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Scientific Sense ®

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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  • S6 · E67
    Yesterday · 1 hr 6 min

    Prof. Alex Chan of Harvard on Explainable AI, Medical liability of AI, and the collapse of WWW.

    Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Alex Chan is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets at Harvard Business School. He studies market design, with a focus on healthcare markets and AI-driven or AI-impacted markets Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

  • S6 · E67
    Monday · 50 min

    Prof. Zaldy Tan of UCLA on What to Remember When You Are Forgetting

    Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Zaldy Tan is Professor of Neurology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, aAiliated with UCLA. His research focuses on brain health, Alzheimer’s disease, and health services optimization for older patients. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

  • S6 · E66
    September 18 · 1 hr 4 min

    Prof. Mark Mattson of Johns Hopkins on metabolic switching and intermittent fasting

    Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Mark Mattson is adjunct professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine. His research includes Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Brain Aging and Neurodegenerative Disorders. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

  • S6 · E65
    September 15 · 1 hr 1 min

    Prof. Rachael Brown of the University of Chicago on Christians and Christianity

    Full episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/21QTHNtRArxsRSl3Mro9CB Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Rachel Fulton Brown is Associate Professor of History at the University of Chicago. Her research interests include the intellectual and cultural history of Europe in the Middle Ages, with particular emphasis on the history of Christianity in the Latin West Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

  • S6 · E64
    September 12 · 56 min

    Prof. Trevor Robbins of Univ. of Cambridge on the neural basis of compulsive disorders

    Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Trevor Robbins is a former Head of the Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge. He works in the areas of cognitive and behavioral neuroscience, with a special emphasis on psychopharmacology. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

  • S6 · E63
    September 9 · 1 hr 6 min

    Prof. Eric Betzig of Univ. of California, Berkely on high resolution imaging of biological systems

    Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Eric Betzig is a Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology and Chair in Experimental Physics, at the University of California, Berkeley. His interests include new imaging tools to aid in biological discovery, including correlative super-resolution fluorescence and electron microscopy, 4D dynamic imaging of living systems with non-diffracting light sheets, and adaptive optical microscopy to recover optimal imaging performance deep within aberrating multicellular specimens. In 2014, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

  • S6 · E62
    September 6 · 1 hr 40 min

    Prof. Emil Martinec of the University of Chicago on String theory & black holes information paradox

    Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Emil Martinec of the University of Chicago on String theory, black holes, the information paradox and quantum computingProf. Emil Martinec is Professor of Physics at the Enrico Fermi Institute, and the College of the University of Chicago. His research focuses on string theory and particle physics. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

  • S6 · E61
    September 2 · 55 min

    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

  • S6 · E60
    August 30 · 57 min

    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

  • S6 · E59
    August 27 · 1 hr

    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

  • S6 · E58
    August 25 · 58 min

    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

  • S6 · E57
    August 21 · 57 min

    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

  • S6 · E56
    August 19 · 1 hr 6 min

    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: vb https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

  • S6 · E55
    August 16 · 1 hr 4 min

    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

  • S6 · E52
    August 10 · 47 min

    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

  • S6 · E51
    August 6 · 48 min

    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

  • S6 · E50
    August 1 · 1 hr 10 min

    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

  • S6 · E49
    July 28 · 1 hr 3 min

    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

  • S6 · E48
    July 26 · 48 min

    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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