New York Academy of Sciences Podcast
Summary: The Academy brings you regular podcasts featuring cutting-edge research and science from New York City and beyond. Leading scientists tell their stories in a mixture of documentaries, interviews, and lectures. Visit www.nyas.org/podcast.
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Podcasts:
The 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Winner and leader of the Pan African Green Belt Movement introduces her new autobiography.
A perfumer, a chef, a neurologist, a sound engineer, and a painter discuss how we take in the world.
The author, publisher, and founder of the International Skeptics Society shares neuroeconomic insights into human behavior.
An expert in childhood mood and anxiety disorders speaks at the 19th Annual New York City Mental Health Symposium.
Executive Director for Science and Exploration at the Wildlife Conservation Society based at the Bronx Zoo discusses his new book which details his efforts to create the world's largest tiger reserve in Myanmar's Hukaung Valley.
The Chairman of illycaffe S.p.A. discusses the chemistry and technology that produce a great cup of coffee.
The Chief of Child and Adolescent Research in the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program of the National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research Program talks about child and adult mood and anxiety disorders.
A new book from the director of the Center on Environmental Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute exposes a muddled century-long research effort.
A roundtable discussion of stimulus-independent thought, including review of data from neuroscience imaging and clinical applications of research on human fantasy.
The President and CEO of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority shares details of how the Spitzer team is tackling New York's environmental, energy, and climate changes.
The famed author and physician introduces ideas from his new book, Musicophilia, to a sold-out crowd at the New York Academy of Sciences.
Oceanographer Richard Feely, geochemist W. Berry Lyons, and biologist Margaret Lowman discuss factors that govern the process of climate change based on their field research.
Hear what Harvard University psychologist Steven Pinker has to say about language and cognition, what swearing reveals about emotion, and what innuendo says about relationships. Warning: Explicit Language.
A marine conservation biologist shares details from his new book about the human exploitations of the ocean's bounty and our shifting environmental baselines.
The documentary filmmaker speaks about his experiences following a close-knit team of international scientists as they attempt to launch a multi-million dollar telescope on a NASA high-altitude balloon.
