This week our episode features a Ph.D. candidate in Dartmouth’s Molecular and Cellular Biology program. Nadia Cumbal, researches a particular protein, whose mutation is associated with cancer, in the lab of Dr. Michael Cole. She speaks about what cancer is, how it can happen, the cellular mechanisms that may be able to provide new therapies,… Continue reading Episode 17 (out now!): Nadia Cumbal on cancer

Dr. Damian Sowinski is a post-doctoral researcher at Dartmouth who studies information theory. He uses information theory in many different ways, from understanding why stars are stable to how people construct a narrative of the world based on experience. In our discussion, we talked about the basics of information theory to fields of application like quantum… Continue reading Episode 16 (out now!): Dr. Damian Sowinski on information theory

This episode is our coverage of January’s Science Pub at Salt Hill Pub in Lebanon, NH. We had 3 experts discussing the evolution of communities from the online space to a traditional commune. What motivates people to make decisions? How does technology change or add to traditional social communities? Tune in to find out. Click… Continue reading Episode 15: Science Pub #4; The Science of communities

This week we hosted two close friends and researchers to talk about their work in autism. They focus on cellular pathways that are commonly altered in patients with syndromic autism to both understand the physical changes that characterize neurons in the brain of a patient with autism and also create animal models that best represent… Continue reading Episode 14: Stephanie Getz and Patrick Skelton on autism

Stay tuned for a new episode in the next few days. It is our coverage of last month’s science pub. We had 3 experts in the field of astronomy talking about what exactly a black hole is and our efforts to find alien life. Ever wondered about the universe? This episode is sure to please.