Mid-Thrust

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Welcome to Mid-Thrust! This is the place where two almost scientists try to get a grip on various scientific and not-so-scientific topics. If you wanted your random discussions supplemented with some overly specific jargon, you're in the right place.

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  • Dec 7, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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  • 7 EPISODES


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Ep7: Going critical

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 61:50


What is a critical period in the biological sense? This time we delve deep into a discussion about what it means to adapt to your environment.  Intro music: “Just Give It Time” by Pierce MurphyHit us up on midthrustpodcast@gmail.com or midthrustpodcast.podbean.com for your rants and suggestions.

Ep6: Just a side fling

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2020 62:04


Should you always be focused on the goal? In today’s podcast we discuss the merits of side projects and how a changing scientific landscape may encourage them like never before.   Intro music: “Just Give It Time” by Pierce Murphy Hit us up on midthrustpodcast@gmail.com or midthrustpodcast.podbean.com for your rants and suggestions. 

Ep5: Extreme living

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2020 65:10


What does it mean to be an extremophile? Today we talk about life at the extreme conditions on our planet and why it evolved the way it did.  Intro music: “Just Give It Time” by Pierce Murphy Hit us up on midthrustpodcast@gmail.com or midthrustpodcast.podbean.com for your rants and suggestions. 

Ep4: Evolution revolution

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2020 81:47


Today we are revisiting a topic discussed in private, namely the limits, next stages of human evolution and how we could cheat our way forward.  Intro music: “Just Give It Time” by Pierce Murphy “Money analogy” for instrumental convergence originally by Robert Miles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeecOKBus3Q Hit us up on midthrustpodcast@gmail.com or midthrustpodcast.podbean.com for your rants and suggestions.

Ep3: Clickbaity Science

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2020 48:33


We ponder whether scientific communication requires a new media outlet and discuss what ethical responsibilities we have to the audience. Final of three initial episodes.  Intro music: “Just Give It Time” by Pierce Murphy Hit us up on midthrustpodcast@gmail.com or midthrustpodcast.podbean.com for your rants and suggestions. 

Ep2: Automation imagination

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2020 69:49


This time we talk about the effects of technological progress on the nature of scientific thought. Second of three initial episodes.  Intro music: “Just Give It Time” by Pierce Murphy Hit us up on midthrustpodcast@gmail.com or midthrustpodcast.podbean.com for your rants and suggestions. 

Ep1: Are you mid thrust?

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2020 42:10


In this inaugural episode we discuss what it means to be a human being in a constant state of change and whether life can ever truly be brought to a standstill. First of three initial episodes.  Intro music: “Just Give It Time” by Pierce MurphyHit us up on midthrustpodcast@gmail.com or midthrustpodcast.podbean.com for your rants and suggestions.

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