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...
Ep. 16: Bonus Episode! The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 Explained
Nice to Know - Conversations with Everyday Scientists
14 minutes
5 years ago
Ep. 16: Bonus Episode! The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 Explained
This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna for their major discovery of CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology. Listen to find out how they discovered it, how this technology works, and the huge potential it has for the future!! This series was made with the support of the Marie Curie Alumni Association.
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...