Potty training cows, and sardines swimming into an ecological trap
Online News Editor David Grimm joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about the health and environmental benefits of potty training cows. Next, Peter Teske, a professor in the department of zoology at the University of Johannesburg, joins us to talk about his Science Advances paper on origins of the sardine run —a massive annual fish migration off the coast of South Africa. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. (Source: Science Magazine Podcast)
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - September 16, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts

Potty training cows, and sardines swimming into an ecological trap
Online News Editor David Grimm joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about the health and environmental benefits of potty training cows. Next, Peter Teske, a professor in the department of zoology at the University of Johannesburg, joins us to talk about his Science Advances paper on origins of the sardine run—a massive annual fish migration off the coast of South Africa. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. [Image: Steven Benjamin; Music: Jeffrey Cook] [Alt text: sardines in a swirling bait ball] Authors: Sarah Crespi; David GrimmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystu...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - September 16, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts

Potty training cows, and sardines swimming into an ecological trap
Online News Editor David Grimm joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about the health and environmental benefits of potty training cows. Next, Peter Teske, a professor in the department of zoology at the University of Johannesburg, joins us to talk about his Science Advances paper on origins of the sardine run—a massive annual fish migration off the coast of South Africa. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. [Image: Steven Benjamin; Music: Jeffrey Cook] [Alt text: sardines in a swirling bait ball] Authors: Sarah Crespi; David GrimmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. (Source: Science Magazine Podcast)
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - September 16, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts

Healthcare In Afghanistan Now
The final evacuation planes have left Kabul airport, and Afghanistan ’s government have ceded power to the Taliban. Amongst the international community, worries about what that transition of power means for the people of Afghanistan have centred around the rights of women, access to education for the whole population, and the continuing prosperity of the country… However what this means for health is still uncertain. Nadia Akseer is an Afghan scientist and epidemiologist, now working at John's Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and who has published extensively the health of her home country Reading list; A...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 9, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Healthcare In Afghanistan Now
The final evacuation planes have left Kabul airport, and Afghanistan’s government have ceded power to the Taliban. Amongst the international community, worries about what that transition of power means for the people of Afghanistan have centred around the rights of women, access to education for the whole population, and the continuing prosperity of the country… However what this means for health is still uncertain. Nadia Akseer is an Afghan scientist and epidemiologist, now working at John's Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and who has published extensively the health of her home country Reading list; Ac...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 9, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

SCCM Pod-441 Connections Between COVID-19, Sepsis, and Fluid Management
Learn about the importance of utilizing dynamic assessments of fluid responsiveness to guide treatment in patients with viral sepsis, including COVID-19, and understand how they can be used to help improve patient outcomes in sepsis patients. (Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care)
Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care - September 1, 2021 Category: Intensive Care Authors: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Tags: Medicine Source Type: podcasts

Junior doctors improving hospital wellbeing
The Midlands Charter, is a set of principles that hospitals in the midlands region of England have signed up to, to improve the health and wellbeing of trainees working in the area. It was created in a huge collaboration of trainees, NHS England, Health Education England and the GMC. Dan Smith is a junior doctor at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, and one of the authors of that charter. He joins us to explain how they're QI thinking to improve doctors wellbeing, and how other areas can follow their lead. Read the full charter: https://www.england.nhs.uk/midlands/inf ormation-for-professionals/nhs-midlands-char...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 27, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Junior doctors improving hospital wellbeing
The Midlands Charter, is a set of principles that hospitals in the midlands region of England have signed up to, to improve the health and wellbeing of trainees working in the area. It was created in a huge collaboration of trainees, NHS England, Health Education England and the GMC. Dan Smith is a junior doctor at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, and one of the authors of that charter. He joins us to explain how they're QI thinking to improve doctors wellbeing, and how other areas can follow their lead. Read the full charter: https://www.england.nhs.uk/midlands/information-for-professionals/nhs-midlands-chart...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 27, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

David Eagleman
, PhD (click to play audio, Right click to download) This month’s episode of Brain Science features bestselling author and neuroscientist David Eagleman. We talk about his latest book Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain. It is a great overview of the current science of brain plasticity appropriate for both new listeners and longtime fans.Eagleman proposes a new way of looking at memory and explains why he thinks synaptic change is not the whole story.We also explore the implications of our growing understanding of what influences brain plasticity, including what we c...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - August 27, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Books Brain Plasticity Brain Research Interviews Memory Neuroscience Podcast Show Notes Source Type: podcasts

David Eagleman explores Brain Plasticity (BS 187)
David Eagleman, PhD (click to play audio, Right click to download) This month’s episode of Brain Science features bestselling author and neuroscientist David Eagleman. We talk about his latest book Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain. It is a great overview of the current science of brain plasticity appropriate for both new listeners and longtime fans.Eagleman proposes a new way of looking at memory and explains why he thinks synaptic change is not the whole story.We also explore the implications of our growing understanding of what influences brain plasticity, inclu...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - August 27, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Books Brain Plasticity Brain Research Interviews Memory Neuroscience Podcast Show Notes For Newbies Source Type: podcasts

New insights into endometriosis, predicting RNA folding, and the surprising career of the spirometer
News Intern  Rachel Fritts talks with host Sarah Crespi about a new way to think about endometriosis—a painful condition found in one in 10 women in which tissue that normally lines the uterus grows on the outside of the uterus and can bind to other organs. Next, Raphael Townshend, founder and CEO of Atomi c AI, talks about predicting RNA folding using deep learning—a machine learning approach that relies on very few examples and limited data. Finally, in this month's edition of our limited series on race and science, guest host and journalist Angela Saini is joined by author Lundy Braun, profe ssor of patholog...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - August 26, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts