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Facetime with Scientists

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This show dives into the world of science (and art!) with behind-the-scenes chats with researchers in their natural habitats. Get ready to hear and see the scientific process in new detail!

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Episodes

24 episodes

  1. The Incredible Microbiology of Beer, with Dr. Lauren Blake 1:04:14
  2. Surprising lessons from rotting alligators about life after death, with Hannah Noel 58:26
  3. A snake species named after a rock star and other slithery science 47:21
  4. How do you figure out the structure of a protein? Seraya explains! 44:24
  5. She became an Engineer to make Art: A chat with MandyDraws 50:35
  6. Hunting Deep-Sea Symbioses with the Bald Biologist on the Alvin Sub 40:48
  7. A View Through The Telescope with Astrophysicist Andrea Henderson 50:56
  8. Alaska Marshes, Earthquakes & Mud Cores with Kendall Valentine 24:06
  9. How Drugs Are Formulated and Tested, with Amanda Plunze 1:07:54
  10. What We Breathe Can Impact Asthma Risk Across Generations: Dr. Noel Explains! 59:39
  11. This Acoustician Solves Deep-Sea Mysteries... with Sound! 40:07
  12. Physicist Professor Diva Makes Celebrities of Scientists 53:46
  13. Dissecting Fruit Fly Brains to Understand Microcephaly 50:42
  14. This biochemist helps natural killer cells fight cancer 58:18
  15. A Scientist with Type 1 Diabetes Aims to Cure this Disease with Beta Cells in a Dish 55:24
  16. Mini Spinal Cords in a Dish Help Neuroscientist Nuri Study ALS 53:21
  17. All about ants, with ant researcher Dr. Jane Waters 59:21
  18. What rockets are made of, a chat with materials scientist Emma McCarthy 1:04:58
  19. Love Letters to Insects, with Science Artist Manuela Guzman 1:06:21
  20. The science of hair hanging, with Stephanie Morphet 54:49
  21. Getting to the root of pain, with pain researcher Malaika Mahmood 48:47
  22. The deadliest animal on the planet, with Cassandra Fieldson 45:43
  23. Flexibility is the key to survival for copepods... and maybe humans, too. 52:21
  24. Did we evolve to create art? Artist Shelby Prindaville discusses creativity, art material innovation, and evolution. 51:12