Daily Discoveries

Thelonious and Rhea discuss 2020 election implications and the nature of data and statistics in the estimates involved.

This week, Rhea and Thelonious discuss their own experiences with online schooling and how teachers have been adapting, as well as how students doing hands-on research have had to pivot for the pandemic.

Ella and Molly explore the purpose behind dreaming through thoughtful research and personal interviews of UW students and alumni.

In their opening episode, Ella and Molly dive into the patterns of attraction. They talk to UW students as well as UW psychology professor, Tabitha Kirkland.

Thelonious and Rhea discuss the politics and optics of President Trump’s positive coronavirus test and examine steps huskies can take in their own backyard to stay safe.

Black lives matter. Scientists to follow on twitter: @kareem_carr, @hood_naturalist, #BlackBirdersWeek, @astronaia, @tressiemcphd, @bye_ology, @Sternarchella, @wildearthnotes.

Thelonious and Rhea give an overview and wrap up of the research symposium and discuss the impact of student research.

Thelonious and Rhea discuss current research examining COVID-19’s effect on pregnant women and look at some of the upcoming warm weather in Washington.

The novelty song “Istanbul (not Constantinople)” famously said that “It was nobody’s business, but the Turks,” but when it comes to tech, it’s everybody’s.  Rhea and Thelonious discuss exploitive Mechanical Turk labor at Amazon and Uber, a new iPhone app that can detect critical and non-critical COVID-19 cases based on skin conditions, and discuss the … Continue reading "“In fact these Turk’s business are everyone’s”"

Thelonious and Rhea discuss two articles: one about Amy Ko’s research developing a better computer science curriculum and a conversation with a UW atmospheric sciences professor on climate change.