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This week on the show: Who on earth would pay 29 euros to take photos in front of blindingly pink backdrops? Instagrammers would. Join us at Germa...
- Added: Apr 02, 2019
- Length: 30:00
This week on the show: Drawing the line -
What we smell influences our intestines, how a "smart school" in China spies on its pupils, and facial...
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- Added: Mar 06, 2019
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 1
This week on the show: You sound emotional -
We human beings make a lot of strange sounds with our mouths, and if you listen carefully, a lot o...
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- Added: Feb 28, 2019
- Length: 30:00
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On this week’s show: how artificial intelligence is seeping into peculiar corners of medicine, why we should keep an early eye out for dementia, ...
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- Added: Nov 22, 2018
- Length: 30:00
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For those just starting out in a field, Katherine Neville recommends asking a simple question of your supervisors after completing a project: “How ...
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- Added: Feb 12, 2014
- Length: 04:33
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As a woman as well as an immigrant to the United States, Valerie Fremont has faced particular challenges in her career. She discusses America’s “cu...
- Added: Feb 12, 2014
- Length: 04:18
After struggling with bench research Claire Skentelbery realized her true calling was science communication. She talks about the importance of gett...
- Added: Feb 12, 2014
- Length: 04:26
After years of relentlessly pursuing her career, some simple words from her four-year-old daughter shook Dawn Hocevar to the core. From that moment...
- Added: Feb 12, 2014
- Length: 03:10
From: Distillations
Don’t delay being happy in your career, says Sherri Oslick. Finding the right path requires talking to a lot of people, and it also means listening...
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- Added: Feb 12, 2014
- Length: 04:09
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Early in her career Dimitra Georganopoulou thought the ratio of men to women in science was pretty level. But then she began to rise up the ladder.
- Added: Feb 12, 2014
- Length: 03:34
In school it’s usually the men who are encouraged in science, says April Quarles. Though women continue to face negative social influences when pur...
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- Added: Aug 21, 2013
- Length: 03:17
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From: Distillations
To avoid being perceived as aggressive, says Lynn Johnson Langer, women often qualify their thoughts. Phrases like “it’s just my opinion” are used ...
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- Added: Aug 13, 2013
- Length: 03:58
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The job market for highly skilled positions is more competitive now than in previous generations, says Savannah Sullivan. Learning outside your cho...
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- Added: Aug 05, 2013
- Length: 03:10
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A chemistry set with “really nice stuff in it” sparked Anna Wilson’s lifelong interest in chemistry, but her passion made her a bit of an oddball i...
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- Added: Jul 29, 2013
- Length: 03:00
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It’s not all about career, says Laura McCunn. Marriage and family need to be considered when choosing a path, she says, and she credits a lot of he...
- Added: Jul 22, 2013
- Length: 03:03
In 1941 Helen Free was studying to be a Latin and English teacher—that is, until Pearl Harbor changed her fate. With the country’s young men being ...
- Added: Jul 22, 2013
- Length: 03:50
After getting her master’s degree Kristine Chin found herself working in industry as the first woman in an all-male lab. It was a challenging exper...
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- Added: Jul 22, 2013
- Length: 03:16
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In the mid-1980s only 10 of the 100 on-scene coordinators at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) were women. Mary Ellen Ternes was one of thi...
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- Added: Jul 22, 2013
- Length: 02:53
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From: Distillations
After the launch of Sputnik in 1957 the new emphasis on science education in the United States helped spark an interest in a young Mary Jo Nye. She...
- Added: Jul 22, 2013
- Length: 04:33
For Wendy Young Reed, life is too short for disliking a job. To find a career you enjoy, she says, the key is to network the old-fashioned way: wit...
- Added: Jul 22, 2013
- Length: 03:29
When navigating the career path, advises Cynthia Palmer, make sure the jobs you take are the ones you actually want. She talks about the importance...
- Added: Jun 10, 2013
- Length: 03:27
It was a tough decision, she says, but Terri Taylor left grad school to become a high-school chemistry teacher. She talks about the importance of f...
- Added: Jun 10, 2013
- Length: 03:30
In the face of harassment, Isabel Escobar learned the hard-earned lesson of standing up for herself. From men assuming she had a temper and could “...
- Added: May 06, 2013
- Length: 04:36
When Kathryn Lysko began her undergraduate work, there were 15,000 men and 100 women in her entire college. She talks about the camaraderie that em...
- Added: May 01, 2013
- Length: 04:15
From: Distillations
Without mentors, says Judith Iriarte-Gross, she would have never become a chemist. She talks about the importance of encouragement, the necessity o...
- Added: Apr 22, 2013
- Length: 03:57
