Science Night

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Science news has been hot over the last couple of weeks, with announcements of major advances in fusion energy, a green alternative to fossil fuel energy. On this episode we sit down with Dr. Steffi Diem, a plasma physicist from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and director of the Pegasus III a fusion energy and plasma science experiment, to learn about the latest in fusion energy research and how she forged her own path in science. She’s also a dog agility trainer… you don’t want to miss this!

Links to the articles we talked about in this episode can be found at https://www.scinight.com/

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Science Night, reimagined. Season 3 debuts a new format for your favorite podcast where we focus on the coolest science the stories behind it: past, present, and future! Episode 1 features the latest science developments from protein folding to time crystals, a brief history of 19th Century evolutionary theorist Alfred Russell Wallace, and an attempt to answer the question, “What is Science?” We hope you enjoy the new look and sound of Science Night!

Be sure to check out the rest of the Alfred Wallace episode produced by our friends at the History's B-Side podcast.

Links to the articles we talked about in this episode can be found at https://www.scinight.com/

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This week I'm on my own and talking about the Rosetta Stone. Not the overpriced software but the large slab of granite from which the software gets its name. I'll talk about why the stone was made in the first place and it's role in our understanding of ancient Egyptian culture. I'll also talk about why should be returned to Egypt by the British Museum.

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AngloZulu by Kevin MacLeod | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7dhvLKwbjg

Arid Foothills by Kevin MacLeod | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeH-toc9pJg

Desert Caravan by Aaron Kenny | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVAggfwI4hnkA2WO6-xC06Q

Germ Theory by Jeremy Korpas | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbRZuQ5ampehni5RYpJlYOw

Happy Mistake by RKVC | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCowgKeMGXKY038qwuf3yYlw

The Throne Room by Sir Cubworth | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3edSSIDJPTZmBM-m9_G3Nw

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What does it mean to be bipedal? How do we know what we know about this process in our own human lineage? How important is the continued reevaluation of fossil remains, and old hypotheses? To help answer these questions, we have the author of the new book First Steps: How Upright Walking Made Us Human, Jeremy DeSilva

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Excerpt from First Steps: How Upright Walking Made Us Human By: Jeremy DeSilva

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Earth Prelude by Kevin MacCleod | https://www.youtube.com/c/kmmusic/featured

Germ Theory by Jeremy Korpas | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hviZFT06YI

Outlaw’s Farewell (Part I) by Reed Mathis | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2lHxFyHL96NPhdU9XyXnPQ

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Is the zombie apocalypse really possible? Worse yet, has it already started? Dr. Athena Aktipis stopped by to answer these questions and more.

Athena Aktipis is a psychology professor at Arizona State University that studies cooperation in ways ranging from its evolution in human societies and all the way down to the cellular level with her work in researching how we think about cancer and potential new ways to treat it. She’s also really into the zombie apocalypse and zombification which is the topic of this show, so grab your go bag and head to your bunkers as we talk zombification with Athena Aktipis.

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Late Night Drive by Nat Keefe and BeatMower | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr1hW0rMwhUGBPne6FYdyIQ

The Zombified Podcast- The Infopocalypse: Kristy Roschke | Athena Aktipis and Dave Lundberg Kenrick

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Who owns the past? Why should we care about this question? How annoyed can James make a guest by comparing them to Indiana Jones or Lara Croft? In this episode I talked with Gypsy Price, a bioarchaeologist, about a lot of things. Topics range from her work in Greece, cultural resource management, what to do with a degree in archaeology, and why Britain should return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece.

Learn more about the people that support Gypsy’s work in Greece at https://nemeacenter.berkeley.edu/

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Checkmate by Nathan Moore |https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf0rSKiGRyxcuMOyQZUUuIA

Germ Theory by Jeremy Korpas | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hviZFT06YI

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Why are painted turtles painted? What role does pigmentation play in biology? How little does our host know about this topic? Beth Reinke, an evolutionary ecologist at Northeastern Illinois Univ., stopped by to answer these questions and more on the newest episode of the podcast.

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Ditch Diggin’ by Jingle Punks | jinglepunks.com

Germ Theory by Jeremy Korpas | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hviZFT06YI

Turtleneck by TrackTribe| https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCALNf7YM2pEGJvIHf1zxftA

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Bug Catching by Emily A. Sprague | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx6KAGjiD7QOQD_ZqLdEUeQ

Germ Theory by Jeremy Korpas | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hviZFT06YI

Outlaw’s Farewell (part II) by Reed Mathis | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2lHxFyHL96NPhdU9XyXnPQ

In the final episode of season 1, I sat down with Ben Valentine to talk about fundraising and some of the limitations of academia.

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Germ Warfare by Jeremy Korpas | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hviZFT06YI