"The Snow Guardian, " Billy Barr joins Cool Science Radio . Billy lives alone on a secluded site of an abandoned silver mine shack in Gothic, Colorado, population 180. Since the winter of 1974, the 68-year-old citizen scientist has recorded daily observations of his environment: high and low temperatures; total snowfall; snow depth, water content, and density; and when animals emerge, disappear, and migrate. His data and work has resulted in being a member of the staff at Rocky Mountain

Cool Science Radio welcomes NYTimes best-selling author Julie Morris whose new book is Power Foods & Natural Nootropics for Optimized Thinking, Focus & Memory . If you struggle with focus and memory lapses, mental fog, or stress—or if you simply want to optimize your mental performance and protect your brain health this book examines how diet can potentially impact brain health via the gut. Incorporating research from neuroscientists and dieticians, Morris explores how fats, protein, and

What’s in a name? Cool Science Radio asks this question of someone who has named eight dinosaurs - paleontologist and Associate Professor & Lecturer in Geology and Geophysics at the University of Utah, Mark Loewen . Professor Loewen also teaches the popular World of Dinosaurs and Natural Disasters classes. He’s going us to talk about the wonderful world of dinosaurs, but also about the upcoming Dino Fest 2020 taking place at the Natural History Museum of Utah on January 25 and 26.

Cool Science Radio speaks with Gemma Tarlach, Senior Editor of Discover Magazine . Gemma joined the show last year to talk about Discover’s September/October cover story on The Science of Gun Violence . It was an eye-opening conversation that you can listen to here . Gemma is back, this time to discuss the most important science stories of the previous year and their potential impact into the future. The Science That Matters 2020 has just hit the newsstands and it covers the top 50 stories on

The Joy of Movement is Dr. Kelly McGonigal' s new book; it's a 'love letter' to movement and exploration of what is most human about us. Through her trademark blend of science and storytelling, McGonigal draws on insights from neuroscience, psychology, anthropology, and evolutionary biology, to clear up some common misconceptions about the brain on exercise. Along the way, Dr. McGonigal tells the stories of incredible examples of how movement can change your life, from Tanzania, where one of the

Michael Ruzek joins Cool Science Radio . Ruzek is the man behind The Powder Buoy . Financial planner by day and Powder Buoy by night, Michael predicts snow storms in the Wasatch Mountains two weeks in advance by watching NOAA Buoy 51101 off the coast of Kauai. Michael has figured out that when 51101 hits a certain swell height a winter’s storm will hit two weeks later 3000 miles away in Park City, Utah.

Science journalist Lydia Denworth joins Cool Science Radio. Denworth has investigated and written on everything from Alzheimer’s to zebrafish. She now writes on the science of friendship in a new book that explores the evolution, biology and extraordinary power of life’s fundamental bond. Her work is supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation . In her new book called Friendship , she meets scientists at the frontiers of brain and genetics research and discovers that friendship is reflected in

Cool Science Radio welcomes New Yorker staff writer Andrew Marantz who spent the last three years going into the worlds - even sometimes the homes — of online extremists, propagandists, internet trolls, and white supremacists who have become experts at using social media to advance their agenda. He also explored the world of the sometimes naive and recklessly ambitious tech entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley who created these platforms that have allowed misinformation to alter the way we think, the

Joining Cool Science Radio is Dr. Michael Selsted , Chief Science Officer for Oryn Therapeutics . Oryn Therapeutics has products in pre-clinical testing that could have a profound impact on the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases and life-threatening, drug-resistant infections.

Cool Science Radio welcomes author Gabriel Brownstein, the author of the new book, The Open Heart Club: The Story about Birth and Death and Cardiac Surgery . Born in 1966 with a congenital heart defect known as the tetralogy of Fallot, Gabriel Brownstein entered the world just as doctors were learning to operate on conditions like his. He received a life-saving surgery at five years old, and since then has ridden wave after wave of medical innovation, a series of interventions that have kept his