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KREB Radio
Alex Generous
7 episodes
7 months ago
A place to learn about science in an easy-to-digest manner. Relevant to your life or just curiosity, interspersed with a mix of fun commercials and 60 second science.
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A place to learn about science in an easy-to-digest manner. Relevant to your life or just curiosity, interspersed with a mix of fun commercials and 60 second science.
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Science
Episodes (7/7)
KREB Radio
Episode 7 Roar! Age of the Dinosaur
Everything dinosaur is discussed. 60 seconds science focuses on specific fan favorite dinosaurs like brontosaurus, triceratops, and tyrannosaurus rex. The Basic Biology of dinosaurs, such as cold-blooded versus warm-blooded is included. The story of the mass extinction event that may or may not have involved the KT asteroid impact is told. The velociraptor and the tyrannosaurus rex have various myths replaced with truth such as the fact that they had feathers and attacked with their feet. Are you curious about if dinosaurs tickled each other? The relationship between birds and dinosaurs is highlighted. The discussion is the controversy of resurrecting dinosaurs Jurassic Park style and the scientific ethics is part of a round table.
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11 years ago
3 minutes

KREB Radio
Episode 6 Cancer, Cancer, Cancer
Episode 6 focuses on cancer. Cancer basics are covered, particularly uncontrolled cell growth. Cancer drugs and pharmaceutical products are examined. Various ways to prevent cancer with diet, exercise, sunblock, and an understanding of genetics are highlighted. Cancer and its problems in the developing world, and the World Heath Organization are discussed. Followed by a discussion of naked mole rates and why they do not have cancer.
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11 years ago
1 hour 25 minutes

KREB Radio
Episode 5 Professions Outside Science - Outside the Ivory Tower
KREB Radio presents its first episode focusing out beyond the world of scientists into how science affects people in the real world. Featured are social work, music education, city administration, and a guest appearance by some wise and sage grandparents who discuss the changes in technology over time. The episode is hosted by Alex alone due to recording limitations. Topics include learning, treating mental disability, civil engineering, telephones, and the spread of electricity. Career options in science are also presented. E-mail krebradio@gmail.com to comment.
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11 years ago
1 hour 15 minutes

KREB Radio
Episode 4 Brains, Psychics, Artificial Intelligence, and How To Win at Rock, Paper, Scissors
Brains, Psychics, Artificial Intelligence, and How To Win at Rock, Paper, Scissors is the fourth episode. We talk about how the brain influences behavior, how you can trick your memory into remembering better, we debate nature versus nurture, and I tell you how to be a veritable psychic and win at rock, paper, scissors. Ken Jennings, jeopardy, and Waston are discussed at length. Sixty second sciences include seasonal affective disorder, implanting false memories, music and the brain, chronic traumatic brain injury in professional sports and its relation to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, and Cerebral Palsy. Commercials include Sing-Along Study Songs for Science, a certain point of view, the animal helmet, and more.
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11 years ago
1 hour 17 minutes

KREB Radio
Episode 3 Microbes, Viruses, and Zombies (also Nanobots)
This week's episode of KREB Radio focuses in on microbes and viruses. We start with a discussion of nanobots and medicine. We also take about the influenza virus, including the H1N1 pandemic, pigs, and the avian flu. We highlight the human microbiome project, or the bacteria that normally exist on your skin and take up a biological niche. We also explore the nature of gene therapy and its promise in curing genetic diseases like Huntington's Disease and cancer. Zombies will also make an appearance, with references including Young Frankenstein, 28 Days Later, Warm Bodies, The Walking Dead, and other common fiction to verify or vilify the possibility of the undead hordes. Complete with commercials encompassing the noire of Officer Marcrophage, Die Hard: Bubonic Plague with A Vengeance, and the new immune system evasion game Forbidden Host, it is KREB Radio Episode 3.
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11 years ago
1 hour 9 minutes

KREB Radio
Episode 2 KREB Radio
KREB Radio is meant to be a fun light-hearted take on very complex scientific issues. In this episode we focus on the inheritance of the X-gene in X-Men, the oddities of androgen insensitivity and what determines if someone is male or female for Olympic competitions, hormones, genetically-modified organisms, with molecular biology, biochemistry, wonderfully entertaining commercials, and small tidbits of 60 second science with Alex Generous.
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11 years ago
58 minutes

KREB Radio
60 Second Science - Stars
A brief introduction to the cross-section of the science of the human body and the science of stars.
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11 years ago
1 minute

KREB Radio
A place to learn about science in an easy-to-digest manner. Relevant to your life or just curiosity, interspersed with a mix of fun commercials and 60 second science.