Podcasts about Mandelbrot set

In this lesson, we explore the rich and multi-layered dialogue between Jesus and Nathanael in John 1:47–51. What begins with a curious statement about a man “under the fig tree” ends with a stunning reference to Jacob's dream—the vision of angels ascending and descending from Genesis 28:10–15. But the connections don't stop there. You'll discover how Jesus quotes Psalm 32:2, a psalm of David, and yet the ancient Rabbinic Midrash on that same verse ties it directly to Jacob, leading to a remarkable overlap of themes. Is it a coincidence? Not likely—there are no coincidences in Scripture.

Is math discovered or invented? Neil deGrasse Tyson & Chuck Nice explore information theory, talking to aliens with prime numbers, Mandelbrot sets, and why math is often called the "language of the universe" with Grant Sanderson, the math educator behind YouTube channel 3Blue1Brown. NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here:https://startalkmedia.com/show/our-mathematical-universe-with-grant-sanderson-3blue1brown/Thanks to our Patrons Dr. Satish, Susan Kleiner, Harrison Phillips, Mark A, Rebeca Fuchs, Aaron Ciarla, Joe Reyna, David Grech, Fida Vuori, Paul A Hansen, Imran Yusufzai, CharlieVictor, Bob Cowles, Ryan Lyum, MunMun, Samuel Barnett, John DesMarteau, and Mary Anne Sanford for supporting us this week. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ on Apple Podcasts to listen to new episodes ad-free and a whole week early.

4:08:07 – Frank in NJ, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Passengers at the brewery, prog rock, Big Big Train live in Rutherford, NJ, the chat continues, new Digital Edition of the Onsug Radio Book, radio camaraderie, prog cruise, Weird Highway, Joey Ramone synchronicity, gnostic ideas, summary, next day, thieving, asking the right questions about the Mandelbrot Set, […]

4:08:07 – Frank in NJ, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Passengers at the brewery, prog rock, Big Big Train live in Rutherford, NJ, the chat continues, new Digital Edition of the Onsug Radio Book, radio camaraderie, prog cruise, Weird Highway, Joey Ramone synchronicity, gnostic ideas, summary, next day, thieving, asking the right questions about the Mandelbrot Set, […]

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: An Introduction To The Mandelbrot Set That Doesn't Mention Complex Numbers, published by Yitz on January 17, 2024 on LessWrong. Note: This post assumes you've heard of the Mandelbrot set before, and you want to know more about it, but that you find imaginary and complex numbers (e.g. the square root of negative one) a bit mystifying and counterintuitive. Instead of helping you understand the relevant math like a reasonable person would, I'm just going to pretend the concept doesn't exist, and try to explain how to generate the Mandelbrot set anyway. My goal is for this post to (theoretically) be acceptable to the historical René Descartes, who coined the term "Imaginary number" because he did not believe such things could possibly exist. I hereby formally invite you to a dance. Since we're (presumably) both cool, hip people, let's go with a somewhat avant-garde dance that's popular with the kids these days. I call this dance the Mandelbrot Waltz, but you can call it whatever you'd like. This dance follows very simple rules, with the quirk that your starting location will influence your part in the dance. You will unfortunately be cursed to dance forever (there's always a catch to these dance invitations!), but if you ever touch the edges of the dance floor, the curse will be lifted and your part in the dance ends, so it's really not all that bad... In case you don't already know the moves, I'll describe how to do the dance yourself (if given an arbitrary starting point on the dance floor) step-by-step. How To Perform The Mandelbrot Waltz: A Step-By-Step Guide Preparation: You will need: Yourself, an empty room, and a drawing tool (like chalk or tape). Setup: Draw a line from the center of the room to the nearest part of the wall, like so: Now, draw a circle around the room's center, such that it intersects the "orienting line" halfway through. It should look something like this: Starting Position: Choose a starting point anywhere you want in the room. Remember this position - or jot it down on a notepad if your memory is bad - for later. Step 1 - Rotation Doubling: Imagine a line connecting your current position to the center of the circle: Find the orienting line we drew on the floor earlier, and measure, counterclockwise, the angle between it and your new imaginary line. Rotate yourself counterclockwise by that same angle, maintaining your distance from the center, like so: It's okay if you end up making more than a full 360° rotation, just keep on going around the circle until you've doubled the initial angle. For example (assuming the red point is your original position, and the black point is where you end up): It should be intuitively clear that the further counterclockwise your starting point is from the orienting line, the further you'll travel. In fact, if your starting point is 360° from the orienting line--meaning you start off directly on top of it--doubling your angle will lead you 360° around the circle and right back to where you started. And if you have a lot of friends doing Step 1 at the same time, it will look something like this: Step 2 - Distance Adjustment: Imagine a number line, going from 0 onward: Take the number line, and imagine placing it on the floor, so that it goes from the center of the room towards (and past) you. The end of the line marked with number 0 should be at the center of the room, and the number 1 should land on the perimeter of the circle we drew. It should look something like this: Note the number on the number line that corresponds to where you're standing. For instance, if you were standing on the red dot in the above example, your current number value would be something like 1.6 or so. (I totally didn't cheat and find that number by looking at my source code.) Now, take that number, and square it (a.k.a. multiply that n...

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: An Introduction To The Mandelbrot Set That Doesn't Mention Complex Numbers, published by Yitz on January 17, 2024 on LessWrong. Note: This post assumes you've heard of the Mandelbrot set before, and you want to know more about it, but that you find imaginary and complex numbers (e.g. the square root of negative one) a bit mystifying and counterintuitive. Instead of helping you understand the relevant math like a reasonable person would, I'm just going to pretend the concept doesn't exist, and try to explain how to generate the Mandelbrot set anyway. My goal is for this post to (theoretically) be acceptable to the historical René Descartes, who coined the term "Imaginary number" because he did not believe such things could possibly exist. I hereby formally invite you to a dance. Since we're (presumably) both cool, hip people, let's go with a somewhat avant-garde dance that's popular with the kids these days. I call this dance the Mandelbrot Waltz, but you can call it whatever you'd like. This dance follows very simple rules, with the quirk that your starting location will influence your part in the dance. You will unfortunately be cursed to dance forever (there's always a catch to these dance invitations!), but if you ever touch the edges of the dance floor, the curse will be lifted and your part in the dance ends, so it's really not all that bad... In case you don't already know the moves, I'll describe how to do the dance yourself (if given an arbitrary starting point on the dance floor) step-by-step. How To Perform The Mandelbrot Waltz: A Step-By-Step Guide Preparation: You will need: Yourself, an empty room, and a drawing tool (like chalk or tape). Setup: Draw a line from the center of the room to the nearest part of the wall, like so: Now, draw a circle around the room's center, such that it intersects the "orienting line" halfway through. It should look something like this: Starting Position: Choose a starting point anywhere you want in the room. Remember this position - or jot it down on a notepad if your memory is bad - for later. Step 1 - Rotation Doubling: Imagine a line connecting your current position to the center of the circle: Find the orienting line we drew on the floor earlier, and measure, counterclockwise, the angle between it and your new imaginary line. Rotate yourself counterclockwise by that same angle, maintaining your distance from the center, like so: It's okay if you end up making more than a full 360° rotation, just keep on going around the circle until you've doubled the initial angle. For example (assuming the red point is your original position, and the black point is where you end up): It should be intuitively clear that the further counterclockwise your starting point is from the orienting line, the further you'll travel. In fact, if your starting point is 360° from the orienting line--meaning you start off directly on top of it--doubling your angle will lead you 360° around the circle and right back to where you started. And if you have a lot of friends doing Step 1 at the same time, it will look something like this: Step 2 - Distance Adjustment: Imagine a number line, going from 0 onward: Take the number line, and imagine placing it on the floor, so that it goes from the center of the room towards (and past) you. The end of the line marked with number 0 should be at the center of the room, and the number 1 should land on the perimeter of the circle we drew. It should look something like this: Note the number on the number line that corresponds to where you're standing. For instance, if you were standing on the red dot in the above example, your current number value would be something like 1.6 or so. (I totally didn't cheat and find that number by looking at my source code.) Now, take that number, and square it (a.k.a. multiply that n...

In this episode Chris explores the mathematical patterns behind forms in nature. We discuss the Mandelbrot Set and Vortex Math and a strange phenomena that connects them--the Cartoid? What is a Cartoid? What does it represent? Are there mystical parallels? How about natural ones? You betcha! Strap in for a myth that describes how the infinite can be in the finite, how self-experience is a creative force and the whole damn thing might just be God experiencing itself. Enjoy ;) 

This is a bonus episode, a continuation of the last episode "What is reality?" Here we explore further the idea of simulations, the quantum realm, the Mandelbrot set, and much more.Video about the Mandelbrot Set: https://youtu.be/FFftmWSzgmkSupport this podcast and the YouTube channel by supporting the show at Astrapodcast.comYouTube channelDiscord Server

DOJ'S LATE NIGHT FILING AGAINST TRUMP A-Block (1:45) SPECIAL COMMENT. I wonder if Trump has ever heard of Victor Marchetti? He will now. The Government's 1975 court victory over him defined who has to prove a Classified Document is STILL a Classified Document - and it ain't the government. The Justice Department with a killer filing in its appeal of the Special Master ruling (3:55) Even as the Special Master comes down on Trump like a ton of bricks. His insistence those are HIS documents because he declassified some of them but he can't tell you which ones or when, is attacked by Special Master Dearie (4:10) Who says "You can't have your cake and eat it too." Didn't somebody we all know use that same phrase yesterday? YES I DID. (6:03) If you think Trump's lawyers are nitwits, wait'll you hear Alina Habba not understand why it's called an OCTOBER Surprise (6:45) Trump also makes a dumb analogy about the search of his bedroom (7:40) While New York's Attorney General may be ready to move (8:00) And three of the asylum seekers DeSantis human-trafficked have filed a class action suit against him and he's reduced to using the phrase "Onesie-Twosies" (10:34) And Trump's desperate neediness leads to one of the greatest Owns in Twitter history: Greg Proops flattens Maggie Haberman for all time. B-Block (14:35) EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY: Hooch (16:00) POSTSCRIPTS TO THE NEWS: Ron Johnson "condones" white supremacy; Bret "Mr. Journalist" Baier tried to get the Fox Arizona call retracted; Tucker Carlson may get more people hurt. (18:50) IN SPORTS: 60 homers for Judge, the passing of Maury Wills, three NHL vets retire (21:30) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: The 1776 Restoration Movement scumbags compete with Ronna McDaniel and a ton of Fentanyl for Halloween, and the Australian TV hosts covering the Queen's funeral, for the honors. C-Block (26:45) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: 25 years since the head of the NBC part of MSNBC told me to ignore the head of the MS part of MSNBC. Andy Lack said they "were only supposed to give us money and computer terminals! Don't tell ME that we have to 'synergize' cable television and the internet - whatever the hell the internet is!"See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Scott Chapman is the author of such viral articles as "Written in Taliban" and “The Last Plane out of Kabul”; he has developed a unique writing style based off of a lifetime of deep reflection, struggle, and perseverance. He enlisted in the army out of college and arrived at 2nd Rangers one month before 9/11. He left the service four years later as an Army Ranger fire team leader. After working as a high-threat security contractor in Afghanistan and working in the Executive Protection industry, Chapman helped create an underground network to support Americans and Afghan allies after the botched US pullout from Afghanistan in 2021.SHOWNOTES:Do we create electricity or do we harness it? Does math and astronomy hold the secrets to the universe? Today I welcome back author Scott Chapman to the podcast for part 2 of our conversation. We have a fascinating discussion on science, faith, and the nature of the humanity. Scott discusses his self-study into the sun's magnetic fields, his theory of human cycles, and theorizes that electricity IS God. You won't want to miss this out-of-this-world, mind-blowing conversation.  IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:Cycles of Humanity and Higher ConsciousnessThe Sun's Magnetic FieldsThe Bible's Revelation 12 Sign and the Akashic Records100th Monkey Study, Moore's Law, and Mandelbrot SetPreparing for Multiple Timelines/Futures FIND MORE OF SCOTT CHAPMAN HERE:https://scottchapmanauthor.com/https://www.facebook.com/ScottChapmanAuthor/https://www.instagram.com/scottchapman.adv/ INFO ON THE REVELATION 12 SIGN:https://earthsky.org/human-world/biblical-signs-in-the-sky-september-23-2017/https://zims-en.kiwix.campusafrica.gos.orange.com/wikipedia_en_all_nopic/A/Revelation_12_sign_prophecy FULL EPISODE TIMESTAMPS:0:00:04 How Scott Started Studying Science and the Sun0:05:23 The Bible's Revelation 12 Sign and What It Means0:08:58 How Scott's Research Led Him to Presenting Data to Scientists and Millionaires0:15:21 The Philosophical Question: What IS Electricity?0:23:19 Human Knowledge and the Akashic Records0:26:04 Tapping Into Higher Frequencies, Meditation, and Plant Medicine0:30:34 100th Monkey Study and Moore's Law0:37:23 Mandelbrot Set and Fractuals in the Universe0:39:39 Cycles of Humanity and the Pickup Truck Analogy0:45:09 Ludwig Boltzmann and the End of the Universe0:46:48 Our Ancestors' Message in Megaliths About Cycles of Catastrophe0:54:14 Higher Consciousness and the Power of Eight1:04:41 Globalists and the Year 20301:10:34 Is This Survivable?1:12:46 Prepping For Multiple Timelines/Futures1:16:03 The Scientific Accuracy of Interstellar1:19:05 Scott Chapman's Book Ride to Nowhere1:22:55 Scott's Experience Being Banned From Twitter and Facebook

This month's Credo presentation is by Rich Greene on May 22. He warns: There will be music. There will be the Mandelbrot Set. There will be Humanism. There will be Carbon Fee and Dividend. Rich was raised in a liberal Presbyterian church but sang in the Episcopal choir. This had a profound effect on his theological development. He will also discuss the problem of compartmentalization of the religious words while singing the great music of the past.

What if we changed the word God to the word Good? How would it be to surrender to the highest good? Renee talks about distrusting the Divine and how surrender, willingness and openmindedness can be invaluable spiritual tools. Considering the possibility that there might be a different or even a better way to solve our problems than we might imagine, opens the door for new possibilities. Third Step Prayer God, I offer myself to Thee—to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of life. May I do Thy Will Always. Video of the Mandelbrot Set. Please follow me on Insight Timer! Want to connect spiritually, grow personally and work with me directly? Click here to learn more about my Spiritual Experience groups. Small groups of 4-6 people meeting weekly in 6 week sessions for inner journeywork, support and self-growth. -- Rate, Review & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts. If you like this podcast click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select "Write a Review." Then be sure to let us know what you loved most about the episode! Support Spiritual Psi-Kology on Patreon. Renee's book, workbook and guided audio series "Allies & Demons: Working With Spirit For Power And Healing." is now available on Amazon, Kindle and Audible. Awaken the wisdom of your authentic self with these 15 transformative processes of Spiritual Psychology. -- Click for a FREE Download: Ch. 1 and 1st Inner Journey of Allies & Demons. Spiritual Psi-Kology combines the ancient healing and wisdom traditions of Shamanism and Buddhist philosophy with the best of Western psychology to create a powerful medicine for the mind, body and spirit. If you'd like to learn more about how Spiritual Psi-Kology might be helpful in your life, get details about my Mentorship program, or set up a FREE 30 minute consultation, please visit ReneeMcKenna.com Check me out on Instagram @reneelavalleemckenna --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritualpsikology/message

If God does not exist, then why does the universe exist? Why is there something rather than nothing?  Any naturalistic theory about the existence of our universe inevitably finds itself addressing the concepts of infinity and eternity. It's unavoidable. You cannot explain the existence of the cosmos without invoking eternality.  This is precisely the meaning of Romans 1:18-20. Through what God has made, all mankind has clearly seen God's invisible attributes, which would include His timeless and eternal nature.  Discovered in the late 1970s and early 80s, the mathematical universe of fractals known as the Mandelbrot Set remind us of God's infinite nature - His infinite wisdom, beauty, creativity, intelligence, power, and glory. No one had anticipated that such a small equation, Z squared plus C, run through computers, would yield such a dazzling array of shapes and patters known as fractals.  An infinite universe of complexity, wonder, and amazing design await you! So come and see what more the fractals of the Mandelbrot Set have to tell us about the God of the Bible, the Lord Jesus Christ. YouTube link for Part 1 https://youtu.be/_dACmhvSsTo YouTube link for Part 2 https://youtu.be/ztXawHYORzI For more on Dr. Lisle's work:  https://biblicalscienceinstitute.com/dr-lisle/ Fractals - The Secret Code of Creation:  https://biblicalscienceinstitute.com/product/fractals/ Podbean enables our podcast to be on Apple Podcasts and other major podcast platforms.  To support Good Heavens! on Podbean as a patron, you can use the Podbean app, or go to https://patron.podbean.com/goodheavens.  This goes to Wayne Spencer. If you would like to give to the ministry of Watchman Fellowship or to Daniel Ray, you can donate at https://www.watchman.org/daniel. Donations to Watchman are tax deductible.

In the late 1970s and early 80s, mathematicians and computer engineers made a remarkable discovery.  An entirely new universe of pure mathematics.  Not a computer glitch. Not human design. Not a fluke of nature. Not anything that could be explained by chance. But an infinite series of stunning fractal patterns and designs that came from computer calculations of a very simple equation.   Z squared plus C.  Plugging in different variables for Z, then substituting each answer back into the equation, the computers plotted out each answer on a graph. The results? Never-before scenes of breathtaking, complex designs, running on infinitely on different scales.  And as our guest on this episode of Good Heavens! argues, these patterns and designs ultimately come from the mind of God, reflecting His infinite glory. There can be no mathematics without God.  "Great are the works of the Lord, they are studied by all who delight in them" the psalmist proclaims (Psalm 111:2).   An infinite universe of complexity, wonder, and amazing design await you! So come and see what the fractals of the Mandelbrot Set have to tell us about the God of the Bible, the Lord Jesus Christ. For more on Dr. Lisle's work:  https://biblicalscienceinstitute.com/dr-lisle/ Fractals - The Secret Code of Creation:  https://biblicalscienceinstitute.com/product/fractals/ See also this Good Heavens! program on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_dACmhvSsTo Podbean enables our podcast to be on Apple Podcasts and other major podcast platforms.  To support Good Heavens! on Podbean as a patron, you can use the Podbean app, or go to https://patron.podbean.com/goodheavens.  This goes to Wayne Spencer. If you would like to give to the ministry of Watchman Fellowship or to Daniel Ray, you can donate at https://www.watchman.org/daniel. Donations to Watchman are tax deductible.

Welcome to another podcast episode of Merkaba Chakras. I'm your host, Von Galt. Today, we are going to explore the divinity of how all things are tied together in sacred mathematic proportion with the sacred arithmetic researcher, Roman Light. Roman, welcome to Merkaba Chakras! Video interview here as well: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/KCfPsfNWoFPD/ https://odysee.com/@merkabachakras:4 https://youtube.com/merkabachakras https://utreon.com/c/MerkabaChakras Questions: 1. Before we dig into your work. Can you tell us your story of how you got into this work? 2. What is Sacred Arithmetic? 3. What are your thoughts in many religions 7 spiritual traditions worldwide teaching the mathematic proportions of sacred arithmetic in sacred geometry such as Sri Yantra, Star of David, and the toroidal fields of the human energy body in Buddhist Mandalas? 4. Much of what we see in Mandelbrot Sets, why are fractals a common repetition in nature? 5. What is the resonance or frequency that nature aims to achieve in all its creations according to the math? 6. If something does not fit within the geometry of sacred arithmetic, what happens to it? Is it transformed to fit into the metrics or is it deleted like deleted gene codes in DNA? 7. How will understanding the math in sacred geometry help people connect to the environment and to the universal consciousness in all of us? 8. Roman, you will be speaking in this year's Higher Self Expo on July 17 – 18th. What can people expect to learn in your online workshop? HigherSelfExpo.com 9. Do you have a last message for the builders of the 5th dimension Earth? For more information about Roman Light's offerings and courses, please visit his website: https://www.sacredarithmetic.com/ For more information about the 2021 Higher-Self Expo, visit: https://www.higherselfexpo.com/ To learn more about Von Galt's metaphysical work: https://merkabachakras.com/ Theme music, "Promised Land" copyrighted by the composer, Olive Musique, and authorized by: https://www.premiumbeat.com/ Creative software subscriptions provided by: https://www.canva.com/ https://pixabay.com/ https://animoto.com/ https://www.veed.io/ https://www.movavi.com/ https://anchor.fm/ https://www.fiverr.com/ https://zoom.us/ https://grammarly.com/ #RomanLight, #SacredArithmetic, #MandelbrotSet, #SacredGeometry, #5thDimension, #EarthHeartSong, #Oneness, #Consciousness, #Beyond3rdDimensionConsciousness, #2021HigherSelfExpo, #IndigenousAscension, #2012, #EarthProcessionCycle, #2555BuddhistEra, #MerkabaChakrasPodcast, #VonGalt, #BuddhismPodcast, #BreakMatrix, #LaosAuthors, #LaosPodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/merkabachakras/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/merkabachakras/support

How does someone who grew up in the urban landscape of Singapore end up leading birding expeditions on horseback in Montana? Biologist and environmental advocate Dr. Wenfei Tong has done that, and MUCH more. Join us for a conversation about her life, work, books, art, and why she thinks of herself as Darwin's Jackal. Check out Wenfei's art and photography and her Big Sky birding safaris. Join us for Wenfei's talk at Science on Tap on March 10, 2021 talking about Bird Love: The Family Life of Birds. Watch a recording of Wenfei's Science on Tap talk on her book "Understanding Bird Behavior" on September 24, 2020. ******** Help support the podcast and live Science on Tap events! Make a one-time donation to Make You Think OR If you are able, please support us on Patreon ******** Thanks to Chet Lyster for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song "Mandelbrot Set" as our theme music.

Have you ever wondered if everything in life is connected? Can life be explained by one formula? Hopefully your brains have recovered from our last mind bending episode cause here's round two! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theoriocity/message

With everything going on in the news right now we thought it was a good time to talk about psychopaths. Here is a recording of our Science on Tap event held in October 2020 on The Neuroscience of Real Life Monsters: Psychopaths, CEOs, & Politicians with forensic psychiatrist Dr. Octavio Choi.  Check out our YouTube channel for more Science on Tap events. ******** Help support the podcast and live Science on Tap events! Make a one-time donation to Make You Think OR If you are able, please support us on Patreon ******** Thanks to Graham Tully for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song "Mandelbrot Set" as our theme music.

https://groupdiscover.com https://patreon.com/timtruth https://www.chess.com/ http://davidbau.com/mandelbrot/?grid=1&s=3&c=-0.5+0i --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-truth/support

Learn about sharks, sawfish, and what it's like to be a marine biologist in this interview with Jasmin Graham. Also, find out more about Jasmin's work as the President and CEO of Minorities in Shark Sciences (MISS).  SkypeAScientist.com ******** Help support the podcast and live Science on Tap events! Make a one-time donation to Make You Think OR If you are able, please support us on Patreon ******** Thanks to Graham Tully for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song "Mandelbrot Set" as our theme music.

Listen as we have a fun conversation about death with mortician and activist Caitlin Doughty about her book Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? that is now out in paperback! We discuss why it's important to talk to kids about death, what she thinks about Halloween decorations, and the worst thing about her work (hint: it has nothing to do with dead people.)Learn more about Caitlin Doughty: Buy Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs in paperback Caitlin's TED Talk Caitlin's talk at the XOXO Festival The Order of the Good Death Ask A Mortician YouTube Channel ******** Help support the podcast and live events! Make a one-time donation to Make You Think OR If you are able, please support us on Patreon ******** Thanks to Graham Tully for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song "Mandelbrot Set" as our theme music.

In this episode we talk with Dr. Nicole Michel, Senior Quantitative Ecologist with the National Audubon Society and find out a little bit about what it's like to study birds. Also check out eBird and help do science in your neighborhood! Watch Nicole's Science on Tap talk on Hope Is The Thing With Feathers: Finding Joy in Birds recorded on April 23, 2020. (This interview was recorded in late April, 2020.) ******** Help support the podcast and live events! Make a one-time donation to Make You Think OR If you are able, please support us on Patreon ******** Thanks to Graham Tully for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song "Mandelbrot Set" as our theme music.

You've probably heard of Jack Daniel's whiskey, but did you know that brand wouldn't exist if it weren't for Nearest Green, the first Black master distiller on record? In this episode we talk to Sailor Guevara, brand ambassador for Uncle Nearest Whiskey all about the science and history of whiskey. It's also a story of slavery, emancipation, family connections, the legacy of traditions brought from Africa with enslaved people, a very determined woman from LA, and the push to encourage diversity in the distilling industry. Learn more about whiskey with Sailor Guevara, including food pairings and cocktail demonstrations The Gastropod episode that inspired this interview: The Secret History of the Slave Behind Jack Daniel's Whiskey ******** Help support the podcast and live events! Make a one-time donation to Make You Think OR If you are able, please support us on Patreon ******** Thanks to Graham Tully for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song "Mandelbrot Set" as our theme music.

In this episode we get another chance to talk to Dr. Ainissa Ramirez, materials scientist and author of the book The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another. We learn more about her background, what a materials scientist does, and why she calls herself a "science evangelist." Here are some suggestions on how to buy the book (that don't involve Amazon). ******** Help support the podcast and live events! Make a one-time donation to Make You Think OR If you are able, please support us on Patreon ******** Thanks to Graham Tully for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song "Mandelbrot Set" as our theme music.

In this episode we have a long and fascinating conversation with epidemiologist Dr. Frank Franklin about the current pandemic, racism, poverty, public health, the Black Lives Matter protests, and what it's like to navigate the world as an African American scientist. Dr. Franklin is the Principal Epidemiologist & Director of the Epidemiology, Analytics and Evaluation Division at the Multnomah County Health Department in Portland, Oregon.  Questions? Speaker suggestions? Email us at info@scibarpodcast.org   ******** Help support the podcast and live events! Make a one-time donation to Make You Think OR Please support us on Patreon ******** Thanks to Graham Tully for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song "Mandelbrot Set" as our theme music.

In this episode we have a conversation with Dr. Eseosa Ighodaro, MD, PhD, a neurologist and a neuroscientist. Find out about what inspired her to study brains, what it's like to get an MD and a PhD at the same time, about her interest in studying the medical effects of racism on People of Color, and how she's teaching people about neuroscience.  Find Dr. Ighodaro on Twitter and Facebook!  ******** Help support the podcast and live events! Make a one-time donation to Make You Think OR If you are able, please support us on Patreon ******** Thanks to Graham Tully for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song "Mandelbrot Set" as our theme music.

Have you ever heard about ‘Fractal Economics'? If not, now's the perfect time to get started. Join us as we talk about what it is, how it can hugely benefit property investors, and its contribution to speeding up the window for cash flow and growth. We also cover why debt is actually an asset and other important related insights.   In this episode, we cover: Fractal economics as the universal law for powering portfolio growth [11:10] Understanding asset allocation [15:38] Fractals and what they have to do with property investing [20:02] The distinction between economics and fractal economics [23:12] Applying fractal economics to become self-similar at scale [24:29]  Speeding up the ‘time window' for cash flow growth [31:27]  Why most people don't use fractal economics [35:39] Different factors that contribute to faster growth & success [37:29] Debt is an asset, but you need a good mindset to manage it well [43:37] Closing thoughts on fractal economics [47:51] Links From The Show: Download the Fractal Economics graphic (LINK) Geek out on the fractal Mandelbrot Set (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQFwzyFsElA) Read ‘The Debt Millionaire' by George Antone (https://www.amazon.com.au/Debt-Millionaire-people-never-wealth-ebook/dp/B01FTY5YSE) Read Chapter 5 of Limitless: The Renegade's Guide to Building Wealth Through Property - Goose McGrath (https://www.renegadespropertybook.com) Join The Real Estate Entrepreneurs Handbook (Module 2) training (https://theinvestorlab.com.au/jointhecommunity/) Connect With Us: The Investor Lab Membership (https://theinvestorlab.com.au/jointhecommunity/)  Dashdot Buyers Agents Website (https://www.dashdot.com.au/)  Limitless: The Renegade's Guide to Building Wealth Through Property - Goose McGrath (https://www.renegadespropertybook.com) Ready to work with us directly? (https://dashdot.as.me/discoverycall)  If you liked this episode, please don't forget to subscribe, tune in, and share this podcast with others you know will benefit from the show! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode is all about the beauty of numbers and how the most beautiful of all fractals is the Mandelbrot SetFurther Reading:https://mathworld.wolfram.com/MandelbrotSet.htmlhttps://plus.maths.org/content/what-mandelbrot-setVideos:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGMRB4O922Ihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFftmWSzgmkGolden Ratio:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nSfJEDZ_WMSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=R5Q2Z2RBKQUK6¤cy_code=USD&source=url)

If you've ever heard the name Frances Glessner Lee you might think "wasn't she that lady who made crime scene dollhouses?" Making dioramas wasn't just her hobby; she actually had profound influence on the field of forensic science. We learn a bit about her in this brief interview with her biographer, Bruce Goldfarb. Join us for Science on Tap Online on Thursday, June 18, at 7pm Pacific for a live talk by Bruce about his book 18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics.  ******** Help support the podcast and live events! Make a one-time donation to Make You Think OR If you are able, please support us on Patreon ******** Thanks to Graham Tully for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song "Mandelbrot Set" as our theme music.

Listen to our short interview with neuroscientist Dr. Larry Sherman from OHSU. He has spoken at MANY previous events, such as Music and the Anxious Brain on April 9, 2020 (this interview took place a few minutes after that event ended), and you can hear podcast episodes of his talks The Neuroscience of Racism, The Neuroscience of PTSD, and The Neuroscience of Pleasure and Love.   ******** Help support the podcast and live events! Make a one-time donation to Make You Think OR If you are able, please support us on Patreon ******** Thanks to Graham Tully for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song "Mandelbrot Set" as our theme music.

Find out how bacteria help us digest food, battle disease, and may influence our behavior in Microbes and the Human Gut by Dr. Lisa Sardinia recorded at an event in 2017.  Lisa also spoke on High Anxiety: The Gut Microbiota's Effect on Mental Health at a Science on Tap Online event on May 14, 2020. Resources mentioned at the end of the talk: Some of My Best Friends Are Germs by Michael Pollan Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues by Martin Blaser Also, Peep dioramas. ******** Help support the podcast and live events! Make a one-time donation to Make You Think OR If you are able, please support us on Patreon ******** Thanks to Graham Tully for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song "Mandelbrot Set" as our theme music.

Image by Barbara A Lane from Pixabay  In conversation with Deep & Govind entertaining thoughts on Fractals and the nature of reality.  Deep is a quantum Computing and UFO researcher, avid participant of Reality and CEO of ReactiveQ, VP AI UAPx. Govind has interests in computation models of cognition, using fractals to model dynamic systems, logic programming and fractals in number theory. Projects he is working on: SecureDLT Rabbithole Legal Hackers at UofT Law This episode was recorded in March and all mentions of COVID-19 are quite irrelevant to today. Download Show Notes  

Want a real-life adventure story mixed with modern-day science? Listen to this short interview with Gillen D'Arcy Wood, author of Land of Wondrous Cold: The Race to Discover Antarctica and Unlock the Secrets of Its Ice. Pick up and enjoy the book, then join us on Thursday, June 11 for a Science on Tap Online event with Gillen at 7pm Pacific. Find out more about the live event on Facebook and our website. Get a 20% discount and free shipping when you buy the book through the Princeton University Press website! Use the code LOWC-FG at checkout. (Note: The coupon code is ONLY valid on the Princeton site.) Thank you to Princeton Press for their support of this podcast and live event! ******** Help support the podcast and live events! Make a one-time donation to Make You Think OR If you are able, please support us on Patreon ******** Thanks to Graham Tully for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song "Mandelbrot Set" as our theme music.

What if everything we think we know about cancer is wrong? Listen as Dr. Athena Aktipis, author and Arizona State University professor talks about her new book The Cheating Cell: How Evolution Helps Us Understand and Treat Cancer. Rather than trying to eradicate all cancer, she describes how changing our approach could help us learn to control and live with cancer instead. Get a 20% discount and free shipping when you buy the book through the Princeton University Press website! Use the code AKT20-FG at checkout. (Note: The coupon code is ONLY valid on the Princeton site.) Check out Athena's podcast Zombified and get some fresh brains! ******** Help support the podcast and live events! Make a one-time donation to Make You Think OR If you are able, please support us on Patreon ******** Do you need a computer nerd with writing skills to help with social media and blogs? Check out Chelsea Schuyler! Thanks to Graham Tully for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song "Mandelbrot Set" as our theme music.

How have simple inventions changed our lives? Learn more in this short interview with Dr. Ainissa Ramirez, materials scientist and author of the book The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another. Pick up and enjoy the book, then join us on May 21 at 7:00pm Pacific for a Science on Tap Online event with Ainissa! Find out more about the live event on Facebook and our website.  Here are some suggestions on how to buy the book (that don't involve Amazon). ******** Help support the podcast and live events! Make a one-time donation to Make You Think OR If you are able, please support us on Patreon ******** Thanks to Graham Tully for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song "Mandelbrot Set" as our theme music.

Is there life on other planets? How would we find out? Listen to a short interview with NASA scientist and author Kevin Peter Hand about his new book Alien Oceans: The Search for Life in the Depths of Space. Pick up and enjoy the book, then join us on May 28 for a Science on Tap Online event with Kevin! Find out more about the live event on Facebook and our website.  Two ways to buy the book! 1) Support a local Vancouver small business and buy from Vintage Books. 2) Buy through the Princeton University Press website and receive a 20% discount by using the code HAND20-FG at checkout. (Note: The coupon code is ONLY valid on the Princeton site.) ******** Help support the podcast and live events! Make a one-time donation to Make You Think OR If you are able, please support us on Patreon ******** Thanks to Graham Tully for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song "Mandelbrot Set" as our theme music.

Science shows that friends are vital for our mental and physical well-being, and that may be even more true in these strange, pandemic times. Listen as author Lydia Denworth talks about her book Friendship: The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordinary Power of Life's Fundamental Bond, recorded at a Science on Tap event in February 2020. This talk was recorded on February 12, 2020 at the Kiggins Theatre in Vancouver, WA.  ******** Help support the podcast through Patreon!  Watch a live online Science on Tap event every Thursday in April and May!  Thanks to Graham Tully and Stephen Perry for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song "Mandelbrot Set" as our theme music.

Technology impacts our sex lives in a lot of ways, and we don't just mean porn. Better access to education and intimacy is great! But maybe too many matches on Tinder isn't so great? Also, what's the deal with sex robots?  In this episode Dr. Kris Gowen talks about many of the ways we use technology to connect with each other, and why it's so hard to get good data on the subject. Recorded in February 2018 at the Alberta Rose Theatre in Portland, OR.  Also check out Kris's other book project One Nation Under Song where she chronicles her quest to sing karaoke in all 50 States. ******** Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. Thanks to Graham Tully and Stephen Perry for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song "Mandelbrot Set" as our theme music.

Here's scientific proof that friends are good for you! We're trying something new this episode. Listen as we chat with Lydia Denworth, author of Friendship: The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordinary Power of Life's Fundamental Bond. Then join us at Science on Tap at the Kiggins Theatre in Vancouver, WA on Wednesday, February 12 to hear her full talk. We'll record that talk as well, so check back for the full episode in the next few months. Also, you should definitely buy her book. ******** Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. Thanks to Graham Tully for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song "Mandelbrot Set" as our theme music.

In this special episode we interview Robert Frank, economist and author of the new book Under the Influence: Putting Peer Pressure to Work. He talks about using social and economic theories to encourage more climate-conscious behavior, and proposes structures for carbon taxes that wouldn't require painful sacrifices from anyone. As he says in the interview, "every little bit helps, way more than you think." ******** Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. Thanks to Graham Tully and Stephen Perry for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song "Mandelbrot Set" as our theme music.

Conserving and restoring forests can help fight climate change in two ways: cutting down forests is the second largest source of CO2 emissions (after fossil fuels), and because healthy forests can absorb and sequester massive amounts of carbon. Listen as Laurie Wayburn from the Pacific Forest Trust talks about how saving forests is good for humans and good for the planet. A special thanks to the Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts for their help with this event.   This was recorded at the talk A Path in the Woods: How Forests Can Help Stop Climate Change at the Alberta Rose Theatre in Portland in November 2019. ******** Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. Thanks to Graham Tully and Stephen Perry for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song "Mandelbrot Set" as our theme music.

You need lots of things to produce a good wine, such as favorable weather and a skilled winemaker. But before anything else, you have to start with good dirt. In this episode, geologist Dr. Scott Burns describes how soil can be a big factor in wine quality. Listen as he talks lovingly about wine grown in his home region here in the Willamette Valley, but also about wine-growing regions in other areas of the world as well. This was recorded at the talk The Mystique of Terroir: Geology and Wine at the Kiggins Theatre in April 2018. ******** Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. Thanks to Graham Tully and Stephen Perry for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song "Mandelbrot Set" as our theme music.

Tommy discusses Fractals and the Mandelbrot Set.

What do poop transplants, human donuts, and ecosystems have in common? Listen as Dr. Andrea McBeth, co-founder and CEO of Flora Medicine, talks all about all the microbes in a healthy human gut, and also describes some creative ways to treat our guts when things go horribly wrong. Tune in for the scoop on poop. Click here to see some images from the slide show. This talk was recorded at the talk The Microbiome: Fecal Transplant and Microbial Ecology at the Kiggins Theatre in September 2019. ******** Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. Thanks to Graham Tully and Stephen Perry for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song "Mandelbrot Set" as our theme music.  

Do you like to eat, drink, wear clothes, have medicines, and breathe oxygen? If so, thank plants! Listen as Keith Duncan from the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center describes how to use X-rays to study plants so we can grow more of them on less land, with less water and fewer pesticides or  fertilizers. Visit the Danforth Plant Science Center Blog to see the images and animations mentioned in the talk. This is a recording of the talk X-Ray Imaging in Plant Biology: Seeing the Unseen held at the Alberta Rose Theatre in August 2019. ******** Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. Thanks to Graham Tully and Stephen Perry for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song "Mandelbrot Set" as our theme music.

Neuroscientist Adie Wilson-Poe, PhD, talks about exciting research into how cannabis can be used alongside or in place of opioids to manage long-term pain and addiction. This is a recording of the talk The Role of Cannabis in the Opioid Crisis and was recorded at the Kiggins Theatre in March 2019. ******** Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. Thanks to Graham Tully and Stephen Perry for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song Mandelbrot Set as our theme music.

It's October, so it's time for some spooky tales of how Science is Stranger Than Fiction: Death and the Afterlife with Dr. Leslie New from WSU Vancouver. Content warning: lots of discussion of dead bodies, murder, trepanning (pre-historic brain surgery), anatomical models, mummies, grave robbing, books made of human skin, and many of the exhibits in the Mutter Museum. Visit our website to see some of the pictures and links to books and organizations mentioned during the talk. ******** Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. Thanks to Graham Tully and Stephen Perry for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song Mandelbrot Set as our theme music.

Humans naturally seek out novelty and new experiences, and for some people that can lead to drug addiction. Repeated exposure to drugs can create powerful, persistent memories, and these drug-related memories can lead to addictive behavior and relapse, even after years of sobriety. In this episode, neuroscientist Dr. Barbara Sorg talks about what happens in the brain when we have new experiences, evidence showing that drug addiction is a chronic brain disease, and how understanding the neuroscience of memories might help treat addiction. She also describes her own lab's work with using animal models of addiction to weaken memories associated with cocaine. The talk Memory and the Neuroscience of Addiction was given at the Alberta Rose Theatre in December 2016. Visit our website to see some of the pictures mentioned during the talk. ******** Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. Thanks to Graham Tully and Stephen Perry for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song Mandelbrot Set as our theme music.

Can being in nature make us better? What is forest bathing, how can recess help improve student behavior, and can five minutes outside really make a difference in your mood? Listen to science writer Florence Williams talk about her book The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative and get some scientific encouragement to go outside. This talk was recorded at the Alberta Rose Theatre in Portland in March 2018. Check out Florence's other podcasts too: The 3-Day Effect, loosely based on The Nature Fix Breasts Unbound, based on her book Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History Episodes for the XX Factor Podcast for Outside Magazine, including the episode XX Factor: How the Sports Bra Changed History  Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. Thanks to Graham Tully and Stephen Perry for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song Mandelbrot Set as our theme music.

Have you ever wondered how animals find and impress that special someone? From crazy dances to unanticipated sex changes, animals have some unusual strategies for attracting and keeping their mates. Join Dr. Allison Coffin, Associate Professor of Neuroscience at WSU Vancouver, as she describes the unusual dating lives of birds, fish, and other animals. This was recorded at an event in November 2016. Thank you to the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology for use of bird song recordings, and recordists Bob McGuire, Natalia García, and Michael J. Andersen for the use of their recordings of the White-crowned Sparrow, Willow Flycatcher, and Alder Flycatcher, respectively.  Thank you also to Dr. Gail Patricelli for her use of the satin bower bird recording (and for camping out in the Australian bush for her research.)  ******** Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. Thanks to Graham Tully and Stephen Perry for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song Mandelbrot Set as our theme music.

We need all the tools we can find to fight climate change, and geologist Dr. Marcia Bjornerud offers some new perspective and insight. In this episode she talks about her book Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World, and suggests that shifting our viewpoint to understand the deep geologic past can help us understand the harm we're doing to the planet in the present. This talk was recorded in September 2018. Check out some of Marcia's other writing: Reading the Rocks: The Autobiography of the EarthContributor to the New Yorker's Science & Technology blog ******** Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. Thanks to Graham Tully and Stephen Perry for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song Mandelbrot Set as our theme music.

Hormones don't just control things like puberty or sex; they control SO much more about our bodies, including sleep, metabolism, hunger, and the fight-or-flight response. Find out more about hormones in this talk by Randi Hutter Epstein, MD, MPH about her book Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything. This talk was recorded in July 2018 and the paperback version of the book was just released in June 2019. Here's the link to the Highlights of Hormone History Video a.k.a. the rooster testicle experiment.  Aroused was included as a Science News: best book of 2018 Also, follow Randi on Twitter. ******** Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. Thanks to Graham Tully and Stephen Perry for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song Mandelbrot Set as our theme music.

If you're a woman or you're someone who has ever been treated by a female medical professional, you should listen to this episode on the topic of Yes, I'm Really A Doctor: How Equity Eludes Women in Medicine and Science by Esther Choo, MD MPH. She is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at OHSU, Founder of Equity Quotient, and is a nationally recognized expert in gender bias in medicine. She's also fierce on Twitter. ******** Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. Thanks to Graham Tully and Stephen Perry for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song Mandelbrot Set as our theme music.

Star Trek introduced us to the amazing technologies of a fictional future such as warp drive, replicators, and photon torpedoes, but it turns out that some of those technologies aren't so fictional anymore. In this episode hear theoretical physicist and author Ethan Siegel, PhD, talk about some of the real inventions that were inspired by Star Trek (iPads, anyone?), and some technologies like tractor beams and holodecks that might be closer to reality than you realize.  Ethan's talk is based on his book Treknology: The Science of Star Trek from Tricorders to Warp Drive and you can read more of his writing at his blog Starts With A Bang. Also, help support his work by checking out Ethan's Patreon page.  Here's the Hubble telescope image of 10,000 galaxies that Ethan mentions about 6:45. ******** Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. Thanks to Graham Tully and Stephen Perry for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song Mandelbrot Set as our theme music.

God and Mathematics, The Mandelbrot Set and fractals, God's secret code of creation. Learn more at The Biblical Science Institute. | WATCH Fractals Book/DVD - COMING SOON!

Are biological sex and gender the same thing? Do anatomy and genetics completely determine sex and/or gender? In this talk from June 2018, Dr. Lisa Sardinia, Associate Professor of Biology at Pacific University, talks about some of the so-called "bathroom bills" proposed in the US to restrict access to public restrooms based on terms like "biological sex" or "genetic sex." Turns out that science isn't so binary, and legislators need to learn a little science (okay...a LOT of science...). Resources mentioned at the end of the talk: Scientific American, September 2017 issue How Science is Helping Us Understand Gender, National Geographic Magazine, January 2017 Gender: When the Body and Brain Disagree, Science News for Students, July 2015 The 7 Sexes: Biology of Sex Determination, by Elof Axel Carlson Sex Itself The Search for Male & Female in the Human Genome, by Sarah S. Richardson, 2013   Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. Thanks to Graham Tully and Stephen Perry for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song Mandelbrot Set as our theme music.

Pain is the most important and misunderstood sensory system: you cannot live without it, yet we live every day trying to avoid it. In this episode, Dr. Michael Morgan, Professor of Psychology at Washington State University Vancouver, explains how your nervous system codes pain, how your brain tries to control it, and how drugs provide relief. He'll also talk about some of the reasons why current medications are problematic (hint: the opiate epidemic) and some new ways that science is trying to treat pain. Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. Thanks to Graham Tully and Stephen Perry for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song Mandelbrot Set as our theme music.

Geek at Arms is back again! Mike kicks things off with his report on PAX East, and then describes the new love of his life, Betrayal: Legacy. James explains how his new game Kingdom Come: Deliverance feels like stepping into 15th century Bohemia and how much he and his wife enjoyed Captain Marvel. Next, Bryan deep dives us into his latest math interest with the Mandelbrot Set and math comedian Matt Parker. He and James also share how their latest rpg session with City on A Hill Gaming podcast went with fellow players Kyle from the Min/Max podcast and Mike from Innroads Ministries. The guys then have a discussion about all the upcoming film and TV adaptations that will hit the screens in the days to come: from the Lord of The Rings to Discworld to The Wheel of Time and many more!

How are actress Hedy Lamarr, GPS, and elephant seals all connected? Find out in this episode as Dr. Leslie New from WSU Vancouver celebrates women who have contributed to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, but who have been dismissed or deliberately forgotten because of their gender.   Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. Thanks to Graham Tully and Stephen Perry for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song Mandelbrot Set as our theme music.

Fractals are seen everywhere in nature, but can they explain the nature of reality and consciousness in a spiritual sense? The Mandelbrot Set is used to explain the concepts in this video. Fractals might be responsible for the creation of all experience, cycles, astrology, DNA, the uniqueness yet sameness of all beings and more. Support this channel with Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NickySutton

If you have a sense of humor, Mary Roach is either already your favorite science author or she's about to be. She came to Portland in 2017 to talk about her latest book Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War, and our onstage interview ranged from asking how she gets inspiration for her books to tips on how to approach someone in special forces and ask if he's ever had diarrhea while on a secret mission. We talk about her other books too, and stick around for some audience questions at the end. Also, this one is for Jamie. Miss you, and thanks for bringing cupcakes!   Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. Thanks to Graham Tully and Stephen Perry for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song Mandelbrot Set as our theme music.

We're back! This episode is a recording of the talk "Evolution Under the Influence: Alcohol and the Coevolution of Humans and Yeast" by geneticist Dr. Kevin McCabe who works at Full Sail Brewing in Hood River, Oregon. In this talk, Kevin will take you through the history of primate alcohol consumption, the importance of yeast to human history, and how early microbiology turned the tables on yeast and gave humans control over our boozy destiny. Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. Thanks to Graham Tully and Stephen Perry for sound production. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song Mandelbrot Set as our theme music.  

pr plays along to a mandelbrot fractal zoom. Demian Richardson, Rev John Henry Maiorino, Steven Bartashev, Ayumi Ishito, Charly Couture.

Colleen and Kim are back! We help a young girl find new parents, and nothing weird happens (WE SWEAR!). Have a few bucks burning a hole in your pocket every month, and you like the show? Consider becoming a patron with a small monthly pledge at: www.patreon.com/bryandierschow It helps me keep this fun venture going! As always, the theme song is "Mandelbrot Set (instrumental version)" by the tremendous Jonathan Coulton! Check out more of his awesome music at: www.jonathancoulton.com

Colleen and Kim are back! We help a young girl find new parents, and nothing weird happens (WE SWEAR!). Have a few bucks burning a hole in your pocket every month, and you like the show? Consider becoming a patron with a small monthly pledge at: www.patreon.com/bryandierschow It helps me keep this fun venture going! As always, the theme song is "Mandelbrot Set (instrumental version)" by the tremendous Jonathan Coulton! Check out more of his awesome music at: www.jonathancoulton.com

This is part two of our recording in Omaha with the wonderful Jill Bernard, and the awesome duo BAUS! This one is delightfully odd and dark, and one of my favorite recordings I've ever been a part of! Give it a listen, then share it with your friends! As always, the theme song is "Mandelbrot Set (instrumental version)" by the wonderful Jonathan Coulton. Check out more of his great music at: www.jonathancoulton.com

This is part two of our recording in Omaha with the wonderful Jill Bernard, and the awesome duo BAUS! This one is delightfully odd and dark, and one of my favorite recordings I've ever been a part of! Give it a listen, then share it with your friends! As always, the theme song is "Mandelbrot Set (instrumental version)" by the wonderful Jonathan Coulton. Check out more of his great music at: www.jonathancoulton.com

BACK WITH A BANG! The show turns thirty today, and for it's birthday, we got you the terrific Jill Bernard! I am also joined by two of my absolute favorite Denver improvisors, the awesome Lauren Bahlman and Jessica Austgen! It's silly, and super funny! As always, the theme song is "Mandelbrot Set (instrumental version)" by the super cool Jonathan Coluton! Listen to more at: jonathancoulton.com

BACK WITH A BANG! The show turns thirty today, and for it's birthday, we got you the terrific Jill Bernard! I am also joined by two of my absolute favorite Denver improvisors, the awesome Lauren Bahlman and Jessica Austgen! It's silly, and super funny! As always, the theme song is "Mandelbrot Set (instrumental version)" by the super cool Jonathan Coluton! Listen to more at: jonathancoulton.com

The Welcoming are back for a very scientific show! Theme song is "Mandelbrot Set" (instrumenetal version) by Jonathan Coulton. Check out his awesome music at: jonathancoulton.com

The Welcoming are back for a very scientific show! Theme song is "Mandelbrot Set" (instrumenetal version) by Jonathan Coulton. Check out his awesome music at: jonathancoulton.com

Max Schwartz, Bre Forkes, Asa Erlendson, and Tom Smaldone are The Welcoming. And they are hilarious. Today we give you the low down on the HVAC industry. Oil up, because this one's a goody! Theme song is "Mandelbrot Set" (instrument version) by Jonathan Coulton. Check out his awesome music at: Jonathancoulton.com

Max Schwartz, Bre Forkes, Asa Erlendson, and Tom Smaldone are The Welcoming. And they are hilarious. Today we give you the low down on the HVAC industry. Oil up, because this one's a goody! Theme song is "Mandelbrot Set" (instrument version) by Jonathan Coulton. Check out his awesome music at: Jonathancoulton.com

Colleen and Kim join me for one final time before Colleen runs away from us to another city! We send her off in style with a nice family dinner! Theme song is "Mandelbrot Set (instrumental version)" by the wonderful Jonathan Coulton! Check out his music at: www.jonathancoulton.com

Colleen and Kim join me for one final time before Colleen runs away from us to another city! We send her off in style with a nice family dinner! Theme song is "Mandelbrot Set (instrumental version)" by the wonderful Jonathan Coulton! Check out his music at: www.jonathancoulton.com

Pascal Kraft is a researcher at the Institute for Applied and Numerical Mathematics of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and he introduces us to Julia Sets which he investigated for his Bachelors Thesis. It is natural for us to think something like this: If I take two simple things and put them together in some sense, nothing too complex should arise from that. A fascinating result of the work of mathematicians like Gaston Julia and Benoît Mandelbrot dating back to the first half of the 20th century show that this assumption doesn't always hold. In his bachelor's thesis under supervision of Jan-Philipp Weiß, Pascal Kraft worked on the efficient computation of Julia Sets. In laymans terms you can describe these sets as follows: Some electronic calculators have the functions of repeating the last action if you press "=" or "enter" multiple times. So if you used the root function of your calculator on a number and now you want the root of the result you simply press "=" again. Now imagine you had a function on your calculater that didn't only square the input but also added a certain value - say 0.5. Then you put in a number, apply this function and keep repeating it over and over again. Now you ask yourself if you keep pressing the "="-button if the result keeps on growing and tends to infinity or if it stays below some threshold indefinitely. Using real numbers this concept is somewhat boring but if we use complex numbers we find, that the results are astonishing. To use a more precise definition: for a function , the Filled Julia Set is defined as the set of values , for whom the series stays bounded. The Julia Set is defined as the boundary of this set. A typical example for a suitable function in this context is . We now look at the complex plane where the x-axis represents the real part of a complex number and the y-axis its imaginary part. For each point on this plane having a coordinate we take the corresponding complex number and plug this value into our function and the results over and over again up to a certain degree until we see if this sequence diverges. Computing a graphical representation of such a Julia Set is a numerically costly task since we have no other way of determining its interior points other then trying out a large amount of starting points and seeing what happens after hundreds of iterations. The results, however, turn out to be surprising and worth the effort. The geometric representations - images - of filled Julia Sets turn out to be very aesthetically pleasing since they are no simple compositions of elementary shapes but rather consist of intricate shapes and patterns. The reason for these beautiful shapes lie in the nature of multiplication and addition on the complex plane: A multiplication can be a magnification and down-scaling, mirroring and rotation, whereas the complex addition is represented by a translation on the complex plane. Since the function is applied over and over again, the intrinsic features are repeated in scaled and rotated forms over and over again, and this results in a self-similarity on infinite scales. In his bachelor's thesis, Pascal focussed on the efficient computation of such sets which can mean multiple things: it can either mean that the goal was to quickly write a program which could generate an image of a Julia Set, or that a program was sought which was very fast in computing such a program. Lastly it can also mean that we want to save power and seek a program which uses computational power efficiently to compute such an image, i.e. that consumes little energy. This is a typical problem when considering a numerical approach in any application and it arises very naturally here: While the computation of Julia Sets can greatly benefit from parallelization, the benefits are at loss when many tasks are waiting for one calculation and therefore the speedup and computational efficiency breaks down due to Amdahl's law. The difference of these optimization criteria becomes especially obvious when we want to do further research ontop of our problem solver that we have used so far. The Mandelbrot Set for example is the set of values , for whom the Filled Julia Set is not equal to the Julia Set (i.e. the Filled Julia Set has interior points). One detail is important for the computation of either of these sets: If we check one single point we can never really say if it is inside the Filled Julia Set for sure (unless we can prove periodicity but that is not really feasible). What we can show however is, that if the magnitude of a point in the series of computations is above a certain bound, the results will tend to infinity from this point on. The approach is therefore to compute steps until either a maximum of steps is reached or a certain threshold is exceeded. Based on this assumption, we see that computing a point which lies inside the filled Julia Set is the bigger effort. So if computing a Julia Set for a given parameter is a lot of work, its complex parameter most likely lies inside the Mandelbrot Set (as we find many points for whom the computation doesn't abort prematurely and it is therefore likely that some of these points will be interior). If we want to draw the Mandelbrot Set based on this approach, we have to compute thousands of Julia Sets and if the computation of a single image was to take a minute this would not really be feasible anymore. Since the computation of a Julia Set can even be done in a webbrowser these days, we include below a little tool which lets you set a complex parameter and compute four different Julia Sets. Have fun with our Interactive Julia Sets! References and further reading J. Dufner, A. Roser, F. Unseld: Fraktale und Julia-Mengen, Harri Deutsch Verlag, 1998. H.-O. Peitgen, P. H. Richter: The beauty of fractals: images of complex dynamical systems, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1986. B. B. Mandelbrot: Fractal aspects of the iteration of for complex and z, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 357.1: 249-259, 1980. P. Kraft: Paralleles Rechnen auf GPUs - Julia Mengen und das magnetische Pendel Fraktal, Bachelor Thesis. 2012. J. Gaston: Mémoire sur l’itération des fonctions rationnelles, Journal de Math´ematiques pures et appliqu ´ees 4 (Rep 1968), pp. 47-245 / 121-319, 1918. P. Blanchard: Complex analytical dynamics on the Riemann sphere, Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society 11, pp. 84-141, 1984.

Pascal Kraft is a researcher at the Institute for Applied and Numerical Mathematics of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and he introduces us to Julia Sets which he investigated for his Bachelors Thesis. It is natural for us to think something like this: If I take two simple things and put them together in some sense, nothing too complex should arise from that. A fascinating result of the work of mathematicians like Gaston Julia and Benoît Mandelbrot dating back to the first half of the 20th century show that this assumption doesn't always hold. In his bachelor's thesis under supervision of Jan-Philipp Weiß, Pascal Kraft worked on the efficient computation of Julia Sets. In laymans terms you can describe these sets as follows: Some electronic calculators have the functions of repeating the last action if you press "=" or "enter" multiple times. So if you used the root function of your calculator on a number and now you want the root of the result you simply press "=" again. Now imagine you had a function on your calculater that didn't only square the input but also added a certain value - say 0.5. Then you put in a number, apply this function and keep repeating it over and over again. Now you ask yourself if you keep pressing the "="-button if the result keeps on growing and tends to infinity or if it stays below some threshold indefinitely. Using real numbers this concept is somewhat boring but if we use complex numbers we find, that the results are astonishing. To use a more precise definition: for a function , the Filled Julia Set is defined as the set of values , for whom the series stays bounded. The Julia Set is defined as the boundary of this set. A typical example for a suitable function in this context is . We now look at the complex plane where the x-axis represents the real part of a complex number and the y-axis its imaginary part. For each point on this plane having a coordinate we take the corresponding complex number and plug this value into our function and the results over and over again up to a certain degree until we see if this sequence diverges. Computing a graphical representation of such a Julia Set is a numerically costly task since we have no other way of determining its interior points other then trying out a large amount of starting points and seeing what happens after hundreds of iterations. The results, however, turn out to be surprising and worth the effort. The geometric representations - images - of filled Julia Sets turn out to be very aesthetically pleasing since they are no simple compositions of elementary shapes but rather consist of intricate shapes and patterns. The reason for these beautiful shapes lie in the nature of multiplication and addition on the complex plane: A multiplication can be a magnification and down-scaling, mirroring and rotation, whereas the complex addition is represented by a translation on the complex plane. Since the function is applied over and over again, the intrinsic features are repeated in scaled and rotated forms over and over again, and this results in a self-similarity on infinite scales. In his bachelor's thesis, Pascal focussed on the efficient computation of such sets which can mean multiple things: it can either mean that the goal was to quickly write a program which could generate an image of a Julia Set, or that a program was sought which was very fast in computing such a program. Lastly it can also mean that we want to save power and seek a program which uses computational power efficiently to compute such an image, i.e. that consumes little energy. This is a typical problem when considering a numerical approach in any application and it arises very naturally here: While the computation of Julia Sets can greatly benefit from parallelization, the benefits are at loss when many tasks are waiting for one calculation and therefore the speedup and computational efficiency breaks down due to Amdahl's law. The difference of these optimization criteria becomes especially obvious when we want to do further research ontop of our problem solver that we have used so far. The Mandelbrot Set for example is the set of values , for whom the Filled Julia Set is not equal to the Julia Set (i.e. the Filled Julia Set has interior points). One detail is important for the computation of either of these sets: If we check one single point we can never really say if it is inside the Filled Julia Set for sure (unless we can prove periodicity but that is not really feasible). What we can show however is, that if the magnitude of a point in the series of computations is above a certain bound, the results will tend to infinity from this point on. The approach is therefore to compute steps until either a maximum of steps is reached or a certain threshold is exceeded. Based on this assumption, we see that computing a point which lies inside the filled Julia Set is the bigger effort. So if computing a Julia Set for a given parameter is a lot of work, its complex parameter most likely lies inside the Mandelbrot Set (as we find many points for whom the computation doesn't abort prematurely and it is therefore likely that some of these points will be interior). If we want to draw the Mandelbrot Set based on this approach, we have to compute thousands of Julia Sets and if the computation of a single image was to take a minute this would not really be feasible anymore. Since the computation of a Julia Set can even be done in a webbrowser these days, we include below a little tool which lets you set a complex parameter and compute four different Julia Sets. Have fun with our Interactive Julia Sets! References and further reading J. Dufner, A. Roser, F. Unseld: Fraktale und Julia-Mengen, Harri Deutsch Verlag, 1998. H.-O. Peitgen, P. H. Richter: The beauty of fractals: images of complex dynamical systems, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1986. B. B. Mandelbrot: Fractal aspects of the iteration of for complex and z, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 357.1: 249-259, 1980. P. Kraft: Paralleles Rechnen auf GPUs - Julia Mengen und das magnetische Pendel Fraktal, Bachelor Thesis. 2012. J. Gaston: Mémoire sur l’itération des fonctions rationnelles, Journal de Math´ematiques pures et appliqu ´ees 4 (Rep 1968), pp. 47-245 / 121-319, 1918. P. Blanchard: Complex analytical dynamics on the Riemann sphere, Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society 11, pp. 84-141, 1984.

This episode is a recording of the talk "You and Your Racist Brain: The Neuroscience of Prejudice" with Dr. Larry Sherman, a neuroscientist from OHSU. In this talk, Dr. Sherman explains how our brains have evolved to make judgments based on visual information in milliseconds, and that these preconceived opinions about other people are not based on reason or experience but on instinct. He also describes how we can we use what we know about the neuroscience of prejudice to overcome this reaction, and potentially develop methods to combat prejudice and end racism. The Racism video produced by the students at Grant High School can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNjbBFnBnXw  Dr. Sherman's slides have been synched with this recording and uploaded as an m4a format, so depending on your media player, you may be able to see his images as the audio plays along.   Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song Mandelbrot Set as our theme music.

Science is moving as fast as politics these days, and just as in the days of Galileo, science is being politicized and legislated.  When you have to legislate science, it ain't pure science, is it?  Nor is everyone's intentions necessarily always benevolent.  Tune in and join the discussion on the Mad Scientists Exposed show! We will discuss chemtrails, HAARP, vaccines, and many topics scientists do NOT want us to discuss.

This episode is a recording of the talk "Parasites: A Global Health Problem", with Dr. Buddy Ullman, a parasitologist from OHSU. In this talk, Buddy describes a number of different human parasites, including tapeworms, hookworms, and plenty that you've never heard of. WARNING: this talk contains pretty graphic detail of what parasites do to human bodies, so if you're squeamish, this may not be the right episode for you. However, if you want to hear a scientifically interesting, slightly horrifying, fascinating, and hilarious talk, then please press play.   Buddy's slides have been synched with this recording and uploaded as an m4a format, so depending on your media player, you may be able to see the pictures of what he's describing as the audio plays along. If you're brave enough. Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song Mandelbrot Set as our theme music.   (A parasitologist would never listen to a podcast.)

This episode is a recording of the talk The Neuroscience of Trauma: From Trigger Warnings to PTSD with Dr. Larry Sherman, a neuroscientist at OHSU in Portland, Oregon. In this talk, Larry describes a lot of things related to trauma and PTSD, including his own family experience with the condition, conditioned fear response, fMRI studies, epigenetics, and proven methods of treatment. This event was held on November 17, 2015.  Note: Unlike other episodes of this podcast, we have NOT included slides along with the audio. Sorry.   Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song Mandelbrot Set as our theme music.

This episode is a recording of the talk Ignoble Rot: Food Scraps as Compost and Energy by David Allaway, senior policy analyst with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). David spoke about ways to reduce food waste, and also described some of the pros and cons of four ways of dealing with food waste once it's been discarded: composting, anaerobic digestion, in-sink grinders, and landfills. He also had some interesting things to say about compostable packaging. This event was held on May 5, 2015, and was produced in collaboration with Metro and their Let's Talk Trash program. David's slides have been synched with this recording and uploaded as an enhanced podcast, so depending on your media player, you may be able to see the slides as the audio plays along.  Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song Mandelbrot Set as our theme music.

This episode features Theodore Gray talking about his new book "Molecules: The Elements and the Architecture of Everything." Theo is known for many things, including his periodic table, his Ig Nobel award, his column in Popular Science, his app development company called Touchpress, his work as a co-founder of Wolfram Research, and his book "The Elements." In this talk he describes the inspiration for the book, some of the many interesting molecules that are covered in its pages, and he gives a demo of the new Molecules App. At the end of the episode there are a few audience questions that range in topic from where to find good chemistry sets these days, to that time the government visited and asked for their rocket nozzle back, to whether there's a market for really smelly substances. It's a fun talk, even if we didn't get to light anything on fire. Theo's slides have been synched with this recording and uploaded as an enhanced podcast, so depending on your media player, you may be able to see the slides as the audio plays along.    Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song Mandelbrot Set as our theme music.

This episode features the talk Cannabis Pharmacy: The Practical Guide to Medical Marijuana with author Michael Backes. The book gives "evidence-based information on using cannabis for ailments and conditions, plus a comprehensive guide to the most popular varieties." In this talk he describes how prohibition of cannabis in the United States has inspired selective breeding and has changed the chemical makeup of the plants, and how since some states (like Oregon!) are legalizing use that more scientific research is starting to be done on the myriad potential medical benefits. He also talks in detail about some of the individual cannabinoids such as THC and CBD (and many others), and how their presence or absence can dramatically change how a person's body reacts when using cannabis.  Michael's slides have been synched with this recording and uploaded as an enhanced podcast, so depending on your media player, you may be able to see the slides as the audio plays along.      Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song Mandelbrot Set as our theme music.

This episode features the talk Epigenetics: The Merger of Nature and Nurture, by Dr. Lisa Sardinia from Pacific University. Lisa teaches environmental science and biology, specializing in microbiology and genetics. In this talk she describes the emerging field of epigenetics and how changes in your environment and what you eat can contribute to genetic changes not only for yourself, but potentially for your children and grandchildren. She also covers Genetics 101 with a basic explanation of DNA, phenotypes, genotypes, and genes, the difference between Ligers and Tigons, why mother rats should lick their babies, and why eating chocolate and peanut butter is good for you. Lisa's slides have been synched with this recording and uploaded as an AAC format as an enhanced podcast, so depending on your media player, you may be able to see the slides as the audio plays along.    Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song Mandelbrot Set as our theme music.

This episode features the talk Cataclysms on the Columbia: The Great Missoula Floods, by Dr. Scott Burns from Portland State University. The Missoula Floods were a series of 80+ floods that happened in the Pacific Northwest during the last ice age around 15,000 years ago, and they dramatically shaped the geology and topography of Washington and Oregon. Scott describes with enthusiastic detail what caused the floods, who discovered them, what evidence was used to prove that they happened, and some of the people continuing to study them today. He also touches on Lewis & Clark, the Willamette Meteorite, scientific grudge matches, what to ask geologists on a road trip, and how to grow good wine grapes, among many other things. Scott's slides have been synched with this recording and uploaded as an m4a format as an enhanced podcast, so depending on your media player, you may be able to see the pictures of what he's describing as the audio plays along.    Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song Mandelbrot Set as our theme music.

This episode features the talk I Dig Your Bones: Adventures in Forensic Anthropology, by Dr. Nici Vance, a forensic scientist and State Forensic Anthropologist for the Oregon State Police. In this talk she talks about what happens when bones are found in the woods, where she then has to figure out: 1) are the bones human? 2) if so, are they male or female? 3) how old was the person? 4) how did the person die?, and 5) ultimately, who are they? It's like CSI, only real. She also talks about how people in the general public can help match up missing persons and unidentified remains by going to the website for the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, aka NamUs. Nici's slides have been synched with this recording and uploaded as an m4a format, so depending on your media player, you may be able to see the pictures of what she's describing as the audio plays along. Warning: some of the images are disturbing.   Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song Mandelbrot Set as our theme music.

This episode features Dr. Larry Sherman, a neuroscientist from OHSU in Portland, Oregon, talking about how our brains process pleasure and the special case of falling in love. Topics touched on during the talk include: ancient philosophy and the definition of "pleasure"; how hormones such as estrogen and testosterone affect our choice of partners; how drug addiction and stalking are neurologically related; ways that the levels of dopamine, serotonin, and epinephrine can change how we feel about someone; how taking The Pill can change a woman's ability to choose a viable mate; how liking chocolate ties in to falling in love; how studying the DNA of prairie voles can perhaps shed light on why people cheat; and much more. Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song Mandelbrot Set as our theme music.

This episode features an excerpt of a talk by Christine McKinley, mechanical engineer, musician, host of Brad Meltzer's Decoded on History Channel, and author of Physics for Rock Stars: Making the Laws of the Universe Work for You. In this (hilarious!) talk, she describes her childhood where she was learning about the scientific method at the same time she was trying to fit in as a "cool kid." She continues by describing what it was like to learn physics and chemistry while going to Catholic school, and how the things she was learning in her science classes began to relate to how she sees the world and the people in it. Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song Mandelbrot Set as our theme music.

This is a recording of a talk given by Dr. Ivan Phillipsen on April 1, 2014, in Portland Oregon, at a Nerd Nite event hosted by Via Productions. Ivan has a PhD in zoology from Oregon State University and runs a nature tour company called Volcano Lands. In this talk he describes what amphibians are, where they live, and their importance to the environment. He also talks about some of the species that live in the Pacific Northwest, such as red-legged frogs, coastal giant salamanders, and ensatinas, and where you can find them when you're out on a hike or in your backyard. He also explains why you shouldn't put newts in your mouth.    Want to come to an event? Visit www.ScienceOnTapORWA.org for more info. As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song Mandelbrot Set as our theme music.

What do you get when you add Jay-Z's "Problems" to Three Dog Night's "Loneliest Number"? In this Season 1 bonus round, puzzle guru Art Chung challenges contestants to solve simple arithmetic problems using numbers found in pop culture. Calculus is a lot less scary when it involves your favorite band.  Plus, Jonathan Coulton performs an original and puzzling song about fractals, "Mandelbrot Set."

We at the BoringTrousers are proud to bring you the BoringTrouser's Podcast!Very special thanks to Kyle Hebert for his contributions! The song in the intro and outro is Mandelbrot Set by Jonathan Coulton. Find more of his work here:http://www.jonathancoulton.comHosts: CJ, Adam, and SnixPrepare to learn things you never wanted to know on this week's episode!Follow us on Tumblr! boringtrousers.tumblr.comFollow us on Twitter! twitter.com/boringtrousersSee our YouTube videos! http://www.youtube.com/user/BoringTrousershttp://ia600403.us.archive.org/32/items/TheBoringTrousersPodcast-Episode2_Bubbles/episode2.mp3

We at the BoringTrousers are proud to bring you the first episode of the BoringTrouser's Podcast!Very special thanks to Kyle Hebert for his contributions! The song in the intro and outro is Mandelbrot Set by Jonathan Coulton. Find more of his work here:http://www.jonathancoulton.comHosts: CJ, Adam, and SnixDon't do any of the crap we said in the ending. If you wanna be on the podcast, we'd probably love to have you without you having to draw photo-realistic penises!Contact us on Tumblr! boringtrousers(dot)tumblr(dot)comhttp://ia600405.us.archive.org/11/items/BoringTrousersPodcastEpisode1/episode1.mp3