Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSTEMCast Ep. 43 | The Science of the Small: Exploring nanoscale capillaries and their applications with Prof. Radha Boya
Episode 43
Have you ever heard of graphene, the world's thinnest material made of a single-layer of carbon atoms? Early in her career, Prof. Radha Boya asked he…
15 hours ago
STEMcast Episode 42 | Learning to Learn: Exploring how Artificial and Biological Systems Learn with Prof. Andrew Saxe
Season 1 Episode 42
What does it really mean to understand how something learns, whether it's a child, a brain, or a neural network? In today’s episode, we sit down wit…
6 days, 11 hours ago
STEMcast Episode 41 | "From Controller to Contributor": How gaming is contributing to cutting-edge research with Profs. Jerome Waldispuhl and Attila Szantner
Episode 41
What if playing a video game could help advance scientific discovery?
Welcome back to STEMcast: Beyond the Lab! Today we invited Professors Attila Sz…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
STEMcast Episode 40 | “We are all made of stardust”: Learning about Early Planetary Formation with Prof. Paola Pinilla
Episode 40
In today’s show, we welcome Prof. Paola Pinilla, Associate Professor in exoplanets at University College London. Together, we peer into her journey f…
2 months, 1 week ago
STEMcast Episode 39 | “Curiosity is Edgework”: Channeling our Curiosity in Research with Profs. Dani Basset and Perry Zurn
Episode 39
Welcome back to STEMCast: Beyond the Lab! In our most interdisciplinary episode to date, we invited Professors Perry Zurn (Department of Philosophy …
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 38 | Education, Math and Drag! Exploring How Queer Identity and STEM Intersect with Kyne Santos
Episode 38
This week on STEMcast, we interview Kyne Santos, renowned math communicator and drag queen, known familiarly on TikTok and Instagram as OnlineKyne. W…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
STEMcast Episode 37 | Empowering Diverse Voices in STEM - a STEMcast Special
Episode 37
This week on STEMcast, we interview three professionals doing impressive technical and advocacy work across academia and industry, and ask them about…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
STEMcast Episode 36 | “Specialization is for Insects”: Building Neuroscience Foundation Models with Prof. Adrien Peyrache and Prof. Blake Richards
Episode 36
Welcome to the Beyond the Lab series of STEMcast! Today, AI is helping us understand what allowed us to create it in the first place: our brains. Alt…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
STEMcast Episode 35 | Handshakes between Methods and People: Fostering Collaboration at the Flatiron Institute with Prof. Andrew Millis
Episode 35
Welcome to the Beyond the Lab series of STEMcast! With Prof. Andrew Millis, Professor of Physics at Columbia University and co-director of the Center…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
STEMcast Episode 34 | A Lesson in Science History: The Discovery vs. The Discoverer with Prof. Matthew Cobb
Episode 34
Welcome to the Beyond the Lab series of STEMcast! This week, we are joined by Matthew Cobb, Professor of zoology (Professor Emeritus) at the Universi…
11 months, 4 weeks ago