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🎧 How do you make a microrobot? Dr. Brad Nelson talks about the tiny devices that soon may be able to deliver drugs to specific spots within the body. Listen to the latest episode of SOCIALIZING with SCIENTISTS! #microrobots #engineering

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November 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM

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🎧 Why do scientists keep doing the hard work of science? Biologist Melissa Harrison gives us her answer on a recent episode of SOCIALIZING with SCIENTISTS. #fruitflies #diffusemidlineglioma

November 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM

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🎧 New episode of SOCIALIZING with SCIENTISTS, with engineer Brad Nelson!

Brad makes mini robots that swim through blood vessels to deliver medicine to precise spots in the body. #robots #microrobots #engineering #robotics

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Brad Nelson makes tiny robots that deliver medicine to the body (he's an engineer) - Socializing with Scientists

Brad grew up in small town Illinois, playing outside all summer, building go-karts and tree houses in the woods. He went to the University of Illinois to study engineering and Carnegie Mellon for robo...

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November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM

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🎧 New episode of SOCIALIZING with SCIENTISTS with biologist Melissa Harrison! Melissa talks about why she decided to go into the family business, as well as why fruit flies are so important to human health. @harrisonflylab.bsky.social
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November 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM

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🎧 New episode of SOCIALIZING with SCIENTISTS with biologist Melissa Harrison! Melissa explains why we need fruit flies to learn about humans, and shares her thoughts on Wisconsin winters. @harrisonflylab.bsky.social #diffusemidlineglioma

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Melissa Harrison explores the foundations of human life, in fruit flies (she's a biologist) - Socializing with Scientists

Melissa was born into a family of scientists, but she always wanted to be a historian. As she grew up, however, she realized that science allowed her to satisfy her infinite curiosity and desire for d...

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November 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM

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🎧 Case van Genuchten mines drinking water waste for valuable raw materials #environmentalengineering #drinkingwater

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November 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM

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🎧 Can arsenic waste be used to make semi-conductors? Environmental engineer Case van Genuchten talks about his research on this topic, on the latest episode of SOCIALIZING with SCIENTISTS. @drcvg.bsky.social #environmentalengineering #groundwater

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November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM

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🎧 New episode of SOCIALIZING with SCIENTISTS, with Case van Genuchten! Case loves surfing, clean water, and turning arsenic waste into semiconductors (someday). @drcvg.bsky.social #arsenic #semiconductors #environmentalengineering

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November 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM

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🎧 New episode of SOCIALIZING with SCIENTISTS, with environmental engineer Case van Genuchten! Case talks about turning a poison into a prized commodity, his California childhood, and how chance encounters can change your life. #arsenic #semiconductors

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Case van Genuchten turns arsenic waste into a valuable raw material (he's an environmental engineer) - Socializing with Scientists

Case was a regular California kid: he skateboarded, he surfed, and he also liked math. He tried a few different majors in college, but finally found his calling: environmental engineering. He went to ...

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November 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM

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🎧 Musicians' brains pay attention differently than non-musicians' brains. Hear all about this new research from neuroscientist Cassia Manting on the latest episode of SOCIALIZING with SCIENTISTS! #brain #neuroscience #musicvideo

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November 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM

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🎧 Cassia Manting talks music and the brain on this week's episode of SOCIALIZING with SCIENTISTS! #music #neuroscience #brain

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November 4, 2025 at 2:47 AM

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🎧 New episode of SOCIALIZING with SCIENTISTS, with Cassia Manting! Cassia merges her love of music with a career in neuroscience, and compares the brains of musicians to non-musicians. #brain #music #neuroscience

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November 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM

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🎧 Neuroscientist Charlie Stagg hopes to treat neurological conditions using ultrasound; her latest study gets her closer than ever. @neuroplastics.bsky.social @ndcnoxford.bsky.social #neuroscience #parkinsons #brain

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October 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM

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🎧 Dr. Charlie Stagg talks consciousness on the latest episode of SOCIALIZING with SCIENTISTS! #brain #neuroscience @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @neuroplastics.bsky.social

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October 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM

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🎧 New episode of SOCIALIZING with SCIENTISTS with Charlie Stagg! Charlie has helped create a helmet that shoots ultrasound into very specific spots in the brain. Can it treat disease? @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @neuroplastics.bsky.social #parkinsons #neuroscience

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Charlotte Stagg reaches deep into the brain using ultrasound (she's a neuroscientist) - Socializing with Scientists

Charlie grew up in England, surrounded by books. At age 11, she declared that she wanted to be a research scientist. When she was a teenager, however, she started gravitating towards helping people mo...

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October 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM

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🎧 Why are dingoes so controversial? Dr. Bradley Smith explains on the latest episode of SOCIALIZING with SCIENTISTS. #dingo @howlingdingo.bsky.social @cquniversity.bsky.social

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October 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM

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🎙️ Bluey helps kids learn resilience, reports Bradley Smith in a new paper. Listen to him talk about this, and other things (dingoes), on a new episode of SOCIALIZING with SCIENTISTS. @cquniversity.bsky.social @howlingdingo.bsky.social #Bluey #dingoes
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October 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM

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🎧 Fun new episode, out now! Dr. Bradley Smith talks all about dingoes and why they're controversial, as well as his new study on the kids' TV show Bluey and how it teaches resilience. #Bluey #dingoes @howlingdingo.bsky.social @cquniversity.bsky.social

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Bradley Smith watches dingos, and also Bluey (he's a comparative psychologist) - Socializing with Scientists

Bradley grew up in suburban Australia, fascinated by the scientists in movies like Jurassic Park. He also eagerly read biographies and memoirs, and his love of animals and people soon grew into a succ...

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October 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM

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I have just been featured on a neat little podcast called "Socializing with scientists". If you are interested in finding out more about me, dingoes, my research and background, you're welcome to listen!

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October 16, 2025 at 7:20 AM

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🎙️ What is ultraprocessed food, where did it come from, and what does it do to our bodies? Listen to a new episode with researcher Samuel Dicken, PhD, to find out. @ucl.ac.uk

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October 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM

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🎧 New podcast episode, with Samuel Dicken, PhD! Samuel ran a clinical trial comparing people who ate only ultraprocessed food to people who didn't; the results are fascinating. #ultraprocessedfood #nutrition #scientist #science

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October 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM

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🎧 New episode! Dr. Samuel Dicken talks about his fascinating new study on what happens to people who eat ultraprocessed food, how he avoids burnout, and why social skills are so important in science. #ultraprocessedfood #nutrition #science #scientist @ucl.ac.uk
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Samuel Dicken ponders ultraprocessed food (he's a clinical scientist) - Socializing with Scientists

As a child, Samuel enjoyed eating "potato smileys" and "turkey dinosaurs," even though most of his meals were homemade. As he grew up, he played sports and became interested in optimizing his nutritio...

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October 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM