Science Snacks

Science Snacks

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Science Snacks episodes

  • PCR and Glowing Raccoons

    Nobel Prize winner Kary Mullis developed PCR. What that is, what that means, and how OJ. Simpson, glowing raccoons, and alien abductions tie into it, you will have to listen to this new episode of Science Snacks to discover!

    16 min
  • The Business of Eye Tracking

    Businesses are watching how you watch them, and it is something you should watch out for. Explore the behaior of eye tracking and commerse and learn some of the tricks they use to keep your attention on this episode of Science Snacks.

    13 min
  • A Nobel Prize in Self Eating

    On this episode, we talk about another Nobel Prize winner: The 2016 winner in Physiology or Medicine, Yoshinori Ohsumi, who discovered a mechanism for how we eat ourselves. 

    13 min
  • Otto Hahn

    Learn more about the Nobel Prize winning Father of Nuclear Chemistry, the atom, WW1 chemical warfare, and an ethical debate on the use of scientific work. 

    14 min
  • Thesis- An Introduction to the Podcast

    Hey! Welcome to the podcast! I am Eric, your science liaison. Here I give an introduction and talk about science what this podcast is, problems we face in communication, what predatory publishers are, and primary, secondary, and tertiary literature and other vocabulary that will make you sound like you know at least three things at fancy dinner parties. I hope you enjoy the show and, Hey! Don't forget your safety glasses!

    13 min
  • Mitochondrial Uncouplers

    It is the POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL, but how? why? What happens when we change things with it? What do hydroelectric dams, bodybuilders, and French munitions have in common with the mitochondria? Find out on this episode of Science Snacks!

    15 min

About Science Snacks

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This snack-sized podcast helps you get smarter, brought to you by a Science Liaison! Every episode, I take one or more scientific papers and make them easily digestible. A podcast where you learn…