The DemystifySci Podcast

This week, Micky & Quinn sit down with Dr. Nir Barzilai of Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The author of Age Later, Dr. Barzilai is a physician and gerontology researcher who has made important contributions to the molecular and behavioral understanding of the aging process in humans. The discussion examines not only the biology of aging, but also the future of medicine, how to stay healthier later in life, and how tomorrow's humans might become better incentivized to take care of one another. Support us & Dr. Barzilai when you buy his book: Age Later:  https://amzn.to/30lguJs More readings from us: https://demystifyingscience.com Let's talk!  @DemystifySci Twitter: https://twitter.com/demystifysci Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/demystifysci Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/demystifysci Music by Our own Shilo Delay:  https://soundcloud.com/laterisgone

Everyone's favorite alien scientists, Quinn and Micky, meet up with author Mary Ellen Hannibal to learn how regular humans can participate in science in a non-professional capacity.  Ms. Hannibal is a treasure trove of information about citizen science, and has dedicated many years of her life to salving the rivalry between humans and nature.  This conversation also explores the relationship of individuals to the whole, birth and death, and the role of theory and story in science.   Support us & Ms. Hannibal when you buy these books: Citizen Science - https://amzn.to/3g0BdI5 The Spine of the Continent - https://amzn.to/39rY5Od Evidence for Evolution - https://amzn.to/3g4lHuD   Mary Ellen Hannibal: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mehannibal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/speakbutterfly https://www.maryellenhannibal.com   More readings from us: https://demystifyingscience.com  Let's talk!  @DemystifySciTwitter: https://twitter.com/demystifysci Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/demystifysci Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/demystifysci   Music: Shilo Delay:  https://soundcloud.com/laterisgone  Between Worlds (Instrumental) by Aussens@iter (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/tobias_weber/56664 Ft: (Smiling Cynic)

Quinn and Micky are on the vidphone with some human students & podcasters — Anonymous Hedgehog.  They're digging deep into the role of the priesthood in religion, and the role of scientists in science.  Also, what's it really mean that the "numbers don't lie'?  Can we each learn to interpret those numbers? More readings from us: Demystifying Science     Let's talk! Twitter / Facebook  Music: Shilo Delay / Dask

Quinn and Micky are on the vidphone with a scholar of romantic poetry, Dr. Ruoji Tang, to discuss the different methods beyond science that humans use to interrogate the world around them. More readings from us: Demystifying Science     Let's talk! Twitter / Facebook Music: Shilo Delay / Advent Chamber Orchestra

Quinn and Micky are on the vidphone live with an engineer on Earth.  Today they sit down with Douglas Lee, a civil engineer focused on harmonizing human structures with the planet and healthy living.  He specializes in the production of modern public transit systems.  What will be the fate of urban centers in the wake of the recent pandemic?  Mr. Lee shines light on the possible restructuring of cities as robotic distribution hubs, a move to delocalized, hyper-local fabrication, and the resurgence of personalized agriculture. More readings from us: Demystifying Science     Let's talk! Twitter / Facebook Music: Our guest provides his own music today, performing the title track, Hasta Nunca, with his band RDL+

Quinn and Micky are finally going live with scientists on Earth.  Today they sit down with Dr. David Lindley, an astrophysicist and former editor at Nature and Science magazines and author of the books "The End of Physics" and "The Dream Universe."   Check out Dr. Lindley's latest book!    More readings from us: Demystifying Science   Let's talk! Twitter / Facebook Music: Shilo Delay / Yakov Golman