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ScienceBrunch
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Science Brunch is a podcast that features irreverent but mostly factual conversation about famous scientists and their discoveries, recent scientific events, and random science-y stuff. It is hosted by friendly neighborhood weirdos Katie McKissick (Beatrice the Biologist; science communicator) and Mae Prynce [INSERT CAREER HERE].
Science Brunch is a podcast that features irreverent but mostly factual conversation about famous scientists and their discoveries, recent scientific events, and random science-y stuff. It is hosted by friendly neighborhood weirdos Katie McKissick (Beatrice the Biologist; science communicator) and Mae Prynce [INSERT CAREER HERE].
Episode 30 - Science News Roundup
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No guest of honor today. Instead, we talk about some of the interesting happenings in the modern science world. And Katie tells us about her fossil dig!
35:34
Episode 29 - Percy Lavon Julian
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You may have never heard of him, but African-American chemist Percy Lavon Julian is the guy you should thank for your hormonal birth control.
And life is just better when nerds name things!
39:26
Episode 28 - Mary Agnes Chase
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Mary Agnes Chase struggled to begin her career in botany, so when she finally made the big time, she turned around to help other women and minorities succeed in the field.
41:50
Episode 27 - Carl Linnaeus
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Botanist Carl Linnaeus had a noble goal: to create a new standardized system of naming all living creatures on the planet. But he was only human, after all, and couldn't resist immortalizing his enemies' names in some of the gross stuff he found in nature.
43:18
Episode 26 - Margaret Mead
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Margaret Mead traveled the world to study and compare different cultures, in a quest to find out which parts of us are driven by nature and which by culture.
52:21
Episode 25 - Richard Feynman
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Richard Feynman was a brilliant theoretical physicist who won a Nobel Prize and inspired his younger sister to a career in STEM -- but is he worthy of hero worship?
52:34
Episode 24 - Sálim Ali
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"Birdman of India" Sálim Ali spent nearly 80 years observing and documenting bird species in India, yet he still considered his research a drop in the bucket.
50:35
Episode 23 - Barbara McClintock
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Cytogeneticist Barbara McClintock proved chromosomal crossover in meiosis long before anyone in her field understood it.
44:22
Episode 22 - Qian Xuesen
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Qian Xuesen is known as the father of China's missile and space program. He helped transform China into a world-class military power but started his career in the United States, working in the WWII war effort.
44:29
Episode 21 - Vera Rubin
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Vera Rubin's observations of galaxy rotations showed that we can only actually see about 5% of the universe.
39:19
Episode 20 - J. Robert Oppenheimer
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After leading the United States' successful scientific effort to become the first nation to develop the atomic bomb, Robert Oppenheimer spent the rest of his life advocating for international arms control.
44:07
Episode 19 - Emmy Noether
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German mathematician Emmy Noether came up with theorems to elegantly describe the workings of the universe.
40:25
Episode 18 - Omar Khayyam
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Persian mathematician and astronomer Omar Khayyam created a calendar that lasted 1000 years, but the Western world only remembers him for his depressing poetry.
41:14
Episode 17 - Yvonne Brill
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Yvonne Brill was a brilliant rocket scientist whose work made modern satellite and spacecraft missions possible. However, most people only know about her because of one terribly sexist obituary.
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Episode 17 - Yvonne Brill
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Yvonne Brill was a brilliant rocket scientist whose work made modern satellite and spacecraft missions possible. However, most people only know about her because of one terribly sexist obituary.
35:32
Episode 16 - Jacques Cousteau
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Jacques Cousteau started out as a bit of a careless sea explorer, but became a conscientious conservationist and revered science communicator.
41:04
Episode 15 - Mary Anning
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In her time, Mary Anning was known as the go-to person if you wanted an interesting fossil from the Jurassic period. But the most many people know about her is the tongue-twister she inspired, not her contributions to paleontology or even her name.
40:44
Episode 14 - Grace Hopper
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Things computer scientist and US Navy Rear Admiral Grace Hopper kept in her purse: wallet, tissues, lip balm, and a bundle of nanoseconds.
37:49
Episode 13 - Santiago Ramón y Cajal
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Santiago Ramón y Cajal is considered the "father of modern neuroscience" for his study and illustration of neurons -- work for which he was awarded a Nobel Prize.
38:51
Episode 12 - Sara Josephine Baker
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Sara Josephine Baker saved hundreds of thousands of infant lives with a basic concept: start treating them BEFORE they start dying. Revolutionary!
52:25
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