

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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Mar 27, 2022 • 1h 11min
Prof. Emil Martinec of the University of Chicago on the Theory of Gravity and Quantum Mechanics
4 Part Series on String Theory: Part 2, Theory of Gravity and Quantum Mechanics
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. 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.
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Mar 25, 2022 • 1h 17min
Prof. Emil Martinec of the University of Chicago on String Theory: Part I, The 4 Fundamental forces
4 Part Series on String Theory: Part I, The Four Fundamental Forces
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. 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.
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Mar 21, 2022 • 50min
Prof. Rita Goldstein of the Icahn School of Medicine on neuropsychological studies in addiction
Drug Addiction and Its Underlying Neurobiological Basis: Neuroimaging Evidence for the Involvement of the Frontal Cortex, Neuroimaging Impaired Response Inhibition and Salience Attribution in Human Drug Addiction: A Systematic Review, The neurobiology of drug addiction: cross-species insights into the dysfunction and recovery of the prefrontal cortex, and Structural and functional brain recovery in individuals with substance use disorders during abstinence: A review of longitudinal neuroimaging studies
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Rita Goldstein is the professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience in the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Her research focuses on neuroimaging and neuropsychological studies in drug addiction.
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Mar 16, 2022 • 52min
Prof. Jacqueline M. Hidalgo of Williams College on Religion, Migration and Politics
The Bible as a Text of Migration.
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Jacqueline M. Hidalgo is Professor of Latina Studies and of Religion as well as Associate Dean for Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Williams College.
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Mar 11, 2022 • 1h 9min
Prof. Anusha Chari of the University of North Carolina on shocks and capital flows in emerging markets
Quantitative Easing, Its Aftermath, and Emerging Market Capital Flows, Global Fund Flows and Emerging Market Tail Risk, Distress Risk in emerging markets, The Macro-prudential stance and the Vulnerability to Global Financial Cycles, Regulatory Forbearance and Zombie Firms, and liberalization of autarkies.
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Anusha Chari is Professor of Economics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her research is in the fields of macroeconomics, international finance and empirical corporate finance.
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Feb 28, 2022 • 54min
Prof. James Shapiro of the University of Chicago on Evolution, a View from the 21st Century.
Evolutionary Change is Naturally Biological and Teleological, Engines of Innovation: Biological Origins of Genome Evolution, What We Have Learned About Evolutionary Genome Change in the Past 7 Decades, What prevents mainstream evolutionists teaching the whole truth about how genomes evolve?, and Evolution, a View from the 21st Century. Fortified.
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. James Shapiro is Professor of Microbiology at the University Of Chicago. An expert in bacterial genetics, he proposes the concept of Natural Genetic Engineering, a process described to account for novelty created in the process of biological evolution. He is an advocate of non-Darwinian evolution and is a critic of the modern synthesis.

Feb 27, 2022 • 55min
Prof. Susan Alberts of Duke University on social behavior of baboons and other mammals
Intergenerational effects of early adversity on survival in wild baboons, Social bonds, social status and survival in wild baboons: a tale of two sexes, Better baboon break-ups: collective decision theory of complex social network fissions, Maternal death and offspring fitness in multiple wild primates, Better baboon break-ups: collective decision theory of complex social network fissions, and Glucocorticoid exposure predicts survival in female baboons
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Susan Alberts is Professor of Biology and chair of the Evolutionary Anthropology department at Duke University. She studies the behavior, ecology, physiology, and genetics of wild populations of large mammals.
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Feb 24, 2022 • 1h 11min
Prof. Gisela Kaplan of the University of New England, Armidale, Australia on Birds and Primates
Pointing gesture in a bird- merely instrumental or a cognitively complex behavior?, Play behaviour, not tool using, relates to brain mass in a sample of birds, Long-Term Attachments and Complex Cognition in Birds and Humans are Linked to Pre-Reproductive Prosociality and Cooperation. Constructing a Hypothesis, and Of Great Apes and Magpies: Initiations into Animal Behaviour
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Gisela Kaplan is an Emeritus Professor in Animal Behaviour at the University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia. Her main research interests are in complex cognition and communication both in birds and primates.
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Feb 19, 2022 • 1h 1min
Prof. Enrique Neblett of the University of Michigan on Racism and Health
Future Directions in Research on Racism-Related Stress and Racial-Ethnic Protective Factors for Black Youth, OC symptoms in African American young adults: The associations between racial discrimination, racial identity, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms, Racism and Health: Challenges and Future Directions in Behavioral and Psychological Research, The Influence of Internalized Racism on the Relationship Between Discrimination and Anxiety, Racial Identity and Changes in Psychological Distress Using the Multidimensional Model of Racial Identity, The Associations Between Internalized Racism, Racial Identity, and Psychological Distress, Racial residential segregation and economic disparity jointly exacerbate COVID-19 fatality in large American cities, and The Clarion Call of the COVID-19 Pandemic: How Medical Education Can Mitigate Racial and Ethnic Disparities
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Enrique Neblett is a Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. His research examines the link between racism and health in African American population.
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Feb 16, 2022 • 54min
Prof. Emmanuelle Auriol of Toulouse School of Economics on Cannabis, immigration and promotion bias
Weeding out the Dealers? The Economics of Cannabis Legalization, Cannabis: How to Take Control Back?, Skilled Immigration: A Visa for Growth, Controlling Irregular Migration: Can a Market for Temporary Foreign Work Permits Help?, and Women in Economics: Europe and the World
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Emmanuelle Auriol is Professor of Economics, Toulouse School of Economics. Her research interests include industrial organization, regulation, labor economy, collective decision making and development economics.
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