Goggles Optional
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
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Sinopsis
On Goggles Optional, scientists from Stanford University provide their professional yet humorous takes from the world of science. Join us as our hosts explore the significant news and discoveries of the week using a combination of wit, analogies, and words with less than four syllables. Dont worry, you dont need to be a scientist to listen. The Goggles are Optional!
Episodios
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Episode 262: PTSD, birth control, and the periodic table
26/03/2019 Duración: 36minAdam, Nora and Nicole F talk about modeling PTSD and genetics affecting birth control. New host Carmen celebrates 150 years of the periodic table gameshow style!
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Episode 261: Carbon capture, super vision, and HIV cures
19/03/2019 Duración: 30minThis week, Greg, Dave and Amanda tell us about mice with super vision, carbon capture and storage, and the hype around the newly cured HIV patient.
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Episode 260: Proton Pressure, Sleepless Flies, and Small Teams with Big Ideas
04/03/2019 Duración: 27minNora, Kristen, and Amanda talk about intraproton pressure, sleepless fruit flies, and why smaller teams seem to get more done than bigger teams.
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Episode 259: Sleep, LEDs, and language models
25/02/2019 Duración: 35minAdam, Nicole D, and Abhijit discuss how sleep deprivation might kill you, running LEDs in reverse, and the latest and greatest in auto-complete.
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Episode 258: Stem cells and Starcraft
19/02/2019 Duración: 33minDave, Nicole and Greg talk to Stanford PhD student Ava Carter about using stem cells to regenerate bones and what it's like on the "30 under 30" list, celebrate International Women and Girls in Science Day by discussing how women are (and aren't) recognized for their contributions, and explore the artificial intelligence needed to beat Starcraft.
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Episode 257: Energetic Energy Week!
11/02/2019 Duración: 46minAdam, Nora, and Amanda dig deep into energy week with Paricha and Jeff from the Stanford Energy Club, including the future of how we use and think about energy, and recent innovations in the energy sector!
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Gene drives, foot posture, and pain bias
04/02/2019 Duración: 27minEmily, Amanda, and Kristen discuss gene drives in mice, foot posture and animal size, and how implicit bias impacts pain perception.
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Episode 255: Guts, GMOs, and Familiar Facts
30/01/2019 Duración: 34minNicole, Greg, and Adam talk about a potential connection between the gut microbiome and the brain, a surprising study about understanding the science behind GMOs, and finally how familiar statements become facts.
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Episode 254: Termite loving trees, Efficient Nitrogen Fixing, and Electric Bacteria
22/01/2019 Duración: 28minAbhijit, Rebecca, and Amanda talk about how termites help trees, improvements in extracting nitrogen from the atmosphere, and a new way to determine whether bacteria can generate electricity.
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Episode 253: Levitation and the winter blues
15/01/2019 Duración: 32minNora, Dave, and Nicole talk about eye cells that make us sad in the winter, levitation with sound, and solving math problems with an amoeba.
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Episode 252: Let’s talk about genes
23/12/2018 Duración: 28minNicole F, Adam, and Kristen talk about our favorite 2018 science headlines and confront misinterpretations of genetics research.
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Episode 250: Cute Critters and CRISPR babies
10/12/2018 Duración: 28minAmanda, Nora, and Rebecca discuss cuttlefish cuteness and camouflage abilities, smart beetles, and the reported birth of gene-edited babies.
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Episode 249: Ig Nobel Bonanza
03/12/2018 Duración: 48minNicole F, Emily, Adam and new host Alice talk Ig Nobel prizes on this Beer Goggles special, featuring flies in wine, the efficiency of cannibalism, and voodoo revenge!
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Episode 248: Gobbles Optional Anniversary Special
24/11/2018 Duración: 34minNora, Jonathan and Nicole F celebrate Thanksgiving and Goggles Optional's 5th birthday by discussing the effects of cyclical dieting and how DNA sheds insight into ancient America, and sharing a special message from Goggles alumni!
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Episode 247: Quick allergies, fast fires, and gentle opioids
16/11/2018 Duración: 36minAmanda, Nicole and Greg discuss allergies and the California wildfires, plus new host Adam talks about a better opioid.
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Episode 246: Sifting through cancerous chromatin, parenting challenges, and many microbes
12/11/2018 Duración: 30minNora, Dave, Nicole D, and new host Rebecca Gellman chat with Dr. Ryan Corces about a recent landmark study of the epigenome in cancer, as well as research on parental age and childbirth, and microbiome differences across populations!
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Episode 245: Moral Cars and Mining Bitcoin
04/11/2018 Duración: 34minNicole, Amanda, and Nora discuss the moral decisions that self-driving vehicles may have to make and the environmental impact of Bitcoin mining.
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Episode 244: Connected Trees and Sub-connected Neurons
30/10/2018 Duración: 35minEmily, Nora, and Nicole F talk about protecting Aspen trees, communication among human neurons, and the many contributions, including linking BRCA genes to cancer, of an inspiring geneticist.
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Episode 243: Viral podcasts and primary colors
23/10/2018 Duración: 39minGreg and Nicole discuss viral viruses and podcasting with our interview guest Dr. Vincent Racaniello, professor of virology at Columbia and host of five science podcasts! Then, Emily answers some listener mail about why electronics don't use red, blue and yellow as their primary colors.
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Episode 242: Nobel pursuits
13/10/2018 Duración: 35minAmanda, Abhijit and Jonathan cover some recently minted Nobel Prize laureates, as well as a striking new report on how much time we have to act on climate change (spoiler alert, it's now or never).