Not Another Science Podcast

Queer Data: who decides who counts?

Can we accurately count and capture everyone's identities, and do we always need to? Who does it help? And how can methodology for collecting data on LGBTQ+ people be used in other, completely unconnected fields?

In this episode we’re joined by Dr Kevin Guyan, a researcher and historian focusing on the intersection of data and identity, to talk about how his work answers these questions - and many more - through the lens of queer identities in Scotland and the wider world. 

So grab a hot drink and settle in for a fascinating conversation about improving censuses, who has power to decide which groups count, and the risks of being counted. And perhaps most importantly of all, Kevin talks to us about the effect of historical biases on the far future of machine learning and AI, and the power we have to make changes to ensure everyone who wants to be counted can be.

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Not Another Science Podcast was co-created by Helena Cornu and Tom Edwick, brought to you by Edinburgh University Science Media (@EUSci). The hosts are Kelsey Tetley-Campbell and Katie Pickup. The logo was designed by Apple Chew, and the cover art was designed by Elizabeth Carmichael.

You can visit our website at www.eusci.org.uk to check out the latest issue of the magazine, a ton of other cool science content by our student journalists, and to see how to get involved. You can also follow EUSci on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter. All podcast episodes can be found at www.eusci.org.uk/podcasts/.

Music by Kevin Macleod:

https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama;

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/a

Music by Professor Colin Campbell:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZhfAZ-gCEQ&ab_channel=ChemistryEdinburgh

Are giant pandas really just too lazy to breed? 

To kick off season six, new hosts Kelsey and Katie are joined by Dr Kirsten Wilson, who has spent her PhD studying panda reproduction with the aim to unlock the predictive power of their pee. 

Marking the departure of the panda pair at Edinburgh Zoo, we delve into the quirky biology of these cute and charismatic bears, and get an insight into why it's so difficult to tell whether or not a panda is pregnant. 

Join us as we discuss their celebrity status as conservation icons, how their pee is collected from the enclosure floor, their ruthless approach to resources while pregnant, and, above all, learn lessons from their ultimate priorities in life: eating and sleeping. 

You can find out more about Kirsten’s research here and follow her on Twitter @KirstenW1234.

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Not Another Science Podcast was co-created by Helena Cornu (@helenacornu) and Tom Edwick (@edwicktom), brought to you by Edinburgh University Science Media (@EUSci). The hosts are Kelsey Tetley-Campbell and Katie Pickup (@_KatiePickup. The logo was designed by Apple Chew (@_applechew), and the cover art was designed by Amy Perks.

You can visit our website at www.eusci.org.uk to check out the latest issue of the magazine, a ton of other cool science content by our student journalists, and find out how to get involved. You can also follow EUSci on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter. All podcast episodes can be found at www.eusci.org.uk/podcasts/.

Music by Kevin Macleod:

https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama;

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/a

Music by Professor Colin Campbell:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZhfAZ-gCEQ&ab_channel=ChemistryEdinburgh

Could artificial intelligence and robotics revolutionise recycling? How do you go about creating a start-up as a student?

We talk to Amy (Xiaoyan) Ma, CEO of Danu Robotics and a High Performance Computing MSc graduate from the University of Edinburgh. Danu Robotics’ technology uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to identify and sort recyclable material so that waste can be processed more efficiently. Amy tells us how her ideas were developed and discusses the challenges, opportunities and lessons involved in setting up your own company.

You can find out more at https://danurobotics.com/ or on Twitter @DanuRobotics.

This episode is sponsored by Edinburgh Innovations. Edinburgh Innovations are here to support students and recent graduates like Amy who want to build their entrepreneurial skills and develop business ideas. Find out more at www.ed.ac.uk/edinburgh-innovations/for-students or @EIStudents on Twitter.

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Not Another Science Podcast was co-created by Helena Cornu (@helenacornu) and Tom Edwick (@edwicktom), brought to you by Edinburgh University Science Magazine (@EUSci). The hosts are Emily Southworth (@EC_Southworth) and Emily Oliver. Our podcast manager is Katie Pickup (@_KatiePickup). The logo was designed by Apple Chew (@_applechew), and the cover art was designed by Amy Perks.

You can visit our website at www.eusci.org.uk to check out the latest issue of the magazine, a ton of other cool science content by our student journalists, and to see how to get involved. You can also follow EUSci on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter. All podcast episodes can be found at www.eusci.org.uk/podcasts/.

Music by Kevin Macleod:

https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama;

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/a

Music by Professor Colin Campbell:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZhfAZ-gCEQ&ab_channel=ChemistryEdinburgh

Cancer treatment in children is clearly vital and lifesaving, but can unintentionally impact the future fertility of cancer survivors. In this episode, Emily Southworth talks to Dr Kathleen Duffin about her research on the provision of fertility preservation services for childhood cancer patients and the different methods that can be used to achieve this important aspect of cancer care.

Not Another Science Podcast was co-created by Helena Cornu (@helenacornu) and Tom Edwick (@edwicktom), brought to you by Edinburgh University Science Magazine (@EUSci). The hosts are Emily Southworth (@EC_Southworth) and Emily Oliver. Our podcast manager is Katie Pickup (@_KatiePickup). The logo was designed by Apple Chew (@_applechew), and the cover art was designed by Amy Perks.

You can visit our website at www.eusci.org.uk to check out the latest issue of the magazine, a ton of other cool science content by our student journalists, and to see how to get involved. You can also follow EUSci on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter. All podcast episodes can be found at www.eusci.org.uk/podcasts/.

Music by Kevin Macleod:

https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama;https://filmmusic.io/song/3787-funk-game-loop 

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Music by Professor Colin Campbell:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZhfAZ-gCEQ&ab_channel=ChemistryEdinburgh

Endometriosis can cause debilitating pain beyond what a ‘normal’ period might feel like, caused by tissue that would normally line the womb growing in places it shouldn’t. We talk to Professor Philippa Saunders to find out why endometriosis can take so many years to diagnose, why progress in treatment development has been so slow, and what level of period pain should be investigated by a healthcare professional.

Philippa is part of the EXPPECT research centre in Edinburgh, a multi-disciplinary team focused on endometriosis and other types of pelvic pain. To find out more about the important work EXPPECT are doing visit their website here⁠ or follow them on Twitter ⁠@exppect⁠. You can also follow Philippa on Twitter ⁠@p_saunder⁠.

More information and resources about endometriosis can be found here: https://www.endometriosis-uk.org/

'Deviant', a video representing lived experiences of endometriosis by artist and PhD researcher Emily Beaney can be viewed here: https://www.emilybeaney.com/deviant

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Not Another Science Podcast was co-created by Helena Cornu (@helenacornu) and Tom Edwick (@edwicktom), brought to you by Edinburgh University Science Magazine (@EUSci). The hosts are Emily Southworth (@EC_Southworth) and Emily Oliver. Our podcast manager is Katie Pickup (@_KatiePickup). The logo was designed by Apple Chew (@_applechew), and the cover art was designed by Amy Perks.

You can visit our website at www.eusci.org.uk to check out the latest issue of the magazine, a ton of other cool science content by our student journalists, and to see how to get involved. You can also follow EUSci on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter. All podcast episodes can be found at www.eusci.org.uk/podcasts/.

Music by Kevin Macleod:

https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama;https://filmmusic.io/song/3787-funk-game-loop 

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Music by Professor Colin Campbell:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZhfAZ-gCEQ&ab_channel=ChemistryEdinburgh

Why has the development of male contraceptives been so slow in comparison to female methods? Would current female contraceptives pass a modern day clinical trial?

Dr John Reynolds-Wright is part of a team in Edinburgh running clinical trials for a gel that reduces sperm count. He gives us a brief history of contraceptive development, digging into the key reasons there has been less attention given to male contraceptive trials in the past. We discuss willingness in uptake of male-driven methods and the importance of improving options for everyone, as well as an exciting insight into when new male contraceptives might become available to the public.

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Not Another Science Podcast was co-created by Helena Cornu (@helenacornu) and Tom Edwick (@edwicktom), brought to you by Edinburgh University Science Magazine (@EUSci). The hosts are Emily Southworth (@EC_Southworth) and Emily Oliver. Our podcast manager is Katie Pickup (@_KatiePickup). The logo was designed by Apple Chew (@_applechew), and the cover art was designed by Amy Perks.

You can visit our website at www.eusci.org.uk to check out the latest issue of the magazine, a ton of other cool science content by our student journalists, and to see how to get involved. You can also follow EUSci on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter. All podcast episodes can be found at www.eusci.org.uk/podcasts/.

Music by Kevin MacLeod:

https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama;

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

How strongly tied to the fossil fuel industry is the University of Edinburgh? Where should the responsibility lie in trying to minimise destruction caused by climate change? What role should the university be playing in combating the climate crisis?

Elizabeth Simmons, Alys Daniels-Creasey and Sarah Manning are postgraduate Earth Fellows with the Edinburgh Earth Initiative (EEI), conducting research on a range of climate projects through the university. We chat about the Fossil Fuel Ed project where the EEI are delving into university archives with the aim of uncovering exactly how much the university has benefited from the fossil fuel industry. We discuss accountability for past endeavours that we know have been so damaging to our planet, as well as how climate change is already causing devastation in many parts of the world. It was fascinating to chat about work at the EEI, which relies on Edinburgh students to carry out innovative and inspiring climate-related projects.

You can find out more about EEI at https://earth.ed.ac.uk/ or on Twitter at @EdinburghEarth.

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Not Another Science Podcast was co-created by Helena Cornu (@helenacornu) and Tom Edwick (@edwicktom), brought to you by Edinburgh University Science Magazine (@EUSci). The hosts are Emily Southworth (@EC_Southworth) and Emily Oliver. Our podcast manager is Katie Pickup (@_KatiePickup). The logo was designed by Apple Chew (@_applechew), and the cover art was designed by Amy Perks.

You can visit our website at www.eusci.org.uk to check out the latest issue of the magazine, a ton of other cool science content by our student journalists, and to see how to get involved. You can also follow EUSci on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter. All podcast episodes can be found at www.eusci.org.uk/podcasts/.

Music by Kevin Macleod:

https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama;

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/a

Music by Professor Colin Campbell:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZhfAZ-gCEQ&ab_channel=ChemistryEdinburgh

What do you get when you mix musical theatre with antimicrobial resistance -and throw in Alexander Fleming for good measure?

To kick off season five of Not Another Science Podcast, we talk to Dr Meghan Perry, an infectious diseases doctor and researcher who embarked on a somewhat unusual scientific adventure to spread the word about the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through song and dance. Alongside musician and composer Robin Hiley, they created ‘The Mould That Changed the World’, a musical telling the story of Alexander Fleming, his discovery of penicillin, and its relevance to the world today. The show is currently bursting onto the US stage, with performances in Atlanta and Washington DC in October and November 2022, fresh from its successful third run at the Edinburgh Fringe this summer.

This conversation taught us a lot about Fleming’s life, antibiotics, and the emotional power that musical theatre can conjure up. Listen out for some ceilidh music in an exclusive snippet from the show!

Follow the journey of ‘The Mould That Changed the World’ @ThatMould on Twitter or through their website www.mouldthatchangedtheworld.com

Not Another Science Podcast was co-created by Helena Cornu (@helenacornu) and Tom Edwick (@edwicktom), brought to you by Edinburgh University Science Media (@EUSci). The hosts are Emily Southworth (@EC_Southworth) and Emily Oliver. Our podcast manager is Katie Pickup (@_KatiePickup). The logo was designed by Apple Chew (@_applechew), and the cover art was designed by Amy Perks.

You can visit our website at www.eusci.org.uk to check out the latest issue of the magazine, a ton of other cool science content by our student journalists, and to see how to get involved. You can also follow EUSci on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter. All podcast episodes can be found at www.eusci.org.uk/podcasts/.

Music by Kevin Macleod:

https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama;

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Music by Professor Colin Campbell:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZhfAZ-gCEQ&ab_channel=ChemistryEdinburgh

This week, NASP host Alix meets with universe-ready Professor Romeel Davé - computational and theoretical astrophysicist and Chair of Physics from the University of Edinburgh's School of Physics and Astronomy - for a special extended episode. He takes us "Around the Galaxies in 80+ Computer Models" by introducing us to galaxy-creating computer simulations that aim to help the world better understand what has been, what is, and what will be out beyond Earth's reach. Alix and Romeel venture out from the world of academia, and into the (theoretical) world of the yet-to-be-mapped universe by discussing the scientific field that involves constant comparison of models of the planets and the stars and everything in between. More than an academic, we get a sneak peek into Romeel's down-to-Earth nature, philosophies, goals and hobbies. Need we say more?

Check out Romeel's Twitter: @RomeelDave

His professional profile: https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/people/romeel-dave

Not Another Science Podcast is co-created by Helena Cornu (@helenacornu) and Tom Edwick (@edwicktom), brought to you by Edinburgh University Science Magazine (EUSci). The hosts are Alix Bailie (@alixbailie) and Hannah Muir (@hannahcmuir). Our podcast manager is Lili Paradi (@liliparadi). The logo was designed by Apple Chew (@_applechew), and the cover art was designed by Heather Jones (@heatherfrancs).

You can visit our website at www.eusci.org.uk to check out the latest issue of the magazine, a ton of other cool science content by our student journalists, and to see how to get involved. You can also follow EUSci on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter. All podcast episodes and transcripts can be found at www.eusci.org.uk/podcasts/.

Music by Kevin Macleod:

https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama;

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Music by Professor Colin Campbell:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZhfAZ-gCEQ&ab_channel=ChemistryEdinburgh

In this week's episode we say a big farewell and thank you to Hannah Muir - our awesome co-host who is moving onto starting her PhD candidacy studying blue carbon (the carbon trapped in the ocean) at the National Oceanography Centre in Swansea University. Travelling through her multidisciplinary life, we learn about the motivations that led Hannah to where she is today in her professional and academic life. A whirlwind of opportunities, such as studying chemistry in her undergrad degree, joining a film club in America, and working at the publishing company Wiley uncovers some life-lessons that Hannah passes on to her fellow students. We even learn about her favourite podcasts. 

While we hope that NASP becomes one of Hannah's daily listens, we know that this may not be the last time you hear from her, and we wish her all the best as she 'Keeps it Science' wherever she ends up next.

Not Another Science Podcast is co-created by Helena Cornu (@helenacornu) and Tom Edwick (@edwicktom), brought to you by Edinburgh University Science Magazine (EUSci). The hosts are Alix Bailie (@alixbailie) and Hannah Muir (@hannahcmuir). Our podcast manager is Lili Paradi (@liliparadi). The logo was designed by Apple Chew (@_applechew), and the cover art was designed by Heather Jones (@heatherfrancs).

You can visit our website at www.eusci.org.uk to check out the latest issue of the magazine, a ton of other cool science content by our student journalists, and to see how to get involved. You can also follow EUSci on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter. All podcast episodes and transcripts can be found at www.eusci.org.uk/podcasts/.

Music by Kevin Macleod:

https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama;

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Music by Professor Colin Campbell:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZhfAZ-gCEQ&ab_channel=ChemistryEdinburgh