Socializing with Scientists
Socializing with Scientists
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Socializing with Scientists presents the untold stories of immunologists, neuroscientists, environmental chemists, and more, recounting how their early life built their current life, and sharing what they do now to make the world a better place. And how do they define success, anyway? Listen to find out the surprising secrets of curious people. https://socializingwithscientists.com/Our music is called "Discussion," and was composed by Folk Acoustic.
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The podcast focuses on a variety of scientific disciplines including immunology, neuroscience, and environmental chemistry, with specific episodes covering topics like ancient wildfire management by Indigenous peoples and the impact of personal experiences on scientific careers. It aims to present the personal stories of scientists to redefine traditional perceptions of success and resilience.
Socializing with Scientists presents the untold stories of immunologists, neuroscientists, environmental chemists, and more, recounting how their early life built their current life, and sharing what they do now to make the world a better place. And how do they define success, anyway? Listen to find out the surprising secrets of curious people.
https://socializingwithscientists.com/
Our music is called “Discussion,” and was composed by Folk Acoustic.
The first time she looked through a telescope, Shannon lost her breath. A self-proclaimed ”science camp kid,” she learned early that she wanted to do research, and that space would be her subject.
Shannon Curry, Ph.D. is now the director of NASA's MAVEN mission, a spacecraft that has been orbiting Mars since 2014. She and her team at the University of Colorado, Boulder are trying to determine how Mars lost its atmosphere, in order to reveal why all the ancient lakes and rivers on Mars disappeared. Their new research provides the first direct observation of a phenomenon known as ”sputtering.”
Besides studying Mars' atmosphere, though, MAVEN is also the only way the current Mars rovers can relay data back to Earth using an American spacecraft, and MAVEN is also the only way we can measure dangerous solar storms that could harm our astronauts and planet.
But the funding for MAVEN is scheduled to be eliminated in the 2026 budget; if that happens, it will be the death of a spacecraft, and the life work of many scientists, including Shannon.
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