Ep 42: Space Junk, Trash on the Moon, and the Earth’s Copper Ring – with guest Dr. Lisa Ruth Rand
What happens to old satellites? Or to astronauts’ trash? It turns out that the Earth is surrounded by a sphere of garbage […]
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Ep 39: Can AI be Creative? – with guest Dr. Maya Ackerman
There’s no denying that artificial intelligence can do a lot. It can solve problems we cannot solve. It can take us for […]
Ep 38: What Happens Next Will Blow Your Mind! Using Natural Language Processing to Find Fake News, Satire, and Clickbait – with guests Dr. Victoria Rubin and her Group
Where do you get your news from? Can you trust it? Gone are the days when most people read the newspaper. Instead, […]
Ep. 33: From Steak to Insects – The Future of Food – with guest Max Elder
With the population of the world growing, the future of food will be quite different than what we are used to. With […]
Ep. 31: Women in Science – Ruby Payne-Scott – with guest Dr. Miller Goss
Within the last century, things have changed significantly for women in science. At the beginning of the 20th century, women rarely were […]
Ep. 28: Autism Therapy and Zen – with guest Anlor Davin
Autism hasn’t always been well understood in the community. In fact, no more than a few decades ago, people were frequently misdiagnosed […]
Ep. 24: Robots That Eat Trash and the Entrepreneurs Who Build Them – with guest Jaidev Shah
In many places of the world, trash management is a challenge. And in countries such as India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Indonesia, trash […]
Ep. 19: The Dalai Lama, Tibetan Monks, and Science – with guest Dr. Chris Impey
If the Dalai Lama didn’t become a monk, he would have been an engineer. Even today, science and mathematics fascinate him. But […]
Ep. 13: The Star of Bethlehem – A Real Event? – An Analysis with Dr. Peter Barthel
We hear it every year around this time – the story of the Nativity. More specifically, we hear about three wise men, following […]
Ep. 12: Space: East and West – Space, Technology, and Culture with Dr. Susmita Mohanty
Culture affects many things within our lives – even how we approach considerable ventures such as space exploration. Today, we talk to Dr. Susmita Mohanty […]