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Science Talk
Bread Science: A Yeasty Conversation

Science Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2020 45:15


“Baking is applied microbiology,” according to the book Modernist Bread . During pandemic lockdowns, many people started baking their own bread. Scientific American contributing editor W. Wayt Gibbs talks about Modernist Bread, for which he was a writer and editor.

Science Talk
COVID-19 Vaccine Ethics: Who Gets It First and Other Issues

Science Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2020 24:23


Contributing editor W. Wayt Gibbs spoke with Arthur Caplan , head of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine’s division of medical ethics, about some of the ethical issues that researchers have to consider in testing and distributing vaccines against COVID-19.

Science Talk
Where Is Everybody Else in the Universe?

Science Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2020 22:07


Guest host W. Wayt Gibbs talks with Jason Wright, a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Pennsylvania State University’s Center for Exoplanets and Habitable Worlds, about what’s known as the Fermi paradox: In a universe of trillions of planets, where is everybody?

Science Talk
COVID-19: The Need for Secure Labs--and Their Risks

Science Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2020 14:32


Coronavirus research requires high-containment labs. Journalist Elisabeth Eaves talks with Scientific American contributing editor W. Wayt Gibbs about her article “The Risks of Building Too Many Bio Labs,” a joint project of the New Yorker and the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists .  

Science Talk
COVID-19: Predicting the Path and Analyzing Immunity

Science Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2020 15:48


Scientific American contributing editor W. Wayt Gibbs continues to report on the coronavirus outbreak from his home in Kirkland, Wash., site of the first U.S. cases. In this installment, he talks with researchers about what their models show for the future of the pandemic and on research to create tests to see who has developed immunity.

Science Talk
COVID-19: How and Why the Virus Spreads Quickly

Science Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2020 13:59


Scientific American contributing editor W. Wayt Gibbs reports from the original U.S. epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak: Kirkland, Wash. In this installment of our ongoing series, he talks with researchers about the properties of the virus and why it spreads so quickly.

Science Talk
Coronavirus Hot Zone: Research and Responses in the U.S. Epicenter

Science Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2020 13:49


Scientific American contributing editor W. Wayt Gibbs reports from the U.S. epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak: Kirkland, Wash. In this installment of our ongoing series, he talks with researchers about the efforts to create vaccines and treatments and the challenges the outbreak poses to cancer patients and others who are immunocompromised.

Science Talk
Coronavirus Hot Zone: The View from the U.S. Epicenter

Science Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2020 16:35


Scientific American contributing editor W. Wayt Gibbs reports from the U.S. epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak: Kirkland, Wash. In this first installment of an ongoing series, he looks at why children seem to weather this disease better than adults and the complicated issue of shuttering schools.

Science Selections
The Fusion Underground - Nov, 2016 Scientific American

Science Selections

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2016 31:05


A few physicists are exploring faster, cheaper roads to the ultimate source of clean energy. By W. Wayt Gibbs.

Science Selections
The Fusion Underground - Nov, 2016 Scientific American

Science Selections

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2016 31:05


A few physicists are exploring faster, cheaper roads to the ultimate source of clean energy. By W. Wayt Gibbs.

60-Second Health
Hi-Tech Helmet Heads Off Stroke Damage

60-Second Health

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2014 1:18


A helmet placed on the head of a stroke victim sends low-intensity microwaves through the brain to quickly determine whether a blockage or hemorrhage is taking place, making faster treatment possible. Wayt Gibbs reports  

60-Second Health
Vaccinated Kids Show No Long-Term Ill Effects

60-Second Health

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2013 1:18


No measurable increase in risk for neurological conditions could be found in a large cohort of pre-adolescent children who had been vaccinated on schedule when infants. Wayt Gibbs reports

Science Talk
Who Speaks For Science?

Science Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2007 23:27


In this episode, Scientific American contributing editor Wayt Gibbs talks about a session at the recent meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science devoted to the question of scientific authority: who has it, how they got it and what the public should know about it. Plus we'll read listener mail, talk about the movie Something The Lord Made (which depicts the first heart surgeries) and test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Websites mentioned on this episode include www.aaas.org; www.sciamdigital.com; www.sciam.com/news; www.hbo.com/films/stlm

Science Talk
Inside the Tevatron; the Human-Computer Interface; DNA Computing.

Science Talk

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2006 31:06


In this episode, Scientific American editor Mark Alpert talks about his trip inside the Tevatron, the world's most powerful particle accelerator, at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and the future of the Tevatron, specifically for neutrino research. Scientific American senior writer Wayt Gibbs reports on the recent CHI2006 conference. CHI is for computer human interface, and the conference is the largest annual meeting of computer scientists who study and invent the ways that humans and computers talk to each other. Wayt interviewed Ed Cutrell, from Microsoft Research's Adaptive Systems Interaction Group, and reviews some of the subjects he came across at the meeting. Finally, computer scientist and chemist Ehud Shapiro talks about DNA computers and his article on the subject in the May issue of Scientific American. Plus, test your knowledge about some recent science in the news.