The Conduct Science Podcast

This week on The Method Section, Tom explores the reality of coincidences and randomness, and why it is something for scientists to consider. Is it something that we all too often use to explain away seemingly odd things, does it prevent us from looking at things closer and finding their true cause and when does coincidence really come into play? Find out in this episode! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.

Join Tom and Mitch in part 2 of their adventures in the solar system! Remembering the Apollo 11 missions this episode takes a look at the state of space travel within our solar system past, present and future. From the tech that was brought about due to the Apollo missions to NASA 3D printing a base on the moon, check it out! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.

Today Tom is Under the Microscope with Dr. Kevin Arbuckle, an evolutionary biologist and lecturer at Swansea University. Have you ever wondered how we classify organisms, how we can use the genes of organisms to estimate the states of their ancestors and the applications that has for todays world? Like predicting the existence of new human species for them only to be discovered shortly after! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.

Welcome back once again to The Method Section. This week Tom is talking about being wrong! Something that we are all so afraid of and learn in school as a bad thing, but in reality is the underpinning nature of science and our knowledge. Find out what about it means to be wrong in science, the power of peer review and some big failures that led to monumental discoveries! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.

Join Mitch and Tom this week as they get down with gravity in the first of a two-part topic: the Solar System. The conversation ranges from the newest theories to how the moon formed and how Jupiter sculpted the formation of Earth to the major scientific breakthroughs in recent years concerning black holes and the search for life! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.

In today's episode Tom is Under the Microscope with marine biologist and founder of Love the Oceans (LTO), a British non-profit conducting research in Mozambique. In the interview they dive into the process of starting up your own non-profit, how and why LTO came to be what it is, the research being conducted and the fundamental reasoning behind the huge amounts of effort put into the local community! You can find out more information by visiting lovetheoceans.org! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.

This week on The Method Section, Tom takes a look at The Stanford Prison Experiment. Possibly the most famous psychological experiment ever conducted, but maybe for the wrong reasons! The results nonetheless are used all over the world in court rooms to justify people’s actions. But what if the conclusions are invalid? And if it were to be done again, how would it be done? Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.

In this week’s episode Tom and Mitch swing through the evolutionary tree of life! Have you ever considered what evolution really is, is that the only theory, how we define a species, how animals evolved in the first place or about the super animal that is the tardigrade? Well this is the episode for you! Join us on this wild ride through evolutionary science! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.

In today's episode Tom is Under the Microscope with Dr. John Boyd, a world leader in psychology and in particular Time Perspective. Along with Dr. Philip Zimbardo, he has championed and developed the methodologies and theories behind this fied oh psychology with remarkable outcomes. Today they discuss Time Perspective, what it is, how John came to study it, the methodologies they use and how they adapt it over time as well as the real world applications of it. You can find out more by going to thetimeparadox.com and take your own Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory test, to see where you align! ~ Today's episode is dedicated to Dr. Robert Levine, a friend, mentor and brilliant psychologist. ~ Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.

This week on The Method Section, Tom tackles the task of Scientific Communication. In an age where science is so fascinating and mind blowing why is it communicated in such a boring way? Find out why this is an important step to take and how you can improve your scientific communication. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.