Lefteris asks science

In the second part of the article I wanted to delve deeper into the challenges Palestinian researchers face, some are common some quite unique.This podcast is a voice-over of the article I published on my substack in May 2024. You can read newsletter and subscribe here https://lefterisasks.substack.com/p/pt2-the-life-of-a-palestinian-researcher

Meet 4 Palestinian scientists who try to make it work in the West Bank, through war, inequality and social barriers.This podcast is a voice-over of the article I published on my substack in May 2024. You can read the newsletter and subscribe here https://lefterisasks.substack.com/p/the-life-of-a-palestinian-researcher

In this edition of the podcast, we're talking with forensic anthropologist Vasiliki Louka, a PhD candidate from the University of Leicester. She studies human remains and aims to identify people from them. How does she do it? Why is it important? How do you end up doing this research? All this and more in this episode. A big thank you to all my supporters on Patreon: Daniel Rouquette Kim Citizenmac Umarani If you would like to get a shoutout in the show notes or the episode or if you just would like to support me visit my Patreon page: https://patreon.com/lefterisasks (https://patreon.com/lefterisasks) I really appreciate it

When you buy the human pheromone oils online... what are you actually buying? What are pheromones? How do we measure aggression? all these questions and more are going to be answered in today's episode with Dr. Eva Mishor from the Weizmann Institute of Science. A big thank you to all my supporters on Patreon: Daniel Rouquette Kim Citizenmac If you would like to get a shoutout in the show notes or the episode or if you just would like to support me visit my Patreon page: https://patreon.com/lefterisasks (https://patreon.com/lefterisasks) I really appreciate it

Episode 30 is here and we talk about corporations, the digital world, Super Apps and how people in academia study these concepts. To do this we discuss with Ms. Roslina Chai an executive doctoral researcher from Ecole des Ponts in Paris. A big thank you to all my supporters on Patreon: Daniel Rouquette Kim Citizenmac If you would like to get a shoutout in the show notes or the episode or if you just would like to support me visit my Patreon page: https://patreon.com/lefterisasks (https://patreon.com/lefterisasks) I really appreciate it

Aaaaaaaaaand we're back! For this 29th edition of the show, an old familiar face is returning. Dr. Aled Roberts made the rounds of the internet a couple of months ago with his research about creating construction material using astronaut blood!  His work even made an appearance at the Stephen Colbert show that gave him the nickname Dr. Acula! A big thank you to all my supporters on Patreon: Daniel Rouquette Kim Citizenmac If you would like to get a shoutout in the show notes or the episode or if you just would like to support me vitit my patreon page: https://patreon.com/lefterisasks (https://patreon.com/lefterisasks) I really appreciate it

Before I take a break and work towards making the podcast better and more accessible, I leave you with a different kind of episode. I met Dr. Hamid Khan from the charity Sense About Science and we discussed the best way to actually discuss matters of science. Why are some people falling into the conspiracy theory traps? What can scientists do better in order to make their work more accessible? I hope you enjoy this episode and I'll be back sooner than you think ;-) Find out more about Hamid Khan: https://senseaboutscience.org/team/hamid-khan/ (https://senseaboutscience.org/team/hamid-khan/) Find out more about Sense about Science: https://senseaboutscience.org/ (https://senseaboutscience.org/) Ask for Evidence: https://askforevidence.org/index (https://askforevidence.org/index) Subscribe to the podcast: https://www.lefterisasks.com/listen (https://www.lefterisasks.com/listen) Subscribe to the weekly newsletter: https://my.captivate.fm/lefterisasks.com/newsletter (lefterisasks.com/newsletter) Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LefterisAsks (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LefterisAsks) Join the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/544815233347328/ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/544815233347328/) Support this podcast

What makes us conscious? What parts of our brains are active when we sleep vs when we're awake? I met with Andrea Luppi a cognitive scientist with a background in philosophy that is interested to find out how the brain works and what makes us humans conscious. Find out more about Andrea Luppi: https://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?al857 (https://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?al857) Link to the work discussed in the podcast: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.10.244459v1 (https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.10.244459v1) Subscribe to the podcast: https://www.lefterisasks.com/listen (https://www.lefterisasks.com/listen) Subscribe to the weekly newsletter: https://my.captivate.fm/lefterisasks.com/newsletter (lefterisasks.com/newsletter) Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LefterisAsks (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LefterisAsks) Join the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/544815233347328/ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/544815233347328/) Support this podcast

Dr. Booto has conducted his PhD in Applied Sustainability and Life Cycle Thinking in Big Infrastructure projects at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) which he has finalized in 2020. His research areas encompass environmental modelling and optimization using life cycle assessment (LCA) and other life cycle management (LCM) tools to analyze, evaluate and improve the environmental profile of products, processes and services in the energy, transport and waste sectors. Gaylord has strong experience in modelling heavy vehicles powertrains – from the energy and environmental perspective – as well as clean energy systems (fuel cells, biomass conversion, waste valorization Link to the work discussed in the podcast: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1361920921001395 (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1361920921001395) Subscribe to the podcast: https://www.lefterisasks.com/listen (https://www.lefterisasks.com/listen) Subscribe to the weekly newsletter: https://my.captivate.fm/lefterisasks.com/newsletter (lefterisasks.com/newsletter) Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LefterisAsks (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LefterisAsks) Join the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/544815233347328/ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/544815233347328/) Support this podcast

First time in more than a year met in three-dimensional space with a researcher. Ms. Krithika Arumugam from  Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering. She helped me understand DNA Sequencing and genomes. Subscribe to the podcast: https://www.lefterisasks.com/listen (https://www.lefterisasks.com/listen) Subscribe to the weekly newsletter: https://my.captivate.fm/lefterisasks.com/newsletter (lefterisasks.com/newsletter) Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LefterisAsks (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LefterisAsks) Join the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/544815233347328/ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/544815233347328/) Support this podcast

Learning about the social life of gorillas is quite more exciting than you think it is. This week I chatted with Dr. Robin Morrison from the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund international. We talked about orphan gorillas and how they manage to beat the odds with the help of their group. What is the social structure of a group of gorillas? and how do researchers try to study gorillas and their social interactions by observing them and being part of their daily lives Read more about Dr. Robin Morrisons' work: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1I9_QM0AAAAJ&hl=en (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1I9_QM0AAAAJ&hl=en) Read the article about orphan gorillas beating the odds here: https://gorillafund.org/motherless-gorillas-beat-the-odds-for-both-gorillas-and-humans-it-takes-a-village-to-raise-a-child/ (https://gorillafund.org/motherless-gorillas-beat-the-odds-for-both-gorillas-and-humans-it-takes-a-village-to-raise-a-child/) Subscribe to the podcast: https://www.lefterisasks.com/listen (https://www.lefterisasks.com/listen) Subscribe to the weekly newsletter: https://my.captivate.fm/lefterisasks.com/newsletter (lefterisasks.com/newsletter) Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LefterisAsks (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LefterisAsks) Support this podcast

What is ferroelectricity? Where is it used? Why do we do research on them? (soon to be Dr.) Christina Stefani is helping me understand all these questions and explains to me how she works with atomic force microscopy... Subscribe to the podcast: https://www.lefterisasks.com/listen (https://www.lefterisasks.com/listen) Subscribe to the weekly newsletter: https://my.captivate.fm/lefterisasks.com/newsletter (lefterisasks.com/newsletter) Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LefterisAsks (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LefterisAsks)

What’s the psychology of heavy metal music? what is the culture of the community? How are people with disabilities represented in it? To answer these questions I had a great chat with Dr. Kyle J. Messick a psychologist that received his Ph.D. from the University of Coventry. Subscribe to the podcast: https://www.lefterisasks.com/listen (https://www.lefterisasks.com/listen) Subscribe to the weekly newsletter: https://my.captivate.fm/lefterisasks.com/newsletter (lefterisasks.com/newsletter) Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LefterisAsks (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LefterisAsks) Find out more about Dr. Messick and his work: Publications: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0452-0922

What is hate speech? What is the best way to counter hate speech? How can mathematics, and Artificial Intelligence help us answer these questions and restore civility in online discourse? These are the things we discussed with Dr. Joshua Garland and Dr. Mirta Galesic from the Santa Fe Institute. Subscribe to the podcast: https://www.lefterisasks.com/listen (https://www.lefterisasks.com/listen) Subscribe to the weekly newsletter: https://my.captivate.fm/lefterisasks.com/newsletter (lefterisasks.com/newsletter) Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LefterisAsks (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LefterisAsks) Find out more about Dr. Garland, Dr. Galesic and their work: https://www.santafe.edu/people/profile/joshua-garland (https://www.santafe.edu/people/profile/joshua-garland) https://www.santafe.edu/people/profile/mirta-galesic (https://www.santafe.edu/people/profile/mirta-galesic)

In a time where you don't know which news are real and which are fake, Panayiotis Smeros and the team at EPFL are trying to find the best method of identifying trusted sources of information. Subscribe to the podcast: https://www.lefterisasks.com/listen (https://www.lefterisasks.com/listen) Subscribe to the weekly newsletter: https://my.captivate.fm/lefterisasks.com/newsletter (lefterisasks.com/newsletter) Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LefterisAsks (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LefterisAsks) Find out more about Panayiotis and his work: https://panayiotis.smeros.info/ (https://panayiotis.smeros.info/) News Teller: https://newsteller.io/ (https://newsteller.io/) SciLens: http://scilens.epfl.ch/ (http://scilens.epfl.ch/)

How does our brain work? Do we even know exactly? How does your brain choose the words to say at any given situation? This week I meet cognitive neuroscientist Dr. Evangelia Balatsou that through her research tried to answer all these questions. Subscribe to the podcast: https://www.lefterisasks.com/listen (https://www.lefterisasks.com/listen) Subscribe to the weekly newsletter: https://my.captivate.fm/lefterisasks.com/newsletter (lefterisasks.com/newsletter) Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LefterisAsks (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LefterisAsks) Follow Greek girls code: https://twitter.com/GreekGirlsCode (https://twitter.com/GreekGirlsCode) Find out more about Dr. Balatsou and her work: https://sites.google.com/view/evangeliabalatsou/home (https://sites.google.com/view/evangeliabalatsou/home) https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Hp3O5uQAAAAJ&hl=en (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Hp3O5uQAAAAJ&hl=en)

Linking academia with the industry is not an easy task. Dr. Anirudh Venkatraman from NUS is going to walk us through his process by discussing erosion its problems and what are the tools engineers need in order to work more efficiently in the field. Subscribe to the podcast: https://www.lefterisasks.com/listen (https://www.lefterisasks.com/listen) Subscribe to the weekly newsletter: https://my.captivate.fm/lefterisasks.com/newsletter (lefterisasks.com/newsletter) Find out more about Dr. Venkatraman and his work: Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com.sg/citations?hl=en&pli=1&user=rWAny9UAAAAJ&fbclid=IwAR3hVbzHVdla3l70GCVI-uLYX72KOuNHn9FFAAcKIT7i8Na11p4RwJ1uDSc (https://scholar.google.com.sg/citations?hl=en&pli=1&user=rWAny9UAAAAJ) LinkdIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anirudhvkrishnan/?fbclid=IwAR0ukcchjIDKnoaNSFxKXc7wP9tJ61qmexouCVhKrWN_oQ_WzJZI0iXtST0 (https://www.linkedin.com/in/anirudhvkrishnan/)

Greetings humans. I've been waiting for a long time to discuss game theory with an expert and Dr. Aris Filos Ratsikas isan Assistant Professor at the University of Liverpool. He is kind enough to explain to me what is game theory, how is it used in day to day life and what are the main problems that game theory researchers face? If you want to find out more about Dr. Ratsikas find more of his work here: https://arisfilosratsikas.com/ Subscribe to the podcast: https://www.lefterisasks.com/listen (https://www.lefterisasks.com/listen) Subscribe to the weekly newsletter: https://my.captivate.fm/lefterisasks.com/newsletter (lefterisasks.com/newsletter) Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LefterisAsks

Greetings humans! In this edition of the podcast we will talk with Gyo Kitahara, A PhD Student from the University of Tokyo. He recently published a paper about a new method of printing organic transistors. Find out what's special about his method and the organic transistors through our discussion [= Find the paper here: :https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/41/eabc8847 See more of Gyo Kitahara's work here: http://hsgw.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/english/member/personal/kitahara.html Subscribe to the podcast: https://www.lefterisasks.com/listen (https://www.lefterisasks.com/listen) Subscribe to the weekly newsletter: https://my.captivate.fm/lefterisasks.com/newsletter (lefterisasks.com/newsletter)

Games have been a great source of story telling, entertainment and indeed education since their inception. This last aspect of education is what we will discuss in this edition of Lefteris asks science with Dr. Maria Saridaki. Subscribe to the podcast: https://www.lefterisasks.com/listen (https://www.lefterisasks.com/listen) Subscribe to the weekly newsletter: lefterisasks.com/newsletter (lefterisasks.com/newsletter) Find out more about Dr. Maria Saridaki's work: http://trustinplay.eu/ (http://trustinplay.eu/?fbclid=IwAR1f5yD4-q8_z_FOKBQ2Tm5gkq1Es8DAQ7XgoQs3XbXZpr7M1xm9IUWtHxU) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSegIhjgZXc www.morethangames.gr (www.morethangames.gr) Contact Dr. Saridaki: msaridaki@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/msaridaki/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/msaridaki/?fbclid=IwAR1HQEQBS7N7m4A7m_7T8c0QF7QvawnWzfa3XYl-bi6aLQltHYoAF8HgXGM)

Greetings humans. I'm launching a weekly newsletter with my favorite science news from a wide range of disciplines. Subscribe to the link below to get news from websites like Nature, Lancet, Nautilus, Scientific American etc. Subscribe to the newsletter here: http://lefterisasks.com/newsletter

The sex life of insects is more interesting and more everchanging that you might think. Join me today as I ask Dr. Zac Wylde from the University of New South Wales questions about entomology (the study of insects) and evolution. Find out more about Dr. Wylde in his website here: https://wyldescience.com/ (https://wyldescience.com/) Subscribe and rate the podcast here: https://www.lefterisasks.com/listen/ (https://www.lefterisasks.com/listen/)

Are you afraid of spiders? That's ok, we won't go into the details about how spiders produce their webs and we will also not have creepy close up pictures of spiders in this episode! Dr. Aled Roberts from the University of Manchester is going to answer some questions I had based on his work with synthetic spider silk and how effective it is as an adhesive.

Greetings humans and welcome to the 12th edition of Lefteris asks science. This week I meet Dr. Sue McIntyre from the Australian National University to discuss agriculture and biodiversity. Dr. McIntyre recently wrote an article in The Conversation discussing the problems of intensive farming and potential alternatives. (find the article here https://theconversation.com/intensive-farming-is-eating-up-the-australian-continent-but-theres-another-way-130877 (https://theconversation.com/intensive-farming-is-eating-up-the-australian-continent-but-theres-another-way-130877))

The 11th edition of Lefteris asks science is here and this week we discuss with Prof. Tom Westby and Prof. Christopher Conselice from the University of Nottingham. They recently published a paper trying to predict how many other intelligent civilizations exist in the Milky Way galaxy. We discuss how they managed to reach to the number 36, what does that mean for us here on earth and many more...

And we made it to number 10 folks! Who would have thought? And as a treat for this edition of the show I interviewed Dr. Dimitris Statharas. Dimitris is my older, wiser and pipe-welder brother. Welding is a process that has been used for decades. However in this edition of the show through his research we will see that there are many things we can still find out about a process we know so well. (or so you think!?)

Language is a structured method of communication. Languages exist and evolve through the years and through space. In this edition of the show I met Dr. Florian Lionnet from Princeton University. I had many questions about how you can start documenting a language that you do not speak, what other things can someone understand from the ways languages evolve and adapt through time and space. 

Scientists continue to discover new things in their quest to understand the fundamental principles of life, and at the same time help improve the lives of millions. But with scientists being busy with their research and the public living in an extremely fast paced world, there are a lot of new technologies or discoveries that are either being overlooked or even misunderstood. Lefteris (that's me) meets with the scientists and tries to understand what their job entails and how can their work affect the lives of potentially millions of people.

Diagnostic devices have been in the epicenter since the start of the year. Hence, this week I meet Sophia Shanko a PhD candidate at the Eindhoven University of Technology. She explained to me how some diagnostic devices work and how she is trying to make them work faster.

Have you ever thought how fun bubbles are? Have you realized that bubbles could actually be extremely catastrophic for materials? This week I met Dr. Yves Paquette that explained to me how complex the phenomenon of a bubble burst can be inside a material. 

Greetings fellow humans. This week in quarantine I ask questions to Dr. Samantha Montano about disaster management. Trying to find out, how do people deal with catastrophes, disaster and... global pandemics.

And we're back with another interview this week. This time I had questions about humanities and social science. Specifically i called Prof. Anjeline De Dios and we talked about cultural geography; geographies of cultural labour; creative and cultural industries; and a bit of Filipino history. 

A different episode before we continue with more interviews.  Using my work during the PhD I go through the steps of the scientific method, An important step in the understanding of how scientists work. Knowing this will help the cross referencing of news and a better understanding as to why you shouldn't say "It's just a theory" 

In this episode I meet Dr. Angela Tam who wants to create robot physicians. We talk about her work in the use of machine learning to identify patients that will develop Alzheimer's disease in the next 3 years based on MRI and their cognitive tests.

In this episode,  I rang a nuclear physicist to answer all the questions I had after watching the series Chernobyl.  What is nuclear power? What's the problem with using it? Can we do something to solve the problems? Dr. Thanos Stamatopoulos helps me answer all these questions.

In this episode we had a coffee with neuroscientist Dr. Joanes Grandjean  and we discussed about depression, Alzheimer's disease and how his work helps us understand how the brain works.