Cool Science Radio

Cool Science Radio welcomes David Mindell , a Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Dibner Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing at MIT, and CEO/Founder of startup Humatics , which is pioneering micro-location technologies to revolutionize how people and machines locate, navigate and collaborate. He is also the author of five books, including Our Robots, Ourselves .

Cool Science Radio talks with Lauren Strachan, Phd, a biologist living in Park City who has a passion for science education. In college she decided to pursue biology as a career after being transfixed by The Human Genome Project. She earned her PhD in Neurobiology and Anatomy from the University of Utah, has worked in both academic and industry labs, as well as for non-profit science education projects like The Natural History of Genes and BioEyes. She's also vested in this community, running

Cool Science Radio welcomes guest Harry Kirschner who was instrumental in the commercialization of a company called Health Loop. The company's mission: to bring mobile technology to health care to improve the patient experience and reduce avoidable costs. Health Loop (now GetWell Loop ) was sold nearly a year ago to GetWeLL Network and combining the two has created a fast growing and more comprehensive health care platform. Kirschner has focused his career in the development of software and

Cool Science Radio is joined by John Nosta, founder of NOSTALAB —a digital health think tank. Nosta is entrenched in the world of science, medicine and innovation. He’s currently ranked as the #1 global influencer in digital health and generally regarded as one of the top global strategic and creative thinkers in this important and expanding area. His focus is on guiding companies, non government organizations and governments through the dynamics of exponential change in the health / tech

Cool Science Ra dio welcomes Randall Munroe who discusses his new book, How To: Absurd Scientific Advice For Common Real-World Problems. Each week, millions of dedicated followers flock to his website xkcd to get his stick-figure comic takes on current events, pop culture, science, and the mundanities of modern life. Munroe teaches us how to predict the weather by analyzing the pixels of your Facebook photo or how to tell if you're a baby boomer or a 90's kid by measuring the radioactivity of

Cool Science Radio welcomes guest Edward Posnett who has written Strange Harvests: The Hidden Histories of Seven Natural Objects . Posnett journeys to some of the most far-flung locales on the planet to bring us seven wonders of the natural world: eiderdown from Scandinavia, sea silk from Sardinia, vicuña wool and guano from Peru, civet coffee from Indonesia, vegetable ivory from Ecuador, and edible birds’ nests from Borneo.

Dr. Walter Brown, a professor at Brown University, joins Cool Science Radio. Brown explored the story of what he calls the “wildly unsung” 1949 discovery of lithium as a cure for bipolar disorder. He calls it one of the most important breakthroughs of the modern era and answers the questions surrounding why, discovered in 1949, lithium would not be available to patients until 1970— meanwhile those patients underwent horrifying treatments to cure bipolar disorder. Brown tells the story in his new

Cool Science Radio welcomes Gemma Tarlach, Senior Editor of Discover Magazine whose September/October cover story is titled: The Science of Gun Violence. For every death due to firearms, the U.S. spends about $63 on firearm research. In contrast, research spending on motor vehicle deaths is about $1,000 per fatality. Since publicly funding the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration traffic accidents are down dramatically and yet there has been almost no publicly funded research on

Cool Science Radio speaks with Park City resident Chris Fischer, founder and expedition leader for OCEARCH. Fischer’s company is a recognized world leader in generating critical scientific data related to tracking and studying great white sharks. OCEARCH has returned to Nantucket with its team of collaborating scientists for their 35th expedition. Chris joins us from the OCEARCH research vessel off the coast of Nantucket.

Cool Science Radio welcomes science writer and Technology Editor for Scientific American , Sophie Bushwick . We speak with her about her recent article, "Anonymous" Data Won't Protect Your Identity. A new study demonstrates it is surprisingly easy to ID an individual within a supposedly incognito data set. Big data affects everyone who uses a credit card, visits a doctor who keeps electronic medical records, or touches social media. Your data is out there—and even if it’s not directly connected