What The If?

By Philip Shane, Matt Stanley, Gabrielle PanicciaScience

What The If? episodes

July 15, 2020 COVID Glowing in the Dark?
Glow in the dark CORONAVIRUS?
Rockefeller University Virologist GABY PANICCIA explores the science behind the headlines!
More info at RockEDU: rockedu.rockefeller.edu and covid-19-research.rockefeller.edu
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Special thanks to Kyle Crichton, Howard Zheng, and Illia Zheng for their help with the show.
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26 min
July 13, 2020 WTIF News: Herd Immunity!
What the IF is HERD IMMUNITY? It’s coming! Gaby tells us what to do to make it so.
Every week, Rockefeller University Virologist GABY PANICCIA explores the science behind the headlines.
More info at RockEDU: rockedu.rockefeller.edu and covid-19-research.rockefeller.edu
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Special thanks to Kyle Crichton, Howard Zheng and Illia Zheng for their help with the show.
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30 min
July 08, 2020 Ooda Loop
What The If our brains were SLOWER?
Can you upgrade the CPU or perhaps install more RAM to avoid the spinning beach ball of death?!
What the if you were practicing karate with Matt and your brain processed your punch slower than you actually moved?
Our resident black belt historian of science Matt Stanley tells us about karate and the OODA LOOP!
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Special thanks to Kyle Crichton, Howard Zheng and Illia Zheng for their help with the show.
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50 min
June 19, 2020 How Does IMAGINATION Work?
How does IMAGINATION work? What The IF… you had NO imagination!
Our guest TRACY GLEASON is a Developmental Psychologist studying relationships, real and imagined, with a focus on young children's imaginary companions.
A professor of psychology at Wellesley College, Professor Gleason studies how young children understand their relationships with other people, and in particular, on the relationships that they have with imaginary companions. By examining how young children create imaginary relationships, she hopes to learn what they understand about real relationships.
Professor Gleason teaches courses in developmental and introductory psychology. She also teaches research methods in developmental psychology, in which students conduct projects at the Wellesley College Child Study Center. At the advanced level, Professor Gleason teaches seminars on early relationships and social imagination (the ways in which we use our imaginations to help us regulate and understand our relationships).
In her free time, Professor Gleason enjoys spending time with her husband, David Kaiser, and their twins (got twins?), as well as playing oboe with the New Philharmonia Orchestra.
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Got an IF of your own? Want to have us consider your idea for a show topic? Send YOUR IF to us! Email us at [email protected] and let us know what's in your imagination. No idea is too small, or too big!
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Keep On IFFin',
Philip & Matt
1 hr 6 min
June 17, 2020 WTIF News: COVID-19 Has A Very Busy PASSPORT
Did Covid-19 come to your shores from one person, or many?
Every week, Rockefeller University Virologist GABY PANICCIA explores the science behind the headlines.
More info at RockEDU: rockedu.rockefeller.edu and covid-19-research.rockefeller.edu
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Special thanks to Howard Zheng and Illia Zheng for their help with the show.
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33 min
June 11, 2020 ONE Language For ALL?
ONE Language For ALL? by Philip Shane, Matt Stanley, Gabrielle Paniccia
48 min
June 08, 2020 WTIF News: Are We Doomed To REPEAT The 1918 PANDEMIC?
SMITHSONIAN Magazine published a very thought provoking article this week, urging caution against thinking we are on the same path as the 1918 PANDEMIC.
Every week, Rockefeller University Virologist GABY PANICCIA explores the science behind the headlines.
More info at RockEDU: rockedu.rockefeller.edu and covid-19-research.rockefeller.edu
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Special thanks to Howard Zheng and Illia Zheng for their help with the show.
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31 min
June 05, 2020 Earth In A BOTTLE!
What The IF you were about to have a meeting with Aliens and you wanted to made a good FIRST IMPRESSION? Carl Sagan and his colleagues took up this very challenge when crafting the “messages in a bottle” that they attached to the Pioneer and Voyager spacecraft. (Spoiler: no bottles, but plaques and record suitable for playing by alien DJ’s!).
The brilliant BLAKE LEWIN joins us to talk about his amazing experiences working with Sagan on creating a version of the Voyager record for us Earthlings, and his further adventures in producing the creation of the DVD for the Mars Phoenix lander. Wonderful, colorful stories of space archaeology in the making, and pro tips for all of us on how to make our own!
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Got an IF of your own? Want to have us consider your idea for a show topic? Send YOUR IF to us! Email us at [email protected] and let us know what's in your imagination. No idea is too small, or too big!
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Special thanks to Illia Zheng and Howard Zheng for their help with the show.
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Keep On IFFin',
Philip & Matt
1 hr 2 min
June 02, 2020 WTIF News: SCIENCE-ing While Distancing!
New York reopens and the scientists are eager to get back to the lab! Gaby tells us how it feels for the city's scientists as they are getting ready to don higher grade protective gear and jump in deeper into the hunt for a vaccine.
Every week, Rockefeller University Virologist GABY PANICCIA explores the science behind the headlines.
More info at RockEDU: rockedu.rockefeller.edu and covid-19-research.rockefeller.edu
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Special thanks to Howard Zheng and Illia Zheng for their help with the show.
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Like the show? Share your love for the IF by dropping a review on Apple Podcasts! itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1250517051?mt=2&ls=1
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Comments, questions, and more are welcome! Visit WhatTheIF.com/contact or email us at [email protected].
22 min
June 01, 2020 BIRTHPLACE Of The Virus?
WHERE was the virus born?
Rockefeller University Virologist GABY PANICCIA explores the science behind the headlines!
More info at RockEDU: rockedu.rockefeller.edu and covid-19-research.rockefeller.edu
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Special thanks to Howard Zheng and Illia Zheng for their help with the show.
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Like the show? Share your love for the IF by dropping a review on Apple Podcasts! itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1250517051?mt=2&ls=1
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Comments, questions, and more are welcome! Visit WhatTheIF.com/contact or email us at [email protected].
15 min

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