Best Gill Eapen Podcasts (2025)

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Prof. Simon Hogg of Durham University on wind energy 1:09:54

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Simon Hogg is Emeritus Professor of Engineering at Durham University in the UK. His Research Interests include Power generation, turbomachinery, and Wind power Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

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Dr. Foy Scalf of the University of Chicago on funerary texts in ancient Egypt 56:36

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Foy Scalf is Head of Research Archives at the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, and founder and co-editor of Oriental Institute Demotic Ostraca Online (OIDOO). His research focuses on the use of funerary texts in first-third century ad Egypt and the demise of indigenous funerary practices and scripts. …

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Dr. Heidi Gardner of Harvard Law School on collaboration, leaders and boards 49:36

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Decision Options ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Heidi Gardner is a Distinguished Fellow at Harvard Law School’s Center on the Legal Profession and Program Chair of the Sector Leadership Master Class and Smarter Collaboration Master Class. Previously she was a professor at Harvard Business School. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/Sci…

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Prof. Trey Ideker of UCSD on predictive oncology, genomics and Desmosome mutations 1:01:05

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Trey Ideker is Professor of Medicine, Bioengineering and Computer Science, and former Chief of Genetics, at the University of California San Diego (UCSD). He is also the Director of the Bridge2AI Functional Genomics Data Generation Program and Co-Director of the Cancer Cell Map Initiative. Please subscribe to…

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Prof. Ernest Chi Fru of Cardiff University on the importance of Phosphorous on life 39:32

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Ernest Chi Fru is Associate Professor of BioGeoChemistry at Cardiff University. He focuses on how life influences the cycling of elements like iron, sulfur, arsenic, phosphorus, copper, zinc and carbon through the geobiosphere, and how these processes have shaped Earth's atmosphere and environment over geolog…

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Prof. David Pearce of Northumbria University on the Microbial communities in the Artic and Antarctic. 49:00

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. David Pearce is Professor of Applied Sciences at Northumbria University. The underlying theme of his research is to use microbiology to understand Polar ecosystem function and the potential for shifts in biogeochemical activity that may result from environmental change. Please subscribe to this channel: https…

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Prof. Gualtiero Piccinini, Professor of Philosophy at the Univ of Missouri in St. Louis on the Mind 55:44

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Gualtiero Piccinini is Professor of Philosophy and Associate Director of the Center for Neurodynamics at the University of Missouri in St. Louis. His main interests include computational theories of mind and the relation between psychology and neuroscience, consciousness, and intentionality.Please subscribe t…

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Dr. Ian Williams on Consciousness 1:47:16

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Williams on ConsciousnessPlease subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

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Prof. Muhammad Usman of the University of Melbourne on Quantum Computing 46:34

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Muhammad Usman is Associate Professor in Quantum Computing at the University of Melbourne. He is also the head of Quantum Systems and Principal Staff Member at CSIRO’s Data61 which is Australia's National Research Organization. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_con…

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Prof Stewart Friedman of University of Pennsylvania on work, life and leadership 48:58

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof Stewart Friedman is an Emeritus Professor of Management Practice at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the founding director of the Wharton Leadership Program and Wharton's Work/Life Integration Project.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSe…

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Dr. Ian Williams on different ideas. 2:07:37

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Ian Williams on different ideas.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

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Prof Peter Carruthers of the University of Maryland on Innateness in Mind 57:59

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof Peter Carruthers is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland. His primary research interests include philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, and cognitive science.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1…

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Dr Paavo Pylkkänen on Physics and Consciousness 1:06:13

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr Paavo Pylkkänen is Senior Lecturer in Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Helsinki. His main research areas are philosophy of mind, philosophy of physics and their intersection. The central problem in philosophy of mind is how to understand the place of mind – and especially conscious experience – in the…

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Prof. Joanna Masel of the University of Arizona on fitness, LUCA, and planning for the next pandemic 1:14:54

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Joanna Masel is Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona. She studies foundational questions in evolutionary theory, by building toy models to incorporate mechanistic phenomena within population genetic models, and by applying model insights to bioinformatic data. Please subs…

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Prof. Meret Aeppli of EPFL on the complexity of soil as a system 51:52

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Meret Aeppli is Assistant professor and head of the soil biogeochemistry laboratory at EPFL in Switzerland. Her group aims to elucidate the fundamental principles and mechanisms of electron transfer reactions and their role in the biogeochemical cycling of carbon and metals in soil.Please subscribe to this ch…

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Prof. Claudia Maraston of the University of Portsmouth on stellar and galaxy evolution 55:58

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Claudia Maraston is Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Portsmouth. She designs models for the calculation of spectro-photometric evolution of stellar populations. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1…

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Prof. Tirthankar Roy of LSE and Dr. K. Ravi Raman of Kerala State Planning Board on Kerala, India 1:06:00

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Tirthankar Roy is professor in economic history at the London School of Economics.His books include the co-authored Law and the Economy in Colonial India (2016) and Law and the Economy in a Young Democracy (2022).Dr. K. Ravi Raman is an Expert Member of the Kerala State Planning Board. He is the author of Glo…

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Prof. Rodrigo Braga of Northwestern University on brain networks 51:00

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Rodrigo Braga is Assistant Professor of Neurology at Northwestern University. His research interests include Brain networks, cognitive neuroscience and neurodegenerative diseases. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1…

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Prof. Catherine Ramirez University of California, Santa Cruz on Carlisle Indian Industrial School 1:14:46

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Catherine Ramirez is Prof. of Latin American and Latino Studies at University of California, Santa Cruz. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

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Prof. Elizabeth Johnson of Northwestern University on aging, cognition and brain stimulation. 51:34

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Elizabeth Johnson is Assistant Professor of Medical Social Sciences and Pediatrics at the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

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Prof. Wendy Freedman of the University of Chicago on the Hubble Constant 58:16

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Wendy Freedman is Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago. Her current projects involve measurements of the Hubble constant -- the current expansion rate, as well as the past expansion rate, providing constraints on the acceleration of the universe and dark energyPlease subscribe …

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Prof. Kevin Tracey of Feinstein Institutes on the Great Nerve (Vagus Nerve) 59:13

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Kevin Tracey is Professor of Molecular Medicine and Neurosurgery at Hofstra/Northwell. He is also the CEO of Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. His latest book is Great Nerve. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1…

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Prof. Michael Frank of Brown Univ. on Brain, Memory, decision-making, uncertainty, and plasticity 55:07

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Michael Frank is Professor of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences at Brown University. His research interests include Cognitive Neuroscience, Higher-Level Cognition, Neural/Computational Models of Mind Brain and Behavior.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmat…

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Prof. Shadi Bartsch of the University of Chicago on Natural, Social Sciences and Humanities 1:06:25

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Shadi Bartsch is Professor of Classics and the Program in Gender Studies and the Director of the Institute on the Formation of Knowledge at the University of Chicago.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

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Prof. Jeffrey C. Erlich of the University College, London on Cognition 1:09:52

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Jeffrey C. Erlich is Research Fellow and Group Leader at the University College, London. His research interests include neuroscience, cognition, electrophysiology, and neuroeconomics.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1…

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Dr. Ian Willams on empathy, consciousness and extra-terrestrial life 1:24:45

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr Ian Willams is an author, sculptor and former pharmaceutical executive. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

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Prof. Sir Simon Baron-Cohen on the Pattern Seekers, how autism drives human invention. 49:52

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Sir Simon Baron-Cohen is a Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry University of Cambridge and Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge. He is Director of the Autism Research Centre in Cambridge. His latest book is The Pattern Seekers, how autism drives human invention.Please subscribe to this c…

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Prof. Gregory Forth of the University of Alberta on a Hidden Hominid 57:33

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Gregory Forth is emeritus professor of anthropology at the University of Alberta, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. His most recent book is Between Ape and Human: An Anthropologist on the Trail of a Hidden Hominoid.Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1…

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Prof. Bhismadev Chakrabarti of Univ. of Reading on Autism and Empathy 54:15

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Bhismadev Chakrabarti is Professor of Neuroscience and Mental Health at the University of Reading. He studies the mechanisms and processes underlying human social behavior, and individual differences therein. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1…

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Prof. George Dragoi of Yale on memory storage and retrieval 56:02

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. George Dragoi is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and of Neuroscience at Yale University. His research is centered on revealing the dynamic interplay between externally driven and internally generated representations of the external world to understand memory formation and spatial navigation. Please subscrib…

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Dr. Geoffrey Ellis of US Geological Survey on geologic hydrogen resources on Earth 48:41

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Geoffrey Ellis is a petroleum geochemist with the Energy Resources Program (ERP) of the US Geological Survey. His research interests encompass the areas of organic inorganic interactions in petroleum systems, gas isotope geochemistry, and the controls on sedimentary organic geochemistry in aquatic environments.…

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Prof. Prem Kumar of Northwestern on Quantum Teleportation 1:03:05

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Prem Kumar is Professor of Information Technology in the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science and Professor of Physics and Astronomy in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University. His current research is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Defense Adva…

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Prof. David Blight of Yale on Democracy and Policies in America: History repeats 1:06:52

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. David Blight is Professor of History at Yale University. He writes frequently for the popular press, including the Atlantic, the New York Times, and many other journals. He has won many prizes including the Pulitzer Prize in 2019. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub…

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Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter emeritus prof of University of Cambridge on the Art of Uncertainty 56:21

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter is Professor of Public Understanding of Risk at Faculty of Mathematics, University of Cambridge. His recent book is entitled The Art of Uncertainty: How to Navigate Chance, Ignorance, Risk and Luck Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confi…

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Prof. Ziv Williams of Harvard on the behavior of single neurons in the human brain 58:47

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Ziv Williams is Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at Harvard division of Medical Sciences. The major goal of his lab has been to investigate neural computations that underlie motor and cognitive behavior.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1…

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Prof. John Crassidis,, Professor of Innovation at the University at Buffalo, on space junk 55:56

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. John Crassidis is Professor of Innovation at the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He works with NASA, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Space Force and other agencies to monitor space debris, also known as space junk, which threatens satellites and future space missions.Please subs…

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Sam Faycurry, co-founder and CEO of Fay on dietitians and the science of nutrition 47:08

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Decision Options ® by Gill Eapen: Sam Faycurry is the co-founder and CEO of Fay Inc: a vertical AI platform providing services to dietitians, covered by insurance. They’ve raised $75M to date from General Catalyst, Forerunner, and most recently Goldman Sachs. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmatio…

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Prof. Iris Berent of Northeastern University on human nature and the mind-body divide 57:22

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Iris Berent is professor of psychology at Northeastern University. Her research seeks to unveil human nature and our intuitive understanding of it. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

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Prof. Christopher Lynn of Yale University on how humans learn 58:59

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Chris Lynn is Assistant Professor of Physics at Yale University. He is interested in understanding how structure and function emerge in complex living systems, particularly the brain. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1…

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Prof. David Lindenmayer of Australian National University on forest fires, causes and solutions 41:27

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Professor David Lindenmayer is Professor at the Fenner School of Environment and Society at Australian National University. He currently runs 5 large-scale, long-term research programs in south-eastern Australia, primarily associated with developing ways to conserve biodiversity in farmland, wood production forests…

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Prof. Chris Kennedy of the University of Chicago on reasoning, semantic convention and subjectivity 1:03:20

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Scientific Sense Podcast ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Chris Kennedy is professor of Linguistics at the University of Chicago. His work is geared towards discovering and describing the principles that are involved in relating linguistic forms to meanings; determining how this mapping is achieved through the interaction of properties of the linguistic syst…

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Prof. Alan Love of the University of Minnesota on Evolutionary Theories 1:03:57

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Scientific Sense Podcast ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Alan Love is University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota. Mutation and evolution: Conceptual possibilities, Myth 9 That Darwin’s Theory Was Essentially Complete Once He Came Up with the Idea of Natural Selection, Metabolic complementation between cells drives the evolution of tis…

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Decision Options ® by Gill Eapen: Mr. Aby Alexander on emerging technologies in connectivity. 49:27

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Decision Options ® by Gill Eapen: Mr. ABY ALEXANDER, CEO of Broadsat Technologies, that is on a mission to deliver cutting-edge connectivity solutions where traditional fiber infrastructure is not viable. His expertise in ATSC 3.0 and Broadcast Internet technologies has been crucial in shaping the innovative approach to remote area connectivity. Pr…

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Prof. Dirk Schulze-Makuch of Technical University, Berlin, Germany on ET 57:40

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Professor for planetary habitability and astrobiology at the Technical University, Berlin, Germany. His research interests include extra-terrestrial life.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1…

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Prof. Peter Gorham of University of Hawaii on Neutrinos, Cosmic Rays, and experimental Physics 1:05:56

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Peter Gorham is Professor of Physics at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. His research interests include Neutrinos and Cosmic RaysPlease subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

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Prof. Rob Jackson of Stanford on "Into the Clear Blue Sky: The Path to Restoring Our Atmosphere" 47:32

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Rob Jackson is Professor and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment and at the Precourt Institute for Energy at Stanford University. His lab examines the many ways people affect the EarthPlease subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1…

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Prof. Glenn Cohen of Harvard on emergency abortions, uterus transplants, psychedelics and medical AI 54:16

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Glenn Cohen is Professor of Law and Faculty Director, for the Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology & Bioethics at Harvard University. His current research relates to medical AI, mobile health and other health information technologies, abortion, reproduction/reproductive technology, the therapeutic use …

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Prof. Terrie Moffitt of Duke University on Aging 58:43

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Terrie Moffitt is University Professor of Psychology at Duke University, and Professor of Social Development at King’s College London. Her expertise is in the areas of longitudinal methods, developmental theory, clinical mental health research, neuropsychology, and genomics in behavioral science. She is uncov…

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Prof. Michael Rowan-Robinson on Planet 9, Star burst, Plank and JWST 55:41

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Michael Rowan-Robinson is a Distinguished Research Fellow Department of Physics - Faculty of Natural Sciences at Imperial College. He was Head of the Astrophysics Group at Imperial College in London from 1993 to 2007Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1…