257 episodes

Each week, UnDisciplined takes a fun, fascinating and accessible dive into the lives of researchers and explorers working across a wide variety of scientific fields.

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Each week, UnDisciplined takes a fun, fascinating and accessible dive into the lives of researchers and explorers working across a wide variety of scientific fields.

    UnDisciplined: How is climate warming impacting groundwater storage?

    UnDisciplined: How is climate warming impacting groundwater storage?

    Until recently, there hasn’t been a great way of assessing groundwater storage, or understanding how climate change is impacting it.

    • 25 min
    UnDisciplined: Can we predict the next snowpocalypse?

    UnDisciplined: Can we predict the next snowpocalypse?

    Matthew’s recent paper looks at the potential connections between ocean temperatures and epic winters, like the one we experienced in the Mountain West in 2022-23.

    • 25 min
    UnDisciplined: Can science be fun, guys?

    UnDisciplined: Can science be fun, guys?

    For 21 years, the pub event series known as Nerd Nite has cross-crossed the globe, making science accessible and fun.

    • 25 min
    UnDisciplined: How do you land on an asteroid?

    UnDisciplined: How do you land on an asteroid?

    In The Asteroid Hunter, Dante Lauretta chronicles the quest to retrieve a sample from Bennu, which is one of the large asteroids that is most likely to collide with the Earth.

    • 25 min
    UnDisciplined: Can a personal creed help young people connect in a rapidly changing world?

    UnDisciplined: Can a personal creed help young people connect in a rapidly changing world?

    The young adults who comprise Generation Z live in a world of far less violent crime relative to the generation before them. So, why are so many of them struggling? Educator John Creger thinks he has part of the answer: They often need help understanding who they are in this world.

    • 25 min
    UnDisciplined: Why do people police language?

    UnDisciplined: Why do people police language?

    Anne Curzan might seem like a strange sort of English teacher. The veteran professor doesn’t believe in “right” and wrong” when it comes to grammar. Rather, she wants people to be able to make informed choices about language.

    • 25 min

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