Scientific Sense ®

Scientific Sense ®


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Prof. Kenneth Pomeranz of the University of Chicago on China, Europe, and the making of the modern World economy
November 19, 2021

The great divergence China, Europe, and the making of the modern World economy Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Kenneth Pomeranz is Professor of Modern Chinese History at the University of Chicago --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/s

Prof. Claudia Flores of the University of Chicago on aligning law enforcement with human rights
November 17, 2021

Global impunity: How police laws & policies in the world’s wealthiest countries fail international human rights standards   Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Claudia Flores is a Clinical Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law Sch

Prof. Holly Ingraham of UCSF on Estrogen signaling in the brain and gut
November 15, 2021

Estrogen signaling in arcuate Kiss1 neurons suppresses a sex-dependent female circuit promoting dense strong bones, Oestrogen engages brain MC4R signaling to drive physical activity in female mice, and LRH-1 mitigates intestinal inflammatory disease by ma

Prof. Wendy Pearlman of Northwestern University on Syrian uprising and politics
November 12, 2021

Narratives of Fear in Syria, Moral Identity and Protest Cascades in Syria, Mobilizing From Scratch: Large-Scale Collective Action Without Preexisting Organization in the Syrian Uprising, Syrian Views on Obama’s Red Line: The Ethical Case for Strikes again

Prof. Sreekumar Bhaskaran of Southern Methodist University on durable goods pricing & distribution
November 10, 2021

Selling and Leasing Strategies for Durable Goods with Complementary Products, Implications of Channel Structure for Leasing or Selling Durable Goods, Consumer Mental Accounts and Implications to Selling Base Products and Add-ons, and Sequential Product De

Prof. Marianna Bolognesi of the University of Bologna on language, concepts and communication.
November 08, 2021

Editors’ Introduction: Abstract Concepts: Structure, Processing, and Modeling, How language and image construct synaesthetic metaphors in print advertising, On abstraction: decoupling conceptual concreteness and categorical specificity, The linguistic dim

Prof. Ryan Ogliore of Washington University in St. Louis on comets, meteorites, and Earth's water
November 06, 2021

Incorporation of a late-forming chondrule into comet wild 2, Earth’s water may have been inherited from material similar to enstatite chondrite meteorites, and Cosmic symplectite recorded irradiation by nearby massive stars in the solar system’s parent mo

Prof. Lance Dixon of Stanford University on the connection between gravity and subnuclear forces
November 04, 2021

How the fundamental force of gravity is essentially the “square” of the subnuclear forces underlying the Standard Model of particle physics (gauge theory), and how this idea can be used for gravitational wave physics.    Scientific Sense ® by Gi

Prof. Claudia Goldin of Harvard on Career & Family: Women’s Century Long Journey Toward Equity
November 02, 2021

Career & Family: Women’s Century Long Journey Toward Equity Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Claudia Goldin is Professor of Economics at Harvard University and was the director of the NBER’s Development of the American Economy program from 1989

Prof. Matteo Maggiori of Stanford University on investor beliefs, trading, and global capital flows
October 30, 2021

Five facts about beliefs and portfolios, The joint dynamics of investor beliefs and trading during the covid-19 crash, A model of the international monetary system, International Currencies and Capital Allocation, Redrawing the Map of Global Capital Flows