Yale University: Science

@Yale Live with Debra Fischer

@ Yale Live - Audio — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:31:18 GMT

Yale planet hunter Debra Fischer talks about the search for new planets and the possibility of life in outer space.

Don't Be Such a Scientist: Tips for turning science into stories

Yale University — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:38:26 GMT

Filmmaker and Poynter Fellow Randy Olson tells scientists how to communicate (September 29, 2010)

Science that Sizzles: Filmmaker Teaches Researchers To Think Like Storytellers

Yale University — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:37:13 GMT

Filmmaker and Poynter Fellow Randy Olson discusses science communication (September 29, 2010)

Robert Krulwich

Yale University — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:22:41 GMT

Give him a minute -- he can explain! Veteran journalist Robert Krulwich has spent a career making the complex clear.

The Large Hadron Collider: Revealing Secrets of the Universe

Yale University — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:17:34 GMT

Keith Baker, professor of physics, discusses the Large Hadron Collider. (April 21, 2010)

Earthshaking Quakes: From Haiti to a Maine Backyard

Yale University — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:23:42 GMT

Maureen Long, Assistant Professor of Geology & Geophysics, gives listeners the 101 on earthquakes. (March 18, 2010)

Science Journalism in an Irrational World

Yale University — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:59:35 GMT

Science Journalism in an Irrational World

Engineering the world's first solid-state quantum information processor

Yale University — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:11:45 GMT

Steven Girvin, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, explains how he and a team of engineers created the world's first solid-state quantum information processor. (June 26, 2007)

Metal Head: Probing the Potential Uses of Metals in Organisms

Yale University — Wed, 20 May 2009 13:28:36 GMT

Ann Valentine, associate professor of chemistry at Yale, discusses how different metals interact with biological organisms, including humans.

Charles Darwin, the Tree of Life, and the Future of Biodiversity

Yale University — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:30:07 GMT

Michael Donoghue delivers the keynote address, “Charles Darwin, the Tree of Life, and the Future of Biodiversity,” for the Yale Cushing/Whitney Medical Library Associates Lecture

Adaptation of Plants to Climate Change-

Yale University — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:38:27 GMT

Michael Donoghue, the G. Evelyn Hutchinson Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology discusses evening primroses and the survival of plants in the face of rapid climate change.

Found: Missing link in Origin of Scorpion Claws

Yale University — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:38:04 GMT

Derek Briggs, Director of Yale’s Peabody Museum of Natural History, talks about a unique fossil find — a missing link in understanding the evolution of arthropod claws.

Science Saturdays:Yale outreach program gets children of all ages hooked on science

Yale University — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:36:48 GMT

Ainissa Ramirez describes the upcoming attractions in Yale's Science Saturdays, a program that uses "doughnuts, demonstrations and dynamic lectures" to make science fun and accessible.

Web Users Write ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxies’

Yale University — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:11:20 GMT

Kevin Schawinski, Postdoctoral Associate, Yale Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics (Feb. 27, 2009)

Racism's Shades of Gray

Yale University — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:23:51 GMT

Yale researcher says subtle racism is most intractable

The Paradox of Interdisciplinary Work

Yale University — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:48:36 GMT

Steven Girvin, Deputy Provost for Science and Technology speaks about the benefits and pitfalls of interdisciplinary research and teaching

Birds as Living Dinosaurs

Yale University — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:42:25 GMT

Richard O.Prum,Professor and Chair of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale discusses the evolutionary link between birds and dinosaurs.

Stemming the Onslaught

Yale University — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:36:37 GMT

Yale's Savithramma Dinesh-Kumar is making fundamental discoveries about plants' defenses against pathogens.

Exploring the Force of Light

Yale University — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:48:45 GMT

Jack Harris, assistant professor of physics and applied physics, and one of Discover magazine's "20 Under 40" for 2008, discusses his experiments to measure the force of light.

How Convection Drives Weather

Yale University — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:57:15 GMT

David Bercovici, Professor and Chair of Geology and Geophysics at Yale discusses how convection drives "weather" in the Earth's core,mantle, oceans, atmosphere and in the Sun.

Clean Water for Cameroon: Yale's Student Engineers Without Borders bring lifesaving water systems to the developing world.

Yale University — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:52:42 GMT

Environmental engineer William Mitch discusses his work as faculty advisor to Yale's Engineers Without Borders. The students use engineering principles they've learned to build safe water systems in the developing world.

The Mysteries of Dark Energy

Yale University — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:41:07 GMT

Meg Urry, Chair of Physics and the Israel Munson Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Yale, explores the mysteries of dark energy.

Where Chimps and Humans Part Company

Yale University — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:20:54 GMT

Yale's James Noonan describes genetic differences between humans and other primates.

Extinct May Not Be Forever For Galapagos Tortoises

Yale University — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:03:14 GMT

Gisella Caccone and Jeffrey Powell, faculty in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale discuss finding genetic traces of giant Galapagos tortoise species, thought to be extinct more than 150 years ago, living in the wild.

“Cosmic Ghost” Discovered by Volunteer Astronomer

Yale University — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:25:29 GMT

Astronomer Kevin Schawinski discusses the finding of a unique astronomical object, "Hanny's Voorwerp," and the public volunteers spurring Galaxy Zoo.

Catching cells in the act

Yale University — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:21:07 GMT

Tom Pollard has spent a lifetime understanding how cells move and divide.

Crystallizing an Intron

Yale University — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:29:39 GMT

Professor Anna Marie Pyle discusses new findings about RNA processing and the form-function relationship of Group II introns and their evolution.

Plants That Reproduce Rapidly Evolve Rapidly

Yale University — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:32:22 GMT

Michael Donoghue, the G. Evelyn Hutchinson Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Stephen Smith discuss the dynamics of plant evolution.

It’s a Unisex Brain with Specific Signals that Trigger Male Behavior

Yale University — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:11:29 GMT

Dylan Clyne, a postdoctoral fellow who conducted research in the Department of Cell Biology discusses functional mapping of brain circuits that control sexual behavior in fruit flies.

Teaching Science: Lighting a Fire

Yale University — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:01:09 GMT

Scott Strobel, chair and professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute professor, believes the way science is taught deadens enthusiasm rather than kindling curiosity.

Science Saturdays: Engaging People in the Excitement of Science

Yale University — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:08:29 GMT

Ainissa Ramirez discusses creation and development of the Science Saturdays workshops for "kids of all ages."

Discovering "Dakota": A Dinosaur Mummy Unearthed

Yale University — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:09:59 GMT

Tyler Lyson, graduate student in the Department of Geology and Geophysics discusses the discovery, excavation and study of a dinosaur mummy.

The Unanticipated Versatility of MicroRNAs

Yale University — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:08:35 GMT

Joan Steitz, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry and HHMI Investigator and her Postdoctoral Fellow Shobha Vasudevan discuss their recent findings on microRNAs acting as activators as well as repressors of gene activity.

Discovery of the Biggest "Small" Black Hole

Yale University — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:05:58 GMT

Charles D. Bailyn, the Thomas E. Donnelley Professor of Astronomy and Physics discusses new findings and therories of black hole formation.

Monkey Economics: Hard-Wired Consuming Behavior

Yale University — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:56:21 GMT

Laurie Santos, associate professor of psychology, talks about her research testing fundamental economic principles in laboratory capuchin monkeys.

Global Warming: What the Polls Say

Yale University — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:16:09 GMT

Anthony Leiserowitz, director of Yale Project on Climate Change, discusses results of recent opinion polls on climate change and global warming.

Biochemistry of Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Potential New Drug for Polycystic Kidney Disease

Yale University — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:00:38 GMT

Craig Crews, Associate Professor of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, of Chemistry, and of Physiology at Yale University discusses his recent research finding that triptolide, a component of a Traditional Chinese Medicine, may be the basis for a potent new drug to treat a lethal and debilitating genetic kidney disease.

Shuffled DNA Makes People Different

Yale University — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:58:57 GMT

Michael Snyder, Cullman Professor of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology and Director of the Yale Center for Genomics and Proteomics; and Post-doctoral associate Jan Korbel discuss new findings of individual diversity caused by large-scale gene rearrangement.

Interview with Stephen Stearns

Yale University — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:04:06 GMT

Alfred Guy, Director of the Writing Center, will interview Stephen Stearns, Edward P Bass Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. (July 25, 2007)

Clarifying the Behavior of Neutrinos

Yale University — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:32:09 GMT

Bonnie T. Fleming, Assistant Professor of Physics at Yale, speaks on the recent MiniBooNE findings about the nature of neutrinos. (April 13, 2007)

Mapping Dark Matter: What it Tells Us About the Universe

Yale University — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:57:14 GMT

Priya Natarajan, Associate Professor of Astronomy and Physics at Yale, discusses the development and implications of the recent mapping of dark matter in the universe. (June 22, 2007)

Unraveling the mysteries of the human genome

Yale University — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:08:16 GMT

Professor Snyder speaks about the results of the ENCODE pilot project, and other recent aspects of understanding the structure-function relationship of genes and regulatory elements of the genome. (June 22, 2007)

Lobster Mortality in Long Island Sound: A Case Study for the 21st Century

Yale University — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:00:20 GMT

Professor Carmela Cuomo of the University of New Haven delivers a lecture as part of the Yale Peabody Museum's Biodiversity and Global Change Day, sponsored by the Insitute of Museum and Library Services. (April 2007)

Exploring Biology with Molecules Nature Chose Not to Synthesize

Yale University — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:43:11 GMT

Alanna Schepartz, Milton Harris '29 Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, delivers part of the "In the Company of Scholars" lecture series. (April 4, 2006)

The Next State of the Human Genome

Yale University — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:33:20 GMT

Tian Xu, Yale Professor of Genetics, Molecular Oncology and Development; Vice-Chair, Department of Genetic, delivers a lecture concerning the next state of the human genome at the Yale Tomorrow campaign launch. (September 30, 2007)