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- 24. In social sciences your data can look back at you - w/ Anastasia DiatlovaWelcome back to The Science Basement Podcast!Our guest this week is Anastasia Diatlova, who is a doctoral researcher in Sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Helsinki. Her research focusses on the daily experience of life and work of russian-speaking sex workers in Finland. It is also the first time we have a guest telling us about social sciences, so we have the opportunity to learn about data collection through interviews, i.e. when your data can literally look back at you! Listen to this episode to learn more!…and, of course, it wouldn't be an episode of the TSB podcast without a science anecdote. This time we talk about the YouTube comment section!~•~•~Links from this episode:• Anastasia's article about her research: https://discoversociety.org/2017/08/02/living-the-border-russian-speaking-sex-workers-in-finland/• Apologia by Soup Troupe: https://www.rstc.fi/productions/apologia~•~•~Where you can find us:Homepage: www.thesciencebasement.orgFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheScienceBasementTSBInstagram: @science_basementTwitter: @ScienceBasementEmail: [email protected]Music by Havelocke http://thisishavelocke.bandcamp.com56 min
- 23. Plants are leaking gas all the time - w/ Arnaud PraplanWelcome back to The Science Basement Podcast!Our guest this week is Arnaud Praplan, who is an Academy Research Fellow at the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). His research focusses on the reactive chemical compounds emitted by plants into the atmosphere and their oxidation reactions. Did you know that plants emit stuff all the time, and that their emission depends on the season, the temperature, the amount of light, and many other factors? Listen to this episode to learn more!…and, of course, it wouldn't be an episode of the TSB podcast without a science anecdote. This time we talk about the importance of toilets!~•~•~Links from this episode:• Arnaud’s blog: https://reactivitair.blogspot.com• UN toilet day: http://www.un.org/en/events/toiletday/~•~•~Where you can find us:Homepage: www.thesciencebasement.orgFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheScienceBasementTSBInstagram: @science_basementTwitter: @ScienceBasementEmail: [email protected]Music by Havelocke http://thisishavelocke.bandcamp.com49 min
- 22. If a huge solar storm comes we can be left without social media - w/ Diana MorosanWelcome back to The Science Basement Podcast!Our guest this week is Diana Morosan, postdoctoral researcher in solar physics at the University of Helsinki. We chat about multiple things: how to observe the Sun in radio frequencies, the big LOFAR radio telescope, the solar cycle, solar storms, the coronal heating problem, and many other things. In particular, tune in to hear what would happen to us if a huge solar storm would hit Earth!…and, of course, it wouldn't be an episode of the TSB podcast without a science anecdote. This time we talk about one of the biggest solar storms ever recorded, the Carrington event!~•~•~Links for this episode• the LOFAR radio telescope: http://www.lofar.org/• Carrington's sketch of the 1959 flare: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Carrington_Richard_sunspots_1859.jpg~•~•~Where you can find us:Homepage: www.thesciencebasement.orgFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheScienceBasementTSBInstagram: @science_basementTwitter: @ScienceBasementEmail: [email protected]Music by Havelocke thisishavelocke.bandcamp.com53 min
- 21. Shooting X-rays at things - w/ Ari-Pekka HonkanenWelcome back to The Science Basement Podcast!Our guest this week is Ari-Pekka Honkanen, PhD student at the Materials Physics lab of the University of Helsinki. He studies the structure of materials by "shooting" X-rays at them! He also explains us how an X-ray detector works.…and, of course, it wouldn't be an episode of the TSB podcast without a science anecdote. This time we talk about how X-rays helped discover the structure of penicillin and the DNA!~•~•~Links for this episode• Ari-Pekka's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_gIlueUGYNXPb9yZ5uPVEg~•~•~Where you can find us:Homepage: www.thesciencebasement.orgFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheScienceBasementTSBInstagram: @science_basementTwitter: @ScienceBasementEmail: [email protected]Music by Havelocke https://thisishavelocke.bandcamp.com42 min
- 20. Epigenome, DNA, and pineapple on pizza - w/ Chiara FacciottoWelcome back to The Science Basement Podcast!Our guest this week is Chiara Facciotto, PhD student at Biomedicum in Helsinki. She works on how epigenetics influences cancer response to therapy. Follow us to discover what the epigenome is and how it relates to our DNA, and why it is a very bad idea to put pineapple on your pizza!…and, of course, it wouldn't be an episode of the TSB podcast without a science anecdote. This time we talk about how living with your mother-in-law can have effects on your offspring!~•~•~Where you can find us:Homepage: www.thesciencebasement.orgFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheScienceBasementTSBInstagram: @science_basementTwitter: @ScienceBasementEmail: [email protected]Music by Havelocke https://thisishavelocke.bandcamp.com42 min
- 19. Nobody is allowed to steal plutonium - w/ Camille Bélanger-ChampagneWelcome back to The Science Basement Podcast!Our guest this week is Camille Bélanger-Champagne, post-doctoral researcher at the Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP) in the technology programme. Her research focusses on instruments for nuclear safeguards! The instrument she works on can be used by the inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to check that facilities that handle nuclear power are using nuclear material for peaceful and civilian activies only. We chat with Camille about her work, about the nuclear plants in Finland, and about how a nuclear reactor works!…and, of course, it wouldn't be an episode of the TSB podcast without a science anecdote. This time we talk about the Fermi solution!~•~•~Links from this episode:• The Fermi Solution (book): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/507755.The_Fermi_Solution• The Trinity test: http://www.dannen.com/decision/fermi.html~•~•~Where you can find us:Homepage: www.thesciencebasement.orgFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheScienceBasementTSBInstagram: @science_basementTwitter: @ScienceBasementEmail: [email protected]Music by Havelocke https://thisishavelocke.bandcamp.com52 min
- 18. We are going to Mercury! - w/ Juhani HuovelinWelcome back to The Science Basement Podcast!Our guest this week is Juhani Huovelin, who is a University Lecturer at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He is also the Principal Investigator of the Solar Intensity X-ray and particle Spectrometer (SIXS) instrument onboard BepiColombo, the mission to Mercury from ESA and JAXA that will be launched in October 2018! Join us for a conversation about Mercury and how to plan a whole space mission!…and, of course, it wouldn't be an episode of the TSB podcast without a science anecdote. This time we talk about Mariner 10, the first satellite that visited Mercury!~•~•~Links from this episode:• BepiColombo mission: http://sci.esa.int/bepicolombo/• BepiColombo public event on 25.9 in Helsinki (in Finnish): https://www.facebook.com/events/1255135107963106/~•~•~Where you can find us:Homepage: www.thesciencebasement.orgFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheScienceBasementTSBInstagram: @science_basementTwitter: @ScienceBasementEmail: [email protected]Music by Havelocke http://thisishavelocke.bandcamp.com59 min
- 17. Looking for gravitational waves - w/ David WeirWelcome to Season 2 of The Science Basement Podcast!Our first guest for the new season is David Weir, who is a University Researcher at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He looks at gravitational waves from processes in the early Universe, and we have a chance to chat with him about his work, the successful LIGO experiment, and the upcoming LISA mission!…and, of course, it wouldn't be an episode of the TSB podcast without a science anecdote. This time we talk about the famous Newton’s apple!~•~•~Links from this episode:• LIGO: https://ligo.org• LISA: https://www.lisamission.org• “Turning the pages” from the Royal Society: https://royalsociety.org/collections/turning-pages/~•~•~Where you can find us:Homepage: www.thesciencebasement.orgFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheScienceBasementTSBInstagram: @science_basementTwitter: @ScienceBasementEmail: [email protected]Music by Havelocke http://thisishavelocke.bandcamp.com51 min
- Summer Special - Science stories with the students from ICPS2018Hello from TSB Podcast!This episode is a Summer Special that we recorded at the International Conference of Physics Students 2018 that took place in Helsinki during 8-14 August!We at TSB have spent one day with the students and held a workshop about science communication called “How to tell a science story”! This special episode is the result of the workshop.Listen to a bunch of science anecdotes from our special guests, and then follow our conversation about studying physics in different countries and how young scientists should be trained to communicate science to the public!Big big thanks to our very special guests:★ Mafalda Matos (University of Porto)★ Alexandra Oliveira (University of Porto)★ Ana Luisa Caivalho (University of Lisbon)★ Elías Guisado Villalgordo (University of Seville)★ Pietro Torta (University of Milan)★ Michael Kovacs (TU Graz)~•~•~Links from this episode:• The ICPS2018 conference: https://icps.helsinki.fi• QuantumFracture (YouTube channel): https://www.youtube.com/user/QuantumFracture• The spread of true and false news online (article): http://science.sciencemag.org/content/359/6380/1146~•~•~Where you can find us:Homepage: www.thesciencebasement.orgFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheScienceBasementTSBInstagram: @science_basementTwitter: @ScienceBasementEmail: [email protected]Music by Havelocke http://thisishavelocke.bandcamp.com37 min
- 16. Working with 4500 salmon - w/ Andrew HouseWelcome back to The Science Basement Podcast!Our guest this week is Andrew House, who is a PhD student in Wildlife Biology at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He works with a large sample of Atlantic Salmon and studies the fat composition in these fish during their early development (from the stage of embryo up to 2.5 years into their life!)....and, of course, it wouldn't be an episode of the TSB podcast without a science anecdote. This time we talk about the medaka fish, the little japanese fish that went to space!This is the last episode for Season 1 of TSB Podcast, see you after the summer break for Season 2!~•~•~Links from this episode:• Andrew's group at the University of Helsinki: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/evolution-conservation-and-genomics• Andrew's blog: http://talesofahouse.com• More info about the medaka fish space experiment: https://phys.org/news/2017-01-real-time-imaging-transcriptome-analysis-medaka.html~•~•~Where you can find us:Homepage: www.thesciencebasement.orgFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheScienceBasementTSBInstagram: @science_basementTwitter: @ScienceBasementEmail: [email protected]Music by Havelocke http://thisishavelocke.bandcamp.com41 min
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We are a team of scientists based in Helsinki and we want to show you how cool science is! Follow us having semi-serious conversations with our sci-guests. New episode every month.