Common Science Podcast

Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, What’s aging and why care? How do our brains and bodies change over time? Do we continue after death? How might we age with dignity? and more.

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Resources:

Being Mortal by Atul Gawande: http://atulgawande.com/book/being-mortal/

Fluid and crystallized intelligence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_and_crystallized_intelligence

Social Capital: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_capital

Age Dynamics in Scientific Creativity: https://www.pnas.org/content/108/47/18910

Life Satisfaction Across the Lifespan: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2990956/

Rotary International: https://www.rotary.org/

Ageism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ageism

Living Will (a.k.a Advanced Healthcare Directive): https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/consumer-health/in-depth/living-wills/art-20046303

How to appoint a power of attorney: https://www.wikihow.legal/Appoint-a-Power-of-Attorney

How is aging different for men and women: https://bit.ly/3hiMYgi

Stoicism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism

Marcus Aurelius: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius

Life expectancy vs. health expenditure, 1970 to 2015: https://bit.ly/3y9pVe7

Why Preventive Care Lowers Health Care Costs: https://bit.ly/3bi2Zzf

Americans work longest hours among industrialized countries: https://bit.ly/3uCKxsK

Chomsky, Manufacturing Consent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent

Quality-adjusted life year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality-adjusted_life_year

Yoga with Adrienne: https://www.youtube.com/user/yogawithadriene

Look to Seniors for Valuable Mentoring: https://www.seniorsmatter.com/value-seniors-mentoring/2491922

The Sinclair Lab - Harvard University: https://sinclair.hms.harvard.edu/

The Treasure Called Antibiotics: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5354621/

Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, What’s string theory? Why care? How might non-experts start to understand? How’s physics and math connected? Is math discovered or invented? and more.

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Resources:

String Theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_theory

Theory of Everything: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_everything

Theory of Everything (film on theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking): https://bit.ly/3xRoeBE

“What every layperson should know about string theory” by Ethan Siegel: https://bit.ly/3vRqJlJ

Michio Kaku explains string theory: https://bit.ly/2QXjOc3

Brian Greene: Making Sense of String Theory: https://bit.ly/33xvGUs

The Great Ideas of Psychology by Daniel Robinson: https://adbl.co/2SCQNTn

Intro to the Pythagorean Theorem: https://bit.ly/3y1ikOn

Our Mathematical Universe by Max Tegmark: https://bit.ly/3bdLu3a

Elon Musk Explains How to Reason Using 'First Principles' in Physics: https://bit.ly/3xZFEvR

Jim Simons (mathematician and billionaire): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Simons_(mathematician)

Daryl Morey (Rockets’ GM): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daryl_Morey

Laplace’s demon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laplace%27s_demon

Hoberman sphere: https://amzn.to/3eutRhA

Dark Energy, Dark Matter: https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/what-is-dark-energy

Supersymmetry: https://bit.ly/3ty0Gyk

Large Hadron Collider (LHC): https://home.cern/science/accelerators/large-hadron-collider

Higgs Boson (The God Particle): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson

Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, Why is space fascinating? Is life out there? What’s the future of space travel? Can we adapt? and more.

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Resources:

Space Shuttle Endeavour: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Endeavour

C.S. Lewis’s Mud Pie Quote: https://bit.ly/3urbJed

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness: https://bwca.com/

What Causes The Northern Lights: https://bit.ly/3ef0C26

Balto (Film): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112453/

The Drake Equation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation

Entropy: “often interpreted as the degree of disorder or randomness in the system” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy

SpaceX Mars Mission: https://www.spacex.com/human-spaceflight/mars/

The Gateway Foundation’s Space Hotel: https://gatewayspaceport.com/

Do we really know more about space than the deep ocean? https://bit.ly/3uiA066

Voyagers (Crap Film): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9664108/

Lord of the Flies (Book, Film): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_the_Flies

Arrival (Film): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrival_(film)

Gravity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity

Newton’s Laws of Motion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_laws_of_motion

Nebula: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebula

Introduction to the Electromagnetic Spectrum: https://science.nasa.gov/ems/01_intro

Gamma rays cause damage at the cellular level: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_ray#Health_effects

What is astrobiology? https://bit.ly/3h4KIci

The 100 (TV Series): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_100_(TV_series)

Islands Spark Accelerated Evolution: https://bit.ly/3eQOyTM

The Founder Effect (Evolution): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founder_effect

Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, What’s sex and what’s gender? Why’s sex and gender complicated? How might we find more equity of opportunity?, and more.

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Resources:

Eve Ensler (Vagina Monologues and I am an emotional creature): https://www.eveensler.org/

Euphoria (TV Show): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphoria_(American_TV_series)

Sex and Gender Distinction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_and_gender_distinction

Free Big 5 Personality Test: https://www.truity.com/test/big-five-personality-test

Nigel Edley’s Men and Masculinity: https://amzn.to/3dQp21G

Transhumanism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhumanism

A meta-analysis of sex differences in interests: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19883140/

Simone de Beauvoir: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_de_Beauvoir

Countries with the best parental leave: https://bit.ly/3aCYJKo

The Freedom Dividend (Andrew Yang’s Proposed Universal Basic Income): https://bit.ly/3sUFOkL

Dr. Anne Fausto-Sterling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Fausto-Sterling

Louis Mielke, ecologist and conservation biologist (focused on fungi) at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, shares his story, his passion for the outdoors and permaculture (sustainable, self-sustaining ecosystems), and his experience emigrating from Minnesota, United States, to Sweden with Aidan.

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Resources:

About Louis: https://www.slu.se/en/ew-cv/louis-mielke/

Louis’ iNaturalist and Instagram: @millenialmyces

Mycology (The Study of Fungi): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycology

Carl Linnaeus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus

Yosemite National Park: https://www.nps.gov/yose/index.htm

Rebecca Montgomery (Ecologist): https://ecophys.cfans.umn.edu/

Peter Kennedy (Mycologist): https://cbs.umn.edu/contacts/peter-kennedy

Permaculture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture

Minnesota Mycological Society: https://minnesotamycologicalsociety.org/

Mycological Society of America: https://msafungi.org/

Fantastic Fungi (film): https://fantasticfungi.com/

Paul Stamets: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stamets

Community Science: https://bit.ly/2QG61FW

Fulbright Scholarship Program: https://us.fulbrightonline.org/

Fika: https://sweden.se/culture-traditions/fika/

American Swedish Institute: https://www.asimn.org/

iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/

Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, What is color, and where did it come from? If someone has never seen color, how would you describe it? What role has color played throughout history and does it play today?, and more.

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Resources:

The Giver: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giver

The Iliad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliad

Color: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color

Phoenician purple: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrian_purple

Synesthesia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia

Color blindness: https://bit.ly/3uTKYyK

Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI): https://bit.ly/3x9QVt6

Coded Bias (Documentary): https://www.codedbias.com/about

Ex Machina (film): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_Machina_(film)

Benefits of UV Protection: https://mayocl.in/2QAknYL

Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, What’s CRISPR gene editing? What are its pros and cons? Where’s humanity headed?, and more.

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Resources:

CRISPR Gene Editing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRISPR_gene_editing

What CRISPR-baby prison sentences mean for research: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00001-y

Inactivation of porcine endogenous retrovirus in pigs using CRISPR-Cas9: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/357/6357/1303

Tracking the Cost of Gene Therapy: https://www.technologyreview.com/2017/10/24/148183/tracking-the-cost-of-gene-therapy/

Gattaca: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca

The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blind_Watchmaker

Clinic Claims Success In Making Babies With 3 Parents' DNA: https://n.pr/3g6wEyS

Anthropocene: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropocene

Minimalism: https://www.theminimalists.com/minimalism/

Why Do Things Keep Evolving Into Crabs? https://to.pbs.org/2OJsyBp

Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, Who’s Elon Musk? Where’d he come from? What’s he achieved? Why can he be controversial?, and more.

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Resources:

Elon Musk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk

Isaac Asimov: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: https://bit.ly/3rTsrRk

Ender’s Game: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ender%27s_Game

Artemis Fowl: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_Fowl

Elon Musk Has Promised To Give At Least Half His Fortune To Charity: https://bit.ly/3wyAxCr

SpaceX Launch Sends Tesla Roadster Into Orbit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk6qxprCuGY

OpenAI: https://openai.com/

How Elon Musk's secretive foundation hands out his billions: https://bit.ly/3us9Ygo

Nuclear power: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power

Malala Yousafzai: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malala_Yousafzai

Sagrada Família: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagrada_Fam%C3%ADlia

The War of Art (book): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_Art_(book)

Neuralink: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuralink

The Matrix: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix

Future of Life Institute: https://futureoflife.org/

Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, What’s boredom and where does it come from? What’s the relationship between boredom, mental illness, creativity, flow, and more?

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Resources:

Boredom: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boredom

Cal Newport: https://www.calnewport.com/

Flow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)

Viktor Frankl: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Frankl

Friedrich Nietzsche: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche

Her (film): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her_(film)

Big Five personality traits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits

Eight Reasons Why We Get Bored: https://bit.ly/39rqYen

Ronald (Ronnie) Tumusiime, entrepreneur and family man, shares his story, what makes his home country of Uganda unique, and his passion for African education and youth with Aidan.

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Resources:

Ronald’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronald-tumusiime-a3b24179/

Africa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa

Uganda: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda

Kampala, Uganda: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kampala

Entrepreneurship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrepreneurship

Dr. Geoffrey Anguyo: https://geoffreyanguyo.wordpress.com/about/

Kigezi Health Care Foundation (KIHEFO): https://www.kihefo.org/

KIHEFO Youth Media Center: https://www.facebook.com/groups/kihefo.youthmediacenter

Mother Africa - History of Africa with Zeinab Badawi: https://bit.ly/2QrhdWZ

When The World Was Black, Part One: The Untold History of the World's First Civilizations Prehistoric Culture: https://amzn.to/2Plu7VP

Blinkist: https://www.blinkist.com/