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Scientific Sense ®
by Gill Eapen
Scientific Sense ® is an invigorating podcast that delves into the intricate tapestry of Science and Economics, serving as a nexus for intellectual exploration and fervor. This daily venture engages listeners by conversing with preeminent academics, unraveling their research, and unveiling emerging concepts across a diverse array of fields. Scientific Sense ® thoughtfully examines multifaceted themes such as the frameworks of worker rights and policy, the philosophical underpinnings of truth and its pursuit within academia, and constitutional discourse within divided societies.
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Prof. Jonathan Silvertown of the Univ. of Edinburgh on how leaves conjure up the world
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Jonathan Silvertown is Professor of Evolutionary Ecology and Chair in Technology-Enhanced Science Education in Biological Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. His research interests include many areas of plant population biology. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Stephanie Schmitt-Grohe of Columbia University on the Neo-Fisher Effect in Monetary Policy
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Stephanie Schmitt-Grohe of Columbia University on The Neo-Fisher Effect: Econometric Evidence from Empirical and Optimizing Models, Multiple equilibria in open economies with collateral constraints, and, Does the Commodity Super Cycle Matter?Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Mariassunta Giannetti on supply chains, market power, inflation and liquidity reallocation
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof Mariassunta Giannetti is a professor of Finance at the Stockholm School of Economics; she is also a CEPR research fellow in the financial economics program and a research associate of the ECGI. She studies how formal institutions (such as investor protection) and informal institutions (such as culture and social norms) affect corporate finance, investor behavior, asset valuations, and economic and financial integration.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Kala Krishna of the Penn State University on Educational Testing
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Kala Krishna of the Penn State University on Better luck next time: Learning through retaking, Retaking in high stakes exams: Is less more?, Taking PISA seriously: How accurate are low stakes exams?, and Does class size matter? How, and at what cost?Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Mark Hersam of Northwestern on nueromorphic and quantum computing.
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Mark Hersam is Professor and Chair of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University.The Hersam Research Group specializes in the synthesis, purification, functionalization, and application of low-dimensional nanoelectronic materials. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Susan Schneider of FAU on Consciousness and AI
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Susan Schneider is Professor of Philosophy at Florida Atlantic University (FAU). She is interested in the nature of the self and mind, especially from the vantage point of philosophy, AI, cognitive science, and astrobiology. Please subscribe to this channel:vbhttps://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Katherine Freese of University of Texas, Austin on Dark Stars
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Katherine Freese is Professor and Chair in Physics at The University of Texas at Austin. She is known for her work on a wide range of topics in theoretical cosmology and astroparticle physics.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Tristram Kidder of Washington University in St. Louis on Climate Change Lessons from China.
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Tristram Kidder is Professor of Anthropology and Environmental Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. His work explores how, when, and to what extent humans have changed climates and especially their environments. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Harald Uhlig of the University of Chicago on Bitcoin Economics
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Harald Uhlig is Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago. His research focuses on macroeconomics, monetary economics, financial markets, and Bayesian time series analysis, particularly at the intersection of macroeconomics and financial economics. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Anna Grzymala-Busse of Stanford on authoritarians, fragmentation, and the medieval Church
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Anna Grzymala-Busse is Professor of International Studies and Senior Fellow at Stanford University. Her research focuses on the historical development of the state and its transformation, political parties, religion and politics, and post communist politics. Other areas of interest include populism, informal institutions, and causal mechanisms. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Professor Andrew Weaver of the Univ. of Victoria on climate change mitigation
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Andrew Weaver is Professor of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of Victoria. He was the lead author to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessments. In 2007, the IPCC was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about human-induced climate change and to lay the foundations for measures needed to counteract such change.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Valerio Capraro of the University of Milan - Bicocca. on the economics of language
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Valerio Capraro is associate professor of psychology at the University of Milan - Bicocca. He uses human experiments, mathematical modeling and numerical simulations to understand human behavior. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Sara Seager, Professor of Planetary Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The First Habitable-zone Earth-sized Planet from TESS, A giant planet candidate transiting a white dwarf, The Habitable Exoplanet Observatory (HabEx) Mission Concept, and The Venusian Lower Atmosphere Haze as a Depot for Desiccated Microbial Life: A Proposed Life Cycle for Persistence of the Venusian Aerial Biosphere.Prof. Sara Seager is Professor of Planetary Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on exoplanet atmospheres, and signs of extra-terrestrial life by way of atmospheric biosignature gases.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Thomas Schoenemann of Indiana Univ. on evolution, Grammer in Apes' language & Neaderthal brain
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Thomas Schoenemann is Professor of Cognitive Science and Anthropology at Indiana University. His research focus is on the evolution of the brain, along with the presumed coevolution of cognitive abilities responsible for these changes. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Scott Aaronson of the University of Texas, Austin on the Future of Quantum Computing
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Scott Aaronson is professor of Computer Sciences at the University of Texas, Austin. His research interests include the capabilities and limits of quantum computers and Computational complexity theory Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Mike Snyder of Stanford on auto-immune diseases, metabolic syndrom and Type 2 Diabetes
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof Mike Snyder leads the center for genomics at Stanford. He collects and analyzes deep data from wearables to transform helathcare through analysis and behavior modifications.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Jonathan Fortney of the University of California, Santa Cruz on Exoplanets
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Jonathan Fortney of the UC, Santa Cruz on Characterizing Earth Analogs in Reflected Light: Atmospheric Retrieval Studies for Future Space Telescopes, Do Metal-rich Stars Make Metal-rich Planets? New Insights on Giant Planet Formation from Host Star Abundances, and Hot Jupiters: Origins, Structure, AtmospheresProf. Jonathan Fortney is professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is interested in characterizing planets to better understand their composition and how they evolve with time.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Carole LaBonne of Northwestern University on neural crest and stem cells
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Carole LaBonne is Professor of Molecular Biosciences at Northwestern University and has served as President of the Society for Developmental Biology. Her research focuses on the genetic and epigenetic control of the stem cell state and its relationship to invasive cell behavior. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Lesley Rogers of the University of New England, Australia on asymmetrical brain
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Lesley Rogers of the University of New England, Australia on the Survival with an asymmetrical brain: Advantages and disadvantages of cerebral lateralization, Development and function of lateralization in the avian brain, A right antenna for social behavior in honeybees, and A function for the bicameral mind.Prof. Lesley Rogers is emeritus professor at the University of New England in Australia. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and has made significant contributions to the understanding of brain development and behavior, especially the lateralization of the brain in non-human animals.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. George Matsas of São Paulo State Univ. on black holes, macro systems & fundamental constants
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. George Matsas is Professor of Physics at the Institute of Theoretical Physics, São Paulo State University in São Paulo, Brazil. His main goal is to obtain a deeper understanding of general relativity and quantum mechanics. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Darcia Narvaez of Notre Dame on growing up to be “A Good and Useful Human Being”
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Darcia Narvaez is a Professor Emerita of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. Her research focuses on moral development, human flourishing, and early childhood well-being.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Clayton Crockett of the University of Central Arkansas on the New Materialist Cosmotheology
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Clayton Crockett is Professor and Director of Religious Studies at the University of Central Arkansas. His work focuses on postmodern theology, Continental philosophy of religion, psychoanalytic theory and theoretical issues concerning religion, politics, and energy. His latest book is Energy and Change: A New Materialist Cosmotheology.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Thomas Levenson of MIT on "A Pox on Fools" and the story of Vaccines
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Thomas Levenson is Professor of Science Writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has also made ten feature-length documentaries (including a two-hour Nova program on Einstein) for which he has won numerous awards. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Charles Yang of the University of Pennsylvania on learning words and conventions
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Charles Yang is Professor of Linguistics and Computer Science and Director of the Program in Cognitive Science at the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests include Language and Communication, Numerical Cognition, Language acquisition and change; Morphology and the mental lexicon, Computational linguistics and the evolution of language and cognition.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Stephanie Coontz of Evergreen State on the Problematic Past and Uncertain Future of Marriage.
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Stephanie Coontz is Professor Emerita at The Evergreen State College and the director of research and public education for the Council on Contemporary Families. Her most recent book is For Better AND Worse: The Problematic Past and Uncertain Future of Marriage.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Agustin Ibáñez of Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile on whole-body-exposome and brain health
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Agustin Ibáñez is professor and Director of the Latin American Brain Health Institute (BrainLat) at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (UAI, Chile). He is also Director of the Predictive Brain Health Modelling Group at Trinity College Dublin. He is interested in global approaches to addressing diversity and disparity in brain health.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Susan Roaf of Heriot Watts University on temperature, comfort, colonialism and standards
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Susan Roaf is Professor Emeritus of Architectural Engineering at Heriot Watts University in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her research spans both design practice and academic inquiry, with a strong focus on climate resilience and adaptation.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Amy Williams of the University of Florida on Astrobiology and Mars Rovers.
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Amy Williams is Assoc. Professor of astrobiology and geobiology at the University of Florida. She studies the formation and preservation of biosignatures in extreme environments on Earth. She uses these analog studies to inform the search for biosignatures and organic carbon on other worlds such as Mars, Enceladus, and Europa. Her work is leveraged to study habitability and the search for life on Mars with the NASA Mars Curiosity and Perseverance rovers, on which she serves as a science team member.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Magnus Bergquist of the University of Gothenburg on environment, climate change and policy
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Magnus Bergquist is Senior Lecturer in Applied Psychology at the University of Gothenburg. His research interests include society, economics, environment and sustainability.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Dr. Daniel Schroeder of SINTEF on Artificial Intelligence threats to society and democracy
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Daniel Schroeder is Associate Professor at SINTEF, one of Europe’s largest independent research organizations, conducting multidisciplinary research and innovation to create solutions for society and industry. With SINTEF's Smart Data group, he improves AI with sustainable data processing.Please subscribe to this channel
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Prof. Jeffrey Marlow of Boston University on Unlocking the secrets of the deep sea
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Jeffrey Marlow is Assistant Professor of Biology at Boston University. His latest book is The Dark Frontier, Unlocking the Secrets of the Deep Sea.Please subscribe to this channel: http://scientificsense.world
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Prof. Kathryn Paige Harden of the University of Texas at Austin on the Original Sin
Watch Full on Spotify: http://scientificsense.worldScientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Kathryn Paige Harden is Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, where she directs the Developmental Behavior Genetics lab and serves as Director of Clinical Training. Her latest book is the Original Sin: On the Genetics of Vice, the Problem of Blame and the Future of Forgiveness.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Hakeem Oluseyi on Why We Exist.
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Hakeem Oluseyi is an Astrophysicist. His research has focused on the development of instrumentation for space-based astronomical observation including optics, detectors, and electronics.Please subscribe: http://scientificsense.world
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Prof. Isabel Gauthier of Vanderbilt University on visual object recognition and human variation
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Isabel Gauthier is Professor of Psychology, Radiology and Radiological Sciences at Vanderbilt University. She is interested in how we recognize objects visually, and how our experience with objects transforms our visual system.Please subscribe to this channel: http://scientificsense.world
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Dr. Alberto Espay of the University of Cincinnati on neurodegenerative diseases.
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Alberto Espay is Professor and Chair of the Center for Parkinson’s Disease at the University of Cincinnati. He has published over 400 peer-reviewed research articles, 40 book chapters and 10 books, including Common Movement Disorders Pitfalls.Please subscribe to the channel:http://scientificsense.world
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Dr Vishal Gajjar of SETI Institute on finding technologically advanced extraterrestrial life
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr Vishal Gajjar is an Astronomer with the SETI institute. He is also a project scientist for Breakthrough Listen's international collaboration where he works with around half a-dozen radio observatories across the globe to enable special observing campaigns in search of technologically advanced extraterrestrial life.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Lawrence Friedman of New England Law School on The Varieties of Substantive Due Process
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Lawrence Friedman is Professor of Law at New England Law School, Boston. His interests include privacy law, national security, and related issues that test the boundaries of federal and state constitutional law to the digital age. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Exequiel (Zeke) Hernandez of the University of Pennsylvania on Immigration.
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Exequiel (Zeke) Hernandez is Professor of strategy at the University of Pennsylvania. He’s an expert on global and corporate strategy, with a focus on how the movement of talent, ideas, and firms creates economic prosperity.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Mark Aldenderfer of the University of California, Merced on high altitude adaptation of humans
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Mark Aldenderfer is Professor Emeritus of anthropology and heritage studies at the University of California, Merced. His research includes high-altitude adaptation and quantitative methods in archaeology.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Valerie Fridland of the Univ of Nevada on Why We Talk Funny, The Real Story Behind Our Accents
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Valerie Fridland is a professor of linguistics at University of Nevada. Her latest book is Why We Talk Funny - The Real Story Behind Our Accents. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Rosemary Joyce of the University of California, Berkeley, on ancient Honduras.
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Rosemary Joyce is Professor Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research is concerned with questions about the ways people employ things in actively negotiating their place in society, the lives and itineraries of objects, and the reframing of human engagement with the world in terms of materiality. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Dr. Christopher DeArmitt on Plastics.
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Christopher DeArmitt is a polymer chemist and materials scientist. He is the founder of Phantom Plastics and the Plastics Research Council. His research includes polymer additives, nano-fillers, and studies on the environmental impact of plastics.
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Prof. Gunther Kletetschka of University of Alaska on A Radical New Theory: Is Time 3-Dimensional?
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Gunther Kletetschka is Associate Research Professor at the University of Alaska. His expertise includes physics, geology, biology, and astronomyPlease subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof Paul Zak of Claremont Graduate University on neural diversity, mood, thriving and good music
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof Paul Zak is Professor of Economic Sciences, Psychology & Management at Claremont Graduate University. His research has identified the brain processes that support such virtuous behaviors as trustworthiness, generosity, and sacrifice, as well as those whose absence leads to evil, vice, and conflict. He uses these results to increase flourishing by individuals, organizations, and societies. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Geraint Lewis of the University of Sydney on the Cosmos
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Geraint Lewis is Professor of Astrophysics at the Sydney Institute for Astronomy, part of the University of Sydney's School of Physics. His research focuses on the "dark side of the universe", the matter and energy that shapes our cosmos. Please subscribe to this channel:https://open.spotify.com/show/7AsWBQw2VuB7ILHPQytCMR?si=10jKOkFHTraddne2AHuROQ
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Prof. John Friedman of Brown on Opportunity Insights
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. John Friedman is Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs at Brown University and Dean of the School of International and Public Affairs. Dean Friedman is a founding co-director of Opportunity Insights. His work is rooted in big-data analysis, with a focus on topics like inequality, poverty, education, and tax policy. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Jon Hartley of Hoover institution on De-dollarization, AI, and tariffs.
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Jon Hartley is an economist specializing in finance, labor economics, and macroeconomics. He is currently a Policy Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford. Please subscribe to this channel:https://open.spotify.com/show/7AsWBQw2VuB7ILHPQytCMR?si=10jKOkFHTraddne2AHuROQ
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Prof. Jimenez of Univ. of Barcelona and Prof. Bertacca of Univ. Padova on inflation cosmology.
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Raul Jimenez is Professor of Cosmology at the University of Barcelona. His research interests include the origin and evolution of the Universe and large-scale structure.Prof. Daniele Bertacca is Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Padova. His research addresses fundamental questions about the origin and evolution of cosmic structure. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Daniel Whiteson of the University of California, Irvine asks, "Do Aliens speak Physics?'6
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Daniel Whiteson is professor of Physics and Astronomy at University of California, Irvine (UCI). He uses machine learning and statistical tools to analyze high-energy particle collisions to unravel the nature of matter and energy.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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Prof. Andrew Jaffe of Imperial College on the Random Universe
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Andrew Jaffe is professor of astrophysics and cosmology at Imperial College, London. He is the Director of the Imperial Centre for Inference and Cosmology. He studies the history and evolution of the Universe as a whole.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Scientific Sense ® is an invigorating podcast that delves into the intricate tapestry of Science and Economics, serving as a nexus for intellectual exploration and fervor. This daily venture engages listeners by conversing with preeminent academics, unraveling their research, and unveiling emerging concepts across a diverse array of fields. Scientific Sense ® thoughtfully examines multifaceted themes such as the frameworks of worker rights and policy, the philosophical underpinnings of truth and its pursuit within academia, and constitutional discourse within divided societies.
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