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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May 27, 2021 • 1h 5min
Prof. Robert Finger, Professor of Agricultural Economics and Policy at the ETH Zurich
Economic benefits from plant species diversity in intensively managed grasslands, Insuring crops from space: the potential of satellite-retrieved soil moisture to reduce farmers’ drought risk exposure, and Are pesticides risk decreasing? The relevance of pesticide indicator choice in empirical analysis.
Prof. Robert Finger is Professor of Agricultural Economics and Policy at the ETH Zurich. His research is focused at the interface of agricultural sciences and economics.
May 25, 2021 • 41min
Prof. Christine Aidala, Professor of Physics at the University of Michigan.
Decades-Long Quest Reveals Details of the Proton’s Inner Antimatter
Prof. Christine Aidala is Professor of Physics at the University of Michigan. She works in experimental high-energy nuclear physics, on the border between nuclear and particle physics. Her research is focused on nucleon structure and quantum chromodynamics (QCD), the theory of the strong force.
May 23, 2021 • 1h 2min
Prof. Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland
The Economic Case For Global Vaccinations: An Epidemiological Model with International Production Networks, COVID-19 and Emerging Markets: A SIR Model, Demand Shocks and Capital Flows, Risk-Taking and Monetary Policy Transmission: Evidence from Loans to SMEs and Large Firms, and COVID-19 and SME Failures
Prof. Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan is Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland. She is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and a Research Fellow at the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). Her current research focuses on real and financial linkages in the global economy and the implications of such linkages on economic fluctuations and growth.
May 21, 2021 • 1h 6min
Prof. Gregory Tarle, Professor of Experimental Cosmology and Astrophysics at the University of Michigan
Dark Energy Survey, Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, High Energy Light Isotope eXperiment, and a new idea to correct Doppler Broadening.
Prof. Gregory Tarle is Professor of Experimental Cosmology and Astrophysics at the University of Michigan. His research focuses on the nature of dark energy and dark matter and the acceleration and sources of cosmic rays.
May 19, 2021 • 1h 10min
Prof. Paul Davies, Professor of Physics and Cosmology at the Arizona State University.
What is Life: In Search of a Unified Theory of Everything
Prof. Paul Davies is a Professor of Physics and Cosmology at the Arizona State University. His research interests have focused mainly on quantum gravity, early universe cosmology, the theory of quantum black holes and the nature of time. He has also made important contributions to the field of astrobiology, and was an early advocate of the theory that life on Earth may have originated on Mars.
May 17, 2021 • 59min
Prof. Arik Levinson, Professor of Economics at Georgetown University.
The simple analytics of the environmental Kuznets curve, Energy Efficiency Standards Are More Regressive Than Energy Taxes: Theory and Evidence, and Who Values Future Energy Savings? Evidence from American Drivers
Prof. Arik Levinson is a Professor of Economics at Georgetown University. He is known for his research in the fields of energy economics and environmental economics.
May 15, 2021 • 1h 7min
Prof. Kimberly Gray, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University
Climate Action: The Feasibility of Climate Intervention on a Global Scale
Prof. Kimberly Gray is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University. One of her research areas is physicochemical processes in natural and engineered environmental systems with a particular focus on energy and urban sustainability applications.
May 13, 2021 • 46min
Prof. William Fuchs, Professor of Finance at the University of Texas.
Optimal Arrangements for Distribution in Developing Markets: Theory and Evidence
Prof. William Fuchs is Professor of Finance at the University of Texas. His research focuses on situations with a poor contractual environment due to asymmetric information or lack of formal enforcement. He studies how repeated interactions or policies can be used to partially overcome the underlying frictions.
May 11, 2021 • 49min
Prof. Steve Cundiff, Professor of Physics at the University of Michigan
Multidimensional Coherent Spectroscopy of Semiconductors, Tri-comb spectroscopy, and Simple single-section diode frequency combs
Prof. Steve Cundiff is Professor of Physics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan. His research areas include the use of ultrafast pulses to study light-matter interactions, as well as their production and manipulation.
May 9, 2021 • 51min
Prof. Woodward Fischer, Professor of Geobiology at the California Institute of Technology.
How did life come to tolerate and thrive in an oxygenated world?, Evolution of Oxygenic Photosynthesis, and Early plant organics increased global terrestrial mud deposition through enhanced flocculation.
Prof. Woodward Fischer is Professor of Geobiology and associate director, center for autonomous systems and technologies at the California Institute of Technology. His research focus areas include historical Geobiology; evolution of the oxygenic photosynthesis and rise of atmospheric oxygen.
