The Green Energy Bottleneck
Green energy technologies like solar and wind have been improving for decades. So why aren't we closer to replacing our fossil fuels with cl...
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20 of 60 episodesUnionize your University
Now more than ever, academic unions are critical for supporting workers, creating a strong and sustainable institution, and defending resear...
Modeling the Brain with Math
What does your brain have in common with water, earthquakes, and maybe even society itself? Join expert Leandro Fosque and guests Alejandro...
The UMAP Algorithm: Look Pretty and Do As Little As Possible
In this episode, In Plain English joins the discourse on the All of Us Genomics project and their use of UMAP, an algorithm that reduces com...
Lifesaving Treatment for Premature Infants: An Interview with Dr. Sharon Abada
In this special episode, my friend Dr. Sharon Abada shares the story of her grandfather, Dr. Marshall Klaus, and how he helped discover a li...
Do Police Target Black Drivers for Traffic Stops?
Do police disproportionately target Black drivers for traffic stops? This is an important question to ask, but actually answering it poses a...
“Running Towards the Fire”: A Conversation with Jessica Merlin
Earlier this summer, I participated in a science communication program in combination with the Pain Research Forum and the North American...
Science, Meet SciFi
Science can be found everywhere, even in your favorite board games, books, and video games! In this fun-filled episode of In Plain English ,...
Interviews in Pain Research, Part 6
In April 2024, I attended the conference for the United States Association for the Study of Pain (USASP) in Seattle, Washington. This episod...
Rigor "In Plain English" - LIVE at UPenn
Scientific rigor is an incredibly important topic...but what does rigor actually mean? And how can we create communities where rigor is the...
Interviews in Pain Research, Part 5
In April 2024, I attended the conference for the United States Association for the Study of Pain (USASP) in Seattle, Washington. This episod...
Interviews in Pain Research, Part 4
In April 2024, I attended the conference for the United States Association for the Study of Pain (USASP) in Seattle, Washington. This episod...
Personalized Therapy for Autoimmune Diseases
In autoimmune disease, your own immune system turns against you. But advances in immunology research reveal a promising new kind of treatmen...
Interviews in Pain Research, Part 3
In April 2024, I attended the conference for the United States Association for the Study of Pain (USASP) in Seattle, Washington. This episod...
Interviews in Pain Research, Part 2
In April 2024, I attended the conference for the United States Association for the Study of Pain (USASP) in Seattle, Washington. This episod...
Interviews in Pain Research, Part 1
In April 2024, I attended the conference for the United States Association for the Study of Pain (USASP) in Seattle, Washington. This episod...
Math: Down the Rabbit Hole
Math is everywhere, even in places you didn't expect to find it. Join expert Will Lima and guests Parker Craft and Nick Wolslegel as we go d...
Opioids & Breathing: A Complex Relationship
Opioid drugs, like morphine or fentanyl, can cause death by stopping the brain from telling the body to breathe. But is the effect of opioid...
SfN Shorts Part 9: Pain, ALS, and Glaucoma
In this set of interviews from the Society for Neuroscience 2023 conference, we cover a technology to help researchers study the behavioral...
SfN Shorts Part 8: Memory, COVID, and Chronic Pain
In this set of interviews from the Society for Neuroscience 2023 conference, we cover how your state of mind affects learning and memory, ho...