Microbiomes – Finding Genius Podcast

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July 5, 2019

Population Bomb

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An Inconvenient, Overcrowded Truth – Paul Ehrlich, co-author of The Population Bomb

Today’s episode features Paul Ehrlich, co-author of The Population Bomb. This book, published in 1968, predicted that the earth’s growing population would soon surpass a sustainable number. Dangers… Read More

October 29, 2020

Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes

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Bring on the Brown Fat: Dr. Kajimura Explains the Inverse Relationship with Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes

Not all body fat is the same. Scientists have identified the presence and significance of brown fat in adult humans. Shing Kajimura researches brown fat and how its… Read More

April 12, 2019

Sperm and Egg Cells

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From Skin Cells to Sperm and Egg Cells—Hank Greely—Stanford University

It’s already been successfully accomplished in mice: the joining of sperm and egg cells that were developed from skin-derived induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS), and the consequent creation… Read More

July 10, 2022

Microplastics

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Exploring How Microplastics Effect Humans, Animals, And Aquatic Environments

Today we sit down with Andrey Ethan Rubin, a Ph.D. student in the Zucker lab at Tel Aviv University (TAU). Andry is a researcher that focuses his efforts… Read More

July 3, 2018

Machine Learning

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Robots in Space! – Alicia Kavelaars, Founder and CTO, OffWorld – How Advanced Machine Learning is Expanding Capabilities for Robotic Workforces in Extreme Environments

Alicia Kavelaars, Founder, and CTO of OffWorld (offworld.ai) discuss her company’s efforts to build robotic technology for extreme environments, with advanced machine learning and AI, to assist humans… Read More