The 10 Best Science Friction Podcast Episodes
1) The predatory publishers sucking science's blood (Summer Season)
In pursuit of a predator. A sting operation. A black list. Big law suits. Is this the biggest threat to science since the Inquisition? Science Friction's fresh season for 2020 kicks off next episode.
The predatory publishers sucking science's blood (Summer Season)
32:00 | Jan 26th, 2020
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rmmiller364 recommended:
Of course this is a science podcast, but I really think it’s weird that they framed this as a science problem! This is a problem in all acad...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) When fake facts go viral: Islamic science, Medieval medicine and the history police (repeat)
Don't believe everything you see. Art, science and the curious making of fake news.
3) The father of climate science, my Foote!? A mystery revealed
You won't believe your ears. A hidden herstory in the history of science.
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Turns out that John Tyndall, the physicist who discovered that CO2 was a greenhouse gas, didn’t. Eunice Foote published years before him, b...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.4) The mystery of two millionaires and two IVF embryos: The Trouble with Embryos (repeat)
A mystery about two Californian millionaires and two "orphan" embryos at the very beginning of the IVF revolution.
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.5) The CRISPR gene-edited babies and the doctor who made them - what really happened?
Wall Street Journal journalist Preetika Rana has unearthed extraordinary new information about the Chinese scientist who created the world's first gene-edited babies.
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Who is watching the watchers? The Chinese doctor who apparently performed the CIRSPR gene-editing on real human babies has been painted in ...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.6) Sum of All Parts - The Infinite God
A musician gives up the rock n' roll dream for number theory, and a glimpse of the infinite.
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The second of two podcasts exploring the connection between music and mathematics. This one features Rob Schneider, who left a career as a ...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.7) Sum of All Parts - The sound of seizure
Brant Guichard has heard The Music for as long as he can remember.
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The first of two fantastic podcasts about the relationship between music and mathematics. An epileptic patient hears musical auras that acc...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.8) Is genomic science way too white? A cautionary tale
Palestinian-American cartoonist and illustrator Marguerite Dabaie thought she understood her ancestry. But then she had a genetic test and things got messy. It’s not her DNA, it’s the technology.
epekilis recommended:
People use popular genetic testing services like 23andMe for fun, but the results are probability based and heavily skewed by a database of ...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.9) Go Hack Yourself
Would you, do you, could you biohack your own body?
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Did you know that there is an entire subset of people who self implant interactive devices like RF IDs into their own bodies? I get that the...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.10) The Great Leap Fraud: China's wake-up call on scientific misconduct and fake science
You've heard of fake news, but what about fake science? The shocking, shady world of the modern scientific marketplace. A special for ABC RN's China In Focus series featuring Ivan Oransky of Retractio...Show More
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Rampant scientific fraud - falsification of peer review in science journals in China and the Chinese governments very serious response to pr...Show More
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