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Maine Discovery @mainediscovery.bsky.social · 7d

New Maine Science Podcast episode out now! A conversation with @jacksonlab.bsky.social's Kristen O'Connell. Kristen's research focuses on the effects of age on brain function and dementia risk. Listen now!
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Maine Science Podcast cover image of Kristen O'Connell, Associate Professor at The Jackson Laboratory

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Maine Discovery @mainediscovery.bsky.social · 27d

New Maine Science Podcast out now! Asheesh Lanba, Associate Professor of Engineering at University of Southern Maine. Materials science, mechanical engineering, startup work - all that and more is covered in this episode. Listen now!

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Maine Science Podcast - Asheesh Lanba, episode 88

A conversation with Asheesh Lanba, Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Southern Maine.Asheesh is a mechanical engineer with over 15 years of experience in research, teac...

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Sep 3

"Go to an old cemetery. See all the baby graves from before the 1950s & 60s? After that, hardly any. That's when people started vaccinating their children. If you're unsure what to do to protect your kids, the answer is literally written in stone." — Michael Okuda

How quick we forget.

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Kate @katebgr.bsky.social · Aug 21

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Maine Discovery @mainediscovery.bsky.social · Aug 21

New Maine Science Podcast episode out today! Lydia Gilmore, a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering at @umaine.bsky.social. Lydia is studying the mechanical properties of textiles. Listen now!

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Maine Science Podcast - Lydia Gilmore, episode 87

A conversation with Lydia Gilmore, a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maine.Lydia grew up in Bangor and has been immersed in mechanical engineering since entering colleg...

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Kate @katebgr.bsky.social · Aug 18

bird shazam for the win!

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Kate @katebgr.bsky.social · Jul 10

My conversation with Sue was truly extraordinary. Hearing from someone who's background is *not* in science, but who actively who turned to science to help solve a truly devastating problem (PFAS contamination) was beyond inspiring. I'm grateful for Sue's willingness to embrace science. Listen now!

Maine Discovery @mainediscovery.bsky.social · Jul 10

New Maine Science Podcast episode! Susan Hunter of Hunter Farm; we discuss her background in farming & how she pivoted to science when it was discovered that there was heavy contamination of PFAS. You do not want to miss this conversation!

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Maine Science Podcast - Susan Hunter, episode 85

A conversation with Susan Hunter, Owner of Hunter Farm. Sue is a farmer who lives in Unity, Maine. She and her husband were longtime dairy farmers, and after her husband passed away Sue turned to hay ...

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Kate @katebgr.bsky.social · Jun 19

I *loved* talking to Cory. His science path has been wonderfully winding, and his work in Maine is downright inspirational. Listen now!

Maine Discovery @mainediscovery.bsky.social · Jun 19

New Maine Science Podcast out! A conversation with Cory Johnson, postdoc @mdibiolab.bsky.social. Cory's research is in kidney vascularization and using renal organoids and zebrafish. Available in all the podcast places!
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Maine Science Podcast - Cory Johnson, episode 84

A conversation with Cory Johnson, Postdoctoral Researcher, at MDI Biological Laboratory. Cory grew up in Maine and after spending time as a sea kayak guide and a ski instructor, found his way to biolo...

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Kate @katebgr.bsky.social · Jun 10

Yay!

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Kate @katebgr.bsky.social · May 29

I loved talking with @alpinesciences.bsky.social and learning more about his background and work. Be inspired and learn about some cool multidisciplinary science - listen now!

Maine Discovery @mainediscovery.bsky.social · May 29

New Maine Science Podcast out! A conversation with @alpinesciences.bsky.social from the @umaine.bsky.social. Seth was part of The Warming Sea world premiere (www.thewarmingse.me); listen to hear more about his glacial & climate change work.

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Maine Science Podcast - Seth Campbell, episode 83

This episode is a conversation with Seth Campbell, Associate Professor of Glaciology in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences and the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine. Seth grew...

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Kate @katebgr.bsky.social · May 28

Another wonderful episode from one of the best podcasts around...

Nate DiMeo @natedimeo.bsky.social · May 20

Here's the latest episode of The Memory Palace. If you enjoy it, do tell a friend about it. thememorypalace.us/oh-herb-morr...

Oh, Herb Morrison - the memory palace

Order The Memory Palace book now, dear listener. On Bookshop.org, on Amazon.com, on Barnes & Noble, or directly from Random House. Or order the audiobook at places like Libro.fm. On June 13th, 2025, I...

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Kate @katebgr.bsky.social · May 9

I've been a fan of Kourtney for years, and *loved* talking to her about her work. Queue up the episode and take a listen!

Maine Discovery @mainediscovery.bsky.social · May 9

New Maine Science Podcast out! A conversation with College of the Atlantic's Kourtney Collum - who was also one of the Maine Science Festival's 5 Minute Genius™ speakers this past March. Available in all the podcast places!

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Maine Science Podcast - Kourtney Collum, episode 82

This episode is a conversation with Kourtney Collum, the Partridge Chair in Food and Sustainable Agriculture Systems at the College of the Atlantic. In 2016 became the first person to graduate with a ...

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Maine Discovery @mainediscovery.bsky.social · Apr 17

New Maine Science Podcast episode out! A conversation with @umaine.bsky.social undergraduate Jamie Fogg, who is studying marine science. Jamie has recently been awarded the @noaa.gov Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship. Listen in all the podcast places and below!

Maine Science Podcast - Jamie Fogg, episode 81

This episode is a conversation with Jamie Fogg who is an undergraduate at the University of Maine studying marine science. Jamie has been doing research in different areas of marine science since high...

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Kate @katebgr.bsky.social · Apr 4

I loved talking with Bob about his work! Even though we've known each other since we were teenagers (!), I learned a ton!

Maine Discovery @mainediscovery.bsky.social · Apr 4

New ME Science Pod episode out! A conversation with Bob Lindyberg, CEO of Global Secure Shipping. Hear how a civil engineer has become the leader of an innovative startup company focused on cargo shipping. Available in all the podcast places!

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Maine Science Podcast - Bob Lindyberg, episode 80

Bob Lindyberg, is the CEO of Global Secure Shipping. He is a civil engineer who discovered a love of research at the start of his engineering career, which led to researching composites in engineering...

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Kate @katebgr.bsky.social · Apr 4

Even though we've known each other since we were teenagers, I still learned *tons* about Bob and his (really cool) work. Listen now!

Maine Discovery @mainediscovery.bsky.social · Apr 4

New ME Science Pod episode out! A conversation with Bob Lindyberg, CEO of Global Secure Shipping. Hear how a civil engineer has become the leader of an innovative startup company focused on cargo shipping. Available in all the podcast places!

#scicomm

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Maine Science Podcast - Bob Lindyberg, episode 80

Bob Lindyberg, is the CEO of Global Secure Shipping. He is a civil engineer who discovered a love of research at the start of his engineering career, which led to researching composites in engineering...

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Mar 23

A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved

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Mia Mingus @miamingus.bsky.social · Jan 7

When you feel yourself becoming complacent or surrendering to hopelessness or apathy, remember that everything that exists today exists because someone(s) dreamt it up and decided to put in the work to make it a reality. We can create new ways of doing things, new ways of being, new worlds.

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Maine Discovery @mainediscovery.bsky.social · Mar 10

New Maine Science Podcast episode out! Emily Holmes from Maine-ly apples provides insights for how an english-major turned orchard owner/farmer uses science every single day. Available in all the podcast places!

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Maine Science Podcast - Emily Holmes, episode 79

Emily is the owner of Maine-ly Apples, and an incredibly enthusiastic fruit farmer - although that's our description, not hers. Her work is best described as a true application of what scientists have...

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DrArchivalGenomics @ehekkala.bsky.social · Feb 15

🧪 #ScienceMatters to everyone

Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · Feb 15

They were discussing Mary Poppins on @alltherightmovies.com and they mentioned that ‘A Spoonful of Sugar’ was inspired by one of the composer’s sons getting the polio vaccine in a sugar cube.

A bright, cheery, classic song that sprang from the eradication of a horrific disease.

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · Feb 15

What these nihilistic vandals are doing to dismantle science & medicine—generations of expertise & public service & life improving benefits—is cultural revolution level national self harm. No foreign foe could inflict such brutal damage & senseless suffering on US so fast & effectively & unresisted.

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Jacob Kramer-Duffield @jaykaydee.bsky.social · Feb 13

Politicians are by and large not movement leaders - they are the ones who see where the movements, and votes, are going.

That's a feature and not a bug - so be the movement they will need to follow, and be accountable to.

Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · Feb 13

For those asking where the Dems are, I might suggest: the right didn’t wait on the Republicans. They plotted the course & the Republicans followed, at first in small packs, but eventually all falling in line. The left may have to do something similar. Don’t wait on “the Democrats”. Show them the way

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Maine Discovery @mainediscovery.bsky.social · Jan 23

New Maine Science Podcast out today! A conversation with Curtis Brown, marine biologist at Ready Seafood. If you're curious about how a marine biologist does research for a lobster company, you've come to the right place!
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Maine Science Podcast - Curt Brown, episode 77

Curt is a marine biologist for Ready Seafood, which supplies live and processed lobster products from the coast of Maine to retail, wholesale, and food service companies worldwide. Curt's research pro...

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M.T. Cannon @sonofrockhound.bsky.social · Jan 16

Resting my voice.

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Kate @katebgr.bsky.social · Jan 2

I had a great time talking to Ian, and I learned *so much* about how forestry is done today. I'm betting that I'm not the only one who will be delighted to hear about the technology tools and data science that are a critical piece of forest management. Listen now!

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Maine Discovery @mainediscovery.bsky.social · Jan 2

New Maine Science Podcast out now! A conversation with Ian Prior, Senior Inventory and Planning Manager at Seven Islands Land Company, where we take a deep dive into what it looks like to manage forests in Maine today. In all the podcast places!

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Maine Science Podcast episode 76

A conversation with Ian Prior, Senior Inventory and Planning Manager at Seven Islands Land Company. Ian is a forester, but one who is not out in the forest every day. His work is deeply data heavy, an...

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Kate @katebgr.bsky.social · Dec 5

I *loved* talking to Stacey. Her passion for building things and her deep love of her work made the world of construction engineering come alive. You can find our conversation in all the podcast places and in the link below!

Maine Discovery @mainediscovery.bsky.social · Dec 5

New Maine Science Podcast out now! A conversation with Stacey Harris, a construction engineer. Hear about her path to her career, and get inspired about her passion for her chosen profession!
#SciComm #scienceiseverywhere

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Maine Science Podcast episode 75

A conversation with Stacey Harris, a General Superintendent at Consigli Construction Co., Inc.. Stacey is a civil engineer and a General Superintendent with Consigli’s Portland office. In her role, St...

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Nov 16

Thank you to Tynan DeBold and Dov Friedman at the @wsj.com. Measles. 1/

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