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  • Microbiomes, Holidays, and Ladies Present Science

    Welcome to Double X Science for December 7, 2013. This week's hosts are Adrienne Roehrich, chemistry editor, and Jeffrey Perkel, tech editor.


    Our topics cover posts since out last podcast:

    2013 Holiday Shopping for the XX Science in Your Life http://www.doublexscience.org/2013-holiday-shopping-xx-science-life/

    8 years ago I aborted twins, maybe http://www.doublexscience.org/8-years-ago-aborted-twins/

    Manicure Monday features hands-on science http://www.doublexscience.org/manicure-monday/

    Ladies? It gets better http://www.doublexscience.org/ladies-gets-better/
     

    Double X Science, Jr. posts: Please contact Adrienne at [email protected] to submit posts for the DXS Jr site.

    News of the week was Researchers Characterize Microbiomes of Fecal Microbiota Transplant Patients Over Time. The article discussed in the podcast is:http://www.genomeweb.com//node/1316351

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    19 min
  • Vaccine-a-palooza Part 2

    Welcome to Double X Science for November 1, 2013. This week's hosts are Adrienne Roehrich, chemistry editor, and Chris Gunter, science ed editor.
    This podcast is split into two episodes due to the length of discussion on our topics.
    Our introductory discussion is about Tara Haelle's post 25 myths about the flu vaccine debunked
    http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2013/10/28/setting-the-record-straight-dubunking-all-the-flu-vaccine-myths/
    http://www.doublexscience.org/setting-record-straight-debunking-25-myths-flu-vaccine/
    Double X Science posts since our last podcast:
    Why I Am the Perfect Mother by Emily Willingham http://www.doublexscience.org/why-i-am-the-perfect-mother/
    Parallel Earth and the Evil Matthew Hypothesis by Matthew Frances http://www.doublexscience.org/parallel_earth_evil_matthew/
    The Girls of Atomic City by Chris Gunter http://www.doublexscience.org/girls-atomic-city/
    Cosmic Coincidence and a Potato Eclipse by Matthew Frances http://www.doublexscience.org/cosmic-coincidence-and-a-potato-eclipse/
    How close is a malaria vaccine? by Alexa Kurzius http://www.doublexscience.org/will-ever-effective-malaria-vaccine/
    Of CRISPR/Cas and the power of basic research by Jeffrey Perkel http://www.doublexscience.org/crisprcas-basic-research/
    The Secret Ingredient of Breast Milk by Beth Skwarekci http://www.doublexscience.org/secret-ingredient-breast-milk/
    Two Moms Talk About Pertussis As Told to Maryn McKenna http://www.doublexscience.org/two-moms-talk-pertussis/
    Girls Who Grew Up to be scientists by Emily Willingham http://www.doublexscience.org/girls-grew-scientists/
    Leave no vagina behind by Tara Haelle http://www.doublexscience.org/leave-vagina-behind/
    Scientists Highlighted on Double X Science Jr by Adrienne Roehrich http://www.doublexscience.org/scientists-highlighted-double-x-science-jr/
    Double X Science, Jr. posts:
    The Lunarpolitan Museum of Art by magdissimo http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-lunarpolitan-museum-of-modern-art.html
    The key to survival: turles by KathyZ http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-key-to-survival-turtles.html
    A Pretty Metal Story - Parts 1 & 2 by akshiv http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/08/a-pretty-metal-story-part-one.html
    http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/09/part-two-of-pretty-metal-story.html
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    24 min
  • Vaccine-a-palooza Part 1

    Welcome to Double X Science for November 1, 2013. This week's hosts are Adrienne Roehrich, chemistry editor, and Chris Gunter, science ed editor.
    This podcast is split into two episodes due to the length of discussion on our topics.
    Our introductory discussion is about Tara Haelle's post 25 myths about the flu vaccine debunked
    http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2013/10/28/setting-the-record-straight-dubunking-all-the-flu-vaccine-myths/
    http://www.doublexscience.org/setting-record-straight-debunking-25-myths-flu-vaccine/
    Double X Science posts since our last podcast:
    Why I Am the Perfect Mother by Emily Willingham http://www.doublexscience.org/why-i-am-the-perfect-mother/
    Parallel Earth and the Evil Matthew Hypothesis by Matthew Frances http://www.doublexscience.org/parallel_earth_evil_matthew/
    The Girls of Atomic City by Chris Gunter http://www.doublexscience.org/girls-atomic-city/
    Cosmic Coincidence and a Potato Eclipse by Matthew Frances http://www.doublexscience.org/cosmic-coincidence-and-a-potato-eclipse/
    How close is a malaria vaccine? by Alexa Kurzius http://www.doublexscience.org/will-ever-effective-malaria-vaccine/
    Of CRISPR/Cas and the power of basic research by Jeffrey Perkel http://www.doublexscience.org/crisprcas-basic-research/
    The Secret Ingredient of Breast Milk by Beth Skwarekci http://www.doublexscience.org/secret-ingredient-breast-milk/
    Two Moms Talk About Pertussis As Told to Maryn McKenna http://www.doublexscience.org/two-moms-talk-pertussis/
    Girls Who Grew Up to be scientists by Emily Willingham http://www.doublexscience.org/girls-grew-scientists/
    Leave no vagina behind by Tara Haelle http://www.doublexscience.org/leave-vagina-behind/
    Scientists Highlighted on Double X Science Jr by Adrienne Roehrich http://www.doublexscience.org/scientists-highlighted-double-x-science-jr/
    Double X Science, Jr. posts:
    The Lunarpolitan Museum of Art by magdissimo http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-lunarpolitan-museum-of-modern-art.html
    The key to survival: turles by KathyZ http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-key-to-survival-turtles.html
    A Pretty Metal Story - Parts 1 & 2 by akshiv http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/08/a-pretty-metal-story-part-one.html
    http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/09/part-two-of-pretty-metal-story.html
    Please visit http://doublexscience.podomatic.com/ for more information.
    Thank you for listening. Please subscribe via iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/double-x-science/id604770613) or your favorite pod catcher (http://feeds.feedburner.com/doublexscience). Please leave us positive ratings and reviews to bring science to more people.
    24 min
  • Beyond the Post: Book Reviews with Matthew Francis

    Title: Beyond the Post: Book Reviews with Matthew Francis
    Welcome to Double X Science for September 10, 2013. Today's host is Double X Science chemistry editor, Adrienne Roehrich, speaking with physics editor Matthew Francis about the four book reviews he has shared at Double X Science in 2013.
    Articles discussed during the interview include:
    Gulp
    http://www.doublexscience.org/a-tour-of-digestion-from-nose-to-um-tail/
    My Beloved Brontosaurus
    http://www.doublexscience.org/a-brontosaurus-for-you/
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    18 min
  • Beyond the Post: Book Reviews with Matthew Francis

    Title: Beyond the Post: Book Reviews with Matthew Francis
    Welcome to Double X Science for August 30, 2013. Today's host is Double X Science chemistry editor, Adrienne Roehrich, speaking with physics editor Matthew Francis about the four book reviews he has shared at Double X Science in 2013.
    Articles discussed during the interview include:
    A Tour of Physics: Angry Bird Style
    http://www.doublexscience.org/a-tour-of-physics-angry-birds-style/
    Paloefantasies
    http://www.doublexscience.org/paleofantasies-are-trumped-by-scientific-realities/
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    19 min
  • Dietary Supplements, Head Lice, and HeLa Cell Gemone

    Title: Dietary Supplements, Head Lice, and HeLa Cell Genome
    Welcome to Double X Science for August 9, 2013. This week's hosts are Adrienne Roehrich, chemistry editor, and Chris Gunter, science ed editor.
    Our topics cover posts since out last podcast:
    The gummy deficiency http://www.doublexscience.org/the-gummy-deficiency/
    Scientific Realities Trump Paleofantasy http://www.doublexscience.org/paleofantasies-are-trumped-by-scientific-realities/
    The gift of depression and mood disorder http://www.doublexscience.org/the-gift-of-depression-and-mood-disorder/
    Back to School Fact-check: Head Lice http://www.doublexscience.org/back-to-school-fact-check-head-lice/
    Smoke signals cancer’s edges in surgery http://www.doublexscience.org/iknife-excises-uncertainty-in-tumor-resection/
    Double X Science, Jr. posts:
    Professor Elizabeth H. Blackburn http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/07/professor-elizabeth-h-blackburn.html
    Laser Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/07/laser-light-amplification-by-stimulated.html
    Use of Cesium for Wildlife Tracking http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/08/use-of-cesium-for-wildlife-tracking.html
    News of the week was about the mapping of the HeLa cell line genome. The two articles discussed in the podcast are:
    http://www.nature.com/news/deal-done-over-hela-cell-line-1.13511
    http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkroll/2013/03/24/the-henrietta-lacks-genome-consent-trust-and-common-decency/
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    33 min
  • Genetics, Scientists, and Julia Parrish

    Welcome to Double X Science for July 19, 2013. This week's hosts are Adrienne Roehrich, chemistry editor, and Jeanne Garbarino, biology editor.
    Our topics cover posts since the end of June:
    Armchair genetics from Jamestown to Scott Brown
    http://www.doublexscience.org/armchair-genetics-from-jamestown-to-scott-brown/
    Between neurohype and neuroskepticism
    http://www.doublexscience.org/between-neurohype-and-neuroskepticism/
    (Covered in an interview with Bethany in a Beyond the Post July 15, 2013)
    On call
    http://www.doublexscience.org/on-call/
    Maternal abortion history no longer a risk for preterm birth
    http://www.doublexscience.org/maternal-abortion-history-no-longer-a-risk-for-preterm-birth/
    Double X Science, Jr. posts:
    Biography of Rosalind Franklin
    http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/07/biology-of-rosalind-franklin.html
    Henrietta Leavitt
    http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/07/henrietta-leavitt.html
    Reading Words on a Screen vs. on Paper
    http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/07/reading-words-on-screen-vs-on-paper.html
    A Bee-g Issue ( ha.ha. )
    http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-bee-g-issue-haha.html
    Quantum Computing Has Arrived
    http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/07/quantum-computing-has-arrived.html
    Richard Feynman and Feynman Diagram Basics
    http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/06/richard-feynman-and-feynman-diagram.html
    Barbara McClintock : A Biography
    http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/06/barbara-mcclintock-biography.html
    News of the week was about Julia Parrish presenting her science and citizen science organization at the White House.
    http://www.washington.edu/news/2013/07/10/julia-parrish-speaks-at-white-house-about-citizen-science/
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    22 min
  • Beyond the Post: Neurohype and Neuroskepticism with DeTox Diets Thrown In

    Welcome to Double X Science for July 15, 2013. Today's host is Double X Science chemistry editor, Adrienne Roehrich, interviewing Bethany Brookshire, aka Scicurious, about her two articles in the past 6 months on Double X Science.
    Articles discussed during the interview include:
    Between neurohype and neuroskepticism. (http://www.doublexscience.org/between-neurohype-and-neuroskepticism/)  
    If You Try One Detox This Year, Make It This One (http://www.doublexscience.org/if-you-try-one-detox-this-year-make-it-this-one/)
    http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/brainwaves/2013/07/15/is-sugar-really-toxic-sifting-through-the-evidence/
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2013/apr/19/beer-dopamine-brain-scans
    http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/2013/06/18/book-review-brainwashed/#.UeQV2EHvvzx
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    24 min
  • Tornadoes, Gene Patents, Mermaids, and Brains

    Welcome to Double X Science for June 22, 2013. This week's hosts are Adrienne Roehrich, chemistry editor, and Jeff Perkel, tech editor.
    Our topics cover posts since the end of May:
    Early Puberty Among Adoptees by Health Editor Tara Haelle
    http://www.doublexscience.org/adoptees-early-puberty-rates/
    Calculating Vaccine Risk by Contributor Alison Hagood
    http://www.doublexscience.org/calculating-vaccine-risk/
    Arousal during rape by Contributor Jenny Morber
    http://www.doublexscience.org/arousal-during-rape/
    Five Reasons Mermaids are Impossible by Editor-in-Chief Emily Willingham
    http://www.doublexscience.org/five-reasons-mermaids-are-impossible/
    On Pacifiers and Breastfeeding by Health Editor Tara Haelle
    http://www.doublexscience.org/of-pacifiers-and-breastfeeding/
    Chasing Tornadoes is an Old Habit by Tech Editor Jeffrey Perkel
    http://www.doublexscience.org/storm-chasers-colonial-edition/
    Sizing Up the Mother in Me by Contributor Joss Fong
    http://www.doublexscience.org/sizing-up-the-mother-in-me/
    He found out he has ovaries by Editor-in-chief Emily Willingham
    http://www.doublexscience.org/he-found-out-he-has-ovaries/
    SCOTUS ruling means cheaper genetic testing by science ed editor Chris Gunter
    http://www.doublexscience.org/myriad-genetics-ruling/
    Shark Clones: A Story of Parthenogenesis
    http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/06/shark-clones-story-of-parthenogenesis.html
    Dr. Irene Helen Battle
    http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/06/dr-helen-irene-battle.html
    ews of the week was about the Big Brain Project.
    http://www.nature.com/news/whole-human-brain-mapped-in-3d-1.13245?WT.mc_id=PIN_NatureNews
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    17 min
  • DoubleXScience Podcast Hiatus

    Welcome to Double X Science. It’s in your genes. This is your host, chemistry editor Adrienne Roehrich. Double X Science podcast is on hiatus this week. However, we appreciate your listening. Please check out our posts of the week at our website doublexscience.org and our sister site, doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com.
    Please like us on Facebook and follow us on twitter. Thank you for listening.
    1 min

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