Episodes

  • Prof. Thomas Levenson of MIT on "A Pox on Fools" and the story of Vaccines
    Jun 26 2026

    Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Thomas Levenson is Professor of Science Writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has also made ten feature-length documentaries (including a two-hour Nova program on Einstein) for which he has won numerous awards. Please subscribe to this channel:


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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Prof. Charles Yang of the University of Pennsylvania on learning words and conventions
    Jun 22 2026

    Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Charles Yang is Professor of Linguistics and Computer Science and Director of the Program in Cognitive Science at the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests include Language and Communication, Numerical Cognition, Language acquisition and change; Morphology and the mental lexicon, Computational linguistics and the evolution of language and cognition.


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    54 mins
  • Prof. Stephanie Coontz of Evergreen State on the Problematic Past and Uncertain Future of Marriage.
    Jun 18 2026

    Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Stephanie Coontz is Professor Emerita at The Evergreen State College and the director of research and public education for the Council on Contemporary Families. Her most recent book is For Better AND Worse: The Problematic Past and Uncertain Future of Marriage.


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    54 mins
  • Prof. Agustin Ibáñez of Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile on whole-body-exposome and brain health
    Jun 15 2026

    Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Agustin Ibáñez is professor and Director of the Latin American Brain Health Institute (BrainLat) at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (UAI, Chile). He is also Director of the Predictive Brain Health Modelling Group at Trinity College Dublin. He is interested in global approaches to addressing diversity and disparity in brain health.


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    58 mins
  • Prof. Susan Roaf of Heriot Watts University on temperature, comfort, colonialism and standards
    Jun 11 2026

    Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Susan Roaf is Professor Emeritus of Architectural Engineering at Heriot Watts University in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her research spans both design practice and academic inquiry, with a strong focus on climate resilience and adaptation.


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    43 mins
  • Prof. Amy Williams of the University of Florida on Astrobiology and Mars Rovers.
    Jun 7 2026

    Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Amy Williams is Assoc. Professor of astrobiology and geobiology at the University of Florida. She studies the formation and preservation of biosignatures in extreme environments on Earth. She uses these analog studies to inform the search for biosignatures and organic carbon on other worlds such as Mars, Enceladus, and Europa. Her work is leveraged to study habitability and the search for life on Mars with the NASA Mars Curiosity and Perseverance rovers, on which she serves as a science team member.


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    53 mins
  • Prof. Magnus Bergquist of the University of Gothenburg on environment, climate change and policy
    Jun 3 2026

    Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Magnus Bergquist is Senior Lecturer in Applied Psychology at the University of Gothenburg. His research interests include society, economics, environment and sustainability.

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    56 mins
  • Dr. Daniel Schroeder of SINTEF on Artificial Intelligence threats to society and democracy
    May 31 2026

    Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Daniel Schroeder is Associate Professor at SINTEF, one of Europe’s largest independent research organizations, conducting multidisciplinary research and innovation to create solutions for society and industry. With SINTEF's Smart Data group, he improves AI with sustainable data processing.Please subscribe to this channel

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    59 mins