Nice to Know - Conversations with Everyday Scientists
Robyn Schenk
28 episodes
7 months ago
Turns out, pigeons are way more interesting than your average street critter. Their ability to navigate has been known and used by people for centuries, but we still don't know how they are able to sense the earth's magnetic fields. Greg Nordmann (@GregNordmann) is a PhD student in the lab of David Keays (@keays_lab) at the IMP in Vienna (@IMPvienna), where he is trying to answer this question, by studying the pigeon brain's response to magnetic stimuli. Check out keayslab.org for more abou...
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Turns out, pigeons are way more interesting than your average street critter. Their ability to navigate has been known and used by people for centuries, but we still don't know how they are able to sense the earth's magnetic fields. Greg Nordmann (@GregNordmann) is a PhD student in the lab of David Keays (@keays_lab) at the IMP in Vienna (@IMPvienna), where he is trying to answer this question, by studying the pigeon brain's response to magnetic stimuli. Check out keayslab.org for more abou...
Nice to Know - Conversations with Everyday Scientists
18 minutes
4 years ago
Best of Season 1 Part 2
A selection of my favourite Nice to Know moments from Season 1, covering episodes 10 - 18. Timestamps: 01:26 Ep. 10: Proteins & PhD Life with Dr Rhiannon Morris 02:51 Ep.11: Cancer, COVID, and Childcare with Dr Margs Brennan 04:34 Ep. 12: Doing Tai Chi with Drones with Design Researcher Joseph La Delfa 06:35 Ep. 13: Negative Results to Positive Interactions with Dr Bernhard Hochreiter 07:48 Ep. 14: TEAbacco, and use of other illicit drugs, with Dr Cheneal Puljevic 09:16 Ep. 15: ...
Nice to Know - Conversations with Everyday Scientists
Turns out, pigeons are way more interesting than your average street critter. Their ability to navigate has been known and used by people for centuries, but we still don't know how they are able to sense the earth's magnetic fields. Greg Nordmann (@GregNordmann) is a PhD student in the lab of David Keays (@keays_lab) at the IMP in Vienna (@IMPvienna), where he is trying to answer this question, by studying the pigeon brain's response to magnetic stimuli. Check out keayslab.org for more abou...
