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Parsing Science: The unpublished stories behind the world’s most compelling science, as told by the researchers themselves.

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On Parsing Science researchers share the unpublished stories behind their recent research and share the background that led to their scientific discoveries. In the show we explore what doesn’t makes it into scientific journals — taking listeners behind the scenes of world’s most compelling science.

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On Parsing Science researchers share the unpublished stories behind their recent research and share the background that led to their scientific discoveries. In the show we explore what doesn’t makes it into scientific journals — taking listeners behind the scenes of world’s most compelling science.

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English

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Episodes

Science Writing as Storytelling (rebroadcast) – Ryan Kelly

6/8/2021
What matters more in getting cited — what you say or how you say it? In this remastered and remixed version of our first episode of the show, we're revisited by Ryan Kelly from the University of Washington's School of Marine and Environmental Affairs. He talks with us about his article "Narrative Style Influences Citation Frequency fin Climate Change Science," published in the December 2016 edition of the open-access journal PLoS One, along with co-authors Annie Hillier and Terrie Klinger. Science Writing as Storytelling (rebroadcast) - Ryan KellyScience Writing as Storytelling (rebroadcast) - Ryan KellyScience Writing as Storytelling (rebroadcast) - Ryan Kelly Science Writing as Storytelling (rebroadcast) - Ryan KellyScience Writing as Storytelling (rebroadcast) - Ryan KellyScience Writing as Storytelling (rebroadcast) - Ryan Kelly {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7691 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7691",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7691_3",settings_ap7691); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } }); Owen, now seven years old, with a different starfish. Websites and other resources Article Highlights, Summary, Quick findings & Flashcards via Scholarcy "Do I make myself clear? Media training for scientists" (Science Magazine) "Studies written in a more narrative style get more citations" (PsyPost) Annie Hillier's Master's thesis Book that inspired the study: Influence: the Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini News and Media div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}  Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Make a one-time donation via PayPal. Or support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Doug Leigh & Ryan Watkins How to Cite Leigh, D., Watkins, R., & Kelly, R.. (2021). Parsing Science - Science Writing as Storytelling (rebroadcast). doi: 10.6084/m9.

Duration:00:23:39

Cold War Ice Core Reveals Historic Glacial Melt – Andrew Christ

5/11/2021
How did a Cold War era debacle help us better understand the dangers of climate change? In episode 99 of Parsing Science, we talk with Drew Christ from the University of Vermont about his research into how fossils plucked from forgotten experiment in the Arctic led to his discovery the last time Greenland’s glaciers completely melted, it happened under climate conditions very similar to the present day. His open access article “A multimillion-year-old record of Greenland vegetation and glacial history preserved in sediment beneath 1.4 km of ice at Camp Century,“ was published with multiple co-authors on March 30, 2021 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Cold War Ice Core Reveals Historic Glacial Melt - Andrew ChristCold War Ice Core Reveals Historic Glacial Melt - Andrew ChristCold War Ice Core Reveals Historic Glacial Melt - Andrew Christ Cold War Ice Core Reveals Historic Glacial Melt - Andrew ChristCold War Ice Core Reveals Historic Glacial Melt - Andrew ChristCold War Ice Core Reveals Historic Glacial Melt - Andrew Christ {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7689 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off","action_received_time_total":window.dzsap_send_total_time,soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7689",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7689_12",settings_ap7689); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } }); Websites and other resources Drew's website, photography & Twitter Drew's webinar on this study: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5CVEVPC5e8 xkcd's Earth Temperature Timeline Propaganda documentary on Camp Century: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DPQ15EgyTY News and Media Wired | SciTechDaily | World Economic Forum | Weather Channel | Popular Science | CNET | Washington Post | Science Alert div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}  Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Make a one-time donation via PayPal. Or support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime.

Duration:00:31:59

DNA Evidence of Denisovan Interbreeding – João Teixeira

4/20/2021
What can DNA tell us about the migration of the earliest modern humans and other hominins? In episode 98 of Parsing Science, we talk with João Teixeira from the University of Adelaide about his research which examined the genomes of modern humans to investigate the interbreeding between ancient humans and modern human populations who arrived in Southeast Asia around 60,000 years ago. His article, “Widespread Denisovan ancestry in Island Southeast Asia but no evidence of substantial super-archaic hominin admixture,” was multiple coauthors and published on March 22, 2021 in Nature Ecology and Evolution. DNA Evidence of Denisovan Interbreeding - João TeixeiraDNA Evidence of Denisovan Interbreeding - João TeixeiraDNA Evidence of Denisovan Interbreeding - João Teixeira DNA Evidence of Denisovan Interbreeding - João TeixeiraDNA Evidence of Denisovan Interbreeding - João TeixeiraDNA Evidence of Denisovan Interbreeding - João Teixeira {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7687 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7687",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7687_21",settings_ap7687); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } }); Websites and other resources João's researcher profile Article preprint on BioRxiv ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage Article on the biomechanical sequencing of Homo erectus News and Media Inverse | Science Alert | The Conversation | SciNews | Science Daily | Natural History Museum | COSMOS | EurekAlert div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}  Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Make a one-time donation via PayPal. Or support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Doug Leigh & Ryan Watkins How to Cite Leigh, D., Watkins, R., & Teixeira, J.. (2021). Parsing Science - DNA Evidence of Denisovan Inte...

Duration:00:33:57

The Dyatlov Pass Incident – Alexander Puzrin

4/6/2021
Can science help solve a real-life mystery? In episode 97 of Parsing Science, we talk with Alexander Puzrin from ETH Zurich about his research into The Dyatlov Pass incident, a 62-year-old mystery involving the deaths of nine hikers in the freezing Russian wilderness, a tragedy that’s been attributed to everything from a yeti to military weapons testing and an avalanche. His open access article “Mechanisms of slab avalanche release and impact in the Dyatlov Pass incident in 1959“ was co-authored with Johan Gaume and published on January 28, 2021 in the Nature journal, Communications Earth & Environment. The Dyatlov Pass Incident - Alexander PuzrinThe Dyatlov Pass Incident - Alexander PuzrinThe Dyatlov Pass Incident - Alexander Puzrin The Dyatlov Pass Incident - Alexander PuzrinThe Dyatlov Pass Incident - Alexander PuzrinThe Dyatlov Pass Incident - Alexander Puzrin {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7685 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7685",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7685_30",settings_ap7685); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } }); Websites and other resources Article Highlights, Summary, Quick findings & Flashcards via Scholarcy Alexander's group website Supplemental materials and videos from the article Horror/conspiracy video game and movie about the Dyatlov Pass incident Nature and EPFL videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22OmPK7Ml34 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of_79NZKeag News and Media Wired | Big Think | New York Times | ARS Technica | Futurity | National Geographic | EurekAlert div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}  Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Make a one-time donation via PayPal. Or support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Ryan Watkins & Doug Leigh How to Cite Watkins, R., Leigh, D., Puzrin,

Duration:00:36:36

Monkey Business – Jean-Baptiste “JB” Leca

3/23/2021
Do monkeys know how much fruit your sunglasses are worth? In episode 96 of Parsing Science, we talk with Jean-Baptiste "JB" Leca from the University of Lethbridge's Department of Psychology about his field research observing interactions among macaques at a Hindu temple in Bali. There, the monkeys have learned to rob tourists of everything from smartphones to flip flops, and then barter their return to temple staff in exchange for food. His open-access article, “Acquisition of object-robbing and object/food-bartering behaviours: a culturally maintained token economy in free-ranging long-tailed macaques,” was coauthored with Noëlle Gunst, Matthew Gardiner and I. Nengah Wandia, and published on January 11, 2021 in Philosophical Transactions of the the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. Monkey Business - Jean-Baptiste "JB" LecaMonkey Business - Jean-Baptiste "JB" LecaMonkey Business - Jean-Baptiste "JB" Leca Monkey Business - Jean-Baptiste "JB" LecaMonkey Business - Jean-Baptiste "JB" LecaMonkey Business - Jean-Baptiste "JB" Leca {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7683 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7683",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7683_39",settings_ap7683); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } }); Websites and other resources Article Highlights, Summary, Quick findings & Flashcards via Scholarcy JB's website, including photos of the robbing monkeys JB's Google Scholar profile University of Lethbridge's summary of the study Sample videos of monkeys robbing and bartering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymYDfHXq4S0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhqKux-liGk News and Media CBC | BBC | Medium | Earth Touch | Boing Boing | CTV News| Reddit | The Guardian div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}  Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Make a one-time donation via PayPal. Or support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime.

Duration:00:35:15

Positively Negative – Shiri Melumad

3/9/2021
How much can you trust people's retelling of information the've read? In episode 95, Shiri Melumad from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business discusses her research showing that when – much like the children’s game “telephone” – news is repeatedly retold, it undergoes a stylistic transformation through which the original facts are increasingly replaced by opinions and interpretations, with a slant toward negativity. Her article “The dynamics of distortion: How successive summarization alters the retelling of news”, was published with Robert Meyer and Yoon Duk Kim, on January 7, 2021 in the Journal of Marketing Research. Positively Negative - Shiri MelumadPositively Negative - Shiri MelumadPositively Negative - Shiri Melumad Positively Negative - Shiri MelumadPositively Negative - Shiri MelumadPositively Negative - Shiri Melumad {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7679 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off","action_received_time_total":window.dzsap_send_total_time,soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7679",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7679_48",settings_ap7679); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } }); Websites and other resources Shiri's website and Twitter Shiri on Knowledge @ Wharton Vox article on Shiri's research into the effect space constraints have on what people share News and Media div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}  Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Make a one-time donation via PayPal. Or support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Doug Leigh & Ryan Watkins How to Cite Leigh, D., Watkins, R., & Melumad, S.. (2021). Parsing Science - Positively Negative. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14207465 Music What’s The Angle? by Shane Ivers Transcript Shiri Melumad: What is I think kind of scary is that, with each new retelling, it also becomes increasingly more opinionated and increasingly negative.

Duration:00:02:30

Positively Negative – Shiri Melumad

3/9/2021
How much can you trust people's retelling of information the've read? In episode 95, Shiri Melumad discusses her research showing that when – much like the children’s game “telephone” – news is repeatedly retold, it undergoes a stylistic transformation through which the original facts are increasingly replaced by opinions and interpretations, with a slant toward negativity.

Duration:00:25:48

How Mosquitoes Target Us – Zhilei Zhao & Lindy McBride

2/23/2021
Why do mosquitoes prefer us over other animals? In episode 94, we talk with Zhilei Zhao and Lindy McBride from Princeton about their research into how mosquitoes that can carry dangerous diseases - such as Zika, dengue, West Nile virus and malaria - are able to track us down so quickly while ignoring other warm-blooded animals; an ability they’ve developed in just the past few thousand years. Their preprint manuscript “Chemical signatures of human odour generate a unique neural code in the brain of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes,” was posted to BioRXiv with multiple other co-authors on November 2, 2020. How Mosquitoes Target Us - Zhilei Zhao & Lindy McBrideHow Mosquitoes Target Us - Zhilei Zhao & Lindy McBrideHow Mosquitoes Target Us - Zhilei Zhao & Lindy McBride How Mosquitoes Target Us - Zhilei Zhao & Lindy McBrideHow Mosquitoes Target Us - Zhilei Zhao & Lindy McBrideHow Mosquitoes Target Us - Zhilei Zhao & Lindy McBride {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7680 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7680",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7680_57",settings_ap7680); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } }); Websites and other resources Zhilei's Twitter, website & Twitter thread on this research Lindy's Twitter & lab website Podcast interview with Lindy on Pew's Scientists at Work Image gallery: News and Media CNN | Head Topics div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}  Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Make a one-time or ongoing donation via PayPal. Or support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Ryan Watkins & Doug Leigh How to Cite Watkins, R., Leigh, D., Zhao, Z., & McBride, L.. (2021). Parsing Science - How Mosquitoes Target Us. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14110274 Music What’s The Angle? by Shane Ivers Transcript

Duration:00:01:52

How Mosquitoes Target Us – Zhilei Zhao & Lindy McBride

2/23/2021
In episode 94, we talk with Lindy McBride and Zhilei Zhao from Princeton about their research into how mosquitoes that can carry dangerous diseases such as Zika, dengue, West Nile virus and malaria are able to track us down so quickly while ignoring other warm-blooded animals.

Duration:00:28:55

Epistemic Puzzles in ‘The Witness’ – Luke Cuddy

2/9/2021
What can a video game teach us about our epistemic philosophy? In episode 93, Luke Cuddy from Southwestern College’s philosophy program talks with us about the video game The Witness, which presents players with a multitude of increasingly sophisticated and frustrating puzzles that perhaps result from the theory of knowledge it reflects. His chapter "The Witness as Philosophy: How Knowledge Is Constructed," was published on July 21, 2020 in The Palgrave Handbook of Popular Culture as Philosophy. Epistemic Puzzles in 'The Witness' - Luke CuddyEpistemic Puzzles in 'The Witness' - Luke CuddyEpistemic Puzzles in 'The Witness' - Luke Cuddy Epistemic Puzzles in 'The Witness' - Luke CuddyEpistemic Puzzles in 'The Witness' - Luke CuddyEpistemic Puzzles in 'The Witness' - Luke Cuddy {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7678 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off","action_received_time_total":window.dzsap_send_total_time,soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7678",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7678_66",settings_ap7678); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } }); Websites and other resources Luke's blog, YouTube channel, and Medium site Luke's book Legend of Zelda and Philosophy Jonathan Blow's blog Adam Ruins Everything: Game Designer Jonathan Blow Unpacks ‘The Witness’ The Witness (official website) In-game video of The Witness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzNh-hdceiU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aevy5Mv_ImQ Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Make a one-time donation via PayPal. Or support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Doug Leigh & Ryan Watkins How to Cite Leigh, D., Watkins, R., & Cuddy, L.. (2021). Parsing Science - Epistemic Puzzles in 'The Witness'. 10.6084/m9.figshare.13956419 Music What’s The Angle? by Shane Ivers Transcript Coming soon.

Duration:00:28:57

Unintended Consequences of Legal Reforms – Ángela Zorro Medina

1/26/2021
What effect did copying the U.S.'s legal system have on Colombia's incarceration system? In episode 92, Ángela Zorro Medina from the University of Chicago discussed her research into how transitioning to an adversarial model of criminal procedure – one controlled by the prosecutor and defense, rather than by the judge and court – impacted the number of inmates detained before their court trials. Her open-access preprint manuscript "The Failed War on Pre-Trial Detention: Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Reform," was published to Social Science Research Network (SSRN) on Oct. 23, 2020. Unintended Consequences of Legal Reforms - Ángela Zorro MedinaUnintended Consequences of Legal Reforms - Ángela Zorro MedinaUnintended Consequences of Legal Reforms - Ángela Zorro Medina Unintended Consequences of Legal Reforms - Ángela Zorro MedinaUnintended Consequences of Legal Reforms - Ángela Zorro MedinaUnintended Consequences of Legal Reforms - Ángela Zorro Medina {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7677 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7677",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7677_75",settings_ap7677); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } }); Websites and other resources Ángela's website and on Twitter Article highlights, Summary, Quick findings & Flashcards via Scholarcy Select media and press El Espectador (Spanish)| MSN (Spanish) div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}  Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Make a one-time donation via PayPal. Or support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Ryan Watkins & Doug Leigh How to Cite Watkins, R., Leigh, D., & Medina, A. Z.. (2021). Parsing Science - Unintended Consequences of Legal Reforms. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.13661042 Music What’s The Angle? by Shane Ivers Transcript

Duration:00:30:21

Bots’ Meddling in the 2020 Presidential Election – Emilio Ferrara

1/12/2021
How are automated social media bots manipulating our political discourse? In episode 91, Emilio Ferrara from the University of Southern California discusses his research into bots' amplification of conspiracies theories across more than 240 million tweets regarding the 2020 U.S. presidential election. His open-access article "Characterizing social media manipulation in the 2020 U.S. presidential election,” was published in with Herbert Chang, Emily Chen, Goran Muric, and Jaimin Patel in the University of Illinois at Chicago’s journal First Monday. Bots' Meddling in the 2020 Presidential Election - Emilio FerraraBots' Meddling in the 2020 Presidential Election - Emilio FerraraBots' Meddling in the 2020 Presidential Election - Emilio Ferrara Bots' Meddling in the 2020 Presidential Election - Emilio FerraraBots' Meddling in the 2020 Presidential Election - Emilio FerraraBots' Meddling in the 2020 Presidential Election - Emilio Ferrara {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7675 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7675",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7675_84",settings_ap7675); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } }); Websites and other resources Emilio's website and Twitter MIT Technology Review article on Emilio's Botometer Figure 12: Proportion of users using QAnon hashtags and mean botscore for each news outlet, dot size indicates relative number of tweets. Indiana University's Hoaxy, a tool to visualize claims and fact-checking Detecting social bots (2016): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lyU7J3TalY Select media and press Nature | New York Times | USA Today | ScienMag | phys.org | Eurekalert | Defense One div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}  Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Make a one-time donation via PayPal. Or support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization,...

Duration:00:30:18

Pet Project – Eric Tourigny

12/29/2020
What do changes in our beliefs about the death of our pets over the past century say about the relationship we have with our companion animals? In episode 90, Eric Tourigny from Newcastle University's School of History, Classics and Archaeology discusses his research into historic pet cemeteries and how they reveal our evolving feelings toward these animals, from beloved pets to valued family members with whom we may hope to reunify in an afterlife. His open-access article "Do all dogs go to heaven? Tracking human-animal relationships through the archaeological survey of pet cemeteries,” was published on October 27, 2020 in the journal Antiquity. Pet Project - Eric TourignyPet Project - Eric TourignyPet Project - Eric Tourigny Pet Project - Eric TourignyPet Project - Eric TourignyPet Project - Eric Tourigny {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7673 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7673",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7673_93",settings_ap7673); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } }); Websites and other resources Eric's website and Twitter account Eric's Twitter thread on this research Eric's "Finding Fido" project and Exeter's "Ancient Animals" app The Secret Pet Cemetery of Hyde Park ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrWitagNj8k Select media and press Inverse | Smithsonian | Phys.org | Science | The Guardian div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}  Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Ryan Watkins & Doug Leigh How to Cite Watkins, R., Leigh, D., & Tourigny, E.. (2020). Parsing Science - Pet Project. figshare. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13506681 Music What’s The Angle? by Shane Ivers Transcript Eric Tourigny: By recording the epitaphs and the words that people use and the ways that they record the gravestones,

Duration:00:28:11

Drones Revealing the Past – Jesse Casana

12/15/2020
How can drones help us find settlements long-lost to time? In episode 89, Jesse Casana from Dartmouth College's Department of Anthropology discusses his research into using multi-sensor drones to collect data about a major Native American settlement in what is now Southeastern Kansas. His article "A Council Circle at Etzanoa? Multi-sensor Drone Survey at an Ancestral Wichita Settlement in Southeastern Kansas," was published on August 24, 2020 with Elise Jakoby Laugier, Austin Chad Hill, and Donald Blakeslee in American Antiquity. Drones Revealing the Past - Jesse CasanaDrones Revealing the Past - Jesse CasanaDrones Revealing the Past - Jesse Casana Drones Revealing the Past - Jesse CasanaDrones Revealing the Past - Jesse CasanaDrones Revealing the Past - Jesse Casana {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7672 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7672",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7672_102",settings_ap7672); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } }); Websites and other resources Jesse's Spatial Archaeometry Lab (Twitter) Video of Jesse presenting on his satellite-based archaeology in Syria Video of Jesse presenting on his drone-based archaeology in Mexico & Illinois Select media and press Archaeology News Network | Ancient Origins | Smithsonian Magazine | ArsTechnica | Atlas Obscura div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}  Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Doug Leigh & Ryan Watkins How to Cite Leigh, D., Watkins, R., & Casana, J.. (2020). Parsing Science - Drones Revealing the Past. figshare. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13392302 Music What’s The Angle? by Shane Ivers Transcript Coming soon!

Duration:00:31:21

Early Galaxies’ Formation – Arianna Long

11/23/2020
How did the earliest and largest clusters of galaxies form? In episode 88, Arianna Long from the University California - Irvine talks with us about her research into the emergence of massive dusty star-forming galaxies that developed billions of years ago. Her article “Emergence of an Ultra-Red Ultra-Massive Galaxy Cluster Core at z = 4” was published on July 31, 2020 with multiple co-authors in The Astrophysical Journal and first submitted to arXiv as a preprint on March 30th 2020. Early Galaxies' Formation - Arianna LongEarly Galaxies' Formation - Arianna LongEarly Galaxies' Formation - Arianna Long Early Galaxies' Formation - Arianna LongEarly Galaxies' Formation - Arianna LongEarly Galaxies' Formation - Arianna Long {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7670 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off","action_received_time_total":window.dzsap_send_total_time,soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7670",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7670_111",settings_ap7670); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } }); Websites and other resources Arianna on Twitter, including her thread on this study Arianna's article "The Curious Case of Dusty Star-Forming Galaxies" for the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Arianna's Women in Natural Sciences (WiNS) Award from UCI African American Women in Physics' website and on Facebook Select media and press Astrobites div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}  Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Doug Leigh & Ryan Watkins How to Cite Leigh, D., Watkins, R., & Long, A.. (2020). Parsing Science - Early Galaxies’ Formation. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.13283789 Music What’s The Angle? by Shane Ivers Transcript Arianna Long: What we really want to do as astronomers is we really want to push back the age at which we can study these protoclusters - so bab...

Duration:00:36:05

Silencing an ALS Gene – Tim Miller

11/10/2020
How could a gene that causes one type of ALS be switched off? In episode 87, Tim Miller from the Washington University in St. Louis discusses his research into therapies that target the single strands of DNA or RNA which cause many cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease. His article “Phase 1–2 Trial of Antisense Oligonucleotide Tofersen for SOD1 ALS” was published with multiple co-authors on July 9th 2020 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Silencing an ALS Gene - Tim MillerSilencing an ALS Gene - Tim MillerSilencing an ALS Gene - Tim Miller Silencing an ALS Gene - Tim MillerSilencing an ALS Gene - Tim MillerSilencing an ALS Gene - Tim Miller {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7669 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off","action_received_time_total":window.dzsap_send_total_time,soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7669",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7669_120",settings_ap7669); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } }); Websites and other resources NEJM editorial on Tim's study Tim's lab website Video of Tim discussing new therapies for ALS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I0asIWLCxM Select media and press EurekAlert | WBUR | Physician's Weekly | Futurity | Medscape | 2 Minute Medicine div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}  Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Ryan Watkins & Doug Leigh How to Cite Watkins, R., Leigh, D., & Miller, T.. (2020). Parsing Science - Silencing an ALS Gene. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.13232651 Music What’s The Angle? by Shane Ivers Transcript Coming soon!

Duration:00:24:00

Fool Me Once Again – Darwin Guevarra

10/27/2020
Can we knowingly fake ourselves out? In episode 86 of Parsing Science we talk with Darwin Guevarra from Michigan State University about his research exploring how placebos sometimes have the power to reduce neural markers of emotional distress, even in cases in which people are told told that they're only taking a placebo rather than an active drug. His open access article, “Placebos without deception reduce self-report and neural measures of emotional distress,” was published with Jason S. Moser, Tor Wager & Ethan Kross on July 29th, 2020 in the journal Nature Communications. Fool Me Once Again - Darwin GuevarraFool Me Once Again - Darwin GuevarraFool Me Once Again - Darwin Guevarra Fool Me Once Again - Darwin GuevarraFool Me Once Again - Darwin GuevarraFool Me Once Again - Darwin Guevarra {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7668 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off","action_received_time_total":window.dzsap_send_total_time,soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7668",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7668_129",settings_ap7668); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } }); Websites and other resources As discussed in the episode, Figure 2c from the article Darwin on Twitter and his personal website Darwin on The Scientistt podcast Matthew Lieberman's website Benjamin Meyer on ResearchGate What is the placebo effect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z03FQGlGgo0 Select media and press Wired | ZME Science | PsyPost div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}  Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Doug Leigh & Ryan Watkins How to Cite Leigh, D., Watkins, R., & Guevarra, D.. (2020). Parsing Science - Fool Me Once Again. figshare. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.13176983 Music What’s The Angle? by Shane Ivers Transcript Coming soon!

Duration:00:26:58

Hot Girl Summer – Kyesha Jennings

10/13/2020
How are Black women using social media to develop community and identity? In episode 85 we talk with Kyesha Jennings from North Carolina State University Department of English about her analysis of what the wildly popular meme "hot girl summer" - drawn from lyrics by hip-hop phenomenon, Megan Thee Stallion - tells us about changes in the ways in which Black women cultivate community in digital spaces. Her open access article “City Girls, hot girls and the re-imagining of Black women in hip hop and digital spaces,” was published on June 1st 2020, in the journal, Global Hip Hop Studies. Hot Girl Summer - Kyesha JenningsHot Girl Summer - Kyesha JenningsHot Girl Summer - Kyesha Jennings Hot Girl Summer - Kyesha JenningsHot Girl Summer - Kyesha JenningsHot Girl Summer - Kyesha Jennings {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7667 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off","action_received_time_total":window.dzsap_send_total_time,soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7667",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7667_138",settings_ap7667); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } }); Websites and other resources Twitter posts tagged #hotgirlsummer Kyesha on Twitter and her NC State faculty profile Kyesha on NPR: The Sophistiratchet Scholar Megan Thee Stallion on Twitter Megan Thee Stallion's "Don't Stop" scholarships Select media and press div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}  Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Ryan Watkins & Doug Leigh How to Cite Watkins, R., Leigh, D., & Jennings, K.. (2020). Parsing Science - Hot Girl Summer. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.13096718 Music What’s The Angle? by Shane Ivers Transcript Coming soon!

Duration:00:26:45

Why Narcissists Are “Never Wrong” – Tori Howes and Ed Kausel

9/29/2020
Should I have done something differently? Or could nobody have seen it coming? In episode 84 Satoris "Tori" Howes from Oregon State University-Cascades and Edgar "Ed" Kausel from Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile join us to discuss their research into the malleability of narcissists' memory, as well as whether they're able to reflect on their mistakes to learn from them. Their article "When and why narcissists exhibit greater hindsight bias and less perceived learning," which they co-authored with Alex Jackson and Jochen Reb, was published on June 4, 2020 in the Journal of Management. Why Narcissists Are "Never Wrong" - Tori Howes and Ed KauselWhy Narcissists Are "Never Wrong" - Tori Howes and Ed KauselWhy Narcissists Are "Never Wrong" - Tori Howes and Ed Kausel Why Narcissists Are "Never Wrong" - Tori Howes and Ed KauselWhy Narcissists Are "Never Wrong" - Tori Howes and Ed KauselWhy Narcissists Are "Never Wrong" - Tori Howes and Ed Kausel {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7666 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7666",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7666_147",settings_ap7666); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } }); Websites and other resources Tori on ORCID Ed on Twitter Fischhoff & Beyth's (1975) "I knew it would happen: Remembered probabilities of once-future things" Select media and press Science Alert | Psych Central | Science Daily | EurekAlert | International Business Times div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}  Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Doug Leigh & Ryan Watkins How to Cite Leigh, D., Watkins, R., Howes, T., & Kausel, E.. (2020). Parsing Science - Why Narcissists Are "Never Wrong". figshare. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13030964 Music What’s The Angle?

Duration:00:30:10

Adhering to Prohibitive Taboos – Manvir Singh

9/15/2020
Why do religious leaders abstain from some pleasures? In episode 83, Manvir Singh from Harvard University's Department of Human Evolutionary Biology discusses his research into why shaman healers among the a group of people off the coast of Indonesia observe costly prohibitions, such abstinence or food restrictions, especially given that they could exploit their position for self-serving ends instead. His open-access article “Why do religious leaders observe costly prohibitions? Examining taboos on Mentawai shamans” was co-authored with Joseph Henrich and published on June 11, 2020 in the journal Evolutionary Human Sciences. Adhering to Prohibitive Taboos - Manvir SinghAdhering to Prohibitive Taboos - Manvir SinghAdhering to Prohibitive Taboos - Manvir Singh Adhering to Prohibitive Taboos - Manvir SinghAdhering to Prohibitive Taboos - Manvir SinghAdhering to Prohibitive Taboos - Manvir Singh {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7664 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7664",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7664_156",settings_ap7664); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } }); Websites and other resources Manvir's website and Twitter The study's data, code and supplementary material Manvir interviewed on The Dissenter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijf8cNBgztA Video documentary of a Mentawai wedding ceremony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e63F1oTz_YU Select media and press div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}  Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Ryan Watkins & Doug Leigh How to Cite Watkins, R., Leigh, D., Singh, M.. (2020). Parsing Science - Adhering to Prohibitive Taboos. figshare. doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.13003580 Music What’s The Angle? by Shane Ivers Transcript Coming soon!

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