Superheroes of Science

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Latest Episodes

The Density of Water and Measuring Hypoxia in the Great Lakes: Looking into Water Quality
December 06, 2021

While hypoxia, or the reduced amount of oxygen available in a body of water, is a naturally occurring phenomenon, human impact can make hypoxia worse. Paris Collingsworth, Assistant Research Professor

Martian minerals? How do we know what’s there?
November 15, 2021

Did you ever wonder how scientists know what rocks are on Mars? Dr. Roger Wiens, PI of the SuperCam instrument on the Perseverance Rover that just landed this year on Mars, explains how it works. Roge

What is Climate Change and how do we really know?
November 02, 2021

Dan Cziczo is not only a friend of the Science from the Experts show on Superheroes of Science, he is an atmospheric scientist whose publications have been cited in scientific journals over seven thou

What are aerosols, where are they, and why we should care
October 25, 2021

Aerosols can be naturally existing or man-made, and both types of aerosols exist in our atmosphere. Alexander Laskin, Professor of Analytical Chemistry at Purdue University, explains how aerosols are

Cryptography and Number Theory: From Password Encryption to Secret Codes
October 20, 2021

Did you know that a 6 digit passcode takes less than 1 day to crack, while a 10 digit passcode can take several years? Just do not use a phone number, as this can be guessed easily. Nick Egbert joins

Bioenergy, Biomass, and What is in a Barrel of Petroleum?
October 11, 2021

Professor Tim Donohue from University of Wisconsin-Madison joins us to discuss Bioenergy. Donohue explains the importance of thinking about bioenergy-based research solutions and emphasizes that biofu

What is Environmental Health? Looking at endocrine disrupting chemicals, health disparities, and environmental racism
October 04, 2021

Most all diseases include some kind of environmental component according to Dr. Sarah Evans, Assistant Professor of Environmental Medicine and Public Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Si

The Fourth Industrial Revolution: The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Effect
September 27, 2021

Deep learning was such an unpopular field of research in 2012 that there were only 3 labs in the world doing any research. Only in the last decade have we seen enormous progress in the fields of deep

How Anthropologists Know What You Ate and Where You Came From!
September 20, 2021

When a crime takes place, it seems natural that collecting DNA evidence would be a necessary part of the investigation. But what happens if there isn’t any DNA to collect, or DNA evidence is available

How Scientists Measure Radioactive Isotopes
September 13, 2021

Dr. Ryan Ickert, senior research scientist with the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at Purdue University, describes how radioactive isotopes are used to determine the age of r

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