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2022-08-23 22:13
Recently, KSL paid for me to attend the 2022 Investigative Reporters and Editors conference in Denver.
The conference was held at the Gaylord Rocky Convention Center Hotel, essentially a… Read More
2021-11-19 22:33
As I lay on my couch, shirtless and cold but sweating from my first Covid booster shot, I got a push notification about a Wired article: New Covid Drugs Are Here — and They Could C… Read More
2021-06-18 15:54
On Tuesday I launched a new podcast, Algorithm!
Algorithm is about a journalist who created an algorithm to use homicide data to try to identify serial killers. His algorithm flagged a su… Read More
2020-10-29 22:00
I’m momentarily fascinated by the notion of copyrights and the public domain. The freedom of information and availabilty of it.
A quick google search brought me to The Robesonian fr… Read More
2020-01-18 17:35
This post is a follow-up to the post Gimlet’s unofficial reading list for making good podcasts
Just got finished Make Noise by Eric Nuzum, the podcast developer who helped guide shows… Read More
2018-05-12 00:22
As I’m now working at an NPR station, but I was never formally trained in journalism, I decided to look up what I missed out on. Here are the introductory textbook’s used by 5 of… Read More
2018-02-14 17:10
The Journal of the American Medical Association, or JAMA, is launching a podcast app designed to help doctors to listen to educational content and take quizzes on what they learn.
By l… Read More
2018-02-05 20:03
A little over two months ago, I drove all the way from Northern Virginia to Garden City Kansas to start a job as a reporter at High Plains Public Radio.
Today, I’m psyched to have fini… Read More
2018-02-01 01:02
They say the best pilots in times of peace, aren’t the best as in times of war. It’s called the Yerkes-Dodson law — people function optimally at a certain level of stress… Read More
2017-09-01 09:40
I made a podcasts about podcasts, but it’s not like those other podcasts about podcasts.
Selects, is a show for people looking to listen to something new that actually want to hear the… Read More
2017-08-27 19:49
(AP Photo/Mark Tenally)
On Saturday, Nats batter Adrian Sanchez turned in towards a pitch as he attempted to bunt. But the 96-mph pitch headed straight for him, and the baseball struck him… Read More
2017-08-12 02:44
Just listened to Neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky talk about free will on Sam Harris’s podcast. Neither of them believe in it, and neither do I.
It started in high school with a though… Read More
2017-07-28 04:38
Etymologically, schizophrenia comes from Greek skhizein and phren mind, so literally means split mind, and in colloquial speech, the term ‘schizophrenic,’ is often is used to re… Read More
2017-07-27 23:31
From talking to people in podcasts and radio, and reading people’s stories it seems like there are three ways to get jobs: applying to them, making something great, and persistence.
A… Read More
2017-07-21 16:37
Every week Dr. Karen Ring organizes a “sciparty” on twitter, where a scientists or science communicator who is active on twitter takes over the @sciparty account and answers ques… Read More
2017-07-18 19:46
The knowing-speaking gap
Last night I went to taping of live Tech podcast that featured non-fiction author Douglas Rushkoff as a guest. (I’ll try to link to it once it get’s pub… Read More
2017-07-10 16:48
Exposure to toxic metals, like lead, have been linked to intellectual disability, and language, and behavioral problems, but the results of studies looking at whether toxic metals influence… Read More
2017-07-08 02:57
I’m currently trying to go from working as an MD-PhD student to a science journalist. From thinking about disease and doing hands-on research to writing, thinking, and talking about th… Read More
2017-07-06 03:22
Today, I listened to a story from Science Friday about sunscreen. It’s an interesting story: sunscreen use is on the rise, but so are cases of melanoma. Why? One idea, called the &lsq&helli…Read More
2017-07-01 04:33
Today’s horrific tragedy will undoubtedly spawn another round of news stories saying that this is the “Nth mass shooting,” or “it’s been N days since the last m… Read More
2017-06-30 17:37
James L. Madara, MD, CEO of the American Medical Association (AMA), began his letter to the United States Senate poetically:
“Medicine has long operated under the precept of Primum no… Read More
2017-06-20 15:27
Loan words sometimes take on whole new meanings: for example the word ‘parka’ in Japan refers to a ‘hooded sweatshirt’ or ‘hoodie’ as opposed to the jack… Read More
2017-06-19 03:40
The strong and simultaneous activation of both branches the autonomic nervous system, sympathetic and parasympathetic, is known as ‘autonomic conflict.’ In the cartoonish intro… Read More
2017-06-18 23:50
One nuance of language that I hadn’t considered before spending a year in Japan is how words for expressing categories sometimes don’t quite line up. For example, in Japanese &ls&hell…Read More
2017-06-04 20:27
What are the Best Introductory Psychology textbooks, and are they telling us the truth? I looked up the Psychology textbooks used at the top programs across the US and talked to Professor C… Read More
2017-04-26 06:42
As an intern at Gimlet Media’s Science Vs, I’ve learned a lot about making podcasts. From the overall structuring of a story to selecting the very best audio from three-hour-long… Read More
2017-04-10 04:48
Learning a new language can seem impossible, especially later in life, but it’s not–in fact, language learning is something our brains specially evolved to do! In this post I&rsq&hell…Read More
2017-02-20 23:23
First off, if you’re experiencing the worst headache of your life, please stop reading and head to an emergency room, especially if it’s onset was sudden.
Alright, moving on:
I w… Read More
2016-12-02 08:46
Lab Wars Interview
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This is an unusual post for the blog because it’s primarily an audio interview … Read More
2016-11-30 16:09
Do you drink a glass of water before going to bed? Then, hate to break it to you, but you have something in common with a mouse.
Overview
A new paper suggests that a mouse’s biological… Read More
2016-11-21 17:31
Fast Food – Fast News
Trump is really, really smart. His intellect is huge and he knows things. Many such things. Excellent man.
One thing he knows: Our schools are really, really bad… Read More
2016-11-06 08:46
Circuit Neuroscience
Recently, research into psychiatric disease has made great strides, but continued progress may require unpopular and ethically murky research. Joshua Gordon… Read More
2016-10-21 08:25
“We are closer to attaining cheerful serenity by simplifying thoughts and figures. Simplifying the idea to achieve an expression of joy. That is our only deed.” – Hen… Read More
2016-10-14 11:23
Modified from Mahmoud Ibrahim
I wake up drenched in sweat and shivering. I feel so cold, that I pull the blankets up over my face, but when my hand touches my face it feels burning… Read More
2016-09-25 10:48
While researching last week’s post on the Best popular neuroscience books, I came upon many people asking:
Which is the best neuroscience textbook?
Is there any consensus? I looked up… Read More
2016-09-16 05:22
It was a book that originally piqued my interest in neuroscience and in the ten years I’ve studied neuro, what I’ve learned from books has stuck with me longer than what I’… Read More
2016-09-05 15:54
Step aside, Cesar Millan—these days when you want to know what the dog really saw, ask a scientist, not a Dog Whisperer.
While studies of domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) have long be… Read More
2016-09-03 04:06
When I first sleep with someone we have to have the talk: “You really wear one of those?” It can be a bit embarrassing to sleep with an eye mask and earplugs, but what am I… Read More
2016-08-27 08:56
I love improv comedy because of its authenticity. You might ask me, how can a dramatic form where the performers are literally making everything up as they go possibly be authentic? To that… Read More
2016-08-22 10:02
“Autism is about having a pure heart and being very sensitive… It is about finding a way to survive in an overwhelming, confusing world… It is about developing different… Read More
2016-08-08 16:23
I wasn’t suicidal, but I was curious what would happen. Surely, the live-streaming app bought by the $10 billion dollar company Twitter had thought of this use case. I imagined a notif… Read More
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