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Scientists Study What Makes A Man A Good Dancer
September 10, 2024 2:42 pm | by Science Friday Podcast Podcasts CommentsEvolutionary psychologist Nick Neave filmed men dancing, converted the videos into dancing avatars and asked women to rate the avatars' dancing ability. The researchers found that the highly rated male dancers had some moves in common. Some advice: Shake that right knee.
Does The 'Energy Star' Label Need An Update?
September 10, 2024 2:42 pm | by Science Friday Podcast Podcasts CommentsA review in Consumer Reports says it's good news so many products have become energy efficient but calls for strengthening Energy Star standards to guide consumers to truly efficient products. Ira Flatow and guests discuss that report and overlooked ways people can save energy at home.
The Intelligence Of Crowds In 'The Perfect Swarm'
September 10, 2024 2:42 pm | by Science Friday Podcast Podcasts CommentsIn his book The Perfect Swarm, Len Fisher talks about swarm intelligence -- where the collective ideas of a group add up to better solutions than any individual could have dreamed up, including an example of how UPS reorganized its driving routes using the logic of an ant colony.
Dr. Barbara Karn - Nanotechnologies and Environmental Concern - 2.08.08
September 8, 2024 7:49 am | by Purdue Bioethics Seminar Series Podcasts CommentsFebruary 8th, 2008 - Nanotechnologies and Environmental Concern Speaker: Dr. Barbara Karn U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - National Center for Environmental Research, Head of the Research Grant Program for Nanotechnologies in Office of Research and Development, Member of Project on...
Dr. Nigel M. de S. Cameron - Nanotechnologies and Medical Ethics - 3.03.08
September 8, 2024 7:49 am | by Purdue University Bioethics Seminar Series Podcasts CommentsMarch 3rd, 2008 - Nanotechnologies and Medical Ethics Speaker: Dr. Nigel M. de S. Cameron President of the Institute on Biotechnology and the Human Future, Director of the Center on Nanotechnology and Society, Research Professor of Bioethics and Associate Dean at Chicago-Kent College...
Dr. David Resnik - Conflicts of Interest in Biomedicine - 4.02.08
September 8, 2024 7:49 am | by Purdue University Bioethics Seminar Series Podcasts CommentsApril 2nd, 2008 - Conflicts of Interest in Biomedicine Speaker: Dr. David Resnik Bioethicist, National Institute of Environmental Health Services and National Institutes of Health
Dr. Eric Meslin - Ethical Issues in Constructing and Using Biobanks - 4.16.08
September 8, 2024 7:49 am | by Purdue University Bioethics Seminar Series Podcasts CommentsApril 16th, 2008 - Ethical Issues in Constructing and Using Biobanks Speaker:Dr. Eric Meslin Director of the Indiana University Center for Bioethics, Professor of Medicine, and of Medical and Molecular Genetics in the Indiana University School of Medicine, Professor of Philosophy in the...
Dr. Bernard Rollin - The Use of Animals for Research - 11.4.08
September 8, 2024 7:49 am | by Purdue University Bioethics Seminar Series Podcasts CommentsNovember 4th, 2008 - Topic: The Use of Animals for Research Speaker: Dr. Bernie Rollin, University Distinguished Professor, Professor of Philosophy, Biomedical Sciences, and Animal Sciences, University Bioethicist at Colorado State University
Dr. Leigh Raymond - The Ethics and Politics of Climate Change - 11.05.07
September 8, 2024 7:49 am | by Purdue Bioethics Seminar Series Podcasts CommentsNovember 5th, 2007 - Ethics and Politics of Climate Change Speaker: Dr. Leigh Raymond Associate Professor of Political Science, Associate Director for the Purdue Climate Change Research Center
Dr. Samuel A. Richmond - Who Owns Truth? Biomedical Research in a Health Policy Context - 2.19.2009
September 8, 2024 7:49 am | by Purdue University Bioethics Seminar Series Podcasts CommentsDr. Samuel A. Richmond Professor of Philosophy and Co-director Bioethics Center, Cleveland State University Who Owns Truth? Biomedical Research in a Health Policy Context February 19, 2024
Futures in Biotech 56: New Antiviral Strategies With Karla Kirkegaard
September 8, 2024 7:49 am | by Futures in Biotech Podcast Podcasts CommentsHosts: Marc Pelletier and Vincent Racaniello A look into RNA viruses and more. Guest: Dr. Karla Kirkegaard, professor and chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Stanford University School of Medicine Show notes Comments and suggestions on Futures in Biotech. For a...
Futures in Biotech 57: Mechanisms Of Non-Mendelian Inheritance In Evolution
September 8, 2024 7:48 am | by Futures in Biotech Podcast Podcasts CommentsHosts: Marc Pelletier and George W. Farr, Ph.D., vice president of biochemistry and biophysics at Aeromics and adjunct professor of physiology and biophysics at Case Western Reserve University How prion proteins can act in non-mendelian inheritance, or evolution without DNA. Guests:...
Futures in Biotech 58: Vertical Farms and much more with Dick Despommier
September 8, 2024 7:48 am | by Futures in Biotech Podcast Podcasts CommentsHosts: Marc Pelletier and Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D., Professor of Microbiology & Host of This Week in Virology, Host of This Week in Parasitism, Columbia University, New York, NY. Feeding the world with indoor vertical farming. Guest: Dickson D. Despommier, Ph.D., Professor of...
Futures in Biotech 59: No Room For Failure
September 8, 2024 7:48 am | by Futures in Biotech Podcast Podcasts CommentsHost: Marc Pelletier A first hand account of the Apollo Missions from the floor of Mission Control. Guest: Michael Vucelic, former Apollo system manager for NASA and Rockwell Show notes Comments and suggestions on Futures in Biotech. For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/biotech. Also...
Futures in Biotech 60: Do You Come To This Cave Often?
September 8, 2024 7:48 am | by Futures in Biotech Podcast Podcasts CommentsHost: Marc Pelletier Primate face recognition, new cure for HVC, genetic base change, neanderthals and humans, and more. Guests: Dave Brodbeck, Ph.D., Andre Nantel, Ph.D., Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D., and George Farr, Ph.D. Show notes Comments and suggestions on Futures in Biotech. For a...
