Tag: Chris Walker

Podcast: Menopause and Mental Health

Podcast: Menopause and Mental Health

This episode we talk with Beth Waters of the McEwen Laboratory about menopause, and how estrogen affects the brain in mice. Beth takes us through her research and its implications, not only in women, but in understanding the brain in general, and how it reacts […]

Podcast: Can you hear the shape of a drum?

Podcast: Can you hear the shape of a drum?

Can you tell the shape of a drum just by hearing it?  Phil Kidd walks us through this historical physics problem, how it relates to modern quantum physics, and how it can help us get smaller phones and faster electronics.  

Podcast: Vitamin D

Podcast: Vitamin D

Vitamin D. We can get this essential compound by eating vitamin D-rich foods, or by exposing our skin to sunlight.  But most of us don’t have enough of it, and the reasons for this vary. Is it necessary to supplement when we are vitamin D […]

Podcast: DEET, Mesquite, and Mutant Mosquitoes

Podcast: DEET, Mesquite, and Mutant Mosquitoes

Why do some mosquitoes bite us? How do mosquitoes spread disease? What can we do to prevent getting “eaten alive?” Scientists Matt DeGennaro, Lindy McBride, and Emily Dennis from the Vosshall Lab of Neurogenetics and Behavior at Rockefeller discuss their latest research on Aedes aegypti — […]