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In this edition of the podcast, we're talking with forensic anthropologist Vasiliki Louka, a PhD candidate from the University of Leicester. She studies human remains and aims to identify people from them. How does she do it? Why is it importan
When you buy the human pheromone oils online... what are you actually buying? What are pheromones? How do we measure aggression? all these questions and more are going to be answered in today's episode with Dr. Eva Mishor from the Weizmann Inst
Episode 30 is here and we talk about corporations, the digital world, Super Apps and how people in academia study these concepts. To do this we discuss with Ms. Roslina Chai an executive doctoral researcher from Ecole des Ponts in Paris. A big
Aaaaaaaaaand we're back! For this 29th edition of the show, an old familiar face is returning. Dr. Aled Roberts made the rounds of the internet a couple of months ago with his research about creating construction material using astronaut blood!
Before I take a break and work towards making the podcast better and more accessible, I leave you with a different kind of episode. I met Dr. Hamid Khan from the charity Sense About Science and we discussed the best way to actually discuss matt
What makes us conscious? What parts of our brains are active when we sleep vs when we're awake? I met with Andrea Luppi a cognitive scientist with a background in philosophy that is interested to find out how the brain works and what makes us h
Dr. Booto has conducted his PhD in Applied Sustainability and Life Cycle Thinking in Big Infrastructure projects at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) which he has finalized in 2020. His research areas encompass environme
First time in more than a year met in three-dimensional space with a researcher. Ms. Krithika Arumugam from Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering. She helped me understand DNA Sequencing and genomes. Krithika Arumugam SC
Learning about the social life of gorillas is quite more exciting than you think it is. This week I chatted with Dr. Robin Morrison from the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund international. We talked about orphan gorillas and how they manage to beat th
What is ferroelectricity? Where is it used? Why do we do research on them? (soon to be Dr.) Christina Stefani is helping me understand all these questions and explains to me how she works with atomic force microscopy...Subscribe to the podcast:
What’s the psychology of heavy metal music? what is the culture of the community? How are people with disabilities represented in it? To answer these questions I had a great chat with Dr. Kyle J. Messick a psychologist that received his Ph.D. f
What is hate speech? What is the best way to counter hate speech? How can mathematics, and Artificial Intelligence help us answer these questions and restore civility in online discourse? These are the things we discussed with Dr. Joshua Garlan
In a time where you don't know which news are real and which are fake, Panayiotis Smeros and the team at EPFL are trying to find the best method of identifying trusted sources of information.Subscribe to the podcast: https://www.lefterisasks.co
How does our brain work? Do we even know exactly? How does your brain choose the words to say at any given situation? This week I meet cognitive neuroscientist Dr. Evangelia Balatsou that through her research tried to answer all these questio
Linking academia with the industry is not an easy task. Dr. Anirudh Venkatraman from NUS is going to walk us through his process by discussing erosion its problems and what are the tools engineers need in order to work more efficiently in the f
Greetings humans. I've been waiting for a long time to discuss game theory with an expert and Dr. Aris Filos Ratsikas is an Assistant Professor at the University of Liverpool. He is kind enough to explain to me what is game theory, how is it us
Greetings humans! In this edition of the podcast we will talk with Gyo Kitahara, A PhD Student from the University of Tokyo. He recently published a paper about a new method of printing organic transistors. Find out what's special about his me
Games have been a great source of story telling, entertainment and indeed education since their inception. This last aspect of education is what we will discuss in this edition of Lefteris asks science with Dr. Maria Saridaki.Subscribe to the p
Greetings humans.I'm launching a weekly newsletter with my favorite science news from a wide range of disciplines. Subscribe to the link below to get news from websites like Nature, Lancet, Nautilus, Scientific American etc.Subscribe to the new
The sex life of insects is more interesting and more everchanging that you might think. Join me today as I ask Dr. Zac Wylde from the University of New South Wales questions about entomology (the study of insects) and evolution. Find out more a
Are you afraid of spiders? That's ok, we won't go into the details about how spiders produce their webs and we will also not have creepy close up pictures of spiders in this episode! Dr. Aled Roberts from the University of Manchester is going t
Greetings humans and welcome to the 12th edition of Lefteris asks science. This week I meet Dr. Sue McIntyre from the Australian National University to discuss agriculture and biodiversity. Dr. McIntyre recently wrote an article in The Conversa
The 11th edition of Lefteris asks science is here and this week we discuss with Prof. Tom Westby and Prof. Christopher Conselice from the University of Nottingham. They recently published a paper trying to predict how many other intelligent civ
And we made it to number 10 folks! Who would have thought? And as a treat for this edition of the show I interviewed Dr. Dimitris Statharas. Dimitris is my older, wiser and pipe-welder brother. Welding is a process that has been used for decade
Language is a structured method of communication. Languages exist and evolve through the years and through space. In this edition of the show I met Dr. Florian Lionnet from Princeton University. I had many questions about how you can start docu
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