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China's entry into the World Trade Organization, normalizing trade relations with the PRC, was billed to the American public as a rising tide that lifts all boats. But decades later, many of the manufacturing workers who lost their jobs to cheaper Chinese goods have not recovered. And while the first “China shock” left millions of textile and low-skill manufacturing workers without a job, Chinese trade practices are now targeting sectors crucial to American prosperity and national security. How can the U.S. protect vital industries from unfair trade practices? And why is it so difficult to help those who lose their job to trade find new work? David Autor is the Daniel and Gail Rubinfeld Professor in the MIT Department of Economics and co-director of the National Bureau of Economic Research Labor Studies Program and the MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative. Autor is also an elected Fellow of the Econometrics Society, the Society of Labor Economists, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Faculty Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab. In 2019, the Economist labeled Autor “The academic voice of the American worker.”Read the transcript here. Subscribe to our Substack here.

¡Bienvenidos a "Mi última Neurona"! En este episodio, Jessica Chomik-Morales entrevista a la destacada neurocientífica Dra. María Luz González Gadea, explorando su viaje desde la psicología hasta la neurociencia y su investigación en el comportamiento infantil.Descubre cómo la Dra. González Gadea está transformando nuestra comprensión del desarrollo infantil, desde cómo procesan recompensas hasta experimentos con electroencefalogramas en juegos de cartas. La conversación aborda la igualdad de género en la ciencia, desafíos de las mujeres científicas como madres y la importancia de políticas de licencia parental.Exploramos el diagnóstico y tratamiento de trastornos del desarrollo como autismo y TDAH, destacando la heterogeneidad en los perfiles de los niños y la necesidad de un enfoque personalizado. Únete a nosotros mientras exploramos los misterios del cerebro infantil y cómo la ciencia da forma al futuro de la crianza y la neurociencia. ¡Suscríbete y únete a la conversación! MARCAS DE TIEMPO00:00 Intro00:47 Presentación01:54 Primeros intereses en neurociencia05:01 El paso de la psicología a la Neurociencia.06:50 ¿Cuál fue la pregunta que intentó contestar durante su doctorado?09:50 El impacto que tiene el feedback negativo en el aprendizaje de los niños.13:23 Medición de resultados del experimento a través de respuesta galvánica de la piel o skin conductance response. 17:16 Conclusiones del estudio con niños. ¿Es bueno marcarle los errores a los niños?19:33 Investigaciones sobre toma de decisiones morales.21:24 La tarea para la toma de decisiones: El dilema del prisionero.25:34 Sobre el altruismo en la neurociencia27:39 Cómo va cambiando nuestra percepción de la valoración social.29:18 El problema del tranvía. ¿En qué etapa del desarrollo se manifiestas decisiones morales o altruistas?32:50 ¿Nacemos altruistas?35:46 Investigaciones y publicaciones recientes de la Dra. María Luz González Gadea.36:22 Los niños y el experimento de las galletas y las arvejas. Ingorup vs Outgroup.38:00 La adaptación del experimento con el fútbol42:03 El cambio en el seguimiento de las normas entre niños y adolescentes42:46 Cómo es la vinculación con sus hijos desde su rol de psicóloga.46:46 Experiencia siendo científica, mujer y madre.55:04 Como es el caso de los niños con autismo y déficit atencional58:49 ¿Impacta tomar medicamentos desde temprano en la vida?1:01:02 ¿Hay diferencias en las personas neuroatípico en cuanto a la toma de decisiones?1:06:34 Comorbilidades comunes en el déficit atencional1:08:09 Diferencia entre un trastorno y una enfermedad.1:11:47 El mito de la relación entre las vacunas y el autismo.1:14:51 Consejos para los oyentes1:17:14 DespedidaEsta temporada es patrocinada por el McGovern Brain Institute, MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, el Picower Center for Learning and Memory, y MIT International Science and Technology InitiativesMúsica y diseño de sonido por David Samuel Production

En este episodio de Mi Última Neurona, Jessica Chomik-Morales entrevista a la Dra. María Juliana Leone, una destacada investigadora en cronobiología y sueño. Juntas exploran el recorrido de la Dra. Leone en la neurociencia, su investigación sobre los ritmos biológicos, los ciclos del sueño y cómo nuestros relojes internos afectan la salud y la productividad. La Dra. Leone desmitifica la idea de que los ritmos circadianos solo están relacionados con el sueño, explicando cómo estos ritmos regulan una amplia gama de procesos fisiológicos. Además, comparte sus estudios sobre adolescentes y cómo los horarios de entrada a la escuela influyen en la calidad del sueño y el rendimiento académico, así como los efectos de la pandemia en las rutinas diarias.Los oyentes también recibirán consejos sobre la importancia de la higiene del sueño, los pros y contras de los suplementos de melatonina y cómo los enfoques personalizados para entender los patrones de sueño pueden mejorar el bienestar físico y mental. Este episodio ofrece información valiosa para quienes estén interesados en la neurociencia, la ciencia del sueño y la importancia de respetar nuestros ritmos biológicos naturales.Ver la conversación: Youtube.com/@miultimaneuronaInstagram: @miultimaneuronapodcastSitio Web: https://www.miultimaneurona.com/00:00 Intro00:47 Presentación01:39 Cómo se interesó por el estudio del cerebro y la neurociencia.05:55 ¿Qué es la cronobiología?06:56 La gran pregunta durante el perorado: Relación entre el sistema inmune y el sistema circadiano08:48 ¿Hay diferencias en los ciclos circadianos entre personas?11:39 La presión de sueño.13:35 Opinión sobre la ingesta de melatonina y cuál es la molécula que se acumula para la presión de sueño17:21 Los diferentes cronotipos20:29 ¿Qué nos predispone a tener diferentes cronotipos?22:07 La influencia de la cultura de cada país en los cronotipos23:08 Cómo cambian los ciclos según la edad. Estudios en jóvenes y adolescentes.25:04 ¿A qué hora deberían entrar los adolescentes al colegio?28:23 El jet lag social29:41 Estudio de adolescentes que asisten en tres diferentes horarios al colegio.38:54 La importancia de considerar el horario de las evaluaciones42:02 ¿Cómo van cambiando los ciclos circadianos a medida que uno va creciendo?44:56 Desde una perspectiva biológica, ¿por qué necesitamos dormir?48:10 Paper de cómo cambió el sueño durante la pandemia.53:25 ¿Qué ocurre con las personas con trabajos en horario nocturno?54:30 ¿Qué es dormir bien?55:31 Mayores accidentes asociados a personas en turnos nocturnos o cansadas.57:29 ¿Cuánto debería durar una siesta?1:00:13 App “Mi reloj interno”1:02:09 ¿Sirven los smartwatch para las mediciones de sueño?01:04:52 La importancia de dormir y estudiar de a poco para consolidar la información en el cerebro.01:06:39 Consejos 01:11:33 DespedidaEnlaces de interés para este episodio:App “Mi reloj interno” https://www.mirelojinterno.orgEsta temporada es patrocinada por el McGovern Brain Institute, MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, el Picower Center for Learning and Memory, y MIT International Science and Technology InitiativesMúsica y diseño de sonido por David Samuel Production

En este episodio de Mi Última Neurona, Jessica Chomik-Morales habla con el Dr. Agustín Ibáñez, neurocientífico argentino, sobre demencia, Alzheimer y la importancia de la colaboración científica. Abordan temas como genética, desigualdades sociales, políticas públicas y la relación entre salud mental y física. El Dr. Ibáñez destaca la complejidad de la demencia y la necesidad de comprender las causas neurodegenerativas. También comparte iniciativas para reducir el estigma en Latinoamérica.Ver la conversación: Youtube.com/@miultimaneuronaInstagram: @miultimaneuronapodcastSitio Web: https://www.miultimaneurona.com/MARCAS DE TIEMPO00:00 Intro00:47 Presentación02:16 Primeros intereses en el cerebro, psicología y trayectoria académica.05:13 Tratar de primera mano con la demencia06:49 Cómo es el trato de la demencia en Latinoamérica08:55 Faltan políticas públicas de información para la prevención de demencia.10:02 Sobre ReDLat12:27 Trabajo de investigación con pacientes de demencia y estudios genéticos a sus familias14:12 Diferencia entre Alzheimer y Demencia17:58 La neeurociencia computacional al servicio del tratamiento y diagnóstico del Alzheimer19:10 La importancia de la interdisciplina en la investigación hoy20:28 ¿El doctor Ibáñez pone en práctica la vida sana?22:19 Sobre sus publicaciones: “Evaluación moral orientada a resultados en terroristas”.24:40 Prueba en pacientes con demencia frontotemporal, que mide la forma en que juzgamos las acciones inadecuadas25:31 La evaluación a sujetos terroristas para conocer factores predicadores de comportamiento violento27:51 La imposibilidad de predecir o conocer causas de un comportamiento, debido a la multiplicidad de factores29:37 “Las neurociencias de carbón”, teorías que necesitan reformulación30:25 ¿Cómo sacarle partido modelos computacionales para investigación?33:59 Los modelos sinergéticos35:18 Estudio sobre la predicción de enfermedades gracias a la desregularización del reloj biológico36:50 La fascinación por la interocepción40:09 Trabajo con el dr. Facundo Manes42:18 Consejos para los oyentes43:55 OutroLinks de interés para este episodioBiografía Agustín Ibáñez https://psicologia.uai.cl/profesor/ag...Multi-Partner Consortium to Expand Dementia Research in Latin America https://red-lat.com/Latin American and Caribbean Consortium on Dementia http://lac-cd.org/Esta temporada es patrocinada por el McGovern Brain Institute, MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, el Picower Center for Learning and Memory, y MIT International Science and Technology InitiativesMúsica y diseño de sonido por David Samuel Production

En este episodio de Mi Última Neurona, Jessica Chomik-Morales entrevista a la Dra. Josefina Cruzat, investigadora en la Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez de Chile. La Dra. Cruzat comparte sus experiencias en neuropsicología clínica y su trabajo en la caracterización cognitiva de pacientes con epilepsia refractaria, destacando el uso de pruebas cognitivas en tiempo real durante cirugías y la estimulación eléctrica para mapear áreas cerebrales.La entrevista aborda la interrelación entre lenguaje, funciones cognitivas y plasticidad cerebral, así como su transición hacia la neurociencia computacional. Además, se discuten temas como la investigación en enfermedades neurodegenerativas, el papel de mentores, y la representación latinoamericana en la ciencia y los sesgos en inteligencia artificial.Ver la conversación aquí: youtube.com/@miultimaneuronaSitio Web: https://www.miultimaneurona.com/MARCAS DE TIEMPO: 00:00 Intro00:47 Presentación02:11 Inicios y trayectoria académica de Josefina04:42 El trabajo en la unidad de epilepsia en el Hospital del Mar en Barcelona05:35 Test cognitivos para pacientes con epilepsia refractaria07:10 Monitoreo a pacientes antes, después y durante una cirugía cerebral.09:05 Características particulares del cerebro de cada individuo y por qué se hace necesario un monitoreo durante la cirugía10:37 Investigaciones a pacientes con electrodos intracraneales13:41 El despertar del interés por la neurociencia computacional.16:53 Un cambio radical con el doctorado: Dejar la clínica y volcarse a los datos y computadores20:15 El estudio de los estados cerebrales globales22:41 Abordando enfermedades neurodegenerativas como el Alzheimer desde la neurociencia computacional26:54 Preguntas específicas y límites de los modelos cerebrales computacionales.28:49 Tratamiento del Parkinson con Deep Brain Stimulators.30:30 Cómo se resuelven preguntas sobre el Alzheimer con modelos computacionales32:44 La sub representación de América Latina en la literatura sobre los estudios sobre enfermedades neurodegenerativas36:43 Ejemplo de modelos de medición ineficientes, ya que se concentran en datos de High income countries.39:57 Trabajo con psicodélicos44:32 Tipos de enfermedades que pueden tratarse con psicodélicos47:41 Los psicodélicos encontrados en la naturaleza han sido parte de nuestra historia como humanidad49:23 Resultados sorprendentes en el estudio de psicodélicos51:05 Consejos para los oyentesEnlaces de interés para este episodio:Oliver Sacks - El hombre que confundió a su mujer con un sombrero https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_homb...BrainLat UAI https://brainlat.uai.cl/Esta temporada es patrocinada por el McGovern Brain Institute, MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, el Picower Center for Learning and Memory, y MIT International Science and Technology InitiativesMúsica y diseño de sonido por David Samuel Production

En este episodio de "Mi Última Neurona", Jessica Chomik-Morales y la Dra. Patricia Soto-Icaza, exploran las complejidades de la neurociencia social, el desarrollo neurológico y los trastornos del espectro autista.La conversación abarca la experiencia de la doctora Soto Icaza como terapeuta, sus investigaciones sobre el autismo y la teoría de la mente, y cómo su trayectoria la llevó a este enfoque. Se analizan temas como las diferencias de género en el diagnóstico del autismo, la identificación de emociones, la comprensión social, y el camuflaje de síntomas en mujeres autistas. También se exploran diferencias en comportamientos repetitivos y su relación con dificultades cognitivas.Se destaca la importancia de comprender las características individuales para mejorar la interacción social, apoyado por estudios de resonancia magnética y electroencefalograma que muestran diferencias cerebrales en niños autistas. Además, se discuten debates sobre el autismo como trastorno o condición, la necesidad de investigaciones en contextos diversos, y la importancia de evitar la estigmatización en salud mental.Para ver la conversación: youtube.com/@miultimaneuronaSitio Web: https://www.miultimaneurona.com/Marcas de Tiempo00:00 Intro00:47 Presentación01:44 ¿Cómo Patricia se enamoró de la ciencia? Antecedentes de su trayectoria05:50 Tésis de magíster: interés en psicosis infantil para luego optar por el estudio del autismo09:00 Los desafíos de las personas con autismo para reconocer emociones ajenas, Teoría de la mente.10:45 Para los neurotípicos también es difícil una comunicación certera11:43 El camuflaje y el desgaste de las interacciones sociales para los neurodivergentes14:19 Dificultades del autismo: No sólo la dimensión social, también intereses restringidos o conductas repetitivas15:23 Prejuicios hacia las personas con autismo17:06 Diferencias entre hombres y mujeres autistas21:00 Las mujeres con adecuado funcionamiento cognitivo son difíciles de diagnosticar con autismo22:51 Los sesgos que tienen los profesionales al diagnosticar24:45 ¿En los autistas funcionan los lugares del cerebros dedicados al pensamiento social?32:05 El estudio de la Joint attention o atención conjunta34:23 Estudio con encefalograma a niños y niñas del espectro y neurotípicos.36:05 El experimento de la “falsa creencia”.41:17 El autismo es un trastorno o una enfermedad?44:19 Según la antipsiquiatría, los diagnósticos son para uso entre profesionales pero no definen a las personas48:37 Cómo la relación con los cuidadores afecta el desarrollo del cerebro de un niño o bebé49:31 Antes se consideraba la homosexualidad como un trastorno52:41 ¿Qué es realmente un trastorno?55:24 El DSM-5 debería cambiar para adaptarse a nosotros y no al revés57:15 El alivio para las familias cuando llega un diagnóstico 1:02:19 Cuando se tiene una condición donde no hay autonomía para tomar decisiones1:03:37 Trabajo actual de la dra. Soto-Icaza1:07:03 Consejos para los oyentes1:11:33 OutroEsta temporada es patrocinada por el McGovern Brain Institute, MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, el Picower Center for Learning and Memory, y MIT International Science and Technology InitiativesMúsica y diseño de sonido por David Samuel Production

En esta cautivadora episodio de "Mi Última Neurona", Jessica Chomik-Morales dialoga con el Dr. Gabriel León, destacado bioquímico, biólogo y comunicador científico chileno. Esta charla ofrece valiosas perspectivas sobre cómo la comunicación científica no solo se trata de transmitir conocimiento, sino también de comprender y conectar con la audiencia de manera emocional e inteligente. ¡No te pierdas esta conversación que nos desafía a mantener mentes abiertas y a fomentar un diálogo constructivo en nuestra sociedad diversa!Si quieres ver la conversación: youtube.com/@miultimaneuronaSitio Web: https://www.miultimaneurona.com/Marcas de tiempo:00:00 Intro00:47 Presentación02:13 ¿Cómo llegó a dedicarse a la ciencia y divulgación científica?05:44 La anécdota de la lesión de fútbol y un nuevo camino como comunicador08:03 El primer libro “La Ciencia Pop”11:30 ¿Hacía falta ser un científico exitoso para ser un divulgador exitoso?14:41 La preocupación de los colegas por haber dejado la Academia16:12 ¿Por qué a las personas les debería importar la ciencia?19:36 La importancia de la participación ciudadana en la ciencia21:35 ¿Cómo llegar al público general para que entiendan bien la ciencia?26:03 El camino a movilizar el conocimiento29:36 Hoy hay que encargarse de formar personas en divulgación científica30:24 Las sobre exigencias de la Academia32:23 Las universidades deberían ofrecer cursos de comunicación para todas las carreras34:10 La experiencia positiva con el público al ser comunicador científico36:04 Experiencia con una detractora de la evidencia científica42:50 Como la lectura solía ser una herramienta de aprendizaje y ya no lo es. El peligro de creer todo lo que sale en Internet.44:55 ¿Cómo una persona puede distinguir información veraz de falsa?45:56 La importancia de tener cultura científica47:22 El ejercicio intelectual de discutir50:05 La ciencia es un ejercicio de humildad51:04 Consejos para los oyentes55:12 Cierre55:38 OutroLinks de interés para este episodio:Podcast La Ciencia Pop https://open.spotify.com/show/5WuaHQe...Esta temporada es patrocinada por el McGovern Brain Institute, MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, el Picower Center for Learning and Memory, y MIT International Science and Technology InitiativesMúsica y diseño de sonido por David Samuel Production

En este episodio de, "Mi Última Neurona", Jessica Chomik-Morales y la Dra. Constanza Baquedano profundizan en temas de gran relevancia: desde el abordaje del Trastorno por Déficit de Atención e Hiperactividad (TDAH) y las estrategias aplicadas en niños hasta la intrigante exploración de los estados alterados de conciencia, el poder de los psicodélicos y el impacto de la meditación y el mindfulness en nuestra vida diaria.Sumérgete en la discusión sobre cómo se gestionan las dificultades asociadas al TDAH, explorando alternativas más allá de los fármacos y adentrándote en estrategias innovadoras. Además, adquiere un conocimiento más profundo sobre la influencia de la meditación y el mindfulness en la percepción de la realidad y su impacto en nuestros patrones de pensamiento y fisiología.Descubre las intrigantes investigaciones y controversias en torno al uso terapéutico de psicodélicos, especialmente en casos de depresión resistente, y cómo estos pueden alterar significativamente los estados de conciencia. Ver el episodio: youtube.com/@miultimaneuronaSitio Web: https://www.miultimaneurona.com/Marcas de Tiempo:00:00 Intro01:27 Primeros intereses en la neurociencia02:42 ¿Qué es el MDMA?03:14 Segunda unidad de investigación: Efectos de la nicotina con modelos de ratas06:49 El cambio desde modelos animales a trabajar con seres humanos07:54 Estudios en niños con déficit atencional a través de Continuous Performance Test11:54:26 ¿Cómo se localizan las distintas ondas cerebrales? Uso de EEG, MEG y FMRI14:05 Cómo estas mediciones pueden ayudar a niños con déficit atencional15:16 ¿Qué se puede hacer con los niños que no responden a fármacos20:13 Los colegios que exigen medicación: Un problema de diseño para integrar la neurodivergencia22:11 Lidiar con TDAH a través de la meditación25:50 ¿Qué temas estudió en su doctorado sobre meditación? 28:00 Experimento de cognitive bits a través de estímulos con imágenes de comida31:24. Cómo los biases o sesgos se conectan en la percepción de la realidad35:52 Cómo el mindfulness puede apaciguar síntomas de depresión43:35 ¿Qué pasa en el cerebro en meditaciones profundas? ¿El cerebro de los monjes es diferente?50:00 ¿El rezo es una forma de meditación?53:58 El estado no ordinario de consciencia 1:00:24 ¿Se pueden lograr estados de consciencia similares a los que se logra con psicodélicos solo con meditación?1:01:26 Psilocibina para depresión resistente1:04:08 Mentes diferentes: a no todos les sirven las sustancias o los fármacos o incluso el mindfulness1:05:56 Ketamina como SOS1:10:30 Uso de psicodélicos como terapia: funcionan las macro dosis.1:13:36 Por qué vale la pena replicar en Chile un estudio que ya se hizo en Estados Unidos1:15:21 Como es ser mujer en neurociencia en Chile y Latinoamérica11:22:05 Consejos para oyentes y jóvenes estudiantes1:24:08 OutroLinks de interés para este episodioPapers Bernardo Morales https://investigadores.anid.cl/es/pub...Esta temporada es patrocinada por el McGovern Brain Institute, MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, el Picower Center for Learning and Memory, y MIT International Science and Technology InitiativesMúsica y diseño de sonido por David Samuel Production

En este episodio de, "Mi Última Neurona", Jessica Chomik-Morales y el Dr. Pedro Maldonado participan en una fascinante conversación sobre el cerebro, la conciencia y los límites de la inteligencia artificial. Los temas cubren desde cómo el cerebro genera conductas y percepciones hasta la posibilidad de crear un cerebro artificial y sus implicaciones en la conciencia. Además, se discute la importancia de la divulgación científica, la conexión entre ciencia y sociedad, y la promoción del pensamiento crítico. Este diálogo es un fascinante recorrido por las investigaciones y trayectoria académica del Dr. Maldonado y reflexiones sobre la ciencia en nuestra sociedad.Ver el episodio aqui: youtube.com/@miultimaneuronaSitio Web: https://www.miultimaneurona.comMarcas de Tiempo:00:00 Intro00:47 Presentación01:40 ¿Qué le atrajo al Dr. Maldonado a la ciencia?04:14 Uso de modelos animales para la aplicación en humanos05:21 Interés por la percepción10:00 Estudios sobre la visión con monos10:58 Estudios en humanos a través de electroencefalografía12:03 Estudios de neurociencia cognitiva de Jean Livet13:13 Sobre libre albedrío15:43 Las preguntas e investigaciones en el laboratorio con células cultivadas 22:43 Ventajas de los cultivos celulares y cómo el algoritmo de aprendizaje neuronal se puede aplicar a IA27:08 ¿Se puede entrenar a un cerebro cultivado? Ejemplo a partir de SNF 2019 y el cerebro que se estaba creando en laboratorio.31:14 Distinguir entre la realidad y la simulación que se realiza en el cerebro sobre una realidad34:16 Cómo funcionan los altos y bajos de consciencia, en humanos y modelos animales36:35 Investigaciones de percepción activa a nivel humano40:03 Investigación en modelos animales a partir de la colaboración con otros investigadores del mundo42:31 En Neurociencia hay muchos datos pero poca teoría46:13 Cómo realizar un experimento de gran impacto con pocos recursos47:15 El libro de Pedro Maldonado: “¿Por qué tenemos el cerebro en la cabeza?51:02 El deber del científico de conectarse con la sociedad para informar, caso del alcoholismo52:47 Mitos de la ciencia que se construyen por la prensa: El efecto Mozart54:12 Otro mito: Usamos 10% del cerebro56:54 Falta que los científicos aprendan la forma de divulgar sus estudios y resultados al público no científico.59:53 Cómo desarrollar pensamiento crítico en la educación1:00:39 Los dos mecanismos que impiden la flexibilidad mental: Default mode network y el confabulador1:04:41 Situación académica en neurociencia en Chile1:13:31 Consejos para los oyentes1:16:14 OutroLinks de interés para este episodio:https://mitpress.mit.edu/978026252579...https://uchile.cl/publicaciones/15734...https://neurotree.org/beta/publicatio...Esta temporada es patrocinada por el McGovern Brain Institute, MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, el Picower Center for Learning and Memory, y MIT International Science and Technology InitiativesMúsica y diseño de sonido por David Samuel Production

En el reciente episodio de "Mi Última Neurona", Jessica Chomik Morales conversa con la Dra. Gissella Bejarano, profesora visitante en la Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Desde su viaje académico en Ingeniería Informática hasta la Maestría en Ciencias de la Computación en la Universidad STI de Nueva York, la Dra. Bejarano comparte sus experiencias, incluida su incursión en inteligencia artificial para el diseño de horarios de enfermería.Exploran desafíos y éxitos al buscar becas de investigación, como la Fulbright, y reflexionan sobre las oportunidades y limitaciones de la investigación en Perú. La conversación aborda la intersección entre la política peruana y la investigación científica, resaltando la importancia de la mentoría, el respaldo a jóvenes investigadores y el avance tecnológico en la academia.La Dra. Bejarano también comparte sus experiencias en machine learning, desde deep learning hasta proyectos en Smart Cities y la creación de un diccionario web para traducción de señas mediante machine learning.Desde las variaciones en la lengua de señas hasta la divulgación científica, esta charla ofrece una perspectiva única sobre ciencia, lingüística y experiencias académicas.

En este episodio de "Mi Última Neurona," Jessica Chomik-Morales conversa con la Dra. Zulma Dueñas, experta en neurobiología del estrés. La Dra. Dueñas aborda el impacto del vínculo materno en el desarrollo infantil, incluyendo aspectos de salud mental y física. También destaca la necesidad de apoyo gubernamental para la investigación en Colombia. La conversación explora la relación entre neurociencia y educación, la importancia de estándares elevados en programas de neurociencia, y menciona un congreso nacional de neurociencia en Colombia. Se discuten investigaciones relevantes, desde el vínculo materno y el riesgo de cáncer de mama hasta el tratamiento positivo del TDAH en niños. Además, se ofrecen consejos sobre la educación de adolescentes, enfatizando la comunicación y establecimiento de límites.Ver la conversación: www.youtube.com/@miultimaneuronaSitio Web: https://www.miultimaneurona.com/MARCAS DE TIEMPO00:00 Intro00:47 Presentación01:55 Trayectoria académica y profesional de Zulma Dueñas04:32 Los inicios en la química y biología05:13 Proyeto de Master: Efectos de la prolactina en la inhibición de angiogénesis05:47 Tesis de doctorado: De modelos animales a ayudar a niños con ceguera06:26 Post doctorado: trabajo con tejidos post mortem de pacientes con Alzheimer07:06 Volver a Colombia gracias a la electrofisiología08:06 El salto hacia el estrés en maternidad10:21 Casos en Colombia sobre disrupción del vínculo materno e impacto en los jóvenes.13:49 Apoyos necesarios para evitar hiperactividad en niños15:01 La importancia de la figura materna y/o paterna en etapas tempranas15:30 El cambio en las estructuras familiares y la resiliencia16:48 Los cambios sociales en Latinoamérica y el rol de los científicos en ellos.17:53 Diferencias entre los países para la solicitud de recursos21:57 Recomendación para facilitar los estudios de postgrado en Colombia23:44 La obligación de ser docente para ser investigador27:47 Paper sobre la falta de oportunidades en Latinoamérica para neurocientíficos29:12 Paridad en el Colegio Colombiano de Neurociencias31:41 LatBrain33:26 Incrementar la representación y participación de neurocientíficos latinoamericanos35:40 La brecha idiomática en las publicaciones científicas39:56 Ejemplo de Brasil: publicaciones en portugués e inglés40:52 La necesidad de la Science Communication43:19 Pre registro de investigaciones45:39 Relación entre el vínculo materno y la predisposición a desarrollar cáncer de mama46:29 Cómo tratar a un niño con hiperactividad47:24 Opinión sobre administración de fármacos a los niños50:37 El trato de los adultos hacia los adolescentes51:27 Consejos para padres con niños y adolescentes hiperactivos56:20 Consejos para los oyentes58:30 OutroLinks de interés para este episodio:Instagram Johanna Ceballos: @dynnacor_quinn @cienciacoEsta temporada es patrocinada por el McGovern Brain Institute, MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, el Picower Center for Learning and Memory, y MIT International Science and Technology InitiativesMúsica y diseño de sonido por David Samuel Productions

En este episodio del podcast "Mi Última Neurona", Jessica Chomik-Morales entrevista al Dr. Hernando Santamaría García, un destacado neurocientífico y psiquiatra de Colombia. La conversación abarca su trayectoria académica y su interés en la neurociencia social. Discuten la importancia de la interdisciplinariedad en la investigación y cómo los procesos sociales y cerebrales están conectados.El Dr. Santamaría comparte sus investigaciones sobre la influencia de la jerarquía social en el cerebro y cómo la toma de perspectiva desempeña un papel crucial. También habla del uso de técnicas de resonancia magnética y electroencefalogramas en su trabajo.Puedes mirar la conversación aquí: www.youtube.com/@miultimaneuronaSitio Web: https://www.miultimaneurona.com/MARCAS DE TIEMPO00:00 Intro00:47 Presentación01:36 Trayectoria y cómo comenzó el interés en neurociencia04:59 Maestría en Barcelona e inicios como investigador06:01 Espacios multidisciplinarios de investigación08:02 Paper If you are good, I get better09:13 Construcción una jerarquía social artificial12:41 Interacción con persona jerárquicamente inferior15:10 Información social instintiva18:12 Evolución del ser humano en relaciones sociales para sobrevivir26:15 Nociones de neurociencia social: Cerebro no estático29:12 PhD en Jerarquía Social30:35 Trabajo con Agustín Ibáñez y Facundo Manes33:38 Su investigación en el postdoctorado36:11 Compartir experiencia afectiva del otro (Affective Sharing)40:41 Empatía y salud mental de los profesionales de la salud49:31 Diferencia neuronal entre personalidad antisocial, baja empatía y lo que la usan poco54:10 Cuando los niños aprenden a mentir57:02 diferencia personas que trabajan con público y personas antisociales59:35 Violencia en Colombia y personalidad antisocial1:03:31 Reacción sociedad civil en guerra, Nazis y Colombia1:10:46 Distintos tipos de violencia1:11:40 Normalización de la violencia1:13:30 Cognición y reclutamiento de los ex guerrilleros para los estudios1:18:37 Violencia de la humanidad en el mundo1:25:59 Deshumanización del ser humano1:29:43 Psiquiatría computacional1:39:38 Consejos para los oyentes1:42:13 OutroEsta temporada es patrocinada por el McGovern Brain Institute, MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, el Picower Center for Learning and Memory, y MIT International Science and Technology InitiativesAnimación y diseño por jpdesign.tvMúsica y diseño de sonido por David Samuel Productions

En este episodio de "Mi Última Neurona," Jessica Chomik-Morales entrevista a la Dra. Lina Becerra, destacada investigadora de la Universidad del Valle y la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana en Cali, Colombia. La conversación abarca una amplia gama de temas, desde enfermedades cerebrales como la esquizofrenia y el autismo hasta el COVID-19 y la meditación. Profundizamos en su investigación sobre la meditación mindfulness y cómo puede mejorar la atención y el manejo del estrés. La Dra. Becerra también comparte su experiencia en el laboratorio, enfatizando la importancia de la formación en investigación y su papel como mentora.Puedes ver el episodio aquí: www.youtube.com/@miultimaneuronaSitio Web: https://www.miultimaneurona.com/MARCAS DE TIEMPO 00:00 Intro01:01 Presentación01:50 Trayectoria académica de Lina Becerra04:48 El primer acercamiento al laboratorio08:33 Variedad de investigaciones: Esquizofrenia, autismo, COVID-1909:12 La docencia en vez de la medicina11:11 Estudio sobre meditación y estrés12:49 ¿Cuál es el foco de atención al meditar?14:00 Cómo afecta el meditar a reducir estrés14:59 Momento del día para practicar mindfulness16:05 La importancia de publicar en inglés y en español19:43 Relato como método de divulgación científica20:26 Podcast como medio de llegar al público22:31 Cómo se originó la creación de su contenido por YouTube25:40 Una de las investigaciones actuales: Síndrome de Guillain-Barré y relación con el COVID-1927:59 Los efectos de los Vapes28:29 Estudios TEA y epilepsia con inmunodepresora histología32:09 Distintas formas de estudiar autismo y epilepsia33:53 Cómo reclutan pacientes para los estudios36:46 Su experiencia en ciencia y neurociencia siendo mujer y en Latinoamérica42:24 Consejos para los oyentes45:02 Cierre y despedida45:43 OutroLinks de interés para este episodioCanal de YouTube de Lina: www.youtube.com/@encefalina Esta temporada es patrocinada por el McGovern Brain Institute, MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, el Picower Center for Learning and Memory, y MIT International Science and Technology InitiativesAnimación y diseño por jpdesign.tvMúsica y diseño de sonido por David Samuel Productions

En la conversación, se descubre cómo el cerebro adicto puede cambiar su enfoque de una sustancia a otra y la dificultad de encontrar tratamientos efectivos. También se abordan cuestiones éticas en la investigación en neurociencia y la importancia de educar al público sobre la ciencia. Además, se discuten los desafíos que enfrentan los investigadores al buscar financiamiento y la falta de capacitación en solicitudes de subvenciones.Este diálogo ofrece una visión interesante de la carrera e investigación del Dr. Eduardo Garza Villarreal en neurociencia, con énfasis en el uso de la música como terapia para el dolor crónico. También se analizan las diferencias en la formación médica y las oportunidades de investigación en México y otros lugares.Si te interesa la neurocíencia desde una perspectiva informada y accesible, este video es para ti. ¡No dudes en suscribirte para más contenido sobre la mente y el cerebro!Ver el episodio aquí: www.youtube.com/@miultimaneuronaSitio Web: https://www.miultimaneurona.com/MARCAS DE TIEMPO00:00 Intro00:49 Presentación01:07 Motivación para estudiar neurociencia04:28 Las diferencias entre México y Dinamarca para el estudio10:30 La música y el dolor. ¿Cómo el cuerpo disminuye el dolor al escuchar música?14:52 Uso de la música para pacientes con Parkinson17:30 Las dificultades de hacer investigación y clínica a la vez en México19:05 El regreso a México luego de Dinamarca21:34 Definición de fondos semilla (startup funds)25:52 La importancia de la filantropía en la ciencia27:49 Investigación en adicciones31:51 Estimulación Magnética Transcraneal39:52 Cómo cambiar el estigma sobre las adicciones44:19 Predisposición genética en adicciones50:48 El problema con los vapes51:56 La dificultad de hacer estudios sobre adicciones en México52:38 Consejos para los oyentesLinks de interés para este capítulo:Artículo de la paciente de fibromialgia (https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/...)Marisela Morales (https://irp.nih.gov/pi/marisela-morales)Esta temporada es patrocinada por el McGovern Brain Institute, MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, el Picower Center for Learning and Memory, y MIT International Science and Technology InitiativesAnimación y diseño por jpdesign.tvMúsica y diseño de sonido por David Samuel Productions

Bienvenidos a otro episodio de 'Mi Última Neurona' presentado por Jessica Chomik-Morales. A lo largo de la entrevista, exploramos la neurociencia junto al Dr. Luis Concha del Instituto de Neurobiología de la UNAM. Descubre su viaje desde la medicina general hasta la investigación en epilepsia, una discusión de la 'normalidad' cerebral, la resonancia magnética como técnica y sus consejos para futuros científicos.Ver el episodio aquí: www.youtube.com/@miultimaneuronaSitio Web: https://www.miultimaneurona.com/Esta temporada es patrocinada por el McGovern Brain Institute, MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, el Picower Center for Learning and Memory, y MIT International Science and Technology InitiativesAnimación y diseño por jpdesign.tvMúsica y diseño de sonido por David Samuel Productions

En esta entrevista con el Dr. Oswaldo Pérez, exploramos temas interesantes como neurociencia computacional, inteligencia artificial, algoritmos y modelos computacionales. Además, descubrimos cómo los algoritmos están contribuyendo a la clínica, especialmente en la prevención del edema macular en pacientes con diabetes. También hablamos sobre telemedicina y cómo los modelos de lenguaje, como Chat GPT, están influyendo en la comunicación en el campo médico. ¡No te la pierdas si te interesa la ciencia y la tecnología!Puedes ver la entrevista aquí: www.youtube.com/@miutltimaneuronaMARCAS DE TIEMPO:00:00 Intro01:02 Presentación01:34 Trayectoria académica de Oswaldo Pérez02:53 Reconstruir el estímulo neuronal03:50 Programar con actividad neuronal06:42 Machine Learning con redes neuronales convolucionales08:10 Formación en neurociencias10:10 Aplicación de mutidisciplinas en la neurociencia11:22 Escala de milisegundos: Como el sistema nervioso procesa información de tiempo17:46 ¿Cuáles son las implicaciones para la inteligencia artificial de reconocer el paso del tiempo?21:29 ¿Hay neuronas que están especializadas para el procesamiento del tiempo a escalas más largas como horas? 29:03 ¿Qué es un edema macular diabético? 39:35 Consejos para oyentesSitio Web: https://www.miultimaneurona.com/Esta temporada es patrocinada por el McGovern Brain Institute, MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, el Picower Center for Learning and Memory, y MIT International Science and Technology InitiativesAnimación y diseño por jpdesign.tvMúsica y diseño de sonido por David Samuel Productions

En este episodio, el Dr. Raúl Paredes y yo exploramos su trayectoria académica y sus investigaciones en Neurobiología de la conducta sexual y plasticidad cerebral. Hablamos sobre qué estructuras y circuitos cerebrales influyen en diferentes comportamientos y cómo esta información puede aplicarse a individuos normales y aquellos con patologías. También abordamos temas interesantes como la monogamia en topillos de la pradera y su relación con la oxitocina, además de discutir el problema de la diabetes en México y las investigaciones para ayudar a pacientes amputados debido a esta enfermedad. ¡No te pierdas esta conversación informativa!Video de la charla: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJtoi5Bp_qoMarcas de Tiempo: 00:00 Intro01:02 Presentación02:21 Trayectoria académica del Dr. Paredes04:37 Post-doc con el Dr. Michael Baum en Universidad de Boston06:28 Dr. Anders Agmo en la Universidad Anáhuac09:28 ¿Por qué estudiar la conducta sexual?10:11 Estudiar conducta sexual con animales: Topillo de la pradera11:01 Similitud entre el sistema hormonal sexual de las ratas y los humanos (modelos animales)13:34 Hormonas y el Efecto Coolidge en los topillos de la pradera (Ventura-Aquino et al, 2017)15:54 ¿El ser humano es monógamo por diseño?18:13 ¿Qué es el Efecto Coolidge? Diferencias entre la saciación sexual de los machos ylas hembras21:24 Como “preguntarle” a un modelo animal qué le gusta24:35 Las hormonas, la homosexualidad en seres humanos, y conductas homotípicas enmodelos animales25:16 Escala de Kinsey29:12 Diferencias Biológicas en aspectos físicos, cognitivos, y comportamientos31:01 Resonancia magnética funcional para estudiar áreas y redes40:23 Plasticidad cerebral y biomecánica en pacientes amputados y deportistas41:55 La Diabetes es la causa numero uno de amputados en EEUU y México45:31 Estudios de pacientes con prótesis48:47 Dr. Pawan Sinha, Neurocientifico referenciado del MIT https://www.sinhalab.mit.edu52:02 Consejos para oyentesPueden escuchar los episodios de la primera y segunda temporada en: - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4tif9z6...- Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...- Sitio Web: https://www.miultimaneurona.com/Esta temporada es patrocinada por el McGovern Brain Institute, MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, el Picower Center for Learning and Memory, y MIT International Science and Technology InitiativesAnimacion y diseño por jpdesign.tvMúsica y diseño de sonido por David Samuel Productions

Matthew Bannister onFrank Duckworth, the statistician whose name will forever be associated with the Duckworth-Lewis method of calculating scores for rain affected cricket matches. Leah Levin, who campaigned to overturn miscarriages of justice and gain reparations for victims of torture. Professor Mary-Lou Pardue, the eminent biologist who fought against sexism at the American University, M.I.T.Joss Naylor, the fell runner who broke the Lake District 24-hour record three times and ran the fastest known times on the Three Peaks and the Pennine Way.Interviewee: Rob Eastaway Interviewee: Hans Thoolen Interviewee: Professor Susan Gerbi Interviewee: Professor Nancy Hopkins Interviewee: David Powell-ThompsonProducer: Gareth Nelson-DaviesArchive used:Frank Duckworth interview, Broadcasting House, BBC Radio 4, 21/06/2021; England Test Match Special, West Indies v England, BBC ONE, 16/03/1968; England Cricket Sport Report, BBC Sport, 30/01/2005; Leah Levin keynote speech, Kingston University graduation ceremony, 2019; Leah Levin interview, London Plus News, BBC ONE South East, 11/10/1984; Leah Levin , BBC Breakfast Time, BBC ONE, 04/10/1985; A Conversation with Mary Lou Pardue, MIT Department of Biology, YouTube Upload, 24/08/2020; Joss Naylor profile, Countryfile, BBC ONE 30/07/2018; Joss Naylor interview, Farming Today, BBC Radio 4, 19/06/2021; Joss Naylor interview, Nationwide, BBC ONE, 1973; Joss Naylor interview Cherry Pit Spitting , BBC News, 02/07/1981;

Can you imagine living through more than 500 aftershocks after a strong earthquake?  That was what rocked Taiwan over the past week or so, following a 7.4 magnitude quake that hit Hualien earlier this month - the strongest to hit the region in a quarter-century. But some are worried that this earthquake is not the biggest event in this sequence. Is that a possibility that can be ruled out at this point? On episode of Breakfast Special, Yin Yifan, Seismologist & Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences weighs in. Presented by: Emaad Akhtar & Audrey Siek Produced & Edited by: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg) Photo credits: AFPSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We've all had a stressful few days, the news cycle leaving us with heavy hearts. Sometimes we need to find ways to break that feeling, and for a lot of us that can be popping in our headphones and switching on some music.  It's no secret that music can make us feel certain ways, but did you know there is science to suggest that certain types of music can improve our brains in a number of different ways.  In this episode of The Quicky, find out how you can calm your brain and benefit your mental health by listening to Low-Fi music.  Click here to take the latest Mamamia survey and you'll go in the running to win one of five $100 gift vouchers Subscribe to Mamamia GET IN TOUCH Share your story, feedback, or dilemma! Send us a voice note or email us at podcast@mamamia.com.au and one of our Podcast Producers will come back to you ASAP. CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at thequicky@mamamia.com.au CREDITS Host: Claire Murphy With thanks to: Kevin Woods - Director of Science at Brain.FM. He has a doctorate from the Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology, Harvard University, for work performed in the Lab for Computational Audition, MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Producers: Claire Murphy Executive Producer: Kally BorgAudio Producer: Thom LionBecome a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome back to a brand-new season of Technically Human! We're thrilled to be back with new episodes of the show. We are kicking off the new season, and the new year, with an episode featuring one of my favorite thinkers, Dr. Deborah Stone, to talk about what it means to count—that is to say, what it means to measure, and what it means to matter. Dr. Deborah Stone is currently a Lecturer in Public Policy in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT. She is also an Honorary Professor of Political Science at Aarhus University in Denmark, where she occasionally teaches as a visiting professor. She has taught at Duke University in the Institute of Policy Sciences (1974-77); MIT Department of Political Science (1977-86); Brandeis University Heller School, where she held the David R. Pokross Chair of Law and Social Policy (1986-99); and Dartmouth College Government Department, where she was Research Professor of Government (1999-2014). She has taught as a visitor at Yale, Tulane, University of Bremen, Germany, and National Chung Cheng University in Taiwan. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan and holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from MIT. Stone is the author of Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision-Making, which has been published in multiple editions (W.W. Norton), translated into five languages, and won the Aaron Wildavsky Award from the American Political Science Association for its enduring contribution to policy studies. She has also authored three other books: The Samaritan's Dilemma (Nation Books, 2008), The Disabled State (Temple University Press 1984), and The Limits of Professional Power (University of Chicago Press, 1980). She serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Health Politics, and Policy and Law (of which she was a founder); Women, Politics and Public Policy, and Critical Policy Studies. In addition to numerous articles in academic journals and book chapters, she writes for general audiences. She was the founding senior editor of The American Prospect and her articles have appeared there as well as in in Nation, New Republic, Boston Review, Civilization, Natural History, and Natural New England. Stone has held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, Harvard Law School, German Marshall Fund, Open Society Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She was a Phi Beta Kappa Society Visiting Scholar in 2005-2006, and a Senior Fellow at Demos from 2008-2012. She has served as a consultant to the Social Security Administration, the Institute of Medicine, the Office of Technology Assessment, and the Human Genome Project. Stone is also the recipient of numerous professional awards, including, the 2013 Charles M. McCoy Career Achievement Award for a progressive political scientist who has had a long successful career as a writer, teacher, and activist (American Political Science Association).

Ever wondered about the science behind your favorite tunes or podcasts? John us as we talk to Marion Boeri, Associate Director, Thought Leadership Research at Spotify and Josh McDermott, Associate Professor at MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Marion and Josh share insights on how audio shapes our experiences and emotions and how that relates to business strategy. Discover the intricate relationship between sound and human behavior in this compelling conversation.

Did you know that nearly 10 percent of all CO2 emissions come from the creation of cement alone? That's more than from all aviation! We rarely think about cement despite the fact that our society would literally collapse without it. Roads, bridges, buildings, and more all depend on this material that's so ubiquitous we barely even notice it. In fact, concrete is by far the heaviest part of humanity's footprint on the planet, and today all the materials we've built with it are heavier than the weight of all living beings on the earth. In other words, the carbon intensity of cement production is a big deal. In this episode, we talk with Sublime Systems co-founder Leah Ellis about her effort to decarbonize cement production for which she's already raised $50 million.  As you'll hear, rather than heating up limestone to hellish temperatures to make cement—the currently dominant method—Sublime harnesses the power of electro-chemistry to convert calcium-bearing rocks into cement at room temperature, thereby slashing emissions. Already Sublime has built a $10 million pilot plant demonstrating the viability of its technology and it plans to make its commercial debut within 2023. Next step: build a full scale commercial factory that can really start making the dent in the climate crisis that Leah is seeking to make. Discussed in this episode The Romans were pretty good at making cement! Sublime Systems raised a $40 million Series A round in 2023 Patent applications from Sublime Systems CNBC on Leah's work with Sublime Systems More about Leah Ellis Leah Ellis is the CEO and co-founder of Sublime Systems, a company that aims to revolutionize cement production through its breakthrough low-carbon process. With a pilot plant in Somerville, Massachusetts capable of producing 100 tons of decarbonized cement annually, Sublime recently secured a $40 million series A funding to drive growth. Leah and her co-founder, Yet-Ming Chiang, developed the technology while she was an NSERC/Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at the MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Leah holds a PhD in chemistry from Dalhousie University, where she worked with Professor Jeff Dahn on lithium-ion battery optimization in partnership with 3M and Tesla. Leah was named among MIT Technology Review's 35 Innovators under 35 and is among the World Economic Forum's Technology Pioneers.

Ford Professor in the MIT Department of Economics David Autor joins Data Nation to explore how AI automation can replace, augment, and unpredictably change how we work.

Anne Graziano and Eliyahu Keller, editors of Thresholds 46: SCATTER!, talk about the mission of the journal; the making of the SCATTER! issue; the role of student journals; and how to make architectural knowledge and education more accessible. Established in 1992, Thresholds is the annual peer-reviewed journal produced by the MIT Department of Architecture. Each independently themed issue features content from leading scholars and practitioners in the fields of architecture, art, and culture. About the Speakers: Anne Graziano is a student of architecture, artist, and editor. She is currently a Master of Architecture candidate and graduate fellow at MIT. Her studies focus on representation and circulation of architecture and architectural knowledge as it pertains to digital and physical infrastructures. Eliyahu Keller is an architect, researcher, and author. He is currently pursuing a PhD in history, theory, and criticism of architecture and art at MIT. He has served as a research assistant for the Harvard-Mellon Urban Initiative and was a member of the Berlin Portal Research Group. Related Content: Thresholds 45: MYTH Thresholds 46: SCATTER! on Facebook Thresholds 46: SCATTER! on Instragram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Anne Graziano and Eliyahu Keller, editors of Thresholds 46: SCATTER!, talk about the mission of the journal; the making of the SCATTER! issue; the role of student journals; and how to make architectural knowledge and education more accessible. Established in 1992, Thresholds is the annual peer-reviewed journal produced by the MIT Department of Architecture. Each independently themed issue features content from leading scholars and practitioners in the fields of architecture, art, and culture. About the Speakers: Anne Graziano is a student of architecture, artist, and editor. She is currently a Master of Architecture candidate and graduate fellow at MIT. Her studies focus on representation and circulation of architecture and architectural knowledge as it pertains to digital and physical infrastructures. Eliyahu Keller is an architect, researcher, and author. He is currently pursuing a PhD in history, theory, and criticism of architecture and art at MIT. He has served as a research assistant for the Harvard-Mellon Urban Initiative and was a member of the Berlin Portal Research Group. Related Content: Thresholds 45: MYTH Thresholds 46: SCATTER! on Facebook Thresholds 46: SCATTER! on Instragram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/architecture

ChatGPT is the latest example of technology that appears to be able to execute tasks that would have required the services of high level academics not too long ago. Similar AI initiatives are taking place across the world, which begs the question: is automation coming for knowledge work next? In this episode of the Sound of Economics, Giuseppe Porcaro invites Maria Savona, Professor of Applied Economics at the Department of Economics at LUISS University, Rome and Professor of Economics of innovation at SPRU, Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex, UK, and David Autor, Ford Professor in the MIT Department of Economics, to discuss different perspectives and lessons from the US and Europe on the design of digital automation technologies and their implications for the future of work. This podcast was produced within the project "Transatlantic expert group on the future of work", with the financial support of the European Union. Its contents are the sole responsibility of Bruegel, AISBL and The German Marshall Fund of the United States and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union.

Recorded at the Institute of Physics in London, this is a discussion with Professor Dennis Whyte, the Hitachi America Professor of Engineering at MIT, a professor in the MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering and the Director of the MIT Plasma Science & Fusion Center. He's the winner of numerous accolades, including in 2018 the Fusion Power Associates Leadership Award which is given annually to individuals who have shown outstanding leadership qualities in accelerating the development of fusion. This leadership extends to heading up the fusion project SPARC, a compact, high-field, fusion energy device, in collaboration with MIT-born private fusion startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems. The day before this interview I was lucky enough to listen to him speak at FUSION22, which took place at the Science Museum in London. It was incredibly exciting to learn more about the extraordinary strides that are being made towards a reality of commercial fusion energy. It's a really dynamic field and I hope you enjoy the conversation. The Galileo Interviews on: » YouTube | https://youtu.be/ozsRXzQ-S7w?sub_confirmation=1 » Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/thegalileoi... » LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/theg... Chapters: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:31 Reasons to be a future employee 00:04:10 'The research bug' and finding your motivation 00:07:18 What is nuclear fusion and how are we trying to harness it for energy? 00:10:47 The SPARC project and extraordinary successes 00:17:20 Remaining challenges for young people to get excited about 00:22:10 Collaboration in fusion 00:27:13 Politics and development hurdles 00:29:35 Leadership 00:31:58 Advice for an 18 year old self

"Mutations are the price that all animals must pay, starting with jellyfish all the way up to us humans" Today on The G Word, Parker Moss, our Chief Commercial Officer is joined by Professor Robert (Bob) Weinberg. Professor Weinberg is a founding member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and is a well-respected Professor in the MIT Department of Biology. He is the author of the legendary paper, the Hallmarks of Cancer, which was one of the most cited papers on life sciences of all time, and still provides us with much of the language of modern cancer biology.  They discuss why cancer occurs, why it spreads, the challenges and the hopes for early detection, and how research is contributing to improving survival for patients around the world.  

Noam Chomsky is "arguably the most important intellectual alive," the founder of modern linguistics, one of the most cited scholars in history, and the author of over 100 books. He is currently laureate professor at the University of Arizona and professor emeritus in the MIT Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. He recently co-authored the book Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance and is soon to release The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power.Prof. Chomsky is one of the foremost experts on U.S. foreign policy, and today we discuss one of the most serious imaginable topics: the threat of world war and the path to reducing the threat of nuclear weapons. We begin by discussing the Hiroshima bombing and the dawn of the nuclear age, before discussing the present escalating tension with Russia and the means by which the U.S. can maintain peace and avoid a catastrophic global conflict. We also discuss the ways that Americans avoid confronting the suffering inflicted by their country on others around the world, the stories that the powerful tell themselves to rationalize atrocities, and the common thread running through Chomsky's work on foreign policy: an insistence that the U.S. confront the truth about its actions and that our moral condemnation of our enemies' crimes be matched with an equally intense scrutiny of our own. No topic could be more important than the threat of global warfare, and nobody in the world is more knowledgable about it. It is a great privilege to welcome Prof. Chomsky back to the Current Affairs podcast for this vital conversation. The books on the British empire that Prof. Chomsky cites are Legacy of Violence by Caroline Elkins and Inglorious Empire by Shashi Tharoor.The 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident is discussed here.The Daniel Ellsberg anecdote that Nathan cites at the beginning is from The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner.The interview Prof. Chomsky cites with veteran diplomat Chas Freeman is here.The interview in which Carter national security advisor Zbignew Brzezinski discusses the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan is here. In it, he says: "We didn't push the Russians to intervene, but we knowingly increased the probability that they would [...] Regret what? That secret operation was an excellent idea. It had the effect of drawing the Russians into the Afghan trap and you want me to regret it? The day that the Soviets officially crossed the border, I wrote to President Carter, essentially: “We now have the opportunity of giving to the USSR its Vietnam war." Indeed, for almost 10 years, Moscow had to carry on a war that was unsustainable for the regime, a conflict that bought about the demoralization and finally the breakup of the Soviet empire." The war killed an estimated 1 million Afghan civilians.For more on how Biden administration policies are starving Afghanistan, see here and here.The John Stuart Mill essay that Prof. Chomsky refers to is 1859's "A Few Words on Non-Intervention."A helpful list of over 1000 books Prof. Chomsky has cited in his work can be found here.The previous Current Affairs interview with Noam Chomsky can be viewed here. 

Dr. Josh Belfer speaks with Dr. Malinda McPherson, a postdoctoral associate in the MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and member of this year's Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Dr. McPherson studies pitch perception and the interpretation of sound, and has set out to answer the question of whether we interpret sound and combination of notes in the same way as other cultures. Read Dr. McPherson's study https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-16448-6 (here), and watch the visual abstract https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k79Qwf01OSs&ab_channel=McDermottLabMIT (here). Follow the podcast on Instagram: https://instagram.com/doctorsarepeopletoopodcast (@doctorsarepeopletoopodcast) Have a question, comment, or guest recommendation? Message us on Instagram!

Middle-income jobs have been declining over the past decades, leaving behind a polarized workforce, with one group of people doing high-skilled, well remunerated work, and another growing set, that are in low-wage, relatively economically insecure positions, that don't have much of a career ladder. Automation, globalization, and the shrinking role of unions have all contributed to the hollowing out of middle-wage jobs, exacerbating wage inequality among American workers. In the current economic recovery, however, there are hopeful signs that labor demand, and worker activism might improve conditions for low wage workers. This week on EconoFact Chats, David Autor discusses the economic forces behind the hollowing out of the middle class, and what types of policies can help expand opportunities for those left behind.  David is Ford Professor in the MIT Department of Economics and co-director of the NBER Labor Studies Program.

Middle-income jobs have been declining over the past decades, leaving behind a polarized workforce, with one group of people doing high-skilled, well remunerated work, and another growing set, that are in low-wage, relatively economically insecure positions, that don't have much of a career ladder. Automation, globalization, and the shrinking role of unions have all contributed to the hollowing out of middle-wage jobs, exacerbating wage inequality among American workers. In the current economic recovery, however, there are hopeful signs that labor demand, and worker activism might improve conditions for low wage workers. This week on EconoFact Chats, David Autor discusses the economic forces behind the hollowing out of the middle class, and what types of policies can help expand opportunities for those left behind.  David is Ford Professor in the MIT Department of Economics and co-director of the NBER Labor Studies Program.

Dr. Tony Kulesa is a founder and Partner at Petri. Previously, he was the founding Director of the MIT BioMakerspace, a community biology laboratory and incubator space, and an Instructor at the MIT Department of Biological Engineering. VitaDAO is the world's first decentralized intellectual property collective, funding and commissioning research into human longevity

(QuantumTechPod) Host Chris Bishop, today interviews Pri Narang, CTO and co-founder, Aliro Quantum, a Boston-based VC-backed startup working towards commercialization of quantum technologies. Aliro recently launched a series of products critical to the development of future quantum networks and scalable quantum information processing. Prineha Narang is also an Assistant Professor at the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. Prior to joining the faculty, Prineha came to Harvard as a Ziff Fellow and worked as a Research Scholar in Condensed Matter Theory at the MIT Department of Physics. She received an M.S. and Ph.D. in Applied Physics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). IQT hopes that our conversation with Pri Narang, CTO and co-founder, Aliro Quantum will make this an interesting, informative and worthwhile talk for you.

In the second part of Leading Voices in Real Estate's discussion surrounding sustainability in the built environment, Matt is joined by Elena Alschuler, Head of Americas Sustainability for LaSalle Investment Management, and Marta Schantz, head of ULI's Greenprint Center for Building Performance. While much of the global conversation surrounding carbon emissions centers on transportation issues the built environment is responsible for about 40% of global emissions, while transportation is just 20%. Directly after recording this episode, the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a new report going further than any previous statement indicating that climate change is “a code red for humanity”. While some of these changes are irreversible, this demonstrates the growing importance of climate mitigation and adaptation globally, particularly in the real estate industry. Both Elena and Marta share their perspectives from their respective roles, Elena being with a leading real estate investor, and Marta leading a global alliance of real estate owners, investors, and strategic partners from the Urban Land Institute. They discuss strategies for organizations to reduce their carbon footprint as well as advice for current and future leaders of the real estate industry to tackle this issue head-on.About Elena:Elena is a central leader for LaSalle's North America sustainability initiatives. She works closely with the firm's Portfolio Management team on sustainability strategies, as well as its Asset Management group to develop programs for property-level initiatives, including certifications, efficiency projects, energy procurement, green leases, and health & wellness projects.Elena joins LaSalle from View Inc., where she led real estate activities including the firm's strategy and execution to scale adoption of smart glass in the office and multifamily sectors across the US and Canada. Prior to View Inc., Elena worked at the US Department of Energy in Washington, DC as a Building Technologies Project Manager, as well as the MIT Department of Urban Studies & Planning in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and HR&A Advisors in New York.She has a Bachelor's degree from Bard College, and a Masters in City Planning from MITAbout Marta:Marta Schantz is the senior vice president for the Greenprint Center for Building Performance at the Urban Land Institute, a research center and worldwide alliance of real estate leaders committed to improving the environmental performance of the industry – reducing carbon emissions, and increasing building value. Recent focus areas range from City/Real Estate Partnerships for Climate Policy, to Embodied Carbon in Real Estate, to Net Zero Buildings. Before her time at ULI, Marta worked at Waypoint Energy, Booz Allen Hamilton, and the US Department of Energy. Marta is a LEED Green Associate and a Fitwel Ambassador. She holds a BS in biological engineering with a minor in science technology and society from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.ResourcesLaSalle Investment Management Sustainability WebsiteULI's Greenprint Center for Building Performance WebsiteLaSalle Report: ESG Themes Take Center Stage (May 2021)ULI Greenprint's Blueprint for Green Real Estate Report (2020)United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment ReportA Code Red for Humanity: Latest U.N. Report Reveals Many Climate Changes Irreversible (Urban Land Magazine Article | August 2021)Benchmark Your Building Using ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager®Greentech Media's Energy Gang PodcastGRESB Real Estate Reference Guide (2021)Design the Future Podcast

In this episode, we interview Dr. Natalie Kuldell, Instructor in the MIT Department of Biological Engineering and the Founder and Executive Director of the BioBuilder Educational Foundation. We talk to Dr. Kuldell about her path to becoming an engineering biology educator, the value of adding engineering to life sciences curricula, and the democratization of teaching tools.For more information about EBRC, visit our website at ebrc.org. If you are interested in getting involved with the EBRC Student and Postdoc Association, fill out a membership application for graduate students and postdocs or for undergraduates and join today!

Podcast Editor David Pechter hosts Jim Collins of the MIT Department of Biological Engineering to discuss his talk on the harnessing of deep learning to fight pathogens.  The future of medicines using synthetic biology is a rapidly expanding field, with applications including engineered diagnostics, gene and cell therapies, and the deployment of mRNA vaccines to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The application of deep learning is accelerating this research, facilitating rapid candidate identification for novel therapies.

This week we’re joined by Professor Andres Sevtsuk, professor of Urban Science at the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning to talk about his book Street Commerce: Creating More Vibrant Urban Sidewalks. We chat the importance of location in urban retail, the city factors that might determine a store’s success, and why urban retail should be studied more in planning school.

"Symmetry is the idea that you have patterns that allow transformation that might have changed them but don't, so a circle has a lot of symmetry because you can rotate it around the center and it's still the same object. This can also be applied to concepts in physics." Physicist Frank Wilczek is here to discuss his new book Fundamentals: Ten Keys to Reality, where he outlines who we are, what we are, and where we are in relation to the world and the rest of the universe. He and Daniel have a discussion that goes in many directions, centered around Wilczek's love of history and culture and the connections he brings from those fields into physics. Beginning with how a baby interacts with the physical world around him, Wilczek charts the human discovery of the fundamentals that govern and shape us and everything around us. What does it mean for an equation to be beautiful? Does the night sky still dazzle someone like Wilczek, who has been studying all this his entire life? How many stars really are there? Support Talking Beats with Daniel Lelchuk on Patreon. You will contribute to continued presentation of substantive interviews with the world's most compelling people. We believe that providing a platform for individual expression, free thought, and a diverse array of views is more important now than ever. Professor Frank Wilczek is considered one of the world's most eminent theoretical physicists. He is known, among other things, for the discovery of asymptotic freedom, the development of quantum chromodynamics, the invention of axions, and the discovery and exploitation of new forms of quantum statistics (anyons). When only 21 years old and a graduate student at Princeton University, in work with David Gross he defined the properties of color gluons, which hold atomic nuclei together. Professor Wilczek received his B.S. degree from the University of Chicago and his Ph.D. from Princeton University. He taught at Princeton from 1974–81. During the period 1981–88, he was the Chancellor Robert Huttenback Professor of Physics at the University of California at Santa Barbara, and the first permanent member of the National Science Foundation's Institute for Theoretical Physics. In the fall of 2000, he moved from the Institute for Advanced Study, where he was the J.R. Oppenheimer Professor, to the MIT Department of Physics, where he is the Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics. Since 2002, he has been an Adjunct Professor in the Centro de Estudios Científicos of Valdivia, Chile. Professor Wilczek has been a Sloan Foundation Fellow (1975-77) and a MacArthur Foundation Fellow (1982-87). He has received UNESCO's Dirac Medal, the American Physical Society's Sakurai Prize, the Michelson Prize from Case Western University, and the Lorentz Medal of the Netherlands Academy for his contributions to the development of theoretical physics. In 2004 he received the Nobel Prize in Physics, and in 2005 the King Faisal Prize. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the Netherlands Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is a Trustee of the University of Chicago. He contributes regularly to Physics Today and to Nature, explaining topics at the frontiers of physics to wider scientific audiences. He received the Lilienfeld Prize of the American Physical Society for these activities. Two of his pieces have been anthologized in Best American Science Writing (2003, 2005). Together with his wife Betsy Devine, he wrote a beautiful book, Longing for the Harmonies (W.W. Norton).

Welcome to a brand-new year of Resoundingly Human podcasts! Joining me for the first podcast of the new year is the 2021 INFORMS President Stephen Graves. A long-time member of INFORMS, Steve is the Abraham J. Siegel Professor of Management and a professor of operations management at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. He also has a joint appointment with the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering.

On this episode we speak with Jeremy Gregory, the Executive Director of the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub and research scientist at the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Materials Systems Laboratory. Dr. Gregory received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT and his research focuses on the economic and environmental implications of engineering ans system design decisions. In this episode, Gregg and Jeremy discuss why concrete is key to sustainable development of the future.

In this conversation Charu talks to Willie Jones, a community organizer and ordained minister in the Charlotte area.In September 2014, Willie M. Jones retired from his position as Senior Vice President and Director of The Community Builders, Inc. (TCB) after nearly 29 years with the organization. Mr. Jones was responsible for new project and program development across 16 states and the District of Columbia. He produced several thousand units of affordable urban housing while at TCB valued at approximately $500,000,000.During his tenure at TCB, he led teams in securing and deploying six HOPE VI Grants exceeding $25 million. In 2009, Mr. Jones led the project team in winning a $78 million NSP2 award. This funding supported the development of over 1,500 units of housing. Mr. Jones managed the loan program. In 2012, he led another project team in securing nearly $30 million in funding for a revitalization program in Cincinnati, OH.Mr. Jones has received multiple awards for his work in affordable housing and community economic development, particularly his work against redlining in urban minority neighborhoods. He was one architect behind the creation of the Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation and served as the first community Co-Chair of the Massachusetts Community and Banking Council. Because of this work, he completed a three-year term on the Consumer Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Board. In 2015, Mr. Jones was inducted into the Affordable Housing Finance magazine's Hall of Fame for his contributions to the field of affordable housing.Mr. Jones moved to the Charlotte, North Carolina area resigning from the Board of Directors of the Urban Edge Housing Corporation after serving four years. He previously was on the boards of two other CDCs serving the Roxbury and North Dorchester neighborhoods of Boston. He was an officer at the Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal Church, where he served as a Senior Steward, board chair of the Pastoral Residency Program (funded by the Lilly Endowment to help new pastors in transitioning from seminary student to full-time pastor), and the Pastor's Advisory Team that led a Chapter 11 Restructuring.Since retiring, Mr. Jones has focused on strengthening the intersection between the faith community and community economic development. He volunteers as a mentor to recently released African Americans with the Exodus Foundation. He is the Board President of the Zachariah Alexander CDC, an affiliate of St. Paul Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC. He assisted in closing the financing on a 112-unit family and 72-unit elderly affordable housing projects, both in rapidly gentrifying African American neighborhoods. He helped a local Presbyterian church draft an RFP and selecting a development partner to invest $2 million from its capital campaign towards producing affordable housing.Mr. Jones is a 1974 graduate of Brown University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology concentrating in Urban Planning. Before joining The Community Builders, Inc., he served as an assistant to the Dean at the College of Engineering at Northeastern University. While employed at The Community Builders, he also served on the faculty at Tufts University's Urban and Environmental Policy Program and the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning's Professional Development Institute. He was a guest lecturer at graduate urban planning programs nationally, at the Urban Land Institute and Harvard's Kennedy and Divinity Schools. In May 2016, he graduated from Hood Theological Seminary with a Masters in Theological Studies (Magna Cum Laude) concentrating in History and Theology. He is an ordained Minister of the Gospel.Check out Jones' photo @thestorywithcharu on Instagramwww.charukumarhia.com www.charukumarhia.com

This season, we’ve talked about alternative energy sources that don’t emit carbon dioxide -- but what if there was a way to continue using fossil fuels for energy without emitting CO2 into the atmosphere? In this episode of TILclimate (Today I Learned Climate), Dr. Howard Herzog and Professor Brad Hager sit down with host Laur Hesse Fisher to talk about capturing, using, and storing carbon emissions, and how it fits into a clean energy future.Howard Herzog is a Senior Research Engineer in the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), where he has researched combating greenhouse gas emissions for over 30 years. He was also a Coordinating Lead Author for the IPCC Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage and a co-author on the MIT Future of Coal Study.Brad Hager is the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Earth Sciences in the MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS). He is also the co-director of the MIT Energy Initiative’s Low Carbon Energy Center on Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage.Season two of TILclimate focuses on our global energy system, its relationship to climate change, and what our options are for keeping the lights on while creating a clean energy future. We're partnering with the MIT Energy Initiative, which will air longer interviews with each guest to take a deeper dive into these topics.CreditsLaur Hesse Fisher, Host and ProducerDavid Lishansky, Editor and ProducerJessie Hendricks, Graduate Student WriterAaron Krol, Contributing WriterRuby Wincele, Student Production AssistantCecilia Bolon, Student Production AssistantSkyler Jones, Student Production AssistantMusic by Blue Dot SessionsArtwork by Aaron Krol Produced by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Tony Kulesa is a co-founder of Petri, an accelerator in Boston that backs companies developing new biotech applications and technologies in healthcare, food, industrial chemicals, and new materials. Co-founded and funded by Pillar, a venture firm co-founded by the CEOs of Cytyc, Ginkgo Bioworks, Iora Health and 22 Boston companies, Petri draws on the resources of one of the strongest biotech ecosystems in the world to support founders from around the globe. Dr. Kulesa is an inventor and community builder. Previously, he was the founding Director of the MIT BioMakerspace, a community biology laboratory and incubator space, and an Instructor at the MIT Department of Biological Engineering. He holds a PhD from MIT, where his inventions of new platforms for drug discovery and microbial therapeutics were highlighted in Science Editor’s Choice and Nature Reviews Drug Discovery. While at MIT, he co-founded and directed 3 courses on biotech and entrepreneurship, including BiomedStartup, a course that coaches 10+ teams per year on research commercialization projects. He was a member of the founding officer team at MIT Biotech Group, and an ambassador for Breakout Labs, venture philanthropy from the Thiel Foundation to support companies bringing radical scientific discoveries out of the lab and into the market.Topics:- The value of accelerators within the life sciences- Venture creation and innovation within biotech and pharma- Entering the life sciences industry from academia and other industries- The intersection of technology & biology: Silicon meets Boston & the profile of new funds straddling both philosophies- Types of risk within life sciences ventures: technical, biological, market- Impact of Covid-19 on the life sciences industry, both technological and financial- Investing and building in the life sciences revolutionThank you for listening!BIOS (@BIOS_community) is a community of early stage healthcare and life sciences founders and investors. Alix Ventures (@AlixVentures) is a SF-based venture fund that invests in early stage healthcare and life sciences companies.Music attribution: Danger Storm by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4985-danger-stormLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The debate is not a new one and yet it feels like the world wonders for the first time, do dense cities inherently make us more prone to becoming infected with something like a Coronavirus? It turns out, the answer isn’t as simple as it might at first seem to be. I debate this with special guest Yonah Freemark. But the conversation still focuses almost solely on the inherent dangers of living in dense places. The conversation needs to evolve and mature. Livable City seeks to call us towards making cities far more livable, more vibrant, more connecting to each other. Connecting in-person has been put on hold during the COVID-19 crisis, however we haven’t stopped connecting to each other and we’ve moved to connecting online in unprecedented levels. And this proves again the fundamental nature of cities that mustn't be forgotten: cities exist first and foremost to fulfill humanity’s social needs, that all of us seek to be seen, known and cared for around where we live by those who live around us. And it is from this lens that my conversation with Yonah seeks to contribute to the global conversation around this important subject. Yonah is an incredibly well read and thoughtful researcher, professional and urban practitioner at the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Follow the work of Yonah on Twitter and definitely check out a mix of his personal and academic work at The Transport Politic.   Come join the conversation around this subject by joining the Livable City community group.   Interesting density and Coronavirus infection figures: Chicago COVID-19 cases by zip code Coronavirus pandemic in Hong Kong New York City area cases by zip code Coronavirus cases around France Brought to you by SquadCast and post-production by Creekmore Music.

How do seals, orcas, otters, and other animals manage to survive in such cold waters? Simply put, they do so by virtue of one of the following: blubber (which is essentially just a thick layer of insulating fat), thick coats of fur which trap tiny gas bubbles that in turn insulate the body, and higher rates of internal heat generation. Drawing inspiration from these approaches, Professor Jacopo Buongiorno from the department of engineering at MIT has helped develop a wetsuit that allows people—such as Navy Seals—to remain in very cold waters for longer periods of time than conventional wetsuits made from neoprene clothing. On today's episode, Professor Buongiorno explains how traditional wetsuits work and why the one they've created outperforms them, the science and technology behind thermal conductivity, the feedback they've already received on this new product, and what's on the horizon. Tune in for all the details

In this podcast, Pouya Bashivan, Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, discusses brain activity and visual recognition.   Bashivan's lab is particularly interested in how the brain sees, how the visual cortex recognizes objects, etc. Working with Kohitij Kar, the neuroscientists have engaged in some of the most significant testing to date of computational models that seek to approximate a brain's visual cortex. Using their models of a brain's visual neural network, Bashivan and Kar provided a new way to control individual neurons as well as populations of neurons in the middle of the network. Their research shows that certain versions of these new models are similar enough to a brain that they could perhaps be used to control brain states in animals.   The MIT neuroscientist discusses upcoming developments in machine learning and artificial intelligence. He talks about self-driving cars and various new technologies, and the challenges developers and manufacturers face in regard to vision in their operating systems.    Continuing, Bashivan states that the future of machine vision could be focused well beyond basic object recognition. Specifically, Bashivan discusses new models that are being trained to play digital games, which could advance to training in more realistic style games that could provide significant data on how human brains are affected by various experiences. 

With the creation of an entirely inorganic robotic system about the size of a red blood cell—just seven to ten microns in diameter—the team in the lab of Michael Strano at the MIT Department of Engineering is reaching previously inaccessible locations in the human body and various other environments found within and useful to industry, such as chemical reactors, oil pipelines, and soil matrices. In 2018, they published landmark papers detailing two prototypes of these tiny robotic systems, one which was used as a component of aerosolizable electronics in which they were nebulized and sent through a pipe, light enough to travel along with the air flow. The robots were able to detect different chemicals and respond to light within the pipes, and then be gathered for the collection of data. The second prototype was launched into a body of water where it was capable of detecting various chemicals and responding to magnetic fields, and therefore able to detect nutrients in soil matrices that were good or bad for plant growth. Albert Liu is a presidential fellow and member of Michael Strano's lab at MIT, and he has an extensive laboratory background. He brings a wealth of knowledge to the conversation, explaining the ins and outs of this new technology, the challenges that come along with creating and powering such small systems, and the tradeoffs between artificial and biological systems. Press play for all the details, and learn more by visiting https://srg.mit.edu/. Mass producing colloidal electronics (with a video): http://news.mit.edu/2018/how-mass-produce-cell-sized-robots-1023 Strano website: https://srg.mit.edu/   Albert website: https://albert-t-liu.com/   Nature Nano reference: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-018-0194-z Nature Materials reference: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41563-018-0197-z

Scientists predict that hurricanes will hit us harder in the future — but why? And what can we expect to see? In this episode of #TILclimate (Today I Learned: Climate), MIT professor Kerry Emanuel joins host Laur Hesse Fisher to break down how these “heat engines” work and how a changing climate will increase hurricane intensity, storm surges, and flooding. They also explore how people around the world are adapting to growing hurricane risks. Prof. Emanuel is the Cecil & Ida Green Professor of Atmospheric Science at the MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences and co-director of the MIT Lorenz Center. He is a prominent meteorologist and climate scientist who studies tropical cyclones. In 2006, he was named by Time Magazine as one of the “100 People Who Shape Our World”. An educator guide for this episode can be found here: https://climate.mit.edu/educator-guide-til-about-hurricanes For other climate explanations, check out: www.tilclimate.mit.edu. Learn more about: The work of Prof. Emanuel and other hurricane researchers: Prof. Kerry Emanuel’s website Kerry Emanuel: This year’s hurricanes are a taste of the future (MIT News) Does climate change affect hurricanes? What we do — and don’t — know (CBS News) Video footage of storm surges (as mentioned by Prof. Emanuel 5:59) Hurricane storm surge (NOAA Ocean Today) Kerry Emanuel’s explanation for natural sea level rise in New York (As mentioned by Prof. Emanuel 6:30): “During the peak of the glaciation, the weight of the ice deformed the earth's crust much as a rock deforms a pillow it is placed on. The pillow sinks under the weight of the rock but bulges upward just outside the perimeter of the rock. When the rock is lifted, the depression in the pillow rebounds upward while the bulge around it collapses. New York was near the center of the bulge caused by the ice sheet, and when it melted, the bulge relaxed downward...equivalent to a rise in sea level. That is still happening.” Examples of how communities are adapting to hurricanes: Partnerships to advance climate risk insurance approaches in Grenada, Jamaica, and Saint Lucia (UNFCCC) Connected mangroves in Malaysia (UNFCCC) National resettlement plan in Uruguay (UNFCCC) Public private people partnerships for climate compatible development (4PCCD) in Mozambique (UNFCCC) An overview of climate change: Climate Science and Climate Risk: A Primer (Kerry Emanuel) Credits Laur Hesse Fisher, Host and Producer David Lishansky, Editor and Producer Ruby Wincele, Student Researcher Cecelia Bolon, Student Coordinator Music by Blue Dot Sessions Artwork by Aaron Krol Special thanks to Tom Kiley and Laura Howells. Produced by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

John Van Reenen, Professor at MIT Department of Economics and Sloan School of Management, gives a brief explanation of the ways that the current backlash against globalisation emerging in Western countries is likely to affect developing countries, and what measures governments in these countries can take to protect their economies. On the flip side he points out that disruption of global value chains will also lead to damage for companies and consumers in the Western countries adopting an anti-globalisation stance. [VoxDev Talks](https://voxdev.org/topic/firms-trade/backlash-against-globalisation-0)

Anne Graziano and Eliyahu Keller, editors of Thresholds 46: SCATTER!, talk about the mission of the journal; the making of the SCATTER! issue; the role of student journals; and how to make architectural knowledge and education more accessible. Established in 1992, Thresholds is the annual peer-reviewed journal produced by the MIT Department of Architecture. Each independently themed issue features content from leading scholars and practitioners in the fields of architecture, art, and culture. About the Speakers: Anne Graziano is a student of architecture, artist, and editor. She is currently a Master of Architecture candidate and graduate fellow at MIT. Her studies focus on representation and circulation of architecture and architectural knowledge as it pertains to digital and physical infrastructures. Eliyahu Keller is an architect, researcher, and author. He is currently pursuing a PhD in history, theory, and criticism of architecture and art at MIT. He has served as a research assistant for the Harvard-Mellon Urban Initiative and was a member of the Berlin Portal Research Group. Related Content: Thresholds 45: MYTH Thresholds 46: SCATTER! on Facebook Thresholds 46: SCATTER! on Instragram

Richard Holden, a Professor of Economics at UNSW Business School, is one of the world’s leading experts on contract theory. He has also been a Visiting Professor of Economics at the MIT Department of Economics and Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School - and has written extensively on the boundary of the firm, incentives in organizations, mechanism design, and voting rules. Many years ago, he was also one of my debating rivals at university. After running into each other on a flight to Dallas recently, we caught up to discuss some of his recent research on why so much wealth is controlled by so few, the impact of smart contracts and the Blockchain on the future design of companies, and why now is a good time to brush up on our understanding of game theory.

Richard Holden, a Professor of Economics at UNSW Business School, is one of the world’s leading experts on contract theory. He has also been a Visiting Professor of Economics at the MIT Department of Economics and Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School - and has written extensively on the boundary of the firm, incentives in organizations, mechanism design, and voting rules. Many years ago, he was also one of my debating rivals at university. After running into each other on a flight to Dallas recently, we caught up to discuss some of his recent research on why so much wealth is controlled by so few, the impact of smart contracts and the Blockchain on the future design of companies, and why now is a good time to brush up on our understanding of game theory.

tbs eFM Highlights Interview with Bengt Holmstrom tbs eFM This Morning interviews the legend, Bengt Holmstrom 2016.10.17 [The Best Incentive, No Incentive] Turning the world of economics on it's head, Bengt Holmstrom along with Oliver Hart received the Nobel Prize in Economics for their research into incentivised contracts and how they really work in the real world. So in amongst all the different prizes that have been handed out in recent weeks we now have the pleasure of catching up on the line with professor Bengt Holmstrom from Finland, a US based scholar who has been awarded jointly with professor Oliver Hart from Britain the Nobel Economics Prize for their research into real life contracts. Good morning to you, first of all from Seoul. It's great to have you on the line. -Good to hear you. And, I mean obviously your day job is working at MIT Department of Economics, this subject is very familiar to you, but this research goes back decades, doesn't it? You looked into contracts, the way they're structured, can you tell us what was so ground-breaking that drew the Nobel Economics Prize's attention? -Well, it is correct that this is work that was done, you know, in the late 70's, 80's, 90's and these were times when people started getting interested in the role of information in economic decision making and how to treat, you know among other things, contracts and what kind of incentive they provide and so on. And this is not the first prize in incentive contracting but it is the first prize perhaps focusing on what's called contract theory, which deals with incentivising people to do things right. I mean some of that borrows from common sense, doesn't it? How do you take the common sense idea that, you know, if I want to get a job done I give someone a contract to perform and I try to make sure the contract is as appealing as possible to suit both parties? How do you take that further, that idea? -Yes, it's very important to understand that there are two stages of a model, if you want to apply it, you know, there's a part of this stage which is about trying to understand why contacts look the way they do in reality, and this was new. You know, the traditional economic theory just assumed that if we write a contract and then it's enforced the way it is and that's what happens, that's what's written in the contract. This theory takes into account the fact that you don't know the same information as the other side and so on so it's much more complicated in that sense to even study the question of quality and conceptual issues. But some of the, when you do models, you do want them to be giving obvious answers to obvious questions. So, you know, some of it seems to the outside as obvious because partly there's a sense that the model is sensible one. And the model is like a conversation partner; you want it to answer in a sensible way to simple questions. You know, so if I give you stronger incentives do you want it to provide, the person to work more or do more closely what you want and so on. So that, I would say that there are a couple of things in my book that matter, there are other things that work that Oliver was very significant, discoveries that he made. In my book, the key thing was to understand exactly what information is relevant for contracting? And a lot of people at the time I wrote my thing thought that you know, if it gets very noisy the information it becomes irrelevant. But to make matters simple in some sense I showed that that's not the right way to think about it. And it turns out that it's always relevant, or most of the time relevant and when it's not relevant it's for a very different reason than they used to think. It led to relative performance evaluation, there's a lot of people who think it's natural but even there there's a question of how you weigh the different measure that reflect relevance and the logic of why relative performance evaluation matters. And it is about filtering out information that is relevant, that's the basic idea. And sometimes in order to filter out information that's irrelevant you need to bring in information that is not directly related to what I'm doing but it just filters out the noise. So that was the first step and I stop here because I will explain the second step which is much bigger than this, but it was a way of getting started. Firstly, at this point I'd like to ask about the legal implications for this, whether this empowers workers when they go into contracts, because sometimes here in Korea we hear red flags go up when you talk about performance related pay. In fact, it's the workers themselves who protest against those sorts of deals. -Yes, so that's the second part, the question is why is there so much work that isn't performance based? And that's where my book is relevant, especially is relevant showing that when you have a situation where people, these early models were about incentivising a particular task or job or action really. And then what we worked on was what happens when people can do many different things. So that was the first step and then you can get to a situation where if you on one hand need to for instance bring – you want your worker to sort of make sure that the reputation of the firm is growing or at least maintained, on the other hand you want the worker to work very hard to say produce short term results, these are inconsistent with each other. And therefore, you know, if you are really worried about reputation, say or, environmental issues which are very hard to measure but you are worried about them that downstream somewhere, five years from now six years from now some bad things will happen, you know, environmental consequences then the best way and almost the only way to provide incentive for that is to not provide incentives for current performance and then structure instead – and this is very critical – then structure instead the task in such a matter that even though they don't have any incentive these people will still do a good job. Now one has to realize that people, it's not like people do nothing if you don't provide them incentive. So it is about realizing that a lot of the incentive issues don't have to do with whether they work hard or don't work hard but whether they work smartly and on the right things. So this was a big shift in the theory of incentives, to align it better with reality and that I would say is one of the major contributions by this, and most of the work we've done. And (that is) understanding that sometimes the best incentive is no incentive and that leaves then to a reset the instruments, you know, realizing that one of the, that actually firms in some sense are in the business of not providing very strong market wide consensus. So this movement towards you know, saying that we have to incentivise people who are inside the firm and provide priority incentives in some instances it's very misguided. And I don't know if you have followed the Wells Fargo case, you know, the scandals from Wells Fargo, but that's a good illustration of it. They were incentivised to create new accounts and new products and have customers buy the products and initially it worked very well because there were customers wanted it but then they forced upon customers products that they didn't want and then eventually, they just created customers, products that were actually just fictitious. Well the Wells Fargo case is certainly something that our listeners can look into further, because we are so short on time I had to ask you and I need to get your thoughts during our own interview on what you said in a press conference after winning this prize. You talked about owner management and you used the family management of Korean conglomerates as an example, is that a fundamentally flawed model in the modern age? -I don't recall that I said that, most of the things you see are not flawed, I don't believe in the thought that, you know somehow Korea could have systematically for decades done a flawed model. I can't believe that… It's a very top-down model, I didn't say you said that, I'm just asking if it's flawed, in your opinion? If we need to get away from this conglomerate structure because we have a lot of young people who can't even get contracts. -I would not position myself ever, my interest is in understanding why did you do that, it's therefore a doctor, you know, I first want to diagnose why are you doing that, why is this happening? Because my premise is that there's a good reason why you are doing it, good in the sense of there's a reason; good reason a rational reason in some sense. Now that reason may be connected to a wrong objective or a narrow objective or maybe not a desirable social objective but narrowly good for this conglomerate or whatever. That we can fix, but to believe that people could systematically make mistakes, big mistakes, I'm not, that's not part of the economics I'm doing. Now I understand, but what was your purpose then of highlighting the Korean system at the press conference? -Well, I think the reason it was we probably didn't have capital markets at the time in Finland, so we didn't have – and we still don't have – very well working capital markets in the sense of the US. In fact, the US capital market is shrinking right now, that is the stock market. Half of the stocks on the New York stock exchange have been delisted because of regulations, because the stock market is more expensive than it used to be, backlashes, corporate governance is so intense that it's just not worthwhile being on the stock market. So you know, the reason the Koreans, and I'm guessing because I haven't studied you at all, but it is because you didn't have a very functional stock market and you used internal capital markets and it made perfectly good sense. Now, as the world is changing and you want capital from abroad, you want a broader resharing and information flow into Korea, then that model may not be sensible anymore, but it's not that you did stupid things. I mean Korea is a very successful in the history of economics, I mean economic development. So you have a fabulous example of how you can grow fast out of a failure – Finland by the way is the same. Finland was very poor, you know, seventy years ago, it's a miracle really. And South Korea is a miracle. So it would be stupid for an economist to say that it was a stupid system that brought you that kind of miracle. No. I mean it's just with specific reference to you contract expertise, as you mentioned it's not something that you've gone into yourself but clearly we have a problem right now with the way that the economy is structured; the top down approach with what some people view as not necessarily the fairest system and not necessarily the fairest contracts. But maybe that's something that you can look into in the future professor Holmstrom, we've got to leave it there. Thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us. -Thank you. Bye bye. Professor Bengt Holmstrom at MIT Department of Economics. You can get in touch with us right now, you can send us a message via Facebook by searching tbs eFM This Morning.

Guest lecturer Natalie Kuldell, a research associate in the MIT Department of Biological Engineering, shares her experience creating BioBuilder.org, an educational resource and animated video series.

It's not just movie magic - invisibility cloaks could be feasible, just by manipulating the crazy ways that light bounces, bends, and mixes! Prashanth and Maria take you behind the physics of light and how an invisible cloak could theoretically work. ---------- Awesome MIT videos on crazy ways to mess with light, camouflage, MIT course materials, educator resources, and Prashanth and Maria's bios can be found here: http://k12videos.mit.edu/the-physics-of-invisibility-cloaks ---------- Find us online! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MITK12 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/MITK12Videos http://k12videos.mit.edu ---------- made with love at MIT Creative Commons: CC BY-NC-SA, MIT http://k12videos.mit.edu/terms-and-conditions Hosted by: Prashanth Venkataram & Maria Cassidy Written by: Prashanth Venkataram Additional scripting: Elizabeth Choe, George Zaidan, Tyler DeWitt Science reviewer: Dr. Erik Christopher Dreaden Executive producer: Elizabeth Choe Director: George Zaidan Editors: Jessica Harrop, Per Hoel Production assistants: Conor Olmstead, Dan Martin Octopus footage (http://www.sciencefriday.com/video/08/05/2011/raw-footage-octopus-in-hiding.html) from the laboratory of Roger Hanlon (http://hermes.mbl.edu/mrc/hanlon/) Lobster image by mensatic (http://www.morguefile.com/archive/display/35926) Music: I dunno by grapes (http://ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626) Special thanks: Erin Shannon & Boston Museum of Science; MIT Department of Physics J Lab; Prof. John Essigmann, Simmons Hall

Dr. Christopher Bettinger is an Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Biomedical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He received a Masters of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering and a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He completed his post-doctoral fellowship at Stanford University before joining the faculty at Carnegie Mellon. Chris has received many awards and honors in his career, includingthe National Academy of Sciences Award for Initiatives in Research, MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering Award for “Outstanding PhD Thesis”, the ACS AkzoNobel Award for Polymer Chemistry, the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society Young Investigator Award, and the MIT Tech Review TR35 Top Young Innovator. He is also a co-inventor on several patents and was a finalist in the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition. Chris is here with us today to tell us about his journey through life and science.