Cool Science Radio

Board-certified neuropsychologist, Dr. Michelle Braun , joins Lynn and John on Cool Science Radio . Dr. Braun gives the science behind how to help arrest the onset of Alzheimers Disease. She has written an accessible and thorough book called, High-Octane Brain:5 Science-Based Steps to Sharpen Your Memory and Reduce Your Risk of Alzheimer’s .

On this episode of Cool Science Radio Science journalist and health and medicine editor Tanya Lewis at Scientific American , (the longest running magazine in America) talks about her recently published article: Nine COVID-19 Myths That Just Won’t Go Away . From a human-made virus to vaccine conspiracy theories, the magazine rounded up the most persistent false claims about the pandemic.

In this epsisode of Cool Science Radio John and Lynn speak with author Kimberly Friedmutter who has written Subconscious Power: Use Your Inner Mind to Create the Life You’ve Always Wanted. Friedmutter shares with us simple techniques to help us tap into our subconscious and tells us why daydreaming is a good first step to unlocking this power.

In this episode of Cool Science Radio University of Utah Professor Roger Altizer revisits with John and Lynn. The Entertainment Arts and Engineering Program at the University of Utah is a top-ranked program in video game education and research and is a national leader in the nascent discipline of games. The program is contributing to the definition of a new interdisciplinary informatics field that deeply integrates art, humanities, social science and computational research and practice. Roger

In this episode Aaron Yazzie, Mechanical Engineer for Mars Perseverance Mission , joins Cool Science Radio . Perseverance is the most robust rover ever to be sent to the Red Planet . It will take the next step in Mars exploration by seeking to answer the question: Are there any signs that life once existed on Mars?

On this episode of Cool Science Radio John and Lynn are joined by Laura Helmuth, the editor of the longest running magazine of all time: Scientific American magazine which celebrates it's 175th anniversary this month. That's right, 175 years of bringing science conversation to the masses. They have published articles by more than 200 Nobel Prize winners as well as other world-historical scientists, inventors, technologists, physicians, and theorists, and it's a lot of fun to look back at what

In this episode of Cool Science Radio Michael Horkachuck who manages NASA/ SpaceX Commercial Crew program joins the show. The next astronaut mission dubbed Crew-1 and scheduled for October 23rd marks the first of regular rotational missions to the International Space Station by the SpaceX Crew Dragon. 4 astronauts will launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket.

In this episode of Cool Science Radio Park City resident Chris Fischer, founder and expedition leader for OCEARCH talks shark. Fischer’s company is a recognized world leader in generating critical scientific data related to tracking and studying great white sharks. Chris joins us from the OCEARCH research vessel off the coast of New England as they begin day 1 of expedition 37.

In this episode of Cool Science Radio hosts John Wells and Lynn Ware Peek welcome Mark Honigsbuam who, over a year ago wrote The Pandemic Century: One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria, and Hubris . It was an ample foreshadowing of 2020 and he joins us again to talk about the new chapter he has just added to his book, about Coronavirus.

Cool Science Radio hosts John Wells and Lynn Ware Peek interview Anthony Townsend, an author and consultant working at the intersection of urbanization and digital technology who joins the show. When self-driving technology infects buses, bikes, delivery vans, and even buildings…a wild, woollier, future awaits. Anthony has written Ghost Road: Beyond the Driverless Car .