Goggles Optional
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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!
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Episode 241: Mosquitos, membranes, and memory
04/10/2018 Duración: 30minNicole, Dave, and Greg discuss the use of gene drive to eradicate mosquitos, a new anti-filter that only lets large things through, and the effect of stress and trauma on memory.
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Episode 240: Hugging Octopuses, Burrowing Bees, and Blistering Beetles
27/09/2018 Duración: 32minAmanda, Abhijit, and Emily talk about octopuses made social, beetles fooling bees, and why we have journals.
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Live Show 2018: Misconceptions
24/09/2018 Duración: 52minHosts Nicole D, Abhijit, and Nora are joined by Marina and Nicole F during our annual live show! This year we discuss common misconceptions surrounding Neanderthals, tectonic plates, and plant communication. Also featuring a game show and live music from the Ten Thousand Ways.
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Episode 238: Memory, Mimicry, and Pluto’s Planetary Problems
14/09/2018 Duración: 32minGreg, Jonathan and Amanda discuss the role of microglia in the connection between obesity and memory loss, naturally inspired artificial photosynthesis, and the latest in the tale of Pluto's planetary status.
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Goggles Optional Live Show – September 19
12/09/2018 Duración: 30sCheck out our third annual live recording of the Goggles Optional podcast next Wed, Sept 19 in LKSC 120 on the Stanford campus! This year's theme is common misconceptions, and the science behind them. Featuring GO’s house science band, The Ten Thousand Ways, and a game show (with PRIZES)!
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Episode 237: Motherly Mole Rats and Not-So-Blind Mice
06/09/2018 Duración: 30minDave, Nicole, and Nicole discuss restoring photoreceptors in mice, how naked mole rats share motherly instincts via poop, and the risks of drinking alcohol.
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Episode 236: Burnout, lucid dreams, and soil carbon
26/08/2018 Duración: 35minNicole, Greg, Irena, and new host Emily talk about trends in physician burnout, how our eyes track objects when we're imagining vs (lucid) dreaming, and the role of soil in global carbon cycling!
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Episode 235: Finding Food
17/08/2018 Duración: 39minNora, Nicole and Greg are joined by guest Malcolm Campbell to talk about how animal navigate, and then discuss food production and a new type of corn.
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Episode 234: Mole Rats, Droughts, and Superpower glasses
09/08/2018 Duración: 30minJonathan, Abhijit and Greg talk about aging in naked mole rats, a civilization disrupting drought, and tech to help improve social responsiveness in autism.
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Episode 233: Martian lakes and Texas dust
04/08/2018 Duración: 33minGreg, Nora, and Abhijit are joined by new host Dave as they discuss liquid water on Mars, a giant dust cloud over Texas, and evolution that happens right before our eyes.
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Episode 232: Ethics of volunteering, genomics, and diet studies
31/07/2018 Duración: 33minNicole, Nicole and Nora talk about why women get stuck doing menial tasks at work, a controversial skeleton study, and finally why we can eat all the cheese!
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Episode 231: Life and neutrinos
18/07/2018 Duración: 33minAmanda, Greg, and Abhijit discuss the importance of apex predators in an environment, the recent discovery of a neutrino's origins, and share some potential biology textbook updates about mitosis!
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Episode 230: Science on the screen
13/07/2018 Duración: 31minNicole F, Abhijit and Marina host an easy breezy Beer Goggles where they explore the science found in many of our favorite movie and tv stories.
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Episode 229: Cultivating passion for dark matter and retinas
27/06/2018 Duración: 30minIrena, Derrick and Amanda talk about determining the make-up of our universe, how our retinas process images to send to our brain, and finding our passions.
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Episode 228: Early birth, early death, and early conclusions
22/06/2018 Duración: 36minThis week, Nicole interviews Stanford Bioengineering graduate student Mira Moufarrej, who shares some of her recently published work on predicting preterm births. Plus, Derrick describes the costs of poor healthcare and Nora takes on the misrepresentation of scientific findings.
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Episode 227: Life, Death, and Marshmallows
14/06/2018 Duración: 38minEmily, Amanda, and Abhijit talk about uncovering the history of potential life on Mars, the success rate of brain surgery in ancient Peru, and finally why your ability to resist marshmallows does not determine your success.
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Episode 226: Taste of longevity
12/06/2018 Duración: 30minIn this episode, Greg explains how diet can extend the lifespan of a fruit fly, Nicole tells us how brain responds to different tastes, and Nora discusses a new brain imaging technique.
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Episode 225: Shine on, brainy humans
03/06/2018 Duración: 33minThis week, Abhijit will brighten your day with a segment on iridescence and Derrick will blow your mind with a piece on how humans got such big, beautiful brains. Plus, Greg shares a fresh perspective on regulating fecal transplants.
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Episode 224: Memories of Orbits Past
27/05/2018 Duración: 41minIrena talks memory-swapping slugs, Emily covers the role of cosmic forces in the Earth’s climate, and Nicole shares a Creature Corner on (extra)terrestrial octopus.
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Episode 223: Lions, Tigers, Bears, and Hypnotized Phones
21/05/2018 Duración: 33minNicole discusses the return of the predators; Irena tells us how sound can hack our phones; Nora saves marriages by robotically assembling ikea furniture