041: Top 10 Episodes - Season 1 of Verge of Discovery Podcast
Let's recap season one with the top 10 episodes of the very first season of Verge of Discovery Podcast.
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Verge of Discovery
Verge of Discovery is a podcast created for everyone who loves to learn and wants to know more about the most recent developments in the field of science and technology. We interview today's...
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20 of 47 episodes040: Video Games and the Nature of Aging and Play with Dr. Bob De Schutter
Bob De Schutter is a Belgian video game designer and researcher. He is best known for his work on the design of video games for players in m...
039: Biomechanics of Riding and Balancing a Bicycle with Dr. Stephen Cain
Dr. Stephen Cain is a research investigator in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. His research interest...
038: Glycoimmunology and the Groundbreaking Research of Glycan Signatures with Dr. Maverakis
Dr. Maverakis is an award-winning physician-scientist at the University of California, Davis. He introduces his field of glycoimmunology and...
037: The Dangers of the Zika Virus and its Transmission with Dr. Sarkar
Dr. Sarkar is Professor of Integrative Biology and of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin where he has taught since 1998. His la...
036: The Future of Renewable Energy with Dr. Christopher Clack
Dr. Christopher Clack is a mathematician and research scientist for the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at Colo...
035: Visual Attention, Neural Networks and Computational Neuroscience with Dr. Rougier
Dr. Nicolas Rougier is a full-time research scientist at the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control. During...
034: Part 2 - The Quantum Violation of the Pigenhole Principle and its Implications with Dr. Tollaksen
Dr. Jeff Tollaksen joins us to discuss his groups’ latest discovery of the quantum violation of the pigeonhole principle. Dr. Tollaksen expa...
033: Part 1 - Why God Plays Dice and the Quantum Pigenhole Effect with Dr. Tollaksen
Dr. Tollaksen details the discovery of the quantum pigenhole principle and describes the physics leading up to this discovery. Part one of a...
032: LiFi is the future of WiFi with Dr. Haas
Professor Haas received the PhD degree from the University of Edinburgh in 2001. He currently holds the Chair of Mobile Communications at th...
031: Rockets and the Challenges of Space Travel with Dr. Vanstone
Dr. Leon Vanstone is an aerodynamic engineer and a real life rocket scientist. Travelling really fast through the atmosphere generates a lot...
030: Big Data, Cloud Computing and Machine Learning with Dr. Ryoo
Dr. Jungwoo Ryoo is the interim head of the division of business, engineering, and information sciences and technology (BEIST) and an associ...
029: Brain 'Zaps' to Improve Language, Cognition & Motor Abilities with Dr. Mehta
Dr. Jyutika Mehta is an associate professor at Texas Woman’s University and directs Neurophysiology lab in the department of Communication S...
028: Cognitive Neuroscience, Brain Scans and ADHD with Monica Rosenberg
Monica Rosenberg is a graduate student in the Department of Psychology at Yale University. Monica discusses how applying cognitive neuroscie...
027: The Undersea Internet Network with Dr. Starosielski
Dr. Nicole Starosielski is the author of "The Undersea Network," a book on the undersea cable systems that carry almost all transoceanic int...
026: Macular Degeneration, Pigmentation and Alzheimer's with Dr. McKay
Dr. Brian McKay is an associate professor at the Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science at the University of Arizona. Dr. McKay join...
025: Predictive Policing, Space Travel and The Internet of Things with Dr. Perkowitz
Dr. Sidney Perkowitz is Emeritus professor of physics at Emory University. He is a scientist and a writer. Dr. Perkowitz discusses some of h...
024: Mathematics in Social Media and Scientific Networks with Dr. Struppa
Dr. Daniele Struppa introduces his work as a mathematician working primarily in the area of Fourier Analysis and it’s applications. He has r...
Bonus: What will be the greatest scientific discovery in the next ten years?
What will be the greatest scientific discovery in the next ten years? Is extending the human life the next big discovery?
023: Top 10 American Fears with Dr. Christopher Bader
Dr. Christopher Bader is one of the principal investigators of the Chapman University Survey of American Fears. Dr. Bader starts our intervi...