Cool Science Radio

Robert Albarran is an astrophysicist in Park City - he joins Cool Science Radio to talk about space weather. Everyone is familiar with changes in the weather on Earth. But "weather" also occurs in space. Just as it drives weather on Earth, the sun is responsible for disturbances in our space environment. What is it and why is it important to know about?

Jeff Gonring, Marketing and Communications Manager for BioTrack joins Cool Science Radio. On the eve of medicinal cannabis coming to Utah - how will it be regulated and tracked and how does quality control take place? BioTrack THC is software that tracks marijuana, from seedling to dispensary shelf. Gonring explains how tracking satisfies the regulations and the quality control.

Jamie Grant, the co-founder and CEO of Carv , a wearable, digital ski coach that from a tiny device implanted in your boot liner gives you real-time audio instruction and ski technique analysis. Carv’s Ski:IQ analyzes balance, edging, rotation and pressure in real-time to compare your ability against the best in the world and will coach you as you ski so you can become the skier you want to be. http://www.getcarv.com

Science writer Jeff Hecht joins the show. He has written Lasers, Death Rays, and the Long, Strange Quest for the Ultimate Weapon . The laser—a milestone invention of the mid-twentieth century—quickly captured the imagination of the Pentagon as the key to the ultimate weapon. Hecht tells the inside story of the adventures and misadventures of scientists and military strategists as they exerted Herculean, though often futile, efforts to adapt the laser for military uses.

Damien Patton, the Founder and CEO of Banjo, here in Park City joins the show. Damien has been determined to solve one of the most common but difficult problems out there -- making the world's disparate data purposeful -- and doing so live. Over the past seven years, Banjo has continued to pioneer technology that reinvents what's possible in a truly connected world. Banjo is the world's first Live-Time Intelligence platform that gives decision makers the ability to KNOW INFORMATION NOW, to

Michael Ruzek, the man behind the Powder Buoy joins the show. Fi nancial 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 2 weeks later 3000 miles away in Park City UT. Michael’s technique predicted last weekend’s powder storm and we look forward to his thoughts on the future.

Our guest is Bill Andrews, the Senior Associate Editor from Discover Magazine . Every year in early January we sit down with Bill to discuss the most important science stories of the previous year and their potential impact into the future. The State of Science 2019 edition has just hit the newstands and it covers the top stories in medicine, archaeology, technology, genetics, space and more. Bill, welcome back to Cool Science Radio.

Alan Stern joined us last April to discuss his book Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto, co-written with David Grinspoon. Today we update the 2019 news from New Horizons and replay the interview with Stern. New Horizons captured images (just 33 minutes into the new year) of an icy world at the edge of our universe called Ultima Thule.

Mark Lehmkuhle is the co-founder, CEO and CTO of Epitel. Mark and Marketing Director Erin West join the show. Epitel is a Salt Lake City-based wearable technology company. The wearable device, called "Epilog" is for those with epilepsy. This device helps medical institutions track the occurrence of epileptic seizures and help inform the protocol of treatment more accurately.

Joining us is Paul Sutter, an astrophysicist and chief scientist at the COSI (Center for Science and Industry) in Columbus, Ohio. Sutter discusses his new book, Your Place in the Universe: Understanding Our Big, Messy Existence. This is a glimpse at the universe that even us laypeople will understanding and we may even have a chuckle or two along the way.