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Science Clear+Vivid Podcast

Science Clear+Vivid Podcast

35 Episodes By Alan Alda alanalda.com/
With support from The Kavli Foundation, Clear+Vivid presents this special series on the power of basic scientific research – from the pure to the practical. What is curiosity-driven research? Why does it matter? How does it play a role in transforming our lives? Where does basic research take place ...more
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Anna Ploszajski: When Science Meets Craft
A scientist fluent in the atomic properties of mater... more
Sep 2 2021 42m
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Daphna Shohamy: Your Creative Memory
You may not realize it, but you are subtly revising ... more
Aug 26 2021 39m
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Caterina Vernieri: Seeing What Can’t be Seen
As a young Italian physics student, Caterina Vernier... more
Aug 19 2021 34m
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Marcelle Soares Santos: Capturing a Cosmic Explosion
Having helped develop and install a camera to gaze t... more
Aug 12 2021 40m
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Lucy Aplin: Cockatoos have culture too
An unknown but very clever cockatoo in Sydney Austra... more
Aug 5 2021 42m
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Kerri Cahoy: Hitchhiking to Space
Tiny satellites, catching a ride to space, can impro... more
Jul 29 2021 40m
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Polina Anikeeva: Communing with the Brain
With ultra-thin fibers and minute magnetic particles... more
Jul 22 2021 41m
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Abigail Vieregg: Seeking Cosmic Messengers
Dangling from a balloon the size of a football stadi... more
Jul 15 2021 41m
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Rae Wynn-Grant: Carnivore Champion
She not only cares passionately about the large and ... more
Jul 8 2021 43m
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Maya Fishbach: When Black Holes Chirp
The mightiest events in the entire universe – ... more
Jul 1 2021 40m
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Beronda Montgomery: Lessons from Plants
Beronda Montgomery suggests we humans have a lot to ... more
Jun 24 2021 42m
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Science Clear+Vivid - Season 3 Trailer
Alan and Science Clear+Vivid’s executive produ... more
Jun 17 2021 19m
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Alex Schnell: Do Cuttlefish Ponder?
It’s not often that cuttlefish go viral, but t... more
Jun 10 2021 35m
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Alysson Muotri: A Brain Begins – in a Dish
By coaxing skin cells to become brain cells in a dis... more
Jun 3 2021 36m
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Edward Chang: A Brain Speaks
During brain surgery, Dr. Edward Chang can record th... more
May 27 2021 39m
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Shriya Srinivasan: Making prosthetic limbs feel real
While still working on her PhD Shriya Srinivasan inv... more
May 20 2021 37m
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How Your Mind Creates Language
Ev Fedorenko is in awe of her 3 1/2 year old daughte... more
May 13 2021 37m
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Researching Her Own Disease
Audrey Winkelsas has a rare genetic disease called S... more
May 6 2021 28m
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The Brothers Shenderov
Brothers Eugene and Kevin Shenderov escaped with the... more
Apr 29 2021 39m
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There’s More to Everything than Meets the Eye
As a Black female professor, Chanda Prescod Weinstei... more
Apr 22 2021 41m
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Something in the Way You Move
Husband and wife Eiman Azim and Sharona Ben-Haim bel... more
Apr 15 2021 38m
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A Shot in the Arm for Us All
Right before Alan got his second shot of the Moderna... more
Apr 8 2021 38m
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CRISPR versus COVID
Omar Abudayyeh and Jonathan Gootenberg are young res... more
Apr 1 2021 39m
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Science Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda
A look ahead at the people we have in the new season... more
Mar 23 2021 32m
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Michael Drake: Higher Ed in the Time of Covid
Michael Drake, newly installed as the president of t... more
Dec 17 2020 30m
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