IndSciComm podcasts

IndSciComm podcasts

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IndSciComm podcasts episodes

  • Shoot the Shit – 2
    Listen to our first ever yearly round-up of what we do for work, in our free time, our favourite shows and our scientific, nerdy and geeky pet peeves.
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  • A Soupçon of SciComm with Arnab Dasgupta on Cosmology
    Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of Starship IndSciComm. Its continuing mission - to explore strange new science. To seek out new scientists and new explanations. To boldly go where no one has gone before.
    Links:
    1. Six Easy Pieces
    2. Feynman's lectures
    3. LIGO  , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIGO
    4. Baryonic asymmetry
    5. Beauty factory
    6. Quark
    7. Antimatter (from NASA Science News)
    8. Higgs Boson
    9. General Relativity
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    10. A Soupçon of SciComm with Deeptha Vasudevan on Zebrafish and Neurogenesis
      Deeptha thinks Zebrafish are the coolest fish in the world. Probably even the coolest animal ever? Do you know why? Listen!
      Links:
      • Zebrafish are native to the Himalayan region!
      • The Dorsky Lab at the University of Utah
      • General introduction to Zebrafish and studying their brain - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZDwo20hl1E
      • Zebrafish embryogenesis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ6vkDr_Dec
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      • A Soupçon of SciComm with Shrinivasan Raghuraman on cone snails that hunt
        Shrinivasan Raghuraman studies some really shy animals. But they hunt, taser, harpoon and even suck blood! Want to learn more? Press Play!
        Related links -
        1. Shrini's work on cone snail toxins and other cellular profiling
        2. Baldomero "Toto" Olivera's laboratory
        3. A hunting cone snail
        4. A net hunting cone snail
        5. Vampire snails
        6. Artist: All Free Sound Effects
          7. Song: Telephone Ring Pick Up
          Download/Stream: https://audiograb.com/UcwwPO9I
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        8. A Soupçon of SciComm with Devayani Khare on Citizen Science
          Devayani Khare is a Geomorphologist who talks to us about Citizen Science and all the different ways in which normal everyday people can get involved in doing science.
          Links -
          1. Devayani on Twitter - https://twitter.com/Geo_Sophist
          2. Devayani's posts on the Travel Scope blog - http://travelscopeindia.com/blog/?author=2
          3. India Biodiversity Portal - http://indiabiodiversity.org/
          4. Article on Citizen science projects in India - https://indiabioscience.org/columns/indian-scenario/how-citizen-science-is-helping-solve-indias-environmental-challenges
          5. Seasonwatch - run by the NCBS
          6. Zooniverse - an archive of citizen science projects
          7. Eyewire - Reconstructing neurons in 3D
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          8. A Soupçon of SciComm with Vaishali Rawat on the importance of Geography
            In this edition of our mini-podcast series, we talk to Vaishali Rawat who is a writer and conservation advocate at Wildlife Conservation Society in India. She is also Sanctuary Asia Magazine's Young Naturalist of the year for 2017. She talks to us about the importance of ecology, wildlife conservation and geography in our everyday lives.
            References:
            1. Wildlife Conservation Society India - http://www.wcsindia.org/
            2. Prerna Singh Bindra - http://prernabindra.com/
            3. Tiger Link - http://ranthambhorefoundation.org/tiger-link/
            4. http://www.sanctuaryasia.com/people/earth-heroes/10742-vaishali-rawat.html
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            6. A Soupçon of SciComm with Arnab Dasgupta on Cosmology

              Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of Starship IndSciComm. Its continuing mission – to explore strange new science. To seek out new scientists and new explanations. To boldly go where no one has gone before.

              Links:

              1. Six Easy Pieces
              2. Feynman’s lectures
              3. LIGO  , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIGO
              4. Baryonic asymmetry
              5. Beauty factory
              6. Quark
              7. Antimatter (from NASA Science News)
              8. Higgs Boson
              9. General Relativity
                10. 0 min

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              IndSciComm is a science communication collective founded and run by Abhishek Chari and Shruti Muralidhar. Our goal is to communicate science in a clear and concise manner to the Indian public at large. We also help Indian and Indian origin scientists communicate their research and interests.