The Conduct Science Podcast: Recent Episodes
Tom Jenks and Mitchell Gatting
New topics every week from neuroscience to climate change, from the deep ocean to deep space. Tom and Mitch will guide you through science with the help of expert scientific guests.
This week on the Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they take a look at a very productive week of science that has been overshadowed by other news. We all know about THE slap... but while the media focused on this other news was pushed to the wayside that has revolutionary implications for the future of science and technology! The boys break this down for you this week. Over 2 billion genetically modified mosquitoes are poised for release in the USA but what are the effects and is the science safe? Zombie insects, zombie humans, and zombie dinosaurs?! A brain implant has allowed a man with locked-in syndrome to speak for the first time in years! Finally, microplastics have been found in the human blood stream for the first time... what is next? Music: MOKKA Music on YouTube
This week on the Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they jet off to the Sun to see if it's still wearing flares from the 90's! As is tradition the boys get immediately side-tracked and talk about the amazing 90's fashion that we all love and miss and talk about current AI technology developments that could change the world! When back on track though they turn their attention to our closest star and endeavour to explain what solar flares are, why they happen, how they are classified, and the effects they have on the solar system. From streams of plasma larger than 10 Earth's to ionised particles in the plasma stream it's all here! The boys also discuss solar wind and how the Earth protects us from this danger and even turns it into beautiful Aurora's. Lastly... can we harness solar wind for energy? Music: MOKKA music on YouTube
Today the boys welcome BACK to the show: our first ever returning guests Dr. Barbara Martinez from Conservation XLabs and Krystle Moody-Wood from Materevolve. These two amazing guests have come back on the show to give us an update and ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS of the $525,000 prize pool for the Microfiber Innovation Challenge. If you did not catch the first time these guys spoke then do not worry the boys inquire into the work of Barbara and Krystle and how the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors have influenced sustainability in the textile world. Then the all-important announcement is made with a refresher on what the competition is about and why it is important. To end the show Barbara and Krystle explain to the boys about the future of sustainable fashion and textiles and what that could look like. Maybe the boys will host a runway show to present all the future fashion ;) Music: Mokka Music on YouTube
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they dive into the body to explore proteins! Just as you might imagine though they get lost on the way talking about dreams, chocolate, and other things just to spice things up. While on topic though the boys explore what protein is and why we should eat it and what cellular proteins are inside the body! Mitch breaks down the different types of amino acids and their functions within proteins and the body while tom breaks down protein function and folding... which is wild. Mitch takes us on the GAIN TRAIN telling us exactly what happens when you lift weights and finally the boys end the show talking about the interesting but very scary: Prion diseases. Music: MOKKA Music on YouTube
Bring your torches as this week the boys explore The Dark Web! Continuing from last week’s talks of cyberwar the boys venture back into the dark of the internet to find out exactly what it is used for and how they do it. We have some really exciting interviews coming up so be sure to listen to our announcements at the beginning of our shows to make sure you do not miss them! Tom asks Mitch to explain to him what Phishing and Malware are so he can understand and then they talk about the best ways to protect yourself online (shock horror: not by buying overpriced software protection programs). Mitch takes a deep dive into Ransomware, something often hosted on the Dark Web and then he takes us into the unknown explaining what the Deep Web is and how it differs to the dark web. The surface internet (what we can access) counts for a small fraction of the entire internet... so what's going on in the places we can't normally access? Music: MOKKA on YouTube
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they wander down the rabbit hole of cyber warfare. With the current events of the world the boys take this opportunity to explain how cyber war affects countries and how it has changed. Mitch is our resident expert this week while Tom asks the questions. The boys cover cyber-attacks, cryptocurrency, cyber security, how COVID affected cyber security, and the current attacks that Anonymous and other hacktivist groups are claiming to have made in support of Ukraine. The CSP stands with Ukraine and in support of its people, united along with the rest of the world
Today, Mitch and Tom are so excited to welcome to the show Andrea Desiderato!!!! An Italian born marine biologist who is here to explain what he does and why he does it! This is an episode you don't want to miss that escalates from the normal conversation around Andrea's background to lasers, gold plated amphipods, and turning DNA into music. Andrea specialises in studying amphipods, but what even are they? Why is that work important? And how do you tell the 10,000+ species apart? That's where the gold and lasers come in ;) Andrea teaches the boys about biofouling and how it has dramatically impacted the world we live in before ending the show talking about “DNA della Musica” (the music of DNA). The brainchild of Andrea that is seeing him collaborate with scientists over the world to turn DNA into music. So how do they do that and what are they hoping to achieve by doing so? Check out our web page or socials for more links and information! Music: MOKKA Music on YouTube
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they explore the current applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Just like the recent episodes this is as tangent heavy as they come so expect the topic of current science news and AI to be interrupted by Google Stadia and Amazon Prime rants and for the first time ever Mitch's tech support segment. When on topic though the boys talk about lasers and new stars in the science of the week before moving on to some disturbing facts about AI and how it affects your life without you even realising. Tom breaks down what he thinks AI is and Mitch is there to clarify his mistakes for your sake! Mitch then dives into how AI is currently used in science while Tom explains how AI could be and is used for conservation efforts. Mitch then rounds out the show with new technology used to translate sign language in real time! Music: MOKKA Music on YouTube
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Tom and Mitch as they struggle to stay on the topic of nuclear fusion! The boys start the show by having an in-depth discussion about whether the Frankenstein Monster is a zombie... what even is a zombie anyway and are resuscitated people zombies? Let us know what you think on our socials! When the boys eventually get back on track, they discuss nuclear fusion! What is it, how does it work, and what is the current state of nuclear fusion technology? Mitch then explores the ITER project a collaboration of 35 nations to bring the world full scale nuclear fusion beginning in 2025. As always join the conversation on our socials! Music: MOKKA music
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they take a winding road to eventually speak about ICE! CONTENT WARNING: This episode starts with a discussion around the topic of euthanasia (timestamp = 03:30-19:30), feel free to skip to the end of this section if you do not wish to hear about this. The boys tangent right out of the gate this time speaking about euthanasia and the ethical dilemma that the world faces when choosing whether to allow people to follow this path or not. Eventually the boys pull themselves back on track where they talk about the medicine using chimpanzees and boomerang physics. Moving onto the topic of Ice 30 minutes into the show find all of your ice facts! Turns out water and its solid state is actually quite strange when compared to other substances. Tom talks about glaciers and Mitch informs us on ice coring. Music: MOKKA Music.
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast join Mitch and Tom as they explore the world itself through plate tectonics and earthquakes... what's the deal with them anyway? Off to a tangent hot start as per normal Mitch highlights new research that is allowing frogs to regrow functioning legs and Tom talks about the Streisand effect and its relevance this week. Heading into the facts the boys dig out some things you may not know about how Earth works before talking about their natural disaster experiences (not that disaster-y as it turns out). Mitch explains the structure of Earth while Tom talks about plate tectonics. Finally, the boys answer the question: what is an earthquake and what causes them? Lastly, the Richter scale is cast aside for new fancier way of measuring earthquakes. Music: MOKKA Music on YouTube
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they explore the world of fish! Tom starts off strong with his anti-vaxxer experience, but many tangents are here to follow. The boys move on to exciting space news that could point to evidence of life on Mars and an update to the James Webb Space Telescope. Fish... what are they? WHY are they? Find out here as Tom explains how gills work and how fish are categorised based on their movement. Mitch explains to us how the word "fish" even came to be and that if you were lazy enough even a hippo could be called a fish, he goes on to explain that fish can feel pain and emotion and the often... unethical ways that we came to discover this information. Tom rounds out the show clearing up an old debate about whether sunfish are the most useless fish on the planet or not. Make sure you listen to the end for this dramatic story and Mitch's verdict. Let us know what you think on Twitter! Music: MOKKA music
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, Mitch and Tom explore what we Na-know about Nanotechnology ;). Delving into the very small where things get weird wouldn't be the same without a tangent about Microsoft and the gamine scene would it? Right? Back on track the boys take a look at some incredible discoveries made this week in Antarctica and also a look at cultured meat. Moving into the facts and meat of the show the boys spend probably too long talking about Spermbots... yes Spermbots... before introducing nanotechnology itself. Mitchell tells us all about nanomaterials and the boys debated the advantages and disadvantages of this technology as it heads into the future. Music: MOKKA
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, WELCOME TO SEASON 3!!!!!! The boys are back and ready to get on with season 3. What would an episode be without some jumping around to different topics and start as you mean to go on as they say. The boys start out with some of the hottest science news to come out over the winter break covering fusion technology to antimatter discoveries. Mitch kicks off the first show of the year with a rant about congestion charges being implemented which leads to a nice discussion around the topic and how it affects the average person compared to companies who really make a difference. Mitch tells us his secret to success for getting new year’s resolutions completed and the boys discuss how they go about their own resolutions and the ones they have for the year. Lastly, and certainly not least Tom and Mitch talk in depth about the James Webb Space Telescope and extraordinary piece of machinery that will change our understanding of the universe. Music: MOKKA No Copyright Music
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join the boys for the season finale as they look back at 2021! A massive thank you to anyone and everyone who has listened, shared, or interacted with our show in any way!!! Today the boys talk about COVID-19 and how it has impacted the world as a whole, their own lives, the current statistics, and how viruses even mutate. They boys then recap 2021 by taking a look at the biggest news stories of 2021 that may lead to discoveries in 2022, let us know what we missed with #ConductScience. Mitch tells Tom their biggest episodes of the year while Tom misunderstood the assignment and just recalls his favourite episodes. Ending the show, the boys recount the interviews over the year and tell you what to look forward to next year. Have the best holidays and a great new year, Tom and Mitch x
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join the boys for a musical adventure! Spotify wrapped just released so the boys take the opportunity to have a more chilled week and discuss their musical tastes in the context of some science (maybe). They start off with news of the world as normal where it has been a huge week for physics regarding the quantum world and fusion reactors! Mitch takes us through the Conduct Science Podcast stats over the last year so the boys can take time to thank all of you amazing listeners who make all of this possible! The remainder of the show will allow you to either find some music or judge our two hosts on their musical tastes while they discuss their own stats as well as define some particularly odd genres of music. Thank you all for listening! Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, Mitch and Tom take a look at the science the movies got wrong! Before that of course, the boys update you on some news of the week relating to glass in the Atacama Desert, a Xenobot update, and the COVID-19 Omicron variant. Naturally, they move to speaking about cooking and cooking shows after this :) Back on track though Mitch explains why films such as Independence Day, Skyfall, Rampage, and Harry Potter are scientifically inaccurate. Could they really hack a alien ship and could Aragog really be that big? Tom takes us to look at Gravity and Armageddon. There are 168+ scientific inaccuracies in Armageddon so Tom focuses on the biggest three issues. CONTENT WARNING: SPOILERS FOR FILMS THAT CAME OUT 1998-2018!!! You have been warned! Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they dive into the world of special and visual effects! Grab your popcorn and sit back (unless you are driving) as the boys investigate the magic… or science… behind the movies! Mitch introduces three scenarios in which the science behind movies was seriously flawed while the boys tangent about stupid animals in experiments and the great resignation which we are experiencing at this moment. Eventually, when the boys get back on track they explore exactly what special and visual effects are and how they came to be. Tom looks at Lord of the Rings and the Schüfftan process and the amazing tech behind 2001: A Space Odyssey. Mitch explores CGI, motion capture, green screens, and composite imaging! Check us out on Twitter @Conduct_Science and Insta @ConductSciencePodcast. Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast the boys solve the universe?! Stick around toward the end of the episode to find out the boys’ new theory on how space is created! Along the way though join the boys as they give some updates about the goings on of COP26 and other science (or not) news of the world. The boys take a bit of a tangent to talk about ARCANE, the new League of Legends Netflix show, before returning back to the topic. Do you own gold that was forged in the fires of a black hole rather than a star? What is the Cosmic Web and how did it kick start the formation of the universe as we know it? Mitch details what we know about dark matter and dark energy allowing the creation of a revolutionary hypothesis. Find us wherever pods are cast and on twitter @Conduct_science. Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This time on The Conduct Science Podcast, Tom is joined by one of the most influential vocal learning scientists to have ever lived: Dr. Erich Jarvis. This is an awesome interview that covers vocal learning, the trait that allows humans to sing, speak, dance, play and create music, and fundamentally is responsible for culture. Why is it that humans have a language? Why is it that our closest relatives are unable to speak? Find out here! Tom digs into the ever-evolving world of vocal learning with Dr. Jarvis to find out what it is, why we see it in the animals that we see, and more! They also talk about how COVID has impacted the working scientists and Dr. Jarvis' latest projects that include gene sequencing all mammals and how their work is influencing COVID research. Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they talk about the outcomes so far of COP26. The show starts off with an announcement and a big thank you to all of you amazing listeners. We are ever indebted to you for listening to us. After this the boys look at COP26, the biggest climate conference in our lifetimes and possibly the last hope to enact meaningful change... or so they say. What is COP26 and what are its goals? Tom and Mitch then break down the top pledges made by various nations and discuss whether their pledges go far enough. Is this the change we need to see, and will it happen? Tom takes a look at the Paris climate agreement and whether COP26 will help us achieve those crucial targets while Mitch uncovers the leaked documents showing certain countries lobbying the UN for a different report. Jokes and banter ahoy in this episode! Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast join the boys on a rollercoaster of topics. What was intended to be Universe Part II ends up being a great conversation about science in the world today. Mitch celebrated his graduation this week so the boys break down their experiences with exiting the education system. Tom reveals how close the earth was to being hit by an asteroid without us even knowing about it. Lithium-ion batteries are now more effective than ever AFTER they are recycled which is a huge development. COP26 is the talk of the town in the UK and around the world this week but what was said, who made what promises, and will any action actually be taken? Lastly, the 5th of November is on our doorstep, a holiday for us Brits but maybe a strange one. The boys use this as a platform to discuss the science of fireworks! Check us out wherever pods are cast. Music:WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they tangent their way through the universe! Opting again for a general topic the boys start out with some amazing news that has come out in science this week. Mitch and Tom take a minute or two to talk about how COVID is impacting their lives before heading into the meat of the show. Tom explains the possible shapes of the universe and Mitch enlightens us on the topic of neutron star spin energy. Perserverance and Ingenuity landed on Mars in March, but how have they been getting on since? Breaking away from the topic slightly the boys talk about Dune (SPOILER FREE) and input their view on whether films should be watched with subtitles or dubbed. Tom ends the show exploring some of the science of star wars: Binary star systems, space flight patterns, and asteroid fields! Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they explore both Earth and Resource sciences! The boys start off with some news of the world as per usual relating to measuring the smallest distance ever and CRISPR in action. Then get ready to be introduced to the world of resource science as Mitch explores how science is used to best utilise the natural resources of the world in the most sustainable manner. We explore what Dymaxion Houses are, their advantages compared to normal housing, and why they were never widely adopted. Tom takes a turn at the Earth science section and takes you on a tour of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current... what he claims to be the most important current in the world, and how it impacts the rest of Earth itself. The boys get sucked into a bit of a debate around the current state of the worlds climate action... or lack of it and how we should look to tackle it in the future. Mitch ends the show on Biofouling, should we really spend over $5 billion a year to prevent animals sticking to boats? Find out here! Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Tom and Mitch as they explore the greatest scientific award that can be bestowed: The Nobel Prize. The boys start off strong this week with their news, but tangents are not far behind! Find out about the Chinese lunar rocks, where time did or did not begin and more in this week’s news! Back on track, the boys explore what the Nobel Prize is in the first place and the history behind it. The guys take us through the categories while Tom explores what it means to win (beyond international recognition) and Mitch explores the selection process itself. To round out the show the boys discuss this year’s winners of the 5 Nobel Prizes and single Prize in Economic Sciences. Remember to reach out to us using #ConductScience on socials... was that a spoiler or has the Big Bang Theory been out long enough? Let us know ;) Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they decode the world of genetic engineering and CRISPR before your eyes. As is the norm, the boys start off with some news of the world: What quantum discoveries have been made this week?! Then the boys crack on with gene editing and CRISPR! What is it in the first place? The boys take us through the technology that is CRISPR-Cas9 and how it works. Mitch then teaches us the history of the amazing technology and where it has come from. Tom circles back to how it works and certain ethical considerations regarding the use of gene editing on humans... specifically embryos. Lastly, Mitch and Tom debate some future applications of CRISPR in the medical and human enhancement field. Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they hitch a ride with some animal migrators! The boys start of strong this week with talking about some netflix shows that you should watch #NotSponseredButIfYoureListening;). They get back on track with some current news of the world and out of this world! Finally, onto the topic at hand the boys give some fun facts about migration, they explore what animal migration is, and why animals may migrate in the first place! One of the great mysteries of migration is how animals know where they are going, through the sun, stars, and magnetosphere... the boys have it covered! Mitch rounds out the show talking about how animals sleep when they are on a migratory path and they discuss some pretty cool adaptations! Check it out, let us know your thoughts using #ConductScience. Music: WhiteBatAusio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they talk about stress! The boys take a tour of what it is to be human this week, for as much as it is a pain, stress is a part of life. But how much stress is too much? What happens to the body when we stress? Is our modern world leaving us in a place of more stress than is healthy for us? Tom breaks down what stress is while mitch dives into the fight flight response. The boys debate the topics of emotional and physical stress before ending the show on how to manage your stress and the science of vacation. Check out the website for more links and don't forget: if you're stressed then simply talking about it can be a great releif. Links to hotlines will be on our webpage. Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they revisit the senses! The boys start off strong by tangent-ing right away about what it might be like to experience music if you had synaesthesia! Back on track though, they start out as normal with some weekly news and facts of the week relating to senses! Mitch brings up some exciting new research about how our brains try and predict the future of songs that we have not heard before to try and make sense of the world. Tom takes a look at how the brain processes all the senses at once, and how similar it is to memories. Mitch then takes a tour of the nose and how our sense of smell biases us towards a more varied diet while Tom takes a look at AI with human senses! Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they revisit: Time! They last delved into time over two years ago where they melted their brains, let's see if they can hold it together this time. The boys open with an interesting debate that as the Earth's rotation slows down, does our experience of time as well? They try and give a simple effort of defining time before Mitch takes us on a tour of relativity and spacetime. How does our movement affect how time can be experience and perceived? Tom takes a quick mental break to explain leap seconds and how they are introduced every few years without most of us ever hearing about it. Mitch then dives back into gravitational time dilation! Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they revisit human evolution! Just as the course of evolution is never simple the boys start off with a bit of a tangent today but pull it back on track to discuss current news of the world! Mitch takes a look at what evolution is and the three methods through which it occurs. Mitch then explores new human evolution in the form of new arteries in our arms and the boys discuss how human evolution may change in a connected world. Tom takes us through some evolutionary leftovers that humans still have but don't have any use anymore. The boys then discuss how humans will evolve on mars, Mitch's new technology which could increase human diversity (thus evolution), and why we have grandparents. Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they start revisiting things! After 2 years of talking about various topics the boys thought it was time to revisit some topics and update our knowledge! This week, simulation theory is on the cards! Mitch tells us what simulation theory is and Tom gives us a quick rundown on what we covered last episode! The boys have an open debate about whether the Truman Show is a good representation of Simulation Theory and if we are in a simulation... why us?! Mitch introduces the new news with the power of floaty comma's, he discusses Bayesian and quantum theories. Tom then explores some extra evidence he didn't get to last time! So... are we living in a simulation? Let's find out! Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they explore why we age! Depressing for some and enlightening for others why we age, how we age, and should we stop ageing if we had the ability are all questioned in today’s show! Tom kicks off with the 9 hallmarks of ageing, these processes cause us to go through the ageing process. Mitch lets us know what physically happens to us as we age and explores the weird life of the Hydra: an animal that never dies of old age. Tom explores three hypotheses on why we might age and also speaks about Peto's paradox, that is why do really big animals not suffer from cancer at the rate we do? Mitch covers senescence and the boys round out the show debating if we could extend life... should we? Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Tom and Mitch as they break down the latest IPCC climate report! As usual the boys start off the show with some news. This week you can go to mars and anti-parasite caterpillars are talk of the town. Then the boys look at the newly published released 6th report on climate change from The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The 5th edition heavily influenced the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015 but how have we been doing to stop / reverse climate change in the meantime?! Tom explains who the IPCC are and how they work and how carbon sinks can become carbon sources. Mitch takes us through the document to explain some key points that we should all be aware of and what we can all do at home to help the fight against climate change. Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Tom and Mitch back at the Olympics as they use it as a springboard to explore strange science! Hopefully this time the boys can stay a bit more on track... okay enough with the puns. Tom created a random event generator to create Imgur's crazy triathlon, see what events are pulled to make a super triathlon and which animals the boys think would be best suited! Mitch talks about how humans can jump so far in the long jump and the boys discuss how small insects such as fleas can jump 220 times their body length! Giraffes are up for gold in the hammer throw owing to their strong necks and Betta fish might be the Olympic wrestling champions, but what is happening to their genes while they fight?! Find out here! Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they go for gold! That's right, the boys rock up at the Olympics this week with the aim to talk about some events and discuss which animals might be most suited for that event and the science behind it! While the boys get gold for effort, they'd be lucky to scrape a bronze for time keeping!! Mitch and Tom cover the 100m sprint: why are humans so adapted for running and which animals are the fastest over 100m? Mitch then takes a look at shooting and the science behind why chimpanzees are the most likely animal to take home a gold medal in this crazy Olympics. Lastly, Tom commentates on the amazing ability of marine mammals to dive to amazing depths! Join us next week for part 2! Music: WhitebatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they talk plants! The boys start off with their news and facts as per usual and then Tom breaks down exactly what we can consider plants to be. Mitch talks bamboo. What makes it grow so fast and how do the varieties differ? The boys take an in depth look at photosynthesis, how do plants take sunlight and turn it into food and energy for themselves? Lastly, Mitch explains how trees employ a variety of methods to disperse their seeds because as Tom finds out: Treebeard is not real! Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they explore genes and inheritance! As per usual the boys kick off the show with some news and facts before getting down to the nitty gritty: what makes us the way we are?! Mitch and Tom explain what genes are, how they are related to DNA, and where chromosomes come into it. Trying to keep this episode simple and on track, do they manage it? Tom then takes a look at genes in a bit further detail and explains to us how genes are inherited throughout the generations and why ginger (red headed) people are actually going extinct! To round out the show Mitch takes us on a tour of epigenetics! Nature vs nurture can our environment really change how our genes are expressed?! Yes, yes they can. Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, get out your Bunsen burners as Mitch and Tom explore the field of chemistry! The boys get to grips with what chemistry actually is and Tom starts off by taking us through the different disciplines within chemistry from inorganic and organic to biochemistry and analytical. Mitch explains to us the most fundamental principles of chemistry in the form of bonds! What are they, how do they work, and what are the different kinds?! Tom puts Mitch in the hot seat today and asks him what different chemical tests reveal about the elements within certain substances while Mitch schools Tom on different states of matter. Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they combat heat! What exactly is heat in the first place? Tom takes us through the properties of heat, heat transfer, and why some things are better or worse at keeping their heat. Mitch dives into the current climate issue facing North America and Pakistan with their intense heat waves. What is causing them and what can we do? The boys discuss how bad they are at adapting to different heat scenarios but in general how amazing the human body is at dealing with heat and helping us acclimatise. Tom was obviously hungry while planning for this week as he goes all in on cooking and how heat makes food better. To round out the show the boys take a gloomy look at the heat effects of climate change and certain innovations proposed to help fight it. Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
Today on The Conduct Science Podcast, Mitch and Tom are joined by Dr. A. C. Lambourne. He is a researcher, lecturer, and author who is studying the future of human reproduction rates. Some of the most developed countries in the world such as Japan, Singapore, and lots of Europe are reaching a point where their reproduction rate is not enough to sustain the population. What might be causing this within our society and is this bad? We've heard all these years that global overpopulation is a bad thing... is it time to prepare for the opposite, and if so how do we combat it? Superstimuli are one possible explanation, playing on our desires! Find out today in the interview where we cover the contents of Dr. Lambourne's new book "Our Accidental Extinction: the dangerous gap between what we want and what we need". Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they explore the world of terraforming! They kick off the show with an exciting announcement and some news as per usual. Then Mitch describes what terraforming is and how it has been studied throughout history! Is it becoming fact rather than fiction? Tom then looks at what the end goal of is, how it is done, and possible candidates for terraforming other planets in our solar system. Lastly, Mitch takes us down the philosophical route of SHOULD we terraform if we were able? Join us for all this and more and check out our interview this week! Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they make their way through the final episode of the apocalypse series: Climate change. This one hits a little bit closer to home compared to the others but join the boys as they explore some of their favourite climate disaster movies and the science behind them. Of course, The Day After Tomorrow cannot go unmentioned in this list but just how accurate is it? Mitch teaches us how to keep warm and cool through insulation while Tom evaluates what would actually happen if the magnetic poles reversed! The boys then look at flooding and other effects of climate change and how they could legitimately lead to an apocalypse-like scenario. Mitch wraps up with talking about... you guessed it... Interstellar and food shortage. Remember you can find all the links to things we mentioned on our website. Stay curious! Music: WhiteBatAudio
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they stare down the zombie apocalypse! In the third instalment of the Apocalypse series the boys look at the famed zombie scenario and break down the science behind it. What are zombies in the first place and where did they originate human culture? The boys tick off their favourite zombie films and some that you should definitely check out if you haven't seen yet. After that Tom introduces the science of zombies talking about zombie plants, people, and viruses! Mitch takes us on a creepy tour of zombie ants and spiders. But the big question is could these transfer over to humans? Are zombies actually possible?! Check it out here! Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they stare down the robot apocalypse! Yes, continuing their apocalypse theme, this week they discuss just how likely it might actually be for robots to take over humanity. Decades ago they predicted 2005, then 2030, now is it sooner or later?! The boys start out with their favourite robot movies then moving into robotic automation taking over various industries and how this could help humanity in the long run. But will our convenience be our downfall? Mitch tests Tom on robot parts and also teaches us all about AI, learning, and deep learning. To round things out Tom takes us back to the year 1999, with Y2K looming over our heads, was it all a hoax or was there a significant problem faced by the fact computers couldn't represent the year 2000 as a date? Find out here! Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they enter the world of the alien apocalypse! What would actually happen if aliens turned up with the intent to harvest or invade Earth and what is the science behind it? Mitch takes us down the route of War of the Worlds. What are EMPs and how do we combat them? Would you be able to survive in a world decimated by aliens? Tom explores the biology and genetics of rebuilding the human population. We often see two people are left to repopulate the world, but how realistic is that? The boys talk about ways humans might try to survive and, if the aliens leave or are defeated, how we might rebuild as a human race. Catch us next week in our apocalypse month! Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they explore the awesome, and maybe slightly weird, world of corals! As per usual the boys start off with some news, Tom got a bit carried away this week so apologies in advance! Finally getting into corals the boys explore exactly what they are in the first place! Plants? Animals? Both? Interesting there are a few types of coral reefs that form in different ways and a few different types of corals themselves! Lastly get ready to learn about threats to corals and reefs and what we can do to protect them! Remember, you have the marine biologist's approval to slap rocks out of people's hands ;) Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they explore the frozen expanses of ice ages. What classifies an ice age, how long do they last, how do they start in the first place? Did you know we are technically still in the same ice age in which woolly mammoths roamed the Earth?! Mitch explains Milankovitch cycles and other possible causes for ice ages while time takes us through the major ice ages in Earth's history. With a lot of interesting tangents along the way join us for this cool episode ;) Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they delve into the world of dreams! The boys start off in tangent city with news and facts related to dreaming (or not as well) but soon get back on track. So, what are dreams in the first place and why when we close our eyes to sleep are we transported off to strange, illogical, or downright scary lands? There are many theories from memory consolidation to they mean nothing at all, but what do you think? Lastly, they boys pick apart daydreaming, discuss its origins and uses, and reveal how their daydreaming habits affect their lives. Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, Mitch and Tom take a look at endangered species! What and why are species considered endangered and who gets to make that decision? The IUCN Red List denotes those species that we should pay close attention to, but how do species make it on and off the list, and how do governments use that list? Mitch takes a look at the main reasons that cause population decline and Tom takes a look at the different strategies that can be used to help conserve populations. Do you think that its ethical to abandon some species to extinction in an effort to save others? Join the debate with #ConductScience. Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This time on The Conduct Science Podcast, Tom and Mitch are joined by two amazing guests: Dr. Barbara Martinez from Conservation XLabs and Krystle Moody Wood from Materevolve! Join them as they discuss the very important issue of microfibre and microplastic pollution! How is the fashion industry responsible for polluting the environment through the clothes we wear? what are they doing about it? What can we at home do to reduce the amount our clothes affect the environment around us? Think you have an innovative solution to this worldwide problem? Then check out https://conservationxlabs.com/microfibers for your chance to win part of a $650,000 prize! What do you have to lose? Nothing! So check it out. Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they explore microplastics and pollution! In preparation for our amazing interview with Barbara Martinez and Krystle Moody Wood (released April 23rd), the boys take a look at just what we are doing to the planet! The boys take a deep dive into facts and have an awesome conversation around what they have discovered this week before heading into what microplastics are, where they come from, and the issues that they pose to the environment! We have all heard of the issues that microplastics cause in the marine environment, but Mitch presents the fact that they are in the air all around us and even inside of us! Make sure you do not miss this week's content so you can find out the current situation and what we can do about it! Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they join the search for life in the universe and explore astrobiology! This is an incredibly interesting scientific field gaining more and more traction in recent decades but what is it? What do astrobiologists do if we haven't yet found life? What scientific fields are involved? How is the search for life carried out both within and outside of our solar system? NASA has an astrobiology roadmap but what if life is predicted to be so abundant, why haven’t we seen any? And what happens when we actually meet life, and what might that life look like? Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they explore the weird, fascinating, but scary world of parasites! If you are at all squeamish then maybe this is not the episode for you, we are warning you now. Otherwise, the boys talk about some nasty parasite facts, seriously you may change your pillows after this, as well as what parasites are in the first place. Mitch explains the types of parasites that we find on and in us and animals and Tom goes through the six strategies that parasites employ. Bringing up some examples learn about the botfly and a type of barnacle that changes the sex of crabs. Lastly, the boys take a look at Xenomorphs from the Alien franchise, the most famous sci-fi parasite there is. Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, joing Mitch and Tom as they explore entropy! The second law of thermodynamics, and obviously the best one, is something that rules our daily existence, whether we are aware of it or not, but what is it? How does it impact things? Is it really proof that time exists and if so, does it influence time itself? In the latter part of the show, the boys launch a scientific review of Tenet, the new Christopher Nolan action film! What is the science behind it and is any of it plausible? SPOILER WARNING: Tenet spoilers start 41 minutes into the episode, please stop listening if you wish to avoid spoilers! Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they explore the fossil record! What are fossils int he first place and how are they made? Why do we sometimes get full skeletons, small insects trapped in amber, or only the tracks that they left behind! Tom explores how fossil fuels are made depending on if they originate from plants, plankton, and animals and Mitch tells us about Burgess shale, one of the most important fossil sites ever discovered. The boys explore why fossils are important to us today and some giant penguins! Of course, no discussion on fossils would be complete without some Jurassic Park discussion either. Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they explore the world of colour, camouflage, mimicry, and disguise. Find out why plants change colour over the seasons, had you thought of it like this before? Explore the different types of camouflage and why the animals that use them have evolved to do so! Does something the tiger that looks orange to you, look orange to its prey?! Chameleons and cephalopods are famous for changing colour to blend into their background but is that theory correct and how do they do it?! Find out here and check out our interview with Dr. Lawrence Krauss on "The Physics of Climate Change". Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
Today on The Conduct Science Podcast, Tom and Mitch are joined by theoretical physicist Dr. Lawrence Krauss to discuss the physics of climate change! They start off by exploring the incredible career of Dr Krauss himself before diving deep into the topic of his new book: "The Physics of Climate Change". How bad has climate change got? Is CO2 the only thing we need to be concerned about? What can WE do as individuals to help fight this battle? Lastly, they explore the interesting topic of geoengineering, should we rely on it? Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they explore the world of electric and self-driving cars. The boys start off explaining the scientific filled week that the world has seen before Mitch dives into electric cars! How much of an impact do they have for the environment? Are they worth it? They discuss whether they would get an electric car and how peoples needs might evolve in our current climate. Tom then takes a look at self driving or autonomous cars. Not a yes or no answer, they exist on a spectrum from none to full autonomy! Tom breaks down the technology that allows them to work and why Tesla and Elon Musk do not like LiDAR. They finish talking about electric and self-driving car cybersecurity, could someone hack your car? Stay tuned at the end for a big announcement! Audio: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they look through a year of COVID-19! Tom breaks down what COVID-19 is in the first place and where it came from while Mitch takes a look at how all the different types of vaccines work! An in depth look at all of the science and stats that we know about the novel coronavirus disease! Mitch gives us some updated stats and corrects some COVID myths while they both explore what a year of lockdowns has taught us individually and as a species! Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they explore the world of nuclear technology. Tom takes you quickly through the history and discovery of radiation and the first experiments with radioactive elements while Mitch explains the ropes surrounding nuclear fission and fusion. The boys talk about the Chernobyl disaster and Mitch enlightens us on the effect of nuclear bombs! Tom explores alternative nuclear technology in the form of medicine and agriculture, and they round out the show talking about alternative nuclear energy solutions. Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they explore the world of drugs! There are many categories of psychoactive drugs, but what does each one do? Mitch takes us down the route of medical drugs, how they help us, and the different ways they are effective! The boys then discover why drugs are addictive in the first place and how exactly they affect the brain! Tom walks through the science of Marijuana, what gives you the high and how it's being used as treatment, before heading into the wild scientific history of LSD and bicycle day! Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Tom and Mitch as they explore the world of colours! In this unexpectadly trippy episode the boys start out with some world news and dive into is black really a colour? What is a colour anyway? Perhaps colours only exists in our brains and are a by-product of light? Tom explores how objects gain their colour and Mitch leads us down the route of how we percieve it! The boys then run through the existence of impossible colours and how that ties in with Synaesthesia. Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on the Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they try and answer the question "who am I?" Never shying away from the big questions the boys tackle the big wide world of identity! With many tangents along the way find out about different forms of identity, whether social, personal, or governmental and what goes into creating each of those from various persepctives. Does identity matter and why is it so important? What happens if people forget or create addition identities? Mitch helps us explore our music identity and digs into the world of cyber-crime identity theft! Stay curious! Music: WhiteBatAudio.com
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, Tom and Mitch are joined by a leader in the world of regenerative farming, founder of Greater Greens, and CEO of Nutrition for Longevity: Jennifer Maynard! Jennifer has had an extensive 20-year career in the biotech and pharmaceutical space but switched over to regenerative farming! Together the three explore why exactly Jennifer made the career change and why proper farming practices, plants, humans, biodiversity, climate change, and fast food are all connected! Are certain diets linked to longevity? Why should be care about diverse farming? Should we care about how things are farmed? How does all of this impact YOU directly? And, what we can all do at home! Big announcement at the end so stick around to find out how you can get some goodies!! Music: WhiteBatAudio.
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they discuss and explore the newest Martian rover: Perseverance! The boys start off with some exciting announcements and news that you don't want to miss before diving right in! What is Perseverance and why is it even going in the first place? In the name of science, we find ourselves in the next space age of exploration! Tom dives down into the tech on board while Mitch lets us know just how this is going to get to the surface. One of the most fascinating things about this mission is Ingenuity the first ever powered flight vehicle to attempt to fly on another planet! There's also a lot of talk about Robot Wars and Takeshi's Castle if you need your 90's TV fix. Music: WhiteBatAudio
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, the boys have made it to episode 100! Join Mitch and Tom as they take a look back over the past 100 episodes that they have put out into the world. They start with how the podcast has evolved over time, looking at Tom's rather interesting outro and kick off into some topical news about freeing scientific information and storing data in bacteria. The boys talk about how they have coped with isolation during the pandemic with and without the podcast and take a look at their favourite moments and episodes! Make sure you stick around until the end to hear some previously never revealed outtakes of when Tom and Mitch have more than messed up while recording. A massive thank you to all of you from us both! Music: White Bat Audio
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they walk through the life of Alan Turing, world renouned mathematician and father of digital computing. The boys start hot out of the gates this week as they discuss how you can generate true random numbers... using DNA. Tom explores the life of Alan Turing and how he was so influential in changing the world to what it has become today looking into cryptography, digital computing and of course the Turing Test. Mitch takes us into the world of cryptography breakin it down very easily so even us muggles can understand what a fascinating world there is that keeps us safe! Remember to stay curious and join us next week for Episode 100! Music: White Bat Audio
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they welcome in the new year and explore the science of it! No matter which way you celebrate you are sure to have a laugh with the boys on this one. They kick off the show with a new intro, some news about the current goings-on, and some factoids as per usual. But what about fireworks? Are countries thinking they are too damaging to the environment or should we keep them as a tradition? Mitch enlightens us on the topic of Chinese and Japanese traditions over their respective new year periods and Tom explores why most of us fail at keeping our New Year's resolutions! Will this year be different? Listen to find out! Music: White Bat Audio!
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom for the last time this year as they take a look at the science of Christmas! Where did it come from and where did it originate? How can we be more environmentally friendly this Christmas also? After some historical exploration behind the meaning of Christmas, the boys study the science of Santa! How does he get all around the world in one night and deliver all the presents? Does he use warp drives? Does he teleport? Does he clone himself which results in an Arctic based Santa Clause Hunger Games event? Find out the possible theories for how he knows which presents we all get and how he gets them to our houses! A very merry Christmas and happy holidays to every one of you! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they explore the world of the paranormal! As per usual, the guys start out with some weekly news and then dive right into some facts. How many people believe ghosts and demons are real? It's more than you'd think! The boys recant their own experiences with ghosts and Mitch reveals the phantom hand that appeared in his bed, he then describes what exactly spirits are. The boys debate how you might go about hunting them and the true nature of the science behind all of the claims. Is there a scientific explanation? Lastly, Tom condenses some real-life experiences from people on Reddit check out r/Ghoststories for more! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they talk about meat alternatives! Last week a new lab-grown chicken meat went on sale for the first time ever! To start the show, the boys discuss the new COVID vaccine and other topical news before diving into this weeks topic. How is lab meat made and will it have a positive effect on our environment or will meat-eaters prefer meat from animals instead? They debate and tackle important ethical standpoints such as vegetarianism and veganism and how these people might face the new kind of meat since it's exactly the same but no animal was killed to get it. Would you eat it? Let us know @conductscience, we'd love to hear from you! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on the Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they discuss earth! Not the whole planet but the dirt, soil, and rocks that are all around us! This marks the end of the somewhat silly avatar cycle for the boys and they round it out in true tangent fashion. They kick it off with some topical news and factoids before diving into what earth really is. Mitch tells us all about the spheres of the earth where they both walk us through the rock cycle. Tom squeezes in his long-awaited section on volcanoes and Mitch digs up some dirt tech. Also, specially featured is Mitch's world record attempt at the longest wind up to a pun within a single podcast. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast join Mitch and Tom as they talk about water! What is water in the first place and why is this seemingly normal thing actually rather unique? Water has many strange properties but is it wet? Mitch illuminates us on what makes the oceans and how boats are able to float, be careful because it can be strange to think about! Tom brings talks about whales and what humans might expect if we were forced to evolve in water! Rounding out the show we discover how nanotechnology could help to provide millions with clean water! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast join Mitch and Tom as they discuss air! It's all around us all of the time but do you really know that much about it?! The boys stay a bit more on track this week and talk about what air is in the first palce, what is air pressure, and how do planes fly? Tom takes us back through time and explores how a changing atmosphere drastically changed evolution. But what would happen if you were sucked into space? Into a vacuum? Come and debunk some myths and then find out about the latest vacuum technology: the Hyperloop! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast the boys eventually talk about fire! Join them as they start in the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender and discuss what the new COVID vaccines. After the news, they explain what fire is made of, how it's created, and just how many KitKats you can get from your flames. Controlling fire turned the course of human history forever but why was it so influential and are we the only species to use it? Find out here! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they explore the world of nanotechnology! What is nanotechnology in the first place and how is it viewed in the world by experts? What kind of science has gone into producing this new technology that could revolutionalise the human way of life? Tom explores the fields of nanomedicine and green nanotech and Mitch enlightens us on the world of microtechnology, the stuff we couldn't live without! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
Today on The Conduct Science Podcast, Mitch and Tom are joined by social neuroscientist and musician Dr. David Greenberg! Join them as they discuss how Dr. Greenberg uses and researches music in conjuction with emotion and autism. How does music affect how we feel? Why does it affect us all individually? Can music really determine different personality traits? How did early humans use music and how did it evolce? And also find out how music therapy is changing the lives of millions around the world! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on the Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they try to navigate the universe of dark energy and dark matter! Tom tried to break down what dark energy is in the first place, do we even know? And why is it cauing the accelerated expansion of the universe? He has some theories but how wacky are they? Mitch introduces us to dark matter, what is it and how can we look for it? They then end the show looking at how humans will experience and expanding universe! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they explore the impossible and unlimited worlds of virtual and augmented reality! These upcoming technologies you may have heard of or most likely even experienced, but what are they really and how do they work? As virtual reality becomes more and more accessible, are we likely to see it in our every day lives? And if so, to what extent? VR is known for games but Mitch explains it's importance with mental health sufferers and Tom expands that into the wider medical field. Lastly the privacy issues that come with VR headsets. If you are interested or were thinking of getting a headset, you don't want to miss this! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast join Mitch and Tom as they explore the path of human evolution! Where did we come from and where are we going? Mitch takes you through the evolutionary timeline of human history from our ancestors in Africa to Homo erectus, Neanderthals, the "hobbits", and finally us. While Tom lays down some facts on these species and also explores how we are still evolving and are in fact going through a rapid microevolution right now!
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, Mitch and Tom return to the topic of time! Join them as they explore some strange history facts that mess with our perception of time and as they try and break down exactly what time is. Mitch explains how our biological perception of time changes through our age and mental or physical state, while Tom explores the possibilities of time travel! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they explore Mars. With many tangents along the way, the boys explore what it makes Mars so alien to us and if they would visit it! They go through the history of robotic martian exploration discussing the successes and failures and what we learnt. How did humans go from thinking of the red planet as a desolate wasteland to a potential planet that harbours life in just 20 years? How did we discover water on Mars and what are we still finding? Find out here! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast join Mitch and Tom as they explore antibiotics! What are they in the first place and why do they only effect bacteria? A rough ride in this episode with tangents here, there, and everywhere! But the boys pull through as they discuss the workings of bacteria and how antibiotics work. Later they debate the problem of antibiotic resistance and how we might be saved by the bacteriophage. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast the boys discuss natural disasters! They discuss what are natural disasters in the first place and the different types seen around the world as well as debating whether coronavirus could also be considered one. Mitch spreads some light on the Californian Wildfires and the 1931 China flooding event while Tom dives into prehistoric natural disasters forming the planet as we know it today! If you are affected by any natural disasters check out our webpage for some helplines. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Method Section, Tom explores The Doomsday Clock! Although it sounds like something from a Lovecraftian horror story, it is in fact a very real tool updated each year. Listen in to find out who maintains it, why they do so, and how they decide where the clock hands should be placed! In a year of global catastrophe it provides an interesting perspective. Music: 失望した - EVA.
This week on The Conduct Scince Podcast Mitch and Tom discuss the Moon! what is the moon made of is it really delicious cheese or something that causes problems to astronauts? The boys discuss the various theories of lunar formation, how did we gain this natural satellite? What do conspiracy theorists make of the moon? And how exactly will moon colonisation work? Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast Tom returns to join Mitch as they discuss simulation theory! Is it a completely theoretical stipulation or are you living in a simulated world right now? The boys discuss the ins and outs of simulation theory including the assumptions that need to be met if its real and the implication this has on our lives. Is there proof for its existence or do we understand too little about the universe to decide? And if it were you would you take the red or blue pill? Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
Another solo episode this week! Continuing on from the first episode of what is the internet, this week Mitchell goes forward from the 1970s breaking down everything from the transition to the internet to the Great Browser Wars! Find out more on this weeks episode of the Conduct Science podcast!
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Today, Mitch and Tom are joined by Dr. Enric Sala who is the National Geographic explorer in residence and director of Pristine Seas. Join them as they talk about biodiversity and the wild and just why they are so important. Why do we need sharks and wolves and how does their impact benefit us directly? What does the future of conservation look like and will the standard practice change? The coronavirus epidemic has been a shock to the world but what do we stand to learn from it and how can we take this and move forward in a productive way? Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
Due to the mysterious disappearance of Tom, last seen thrown in the back of a van by the royal family, this week Mitchell is flying solo and talking all things internet. What is the internet? How and why was it developed? Find out this week on the conduct science podcast!
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This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, Mitch and Tom return to conspiracy theories! In this episode, the boys take on conspiracy theories and try to debunk them while having a laugh along the way. Prepared to get introduced to the hollow earth theory and QAnon! Start to question yourself as they debate if Finland and New Zealand are real places and, of course, if 5G causes coronavirus. Mitch tries his hand at the True or false: Conspiracy theory edition game! How would you do? Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, Mitch and Tom enter the Quantum World! Join them as they discuss the ins and outs of quantum physics and how Einstein and Bohr paved the way to the complex world of the subatomic. What is Schrodingers cat really about? How does quantum computing work and what are its implications? Quantum technology is the centrepiece in sci-fi technology, but do they have it all right? And what about teleportation? Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, Tom and Mitch take a look at the stars! Join them as they discuss exactly what it is that makes a star what it is! The life cycles of stellar entities and how they come into being from giant gas clouds and nebulas in the exapanse of space and how humans might one day end up exploiting stars for their own use. Black hole or supernova explosion, why, what, when, where, and how! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they enter the world absolutes, where there is only one answer, maths! The boys kick off with the history of the world of maths, explore their own past experiences, and their current relationship with it now. They debate whether maths was discovered or if its just a construct of the mind, teach you how to count past infinity, and why it's never too late to learn maths yourself. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, Mitch and Tom take a deep dive into biodiversity! What even is biodiversity? Why is it important not only to the world but to humans? More than this, the boys ask the tough questions like what is the difference between a wood and a forest and explain exactly how new species are identified. To round out the show they take a look at the future of biodiversity in our world, how we can protect it, and the plans already in place. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, Mitch and Tom laugh in the face of danger. Yes, this week is all about fear! What exactly is fear in the first place and why do we need to experience it? The fight or flight response is a well known mechanism but what actually happens to our body and what if we overreact? The boys discuss what life is like for people who have no fear response, how to overcome and handle fears, whether your fear is factual or fictional as well as recognising that stress is just a fear response. Tune in this week and let us know about your experiences with fear! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
Today, Mitch and Tom are joined by none other than CEO of the Ecological Futures group and former senior scientist at the burea of intelligence Rod Schoonover. The guys and Rod talk about what led Rod to resign in protest from the White House as well as institutional climate deniers. More than this they explore the possibility to change, what we can do to combat climate change and why it is considered a national security issue for the intelligence agency. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, Mitch and Tom return to Climate Change. Join them as they find out just exactly what climate change is, just why it is so important to talk about, and why we should be concerned. This time, the boys explore the effects of climate change and who should we be blaming for it all? The West? The developed? The developing? Lastly, they explore what you can do to make a difference and turn the tide on climate. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, Mitch and Tom explore scientific integrity! What does that even mean you ask? Listen to find out! The boys explore what scientific integrity is and why it is important to both the scientific and civilian world. The ethics of the world is being pulled more and more into public view and this is no different with science, how do they decide which research is acceptable if animals are being used? Lastly, they talk about paying to access scientific articles and whether this is acceptable. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on the Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they take you on a journey to a land before time. That's right the boys are here talking about dinosaurs!But what exactly is a dinosaur anyway? Where did they come from? How and when did they live? But most importantly the boys spend the show debating the inner workings of Jurassic Park and if it is actually possible.... find out here! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they explore energy. Energy in all of its forms surrounds us all the time and dictates the way in which the universe works, but it's something that many of us don't know too much about! The boys explore the different types of energy as well as how we produce electrical energy to power our lives, uncovering the method by which the international agreements against climate change and the burning of fossil fuels will affect our daily lives, GCSE questions, renewables of the future and more! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
Today, Mitch and Tom are joined by Professor Rodrgio Quian Quiroga, author of "NeuroScience Fiction" and credited with the discovery of concept cells. The three discuss topics highlighted in NeuroScience Fiction such as 2001: A Space oddyssey and machine intelligence, Minority Report and free will, and BladeRunner and human consciousness. Join them as they dive through the latest advances in neuroscience and uncover how the fantasy of science fiction is quickly becoming reality! Also, listen for a chance to win a copy of NeuroScience Fiction itself! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, Mitch and Tom celebrate the first anniversary of the show, they talk about some their favourite moments of the past year as well as exploring some never before seen outtakes from previous episodes and at the end of the show make an exciting announcement! They pay tribute to SpaceX and the successful launch of SpaceX Dragon before heading onto the topic of cognition. Here we find out about the different domains of cognition, schemata, concept cells, and reading the mind... it's closer than you think. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Mitch and Tom as they put on their tin foil hats and delve into the mysterious world of conspiracy theories! Covering everything from the anti-vaxx community and how people think the new 5G towers are spreading COVID-19, to how the world ended in 2012 and the Queen is actually a lizard person. The boys appraoch what drives people to believe in conspiracy theories in the first place and what we can do to combat the misinformation out there in the world. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, Mitch and Tom explore possible ends of the world. Throughout history the end of the world has been predicted countless times the boys explore some of these theories and then contemplate how the world might meet its demise through natural, man-made, and other worldy sources. From magnetic pole reversal to a nano bot outbreak, from global epidemics and zombie outbreaks to alien invasion. To round out the show the talk is taken to the ends of the universe where the big rip, heat death, and the big crunch are explored. In these scenarios how would the human race fair and how will our perception of reality be altered? Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, join Tom and Mitch as they explore the world of music! Have you ever wondered where music originated and why it is so integral to our society? Or where your music taste even comes from? Find out here in this episode where the boys explore their own music tastes, where it may have come from, the origins of music, and musical therapy and all of the applications it has in the world. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, Tom and Mitch take a journey into the minds eye and look into imagination. From dreams to everyday life imagination is an integral part of how the human brain functions and how we process reality, but it is not the same for everyone. Some people possess a vivid imagination and some people have no ability to use the minds eye, a phenomenon known as aphantasia. Join us this week as we discover what imagination even is and how it changes through our lives. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
Welcome back to The Conduct Science Podcast. With the return of Mitch back into the ranks with Tom, they both explore the effects of isolation on the mind and body. The world is in global lockdown at the moment so find out what kind of research has been done in the past how loneliness and social isolation affects people, the positives from the lockdown, things you can do, and even Tom and Mitch's experiences with it. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Method Section, Tom takes a look at EIA's, black holes, and stupid humans. Environmental impact assessments are the scientific and legal foundation that any construction project lies upon. Its process and authorisation is a complicated, confusing, and lengthy process but get the break down here! In the future climate change could slow down human cognition due to high CO2 levels. And the collision of two black holes reveals all new findings. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Method Section, Tom takes a look at what evolution may unfold if humans were to venture into space. Humans have been around for 200,000 years which in terms of species age is quite short. At the moment we don't understand our own evolutionary history yet but that doesn't stop us exploring our evolutionary futures. Lack of gravity, increased radiation, and enhanced mutation frequency could be in humanity's future. Or will we take it into our own hands and edit the genes ourselves? Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Method Section, Tom takes a look at an action plan set out by Carlos Duarte et al., (2020) on how to recover and maintain our oceans by 2050. In this paper they list key areas that we need to focus on such as; fisheries management, hunting regulations, and habitt protection and restoration and also how we might go about achieving these. The impact on one part of our ocean greatly affects all the other parts as well and in one unified global effort we might be able to save our oceans for future generations. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Method Section, Tom takes a look at ethics in the research environment. Have you ever wondered what ethics process each scientist goes through when applying to conduct an experiment? Or how the ethics board decides which experiments are ethically valid? More than this Tom dives head first into the heated topic of using captive animals in experiments with a heavy focus on captive dolphins. Are they too smart for captivity or is there some benefit to using them in experiments? Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Method Section, Tom takes a look at teaching in the animal kingdom. Who can do it, where do we find it, and what is it anyway? Tom takes you on an adventure through the scientific literature and animal kingdom describing exactly what teaching is from two different points of view and the animals in which we find it in. Teaching has always been considered something unique to animals with complex cognition.... why then do we find it in ants? Stay tuned, to The Method Section. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Method Section, Tom tackles diseases in a population. With the current activities in the world some people may be confused about what a disease is in the first place, how are they caused, through what organisms and methods are they transferred? How do the health administrations and governments of the world model disease transmission and decide what measures to implement and when do they know if it's getting better or not? Join Tom as he takes a look at the coronavirus, how it and other viruses spread, and what you can do to help prevent it spreading more. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Method Section, join Tom as he explores why we age! Is aging an inherent process that we must go through? If so What mechanisms are in place that cause it to happen and why did those mechanisms evolve in the first place? Is it population control or is it just the selection of preferred early life characteristics that have bad late life consequences? What can we learn from looking at other animals about aging and will we be able to stop it in the next 50 years? Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Method Section, Tom investigates brain size and complexity and how it relates to animal intelligence. Does having a bigger brain correlate to the intelligence of an animal or is it the relative brain size and complexity that determines it? Or is it none of these? Find out a bit about the history of comparative brain size studies, what we learnt from them and why they needed to change! Tom takes a look at the marine mammals, specifically cetaceans and looks at their case of being intelligent, are they as smart as people think? Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Method Section, Tom takes a look at the first ever multi-cellular organism that has been discovered that doesn't need oxygen to survive. Henneguya salminicola is a Myxozoan parasite of salmon that has no mitochondria or aerobic resipiratory pathway. This is a huge discovery that could start a paradigm shift in how we look at organisms as we know it today. Join Tom as he takes a look at the paper and breaks it down for you! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Method Section, Tom talks about the formation of planets in our solar system! How did they form in the first place? What did our primordial solar system look like, what effects of the universe shaped it? Have you ever wondered why there are no gas giants close to the Sun or why looking far away in space is actually looking back in time? New research of a planetesimal called "Arrokoth", in the Kuiper belt, is changing how we look at planetary formation. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Method Section, Tom takes a look at CRISPR. Gene editing via CRISPR and the Cas-9 protein was heralded as one of the biggest scientific acheivements of the last decade, but what exactly is it? How does one program a protein to precisely cut strands of DNA? The discussion of what CRISPR technology is being used for now and in the future is a rigourous one filled with all kinds of ethical bounderies and gray areas. Listen now to find out where they are drawing the line! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Method Section, Tom goes through the process of writing a project proposal to get funding. If you are an aspiring scientist or even an experienced one, this is something you will have to do time after time. This is an opportunity for you to showcase yourself, you team, and your project and why it deserves funding over others. Tom explores here the classic pitfalls researchers make when applying for funding and the things you can do to maximise your chances. Also included is a set of questions you can ask yourself to get you started. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Method Section, Tom explores the mirror system hypothesis and how language transformed humanity! Did language derive from an archaeic gestural "langauage" that linked the sender and reciever of signals? What cytocarchitecture do we possess that enables us to be a language ready species? With language being such a unique asset to humans, how did it transform and shape our evolutionary pathway? Language, as it turns out maybe the reason for everything we know today! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Method Section, Tom takes a look at social cognition and language. Why are social cognition and language so tightly linked? Explore why language is such a fundamental property of humanity, why it led to our success and why it is thought as the crucial mechanism for the advancement of cultural complexity. Here you will also find out about the underlying mechanisms of language and where else we see them in the animal kingdom, and why exploring the evolutionary history of animals that don't have the uniquely human trait of language is important to understanding it. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Method Section, Tom takes a look at the neurological circuit that is responsible for complex vocal learning. With such a restricted range of animals that show this incredible ability the Kuypers-Jurgens hypothesis presents a great opportunity to understand how complex vocal learning, and by effect, even human language evolved and why such specific neurological pathways are important. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Method Section, Tom takes a look at sleep. Everyone sleeps, everyone needs to sleep... but why? Find out here as we explore what happens when we sleep through the different stages of the sleep cycle, why we actually need to sleep and also the result on the brain and body if we don't get enough sleep. Sleep deprivation is the unseen plague in our society and the effect it could be having on millions, if not billions of people around the world is truly scary. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week, on The Method Section, Tom takes a look at the past decade and all of the major scientific achievements of the past decade. The 2010's, dubbed the decade of space, certainly lives up to that title with the discovery of gravitational waves and the Higgs bosun particle, the first ever picture taken of a black hole and reusable rockets. More than this, Tom covers the rise of artificial intelligence, gene editing with Crispr, the discovery of a new human species and humanity's fight against disease.Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Method Section, Tom takes a look at the global climate emergency warning issued by 11,000 scientists worldwide in November 2019. The warning alerts us to the current situation and problems we face while highlighting steps that we need to take in order to ensure a future for not just us, but the whole world.Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Method Section, Tom takes a look at complex vocal learning. What is it? Where does it occur? Why is it important to study? See how researchers look for vocal learning and the surprising places that they find it. Why is it so important in humans yet not in our closest evolutionary relatives? Yet humans and some birds share similar brain structures! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Method Section, Tom explores how the human brain adapts when only half of it is there. Unbelievably new research reveals how the human brain adapts, recovers and re-wires itself following a hemispherectomy, a procedure where up to half of the brain is removed. How does the brain function, how does it compensate? Find out here with the latest episode! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Method Section, Tom takes a look at what we believe and how it influences our perception and how we interact with the world. Superstitious behaviour is a classic psychological experiment conducted by Skinner, but does it apply to humans? How do your perceptions of trust, the environment and fairness alter how you act in certain situations? Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Method Section, Tom is analysing p-values, are they significant enough to keep using? Ever since their introduction scientists have been both arguing for and against p-values due to peoples misunderstanding, misinterpretation and sometimes dishonest representation of them. Now with powerful technology available to perform more intense statistics, people question the relevance of the p-value! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Method Section, Tom takes a look at anti-cancer genes! The world of anti-cancer research can now extend into the realm of marine mammal genome analysis. Large creatures with extended lifespans would be predicted to have much higher rates of cancer due to more somatic cell divisions but new research highlights how whales prevent and manage cancer and tumours. This makes exciting news and potential areas of research for cancer treatment! https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on the method section, Tom takes a look at Alzheimer’s! Now, why is a marine biologist talking about Alzheimer’s? Good question! There has been some remarkable steps forward in the realm of Alzheimer’s and dementia research from an unlikely source…dolphins. Tom looks through the latest research and updates from the marine mammal science field and how, in the near future, they will help us to unravel the mysteries of this devastating disease. https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on the Method Section, Tom explains the process of writing a scientific paper. Something that he has much experience with at an academic level he now invites you to join him on the beginning of his journey of his MSc. thesis in the neuroscience of marine mammals. In the latter half of the show Tom reviews his favourite part of the brain so far, the Corpus Callosum, and why it is so. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Method Section, Tom talks about mathematics and statistics. While it is an obvious asset to any scientist it also stands as a barrier for many people entering the professional science field, not because their maths isn’t good enough but because they are afraid it isn’t. Tom tackles this misconception as someone who is making his way into the field right now and dealing with maths and with the experience of active scientists he forms this advice. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
Welcome back to The Method Section! Tom returns with his deep dive series into scientific discussions! This week he is talking about decompression sickness, a well-studied and understood phenomena in human scuba divers but something thought impossible for the diving animals of our world. Recent studies however are turning that view on its head and here you can find out how that’s happening and why that’s important! Stay tuned to the Method Section! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Method Section, Tom looks at the processes of colonising another planetary body. Rather than the technology and what we would hope to achieve that we normally hear about, if colonists did settle on Mars what laws would they follow, what nationality would they belong to? Something to learn from history is the mental health problems associated with pioneer colonists, what problems can we expect Martian colonists or explorers to face and how do they plan to deal with it? Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
Welcome to the Conduct Science Podcast variety show! This week we don’t have a topic and are answering questions that we found interesting and intriguing. Tom takes you through the history of space waste, how much humanity could hope to explore the universe and whether the T-rex was actually aquatic! While Mitch brings you into his world of cybersecurity exploring denial of service and the slow loris attacks. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Method Section, Tom is taking a look at obedience and the Milgram experiment. There have been many times throughout history where people have committed atrocious acts but their defence, as was the case with Eichmann and the holocaust, was they were following orders. At what point do orders overtake morality and ethics of an individual? And even in an experiment testing this were scientific moral protocols broken? Find out in The Method Section! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on the conduct science podcast Tom and Mitch decide to intervene on the topic of addiction. Take everything you thought you knew about addiction and discard it, a trip through history will reveal why we think what we do about addiction and what we now know. The guys take you on a crash course through drug addiction and treatment, video game addiction and the ever more important, social media addiction. Come find out how these things are affecting your mental state! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on the Method Section, Tom guides you through coding bootcamps! A new and booming industry aiming to shortcut many eager students into the tech industry. Here Tom discusses what they are like compared to university or college degrees, if they are worth it, the jobs you can expect to find yourself in, the salary you can expect to make among much more. Tom uses real data collected from the coding bootcamps themselves to give advice on how to choose where to go and if it is right for you! You too can find the data at https://cirr.org/data. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, Tom and Mitch take a close up look at morality. Debating some moral dilemmas, is it nature or nurture and lots of the main moral theories presented in today’s world and throughout history, from Kant and deontological theory to Mill and utilitarianism. What do they try to achieve, is there a best one and where do our hosts stand? Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Method Section, Tom is combatting bad science. He explores who is at fault when it comes down to performing and publishing bad science and the effects that it has on both the scientific and public worlds. Bad science led to the worst public health crisis scene in over a hundred years… anti-vaccination groups, find out how this started and how we can combat it. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week this description is false! Tom and Mitch take a look at paradoxes, one’s we see in everyday life, ones that took over 2,000 years to figure out and many that still perplex us to this day! From time travel and the Bootstrap Paradox to the statistical likelihood but no evidence for alien life in the Fermi Paradox, join us on The Conduct Science Podcast! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
Tom is joined Under the Microscope with Derek Edwards, entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of Behaviour Cloud and Talio. Behaviour Cloud aims to bridge the gap between technology and research taking advantage of the cloud, Tom and Derek explore what life is like setting up your own business, how to face the challenges along the way and take an in-depth look at behaviour cloud and how it came to being. Join us on Under the Microscope. You can visit behaviorcloud.com to find out more! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Method Section, join Tom as he dives into the unknown. Challenging the view of the role of scientists in this world and the journey that they take. What if instead of being in the pursuit of knowledge we were in the pursuit of ignorance? What if we were trained to deal with the fact that experiments don’t always work and that within the unknown comes the most exciting adventures? Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Conduct Science Podcast, Tom and Mitch turn the cogs of intelligence. They each reveal their scores on an IQ test and explain why it is or isn’t the best way to explore human intelligence. From animals to AI the world shows many signs of what could be intelligence, but is it? And how does intelligence arise, is it through the classic nature or nurture argument or is something larger at play? Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Method Section, Tom explores the reality of coincidences and randomness, and why it is something for scientists to consider. Is it something that we all too often use to explain away seemingly odd things, does it prevent us from looking at things closer and finding their true cause and when does coincidence really come into play? Find out in this episode! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
Join Tom and Mitch in part 2 of their adventures in the solar system! Remembering the Apollo 11 missions this episode takes a look at the state of space travel within our solar system past, present and future. From the tech that was brought about due to the Apollo missions to NASA 3D printing a base on the moon, check it out! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
Today Tom is Under the Microscope with Dr. Kevin Arbuckle, an evolutionary biologist and lecturer at Swansea University. Have you ever wondered how we classify organisms, how we can use the genes of organisms to estimate the states of their ancestors and the applications that has for todays world? Like predicting the existence of new human species for them only to be discovered shortly after! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
Welcome back once again to The Method Section. This week Tom is talking about being wrong! Something that we are all so afraid of and learn in school as a bad thing, but in reality is the underpinning nature of science and our knowledge. Find out what about it means to be wrong in science, the power of peer review and some big failures that led to monumental discoveries! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
Join Mitch and Tom this week as they get down with gravity in the first of a two-part topic: the Solar System. The conversation ranges from the newest theories to how the moon formed and how Jupiter sculpted the formation of Earth to the major scientific breakthroughs in recent years concerning black holes and the search for life! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
In today's episode Tom is Under the Microscope with marine biologist and founder of Love the Oceans (LTO), a British non-profit conducting research in Mozambique. In the interview they dive into the process of starting up your own non-profit, how and why LTO came to be what it is, the research being conducted and the fundamental reasoning behind the huge amounts of effort put into the local community! You can find out more information by visiting lovetheoceans.org! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Method Section, Tom takes a look at The Stanford Prison Experiment. Possibly the most famous psychological experiment ever conducted, but maybe for the wrong reasons! The results nonetheless are used all over the world in court rooms to justify people’s actions. But what if the conclusions are invalid? And if it were to be done again, how would it be done? Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
In this week’s episode Tom and Mitch swing through the evolutionary tree of life! Have you ever considered what evolution really is, is that the only theory, how we define a species, how animals evolved in the first place or about the super animal that is the tardigrade? Well this is the episode for you! Join us on this wild ride through evolutionary science! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
In today's episode Tom is Under the Microscope with Dr. John Boyd, a world leader in psychology and in particular Time Perspective. Along with Dr. Philip Zimbardo, he has championed and developed the methodologies and theories behind this fied oh psychology with remarkable outcomes. Today they discuss Time Perspective, what it is, how John came to study it, the methodologies they use and how they adapt it over time as well as the real world applications of it. You can find out more by going to thetimeparadox.com and take your own Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory test, to see where you align! ~ Today's episode is dedicated to Dr. Robert Levine, a friend, mentor and brilliant psychologist. ~ Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Method Section, Tom tackles the task of Scientific Communication. In an age where science is so fascinating and mind blowing why is it communicated in such a boring way? Find out why this is an important step to take and how you can improve your scientific communication. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
Join Tom and Mitch as they explore the fantastic world of human language! Where did it come from, how did it evolve, why are we the only species that has developed it and how much does it affect the way we think? Language in the modern world is changing so rapidly with the internet and phones but is it a bad thing or is it simply the next evolution of language? Come and find out! Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
This week on The Method Section, Tom discusses why citizen science can be so useful to certain project types, he breaks down the inner workings of both local and non-local citizen science and provides a quick guide on the viable ways and options available to you if you wanted to create your own citizen science project. Check out iNaturalist, eBird and uBiome. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
In this episode Tom and Mitch explore the wide and controversial world of climate change. With many tangents taken along the way they explore what climate change is, the lesser known but looming threat of the global water crisis, individualistic views, the many proposed solutions and even geoengineering and nuclear energy. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
In this episode we talk all things senses and some things nonsense! Our senses define how we perceive the world and indeed our reality. Tom and Mitch explore how various people, and animals perceive the world, debate how many senses humans actually have, ask what it means to have synaesthesia, a rare condition where people can see music and taste sound and take a look at innovative sensory tech. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
Welcome to the first episode of The Method Section. In this episode Tom takes you through some examples of how you can get involved in science right now and why citizen science can be so effective! From discovering exoplanets to transcribing some of Shakespeare's texts, whether you are already a scientist or just want to do this for fun. If you would like to get involved in the mentioned research be sure to check out zooniverse.org. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
In this episode we discuss all things time! We dive down the rabbit hole discussing everything from how to define time to whether only humans perceive it and gravitational time dilation to time travel. Tom and Mitch embark on the adventure through time covering the history of time for humans as a species all the way up to the latest theories of the universe and if time is actually real or not. Buckle up and get ready for this mind-bending episode that will make you question everything. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
In this episode we discuss the topic of neuroscience! We cover EMDR therapy used to treat PTSD, mental health in modern society, artificial intelligence, are robots taking our jobs?, cyborg rats and cybernetic enhancements. In this episode you will meet the co-host Mitch as we embark on this crazy adventure down the rabbit hole of neuroscience. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
Welcome to the first episode of our interview series: Under the Microscope. Today Tom is Under the Microscope with Dr. Jeffrey Krichmar, a professor at the University of California Irvine. His revolutionary work has led to the now accepted model of the way the hippocampus works in our brains, we discuss this, why using robots is critical to the research of how the brain works, how technology affects and is affected by his research and we even take a look into the future of artificial intelligence. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.
In this first episode I will introduce who I am, what conduct science is and what you can expect to find in the rest of the podcast episodes. From interviews with expert scientists to a whole range of different topics. You can find us here every Saturday. Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.