How Brains Work: Neurology, Fruit Flies and Human Understanding
When we examine the brains of Fruit Flies (Drosophila’s), we unravel fundamental principles of how the brain works. In this episode, Dr Caro...
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The research community like you have never heard it before. Join us, The Scientistt Podcast, along with a host of special guests, as we explore the realities of research life in the most hon...
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Aged Care and Intimacy: Consent, Autonomy, and Sexuality
How should we approach consent in the context of Aged Care? This is the question at the heart of an influential paper by Dr Vanessa Schouten...
How The Mars Rover Works
The Mars Rover is the “most complex machine ever sent to another planet. It is a one-ton robot with two brains, seventeen cameras, six wheel...
Vaccine Skepticism and Tae Kwon Do
The stakes have never been higher. The world is more divided than ever before, and a significant part of the issue is that we can't agree on...
The Monkey Wars
Is it ethical to experiment on primates? Pulitzer-prize winner Deborah Blum comes onto the pod to talk about her groundbreaking book - The M...
A Breakthrough in Treating Depression
More than 20% of American's will suffer from depression at some point in their lives - but traditional treatments are relatively ineffective...
Magic, Luck and Psychology
Dr Richard Wiseman has been described as "one of the most interesting and innovative experimental psychologists in the world today". He's so...
Elie AlChaer: Efficiency, Efficiency, Efficiency
How do we measure success, productivity or efficiency? Elie AlChaer is a civil engineer who studied at the Lebanese American University, Byb...
The Rights and Wrongs of Economics
In January 2020, today's guest was named a member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences by Pope Francis . That's right, Dani Rodrik i...
Jordan Cohen: Quantum Gravity
Who is today's guest? "Born in South Africa, I started my academic career at the University of Cape Town where I triple majored in Statistic...
Simon Baron-Cohen: Autism and Human Invention
Professor Sir Simon Baron-Cohen is a cognitive neuroscientist and the Director of the Autism Research Centre, based at Cambridge University....
Ultra-Marathons and "Nutritional Genocide"
Prof Tim Noakes is a South African scientist and former Emeritus professor in division of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine at the Univer...
Philosophy and Cognitive Science: The Predictive Brain
Dr. Mark Miller is an assistant professor at the University of Hokkaido’s Center for Human Nature, Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience....
Chengyu Liang: Melanomas and the UV-protector Gene
Chengyu Liang is a world-renowned researcher with almost 17,000 citations. Her research explores basic mechanisms underlying fundamental cel...
Seth Shostak: Confessions of an Alien Hunter
Dr Soshstak is the Senior Astronomer at the SETI institute and author of 'Confessions of an Alien Hunter: A Scientist's Search for Extraterr...
Dr Michael Brown: The Pluto Killer
What happened to Pluto and how is today's guest involved? Well...time to find out. Dr Brown is a professor of planetary astronomy at Cal Tec...
Sampson the Service Dog
Today's guest is the quite remarkable Joey Ramp - a neuroscientist, activist and the founder of Empower Ability Consulting. Joey got into ne...
From Lebanon & Mexico, to Sheffield & Copenhagen
This week, our guests are more special than ever.... you can meet our team! In this episode we talk to Jennifer Moussa and Daniela Lazaro, a...
Dr Chris Jackson: Volcano Explorer, Geologist and Royal Institute Lecturer
Today's guest is a geologist and adventurer that made history last Christmas, by becoming the first black host of the Royal Institution's Ch...
Dr Sam Rowe
"Science, sci-comm, books & gymnastics" ... that's how today's guest describes themselves to a Twitter audience of over 8,000 people. Dr Sam...