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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:

 Making Connections with Conservation Biology | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:56

Three budding biologists and their teacher discuss the vital work of conservation biology and how students are making important contributions to the field.

 Fighting Food Waste with Creativity | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 26:16

Designer Josh Treuhaft discusses the issue of food waste and his creative approach to combating the problem.

 Bronx River Alliance: Restoring Nature in the City | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 27:51

A young scientist and an educator discuss work being undertaken by the Bronx River Alliance to restore and better understand the river's ecosystem and to introduce its beauty to the public.

 The Synapse Project: Inspiring the Future of Neuroscience | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 16:10

High school student Grace Greenwald connects her peers with world class neuroscientists and mentorship.

 Alzheimer's Disease: Prospects for a Cure | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 59:34

A diverse panel of leading experts discusses innovative efforts to develop an effective treatment for Alzheimer's Disease.

 Nutrition and Early Childhood Development | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 36:46

Experts discuss the merits of integrating nutrition and early childhood development interventions to nurture the physical and psychological health of underprivileged children.

 The Problem with Protein | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 32:54

Protein is one of the most important nutrients in our diet, but providing an adequate and equitable supply of it to people around the world remains a vexing problem.

 A Research Agenda for Nutrition Science: Activating the Agenda | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 29:04

The third podcast in our series on the Research Agenda for Nutrition Science focuses on implementation.

 A Research Agenda for Nutrition Science: Mobilizing the Community | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:39

Part two of our podcast series on the nutrition research agenda addresses the importance, as well as the challenge, of tackling global nutrition needs in a coordinated, multisectoral way.

 A Research Agenda for Nutrition Science: Why and How? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 18:46

The first of two podcasts on the development of a global agenda for nutrition research.

 Engineering Sustainable Futures | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:13

Engineering students in the Projects for Underserved Communities program at UT Austin are proving you're never too young to make a difference by putting science to good use.

 Wizard and Orc Debate Climate Science and Middle Earth Warming | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 22:00

Tolkien wizard Radagast the Brown, a.k.a. climate scientist Dr. Dan Lunt, faces an angry Uruk-hai climate change denialist in a "debate" about the validity of climate science and Middle Earth warming.

 Wizard and Orc Debate Climate Science and Middle Earth Warming | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 22:00

Tolkien wizard Radagast the Brown, a.k.a. climate scientist Dr. Dan Lunt, faces an angry Uruk-hai climate change denialist in a "debate" about the validity of climate science and Middle Earth warming.

 Hats Off to Bacteria! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 36:58

In this excerpted coverage from our live event, a panel of experts discusses our relationship with our microbiota from research and medical perspectives.

 Hats Off to Bacteria! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 36:58

In this excerpted coverage from our live event, a panel of experts discusses our relationship with our microbiota from research and medical perspectives.

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