Podcasts by How to Science
A show about science, research, and the humans involved in making it happen.
Further podcasts by University of Michigan College of LSA
Podcast on the topic Wissenschaft
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Episode 12: Science as superpower from 2019-01-09T08:43:40
Dr. Mona uses science as a superpower to create positive change through her work with the Flint water crisis.
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Episode 11: Kid scientists from 2018-12-14T22:04:23
Developmental psychologist Henry Wellman gets into kids' brains to figure out how people grow to understand the world.
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Episode 10: Extinct science trophies from 2018-12-03T17:30:12
When Professor Pamela Raymond received an inappropriate anatomical heirloom from a colleague, she and Professor Deborah Goldberg put an end to the bizarre tradition.
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Episode 9: Dangerous experiments from 2018-10-22T16:00
When the H5N1 flu virus threatened the public with a pandemic, Professor Michael Imperiale helped the U.S. government decide how best to keep the contagion contai...
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Episode 8: Selling out for science? from 2018-10-22T14:00
Researcher Kevin Boehnke struggled to reconcile his goal of helping people through science with his need to accept research funds that potentially have strings at...
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Episode 7: Risk and reward in research from 2018-10-22T12:00
Astronomer Jon Miller's research satellite in orbit broke because of a glitch in its software code. Miller talks about how he balances risk and reward in a scienc...
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Season 2 trailer from 2018-08-22T18:09:08
Catch up on all six episodes of Season 1 while you wait for How to Science: Season 2 to drop—coming soon! Fall 2018.
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Episode 6: Tim McKay from 2017-11-27T14:59:50
This week's guest Tim McKay tells the story of his early science days–when he defended his research equipment against mice, scorpions, and rattlesnakes in the desert–to his tamer, more recent ef...
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Episode 6 promo from 2017-11-24T16:00
A scientist who can speak to decades of experience in astrophysics research, upcoming guest Tim McKay has found new inspiration in making higher education broadly accessible.
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Episode 5: Sara Aton from 2017-11-20T16:00
Sara Aton is a University of Michigan scientist, researcher, alumna, and professor in the College of LSA with a background in visual art. She wound up in science after her job working with autis...
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Episode 5 promo from 2017-11-17T17:00
Upcoming guest Sara Aton is a University of Michigan scientist, researcher, alumna, and professor in the College of LSA with a background in visual art. She wound...
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Episode 4: Orie Shafer from 2017-11-13T16:57:26
Orie Shafer is a University of Michigan professor in the College of LSA who obsesses about biological clocks, which determine rhythms of activity in organisms. He studies networks of clock neuro...
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Episode 4 promo from 2017-11-09T15:52:13
Upcoming guest Orie Shafer is a University of Michigan professor in the College of LSA who obsesses about biological clocks, which determine rhythms of activity in organisms. He studies networks...
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Episode 3: Meghan Duffy from 2017-11-06T14:08:40
This week's guest, Meghan Duffy, sunk to a low point in her life and career when some of her early experiments failed. But she recovered enough to eventually score a faculty position at Michigan...
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Episode 3 promo from 2017-11-06T01:41:05
This week's guest, Meg Duffy, sunk to a low point in her life and career when some of her early experiments failed. But she recovered enough to eventually score ...
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Episode 2: Abby Lamb from 2017-10-30T13:58:08
This week's guest, Abby Lamb, is a Ph.D. student at the University of Michigan. She converted from being a fundamentalist, proselytizing about Christianity and creationism, to an evolutionary bi...
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Episode 2 promo from 2017-10-26T20:44:53
This week's guest, Abby Lamb, is a Ph.D. student at the University of Michigan. She converted from being a fundamentalist, proselytizing about Christianity and c...
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Episode 1: Trisha Wittkopp from 2017-10-23T20:00
This week’s guest, Trisha Wittkopp, is a professor in MCDB and in LSA’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB). She’s a geneticist to the core who wonders deeply about how changes ...
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Episode 1 promo from 2017-10-19T16:04:24
This week’s guest, Trisha Wittkopp, is a professor in MCDB and in LSA’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB). She’s a geneticist to the core who wonders deeply about how changes ...
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Season 1 Preview (in the beginning...) from 2017-10-18T17:24:48
A show about science, research, and the humans involved in making it happen. Coming later this month from the curious minds at the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the ...
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Season 1 Preview (infomercial) from 2017-10-12T20:28:40
A show about science, research, and the humans involved in making it happen. Coming later this month from the curious minds at the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the ...
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