Science (Audio)
Episodes
CARTA: Love Loss and Luminance with Karen Bales
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Close relationships help us shape both our other social interactions as well as our internal physiology. Do these close relationships, also known as p...
Parents of Neurodiversity - Autism Tree Annual Neurodiversity Conference 2024
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ths discussion captures the experiences of parents raising neurodivergent children, emphasizing the importance of finding joy, fostering inclusion, an...
CARTA: Oxytocin's Pathway to the Origins of Speech and Dance with Constantina Theofanopoulou
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Theofanopoulou studies neural circuits behind sensory-motor behaviors like speech and dance, aiming to develop drug- and arts-based therapies for ...
CARTA: Is Vasopressin the Key to Unlocking Our Understanding of Autism? with Karen J. Parker
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Humans are an intensely social species. We experience social interactions as rewarding from infancy, and the social cognitive skills that we develop i...
CARTA: The Healing Power of Love: The Oxytocin Hypothesis with Sue Carter
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Oxytocin is a peptide molecule with a multitude of physiological and behavioral functions. Based on its association with reproduction, including socia...
CARTA: Origins of Love - Welcome and Opening Remarks
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Human beings show a range of emotional attachment, affection, and infatuation often referred to as “love”. Love promotes long-lasting and secure r...
Stem Cells Scientific Publishing - Sanford Stem Cell Symposium 2024
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Karen Christman, Sheila Chari, Stella Hurtley, and Robert Stephenson explore academic publishing in stem cell research, focusing on reproducibility, ...
The Arc of Energy Justice: A Pursuit to Ensure Affordable Reliable and Clean Energy for All
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are at a critical moment in our society. While we advance efforts to mitigate and adapt to the climate crisis, across the globe, millions are exper...
CARTA: The Biology of Hatred: Why Love Turns to Hatred and What We Can Do About It with Ruth Feldman
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ancient texts warn of love turning into hatred, as seen in stories like Cain and Abel or “Et tu, Brute?” This talk explores the neurobiology of ha...
Using Math to Test the Limits of Computers with Yinzhan Xu and Chris Ye
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Computer technology is evolving at a rapid pace, but have you ever wondered how computer scientists are able to make the devices we use on a every day...
No More Sidekicks: Putting Authentic Characters Front and Center in Fiction and Popular Culture - Autism Tree Annual Neurodiversity Conference 2024
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This engaging panel discussion delves into the evolving representation of autistic characters in literature, comics, and pop culture, featuring author...
Bridging the Gap: Intercontinental Collaboration on Histone Deacetylation
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The human body is made up of billions of cells. These cells are the basic building blocks of life, and they work together to form tissues, organs, and...
Genetics Narrative Identity and the Ethics of Choosing Disability
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) an estimated 1.3 billion people or 16% of the global population have a significant disability. A disa...
Reaching for the Sky: Materials in Extreme Environments
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aircraft, spacecraft and rockets connect people and goods across vast distances, enable global satellite communication, facilitate fundamental scienti...
Uncovering Mechanisms of Neurodegenerative Diseases by CRISPR-Based Screens with Martin Kampmann
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Martin Kampmann, Ph.D., explores how CRISPR screening and induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology can uncover new insights into neurological d...
Moving Cargo Keeping Whales: Identifying Solutions for Ocean Noise Pollution
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Birch Aquarium presents the September 2024 Jeffrey B. Graham Perspectives on Ocean Science Lecture with a conversation about ocean noise pollution and...
A Day in the Life of Marine Science Student Researchers
25 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the Bodega Marine Laboratory, UC Davis’ esteemed faculty and passionate undergraduate students are uncovering the secrets of the marine world. T...
Controlling Mental Chaos
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone experiences mental chaos - when the mind is distracted, racing and anxious. But too much mental chaos can have negative impacts on our health...
Scalable Sleep Biomarkers in Neurodevelopmental Disorders with Carrie Bearden - Autism Tree Annual Neurodiversity Conference 2024
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Carrie Bearden, Ph.D., delves into how sleep patterns and brain activity influence memory and cognitive abilities in individuals with neurodevelopment...
CARTA: How Humans Came to Construct Their Worlds - Questions Answers and Closing Remarks
15 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At a global level, Homo sapiens have reshaped the planet Earth to such an extent that we now talk of a new geological age, the Anthropocene. But each ...
CARTA: Toward a Smart Architecture of Habitats in the Age of Human-AI Symbiosis in an Eco-Aware World with Michael Fox
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The symbolic tools we use to design and construct our environments have been transformed by the so-called Cybernetic revolution and the innovations in...
CARTA: The Architecture of Informality with Kristine Stiphany
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This talk explores the needs of the poor and homeless around the world, charting the interplay between formal and informal settlements. The key exampl...
Harnessing My Daughter's Diagnosis to Drive Novel Treatments for Neurodevelopmental Disorders with Madeleine Oudin - Autism Tree Annual Neurodiversity Conference 2024
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Madeline Oudin, Ph.D., is a scientist and mother on a groundbreaking mission to help her daughter, Margot, who has two de novo mutations in the SCN8A ...
Restoration of T Cell Development in CD3δ SCID Through Adenine Base-Editing with Gloria Yiu - Sanford Stem Cell Symposium 2024
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gloria Yiu, M.D., Ph.D., delves into the transformative potential of genetic editing technologies in addressing rare immune disorders, with a focus on...
CARTA: Göbekli Tepe with Ricarda Braun
01 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The site of Göbekli Tepe is well known as a settlement of the transitional phase in SW-Asia, in which the greater mobility of the Palaeolithic increa...
Infectious Disease Breakthroughs - Medicine Informing Novel Discoveries (MIND)
30 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The infections disease landscape is constantly changing - challenging our standard treatments. Can new - as well as ancient - therapies be the answer?...
What Makes a Stem Cell a Stem Cell and How Does it Go Bad? with John Dick - Sanford Stem Cell Symposium 2024
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
John Dick, Ph.D., F.R.S., explores the role of CD83, a molecule found in blood stem cells, in how these cells respond to inflammation. His team demons...
CARTA: Deep Time Evolution of the Indigenous Peoples and Architectures of Australia with Paul Memmott
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This presentation will briefly trace 70,000 years of cultural evolution from the ancient crossing from Sunda to Sahul, via the swift continental colon...
CARTA: How People Learned to Live in Cities with Michael Smith
16 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The transition from Neolithic villages to early cities marked the greatest social transformation faced by our species before the Industrial Revolution...
The Deadly Trade in Oil and Gas
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Oil and gas are the most traded commodities on the planet; they are also the chief causes of the most grievous harm our species has yet faced, the bur...
CARTA: Evolving the Construction-Ready Brain with Michael Arbib
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Humans construct their physical worlds in part by designing and constructing new tools, habitations, and in due course diverse buildings and, in some ...
Explorations of Telomere Biology in the Context of Human Aging with Elizabeth Blackburn - Sanford Stem Cell Symposium 2024
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth Blackburn, Ph.D., examines the relationship between telomeres, cellular aging, and metabolic health, highlighting how telomere regulation di...
CARTA: Combinatorial Technology and the Emergence of the Built Environment with Larry Barham
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This talk provides a deep time perspective for assessing the behavioural implications of the creation of the earliest known structure and the technolo...
Found in Translation: Development of a Cellular Therapy for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dennis O. Clegg, Ph.D., discusses treatments for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a condition that causes vision loss. Clegg explains that whil...
CARTA: Bird Nests: Adaptive Variation on Innate Bauplans with Susan Healy
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As distinct from the buildings of termites (interesting though these are), bird nests offer a more apropos point of comparison for human buildings –...
CARTA: How Humans Came to Construct Their Worlds - Welcome and Opening Remarks
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At a global level, Homo sapiens have reshaped the planet Earth to such an extent that we now talk of a new geological age, the Anthropocene. But each ...
Unlocking the Secrets of Aging and Longevity with Stem Cells
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Curious about the secret to staying young? Rob Signer shares insights into how our bodies age, focusing on the role of stem cells and a critical prote...
From Ground To Space: Studying Wicking Aboard The International Space Station
27 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our respiratory system provides oxygen to and removes carbon dioxide from the body. To function properly, the lungs need to fill up with fresh air upo...
CARTA: Energy in the Balance with Barnabas Calder
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Every building – from the Parthenon to the Great Mosque of Damascus to a typical Georgian house – was influenced by the energy available to its ar...
Al for Security Security for Al
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How secure are computers and how does artificial intelligence impact security? In this program, Christopher Kruegel, professor of computer science at ...
CARTA: From Cave to Architecture: Settling Down in Southwest Asia with Trevor Watkins
20 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Human "place-making" began over a million years ago when early humans made the hearth the center of social life. By 450,000 years ago, they were using...
The Link Between Proteins Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Proteins are large biomolecules that play critical roles in a host of cellular processes, from cell signaling to regulating the immune system. However...
Stem Cells and the Human Brain - Medicine Informing Novel Discoveries (MIND)
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Explore the captivating realm of brain research at UC San Diego with Frank Furnari, Ph.D., and Alexander Khalessi, M.D., M.B.A. Furnari and Khalessi ...
CARTA: Lucy - Questions Answers and Closing Remarks
13 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lucy is one of the most famous fossils of all time. The discovery of this species had a major impact on the science of human origins and evolution. Wh...