Born to Do Science
Episodes
Episodes of Born to Do Science
Mark All
Last Sunday's program with Dr. Jennifer Shaw from the OSU Department of Integrative Biology, was about how we might learn something about our own body chemistry by studying some amazing fish from Mexico.I kicked us off with a new song called "T
Last Sunday's program was a doozie! My guest was Dr. Flera Rizatdinova from the physics department at OSU. Flera analyzes data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).So we were talking about particle physics and it went long - very long. It's goo
Last Sunday we presented the first of the current series of four Born To Do Science programs a the Stillwater Public Library. My guest was Allan Axelrod, who studies machine learning. Allan has developed an algorithm (or set of computer instruc
Our most recent program was on the Sunday after Spring Break. In hindsight, not the best date for a program! We had two kids show up, and their parents. So, a small group, but we had a great time anyway, and asked lots of good questions.In prep
Whew, it's been a while, but we did it - another Born to Do Science program for the books!My guests were Dr. Karen McBee and her student, Rachel Eguren, whose study we talked about.Rachel, who did the bat study, Karen, her advisor, Monty (me) t
New Programs are On the Calendar!March 9, 2014Imperiled Bats of Tar CreekWith Dr. Karen McBee and Rachel Eguren, OSU Zoology DepartmentAre toxins knocking these critters off course?The Tar Creek superfund site in Northeast Oklahoma is one of th
Howdy, Science Fans!I've been on hiatus from BTDS, but I'm back, and gearing up for some new programs soon. More about that later. First order of business - the last few programs in 2012 never got write-ups, so I'm posting them now!---In Februa
Yes, our last scheduled Born to Do Science is tomorrow!!May 19, 2012The Fungus Among Us!When Fungi Attack, Science Fights BackStephen M. Marek PhD from the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at Oklahoma State University will speak abo
Yes, we are having a Born to Do Science tomorrow!!April 21, 2012Predators, Prey, and the Games They Play!Computer Models Reflect Real-World Animal BehaviorDr. Barney Luttbeg from the Oklahoma State University Department of Zoology will speak ab
I'll get caught up soon with photos from the last to BTDS events. In the meantime, please enjoy this brand new video for my song "Science Frontier!" Many thanks to Brian Collins, who wrote, produced, and directed it!!
Don't forget we're meeting a week early this month! Saturday March 10. I hope to see you there! We're working on setting up a live vole-cam in the lab! Here's what the program is about:--Vole pups! I borrowed this photo from a Mother NatureNetw
This is a double-wide episode with two NASA astrobiologists! Kid host Aaron and I speak with Dr. Nader Haghighipour about his work finding extrasolar planets (including Gliese 581 c!) and we speak with Dr. Vikki Meadows about how we might detec
This Saturday morning at 10:00am, Born to Do Science presents... Dr. Rob Burnap, a microbiologist at Oklahoma State University, who will share with us his research on photosynthesis.So you think you know photosynthesis? We all learn about it in
Dr. Jennifer Byrd-Craven shares her research into whether teenagers who co-ruminate increase their stress, with kid host Evalyn, featuring the song "It's Not Fair (When Your Mother is a Scientist)."Listen / Download the PodcastSubscribe on iTun
Our first program of the new year was Dr. Shelia Kennison, "This is Your Brain on Words!"If you really think about it, it's an amazing thing that we can get lost in a book the way we humans often do. I mean, look at a page and what do you see?
Howdy, Science Fans!Our next BTDS program is about studying the brain! How does your brain work?? You might know that it's separated into two halves - the left brain and the right brain, and that the two halves generally specialize in different
The proton-accelerating tube undergroundat the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)Howdy friends! I've been looking forward to this coming Saturday's program for a long time! Here is the official description, then I'll tell you more about why I'm so exc
Dr. Lara MayeuxHowdy Friends!You do not want to miss our next Born to Do Science program, because it's all about you! This Saturday the 17th, 10:00 am at the Stillwater Public Library: "Popular Teens, Friendly or Mean?"Our guest scientist is co
This past Saturday Dr. Lara Mayeau, a developmental psychologist, came in from Norman to speak to us about her research on teenage popularity. Dr. Mayeau explains that being popular is not the same thing as being well-liked.We had a smaller tha
Many thanks to everyone who has downloaded BTDS Podcast Episode One - more than twelve hundred so far! And extra thanks to those who let me know they liked it! We are off to a great start!I recorded Episode Two on Saturday with kid host, Evalyn
Dr. Wouter Hoff shares his research into how bacteria sense light, with kid host Liza, featuring the song "My Molecular Eye."Listen / Download the PodcastSubscribe on iTunesFeedback, please! Please post comments below or write to btds at
Podcast Launch - 11/28!The first episode of the Born to Do Science Podcast has been recorded!I will post it here on Monday, November 28, for free download.I want to gather the biggest audience possible for Episode 1.Please Help! These are my go
We had a great program Saturday! (I always say that, but it's true.)My song was called "Quarks and Electrons." Everything we can touch or see in the universe is made of quarks and electrons. Yet that represents only 4% of what we know is out th
Dr. Karen McBee is an environmental toxicologist at OSU. She and her students study the area of Northeast Oklahoma known as Tar Creek, a superfund site where 100 years or so of mining left huge piles of chat everywhere. (See the previous post!)
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