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Periodic audiocasts from American Scientist, a publication of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society.

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Periodic audiocasts from American Scientist, a publication of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society.

    Changing Policies on COVID-19 Transmission

    Changing Policies on COVID-19 Transmission

    An interview with Virginia Tech environmental engineer, Linsey Marr. Her expertise in aerosols came to center stage as she and her colleagues worked for years to change policies based on faulty ideas about the transmission of the coronavirus. Host, Katie L. Burke, Digital Features Editor at American Scientist.

    • 39 min
    How to Start a Fusion Fire

    How to Start a Fusion Fire

    Andrea "Annie" Kritcher discusses her and her team's achieved ignition, raising new hopes for fusion as a practical energy source.
    Host Corey S. Powell and American Scientist Magazine.

    • 43 min
    The Early Human Social Network

    The Early Human Social Network

    Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias is melding enviromental data and how these early populations interacted. Host Corey S. Powell and American Scientist Magazine.

    • 40 min
    Physicians Need Caregiving Support Policies

    Physicians Need Caregiving Support Policies

    The collision of the Great Resignation and long-standing gender inequities in medicine is heightening calls for improved family leave policies at American health care institutions. Host Jordan Anderson and American Scientist editor Katie L. Burke discuss caregiving support policies, bringing in perspectives from interviewees Christina Mangurian of UCSC, Jessica Lee of UCSC, and Neda Laiteerapong of University of Chicago.

    • 19 min
    Synthesizing Engineering and Biology

    Synthesizing Engineering and Biology

    On using synthetic biology to create next-generation diagnostics and therapeutics -- an interview with James J. Collins of Harvard and MIT, one of founders of the field.

    • 15 min
    Science Curious Through Science Fiction

    Science Curious Through Science Fiction

    How science fiction promotes science curiosity and why that matters. Hear from science communication practitioners and scholars Reyhaneh Maktoufi, Thomas DeFrantz, and Stephanie Castillo.

    • 25 min

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