plastic pollution, and why the United States has so few Black physicists First up, Staff Writer Erik Stokstad joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss the world’s first global treaty on plastics pollution–and the many questions that need answers to make it work. Read a related Policy Forum here. Up next, we hear from some of more than 50 Black physicists interviewed for a special news package in Science about the barriers Black physicists face, and potential models for change drawing on a 2020 report that documents how the percentage of under...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - March 3, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts

A global treaty on plastic pollution, and a dearth of Black physicists
On this week’s show: The ins and outs of the first global treaty on plastic pollution, and why the United States has so few Black physicists First up, Staff Writer Erik Stokstad joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss the world’s first global treaty on plastics pollution–and the many questions that need answers to make it work. Read a related Policy Forum here. Up next, we hear from some of more than 50 Black physicists interviewed for a special news package in Science about the barriers Black physicists face, and potential models for change drawing on a 2020 report that documents how the percentage of undergraduates ph...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - March 3, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts

COVID stimulus spending failed to deliver on climate promises
00:47 G20 nations fail to cut emissions in COVID stimulus packagesThe G20 economies spent $14 trillion dollars on recovery packages to escape the global recession driven by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many governments made pledges to deliver emissions reductions as part of these packages. This week, a team of researchers have analysed the spending to see if these promises were kept.Comment: G20’s US$14-trillion economic stimulus reneges on emissions pledges09:34 Research HighlightsAn artificial nerve cell triggers a Venus flytrap’s snap, and a fossil shows that pterosaurs in the Jurassic period were larger than previously t...
Source: Nature Podcast - March 2, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts

BS 193 What doe it mean to say "the Mind is Embodied?"
Join Dr. Campbell for her induction into the Podcast Hall of Fame on March 25 2022 In this month's episode of Brain Science I explore two big picture questions: What does it mean to claim that the Mind is "embodied?" and How does this change our understanding of our place in the world? The conversation was inspired by the book Out of the Cave: A Natural Philosophy of Mind and Knowing by Mark L Johnson and Donald M Tucker.This episode builds on several previous discussions of "embodied cognition" so it might be challenging to newer listeners. I have included a list of these earlier episod...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - February 25, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Embodiment Linquistics Philosophy of Mind Podcast Show Notes Source Type: podcasts

BS 193 What does it mean to say "the Mind is Embodied?"
Join Dr. Campbell for her induction into the Podcast Hall of Fame on March 25 2022 In this month's episode of Brain Science I explore two big picture questions: What does it mean to claim that the Mind is "embodied?" and How does this change our understanding of our place in the world? The conversation was inspired by the book Out of the Cave: A Natural Philosophy of Mind and Knowing by Mark L Johnson and Donald M Tucker.This episode builds on several previous discussions of "embodied cognition" so it might be challenging to newer listeners. I have included a list of these earlier episod...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - February 25, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Embodiment Linquistics Philosophy of Mind Podcast Show Notes Source Type: podcasts

What does it mean to say "the Mind is Embodied?" BS 193
Join Dr. Campbell for her induction into the Podcast Hall of Fame on March 25 2022 In this month's episode of Brain Science I explore two big picture questions: What does it mean to claim that the Mind is "embodied?" and How does this change our understanding of our place in the world? The conversation was inspired by the book Out of the Cave: A Natural Philosophy of Mind and Knowing by Mark L Johnson and Donald M Tucker.This episode builds on several previous discussions of "embodied cognition" so it might be challenging to newer listeners. I have included a list of these earlier episod...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - February 25, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Embodiment Linquistics Philosophy of Mind Podcast Show Notes Source Type: podcasts

Securing nuclear waste for 100,000 years, and the link between math literacy and life satisfaction
On this week’s show: Finland puts the finishing touches on the world’s first high-level permanent nuclear repository, and why being good at math might make you both happy and sad First up, freelance science journalist Sedeer El-Showk joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss his visit to a permanent nuclear waste repository being built deep underground in Finland, and the technology—and political maneuvering—needed to secure the site for 100,000 years. Also this week, Pär Bjälkebring, a senior lecturer in the department of psychology at the University of Gothenburg, talks with Sarah on the side...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - February 24, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts

Securing nuclear waste for 100,000 years, and the link between math literacy and life satisfaction
On this week’s show: Finland puts the finishing touches on the world’s first high-level permanent nuclear repository, and why being good at math might make you both happy and sad First up, freelance science journalist Sedeer El-Showk joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss his visit to a permanent nuclear waste repository being built deep underground in Finland, and the technology—and political maneuvering—needed to secure the site for 100,000 years. Also this week, Pär Bjälkebring, a senior lecturer in the department of psychology at the University of Gothenburg, talks with Sarah on the sidelines of the 2022 annual...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - February 24, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts

Episode 1: A conversation between Dr. Howard Gurr and Dr. Les Posen about our use of VR in Clinical Practice.
Today’s podcast is a conversation between Dr. Howard Gurr and Dr. Les Posen about our use of Virtual Reality in private practice. Check out the video version of this conversation between Dr. Howard Gurr and Dr. Les Posen at https://youtu.be/tgvLHdAub5M Les is Melbourne, born-and-bred. Educated at Monash and Melbourne Universities, he later spent time in the Austin Hospital’s Department of Psychological Medicine, where he did clinical rotations in Adult Psychiatry and Cardiology. With a lifelong passion for travel and commercial aviation, Les considers himself fortunate to have been supervised while at t...
Source: The Shrink Is In - February 16, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: DrGurr Source Type: podcasts

A conversation between Dr. Howard Gurr and Dr. Les Posen about our use of VR in Clinical Practice.
Today’s podcast is a conversation between Dr. Howard Gurr and Dr. Les Posen about our use of Virtual Reality in private practice. Check out the video version of this conversation between Dr. Howard Gurr and Dr. Les Posen at https://youtu.be/tgvLHdAub5M Les is Melbourne, born-and-bred. Educated at Monash and Melbourne Universities, he later spent time in the Austin Hospital’s Department of Psychological Medicine, where he did clinical rotations in Adult Psychiatry and Cardiology. With a lifelong passion for travel and commercial aviation, Les considers himself fortunate to have been supervised while at t...
Source: The Shrink Is In - February 16, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: DrGurr Source Type: podcasts

Merging supermassive black holes, and communicating science in the age of social media
On this week’s show: What we can learn from two supermassive black holes that appear to be on a collision course with each other, and the brave new online world in which social media dominates and gatekeeps public access to scientific information First up, Staff Writer Daniel Clery talks with host Sarah Crespi about the possibly imminent merger of two supermassive black holes in a nearby galaxy. How imminent? We might see a signal as early as 100 days from now. Also, this week we have a special section on science and social media. In her contribution, Dominique Brossard, professor and chair in the Department ...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - February 10, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts