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Night Science

Itai Yanai & Martin Lercher

Where do ideas come from? In each episode, scientists Itai Yanai and Martin Lercher explore science's creative side with a leading colleague. New episodes come out every second Monday.

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90 episodes

  1. 89 | Woods Hole Night Science! 43:25
  2. 88 | How AI dreams up new science – with Jure Leskovec 36:22
  3. 87 | On the joys of being a young scientist 38:07
  4. 86 | From punchlines to discovery – Sarah Adelman 48:30
  5. 85 | How laziness invites discovery – Robert Root-Bernstein 39:10
  6. 84 | Every scientist is an artist – Lois Hetland 40:43
  7. 83 | How science is secretly driven by analogy – Melanie Mitchell 33:19
  8. 82 | On being alone together – Amy Shyer & Alan Rodrigues 36:43
  9. 81 | How to find your way by getting lost – Marina Dubova 45:13
  10. 80 | Why greatness cannot be planned with Kenneth Stanley 31:54
  11. 79 | Maria Leptin and creativity in grant writing 30:51
  12. 78 | Stephen Nachmanovitch on free play and chivalry 38:53
  13. 77 | Akiko Iwasaki and the art of creativity maintenance 40:04
  14. 76 | Can Google’s Co-scientist project give scientists superpowers? 39:44
  15. 75 | Eve Marder and how Recipe Science ruins creativity 33:35
  16. 74 | Martin Schwartz and the importance of stupidity in science 29:19
  17. 73 | Ethan Mollick and a million Einsteins in a server 38:02
  18. 72 | David Baker and the lab's communal brain 24:53
  19. 71 | Victor Ambros and the unique ways we perceive wonder 35:11
  20. 70 | Meghan O’Rourke on being the artist and their caretaker 45:15
  21. 69 | Keith Yamamoto and the freedom to fail 40:40
  22. 68 | Peter Godfrey-Smith and middle class science 33:43
  23. 67 | A hypothesis is a liability 39:51
  24. 66 | Michael Fischbach and the scientific decision tree 50:52
  25. 65 | James Kaufman and the art of creativity maintenance 30:35
  26. 64 | Robert Weinberg and the perils of being a Fachidiot 42:31
  27. 63 | Manu Prakash and how the discovery changes you 44:49
  28. 62 | Dianne Newman and the visceral and intentional sides of science 40:09
  29. 61 | Tina Seelig on what to do with a really bad idea 29:31
  30. 60 | Venki Ramakrishnan and the secrets of doing science over tea 33:53
  31. 59 | Jennifer Oyler-Yaniv and the point of creative frustration 36:04
  32. 58 | Guy Yanai on Pentimenti 24:01
  33. 57 | George Church and shooting for the stars 36:18
  34. 56 | Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz lights a candle for science 39:47
  35. 55 | Isaac Newton and a new kind of science 26:33
  36. 54 | Bo Xia and a tale of tails 31:35
  37. 53 | Todd Golub and bottom-up creativity 35:57
  38. 52 | Sean B. Carroll – he told some good stories 39:03
  39. 51 | Nigel Goldenfeld and the jazz of impossible problems 39:13
  40. 50 | It takes two to think 23:31
  41. 49 | Rich White on living on the edge cases 43:56
  42. 48 | Carolyn Bertozzi and a long game called science 40:47
  43. 47 | Stephen Quake and the Creative Network 35:09
  44. 46 | John Mattick and doing what your mother taught you 30:59
  45. 45 | Peter Ratcliffe on being the Master of Daydreams 35:17
  46. 44 | Christina Curtis and keeping the faith in the process 42:07
  47. 43 | Daniel Dennett’s intuition pumps 41:04
  48. 42 | Howard Stone on how to tilt your head for discovery 39:56
  49. 41 | Prisca Liberali and the junkies of discovery 32:35
  50. 40 | Tom Mullaney & Chris Rea on giving thanks to bias 43:24