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Casual Science is a podcast that brings you cutting edge scientific research straight from the horse's mouth. Each episode will include an interview with a researcher where we discuss their work at the edge of human knowledge. We aim to be factually accurate but also conversational, fun, and easy to listen to... We have a chip on our shoulder against the stereotype that scientific exploration needs to be dull.
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Talking About Brown Dwarf Binaries with Daniella Bardalez Gagliuffi
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In this episode, we talk to Daniella Bardalez Gagliuffi about her work on Brown Dwarfs, a type of intermediate celestial body larger than the gas giants and but smaller than stars. She explains some of the history behind their discovery, her path from Peru to scientific research, and we take a few tangents to discuss planetary formation!…
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Episode 01 -- Heart Cell Physics with David Vidmar
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The inaugural episode of Casual Science! We speak with David Vidmar, a researcher at University of California: San Diego who works on the physics of "Cardiac Arrhythmia." Using a mathematical model of heart cells, David describes how spiral waves that wash over the heart can lead to the heart beating chaotically!…
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