Midnight Conversations

Midnight Conversations

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Sep 26, 2025

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Episodes

Episode 40 - The Science Of Video Conferencing Privacy 14.10.2020

Kagan, D., Alpert, G. F., & Fire, M. (2020). Zooming Into Video Conferencing Privacy and Security Threats. arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.01059.

Episode 39 - The Science Of Empathy, Responsibility And The Brain 16.09.2020

Caspar, E. A., Ioumpa, K., Keysers, C., & Gazzola, V. (2020). Obeying orders reduces vicarious brain activation towards victims’ pain. NeuroImage, 117251.

Episode 38 - The Science Of Gender Imbalance In Neuroscience Reference Lists 09.09.2020

Dworkin, J. D., Linn, K. A., Teich, E. G., Zurn, P., Shinohara, R. T., & Bassett, D. S. (2020). The extent and drivers of gender imbalance in neuroscience reference lists. arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.01002.

Episode 37 - The Science Of Regression To The Mean 02.09.2020

Barnett, A. G., Van Der Pols, J. C., & Dobson, A. J. (2005). Regression to the mean: what it is and how to deal with it. International journal of epidemiology, 34(1), 215-220.

Episode 36 - The Science Of Essential Oils And Anxiety 19.08.2020

Woelk, H., & Schläfke, S. (2010). A multi-center, double-blind, randomised study of the Lavender oil preparation Silexan in comparison to Lorazepam for generalized anxiety disorder. Phytomedicine, 17(2), 94-99.

Episode 35 - The Science Of False Scientific Findings 12.08.2020

Ioannidis, J. P. (2005). Why most published research findings are false. PLoS medicine, 2(8), e124.

Episode 34 - The Science Of Population Growth 05.08.2020

Vollset, S. E., Goren, E., Yuan, C. W., Cao, J., Smith, A. E., Hsiao, T., ... & Dolgert, A. J. (2020). Fertility, mortality, migration, and population scenarios for 195 countries and territories from 2017 to 2100: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. The Lancet.

Episode 33 - The Science Of Plant And Animal Protein On Health Outcomes 28.07.2020

Naghshi, S., Sadeghi, O., Willett, W. C., & Esmaillzadeh, A. (2020). Dietary intake of total, animal, and plant proteins and risk of all cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. bmj, 370.

Episode 32 - The Science Of Whole Grains And Type 2 Diabetes 13.07.2020

Hu Yang, Ding Ming, Sampson Laura, Willett Walter C, Manson JoAnn E, Wang Molin et al. Intake of whole grain foods and risk of type 2 diabetes: results from three prospective cohort studies BMJ 2020; 370 :m2206

Episode 31 - The Science Of Brain Age And Alzheimer's Disease Risk 06.07.2020

Gaser, C., Franke, K., Klöppel, S., Koutsouleris, N., Sauer, H., & Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. (2013). BrainAGE in mild cognitive impaired patients: predicting the conversion to Alzheimer’s disease. PloS one, 8(6), e67346.

Episode 30 - The Science of Twitter and Scientific Outreach 29.06.2020

Luc, J. G., Archer, M. A., Arora, R. C., Bender, E. M., Blitz, A., Cooke, D. T., ... & Antonoff, M. B. (2020). Does Tweeting Improve Citations? One-Year Results from the TSSMN Prospective Randomized Trial. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

Episode 29 - The Science of Nature and Rumination 22.06.2020

Bratman, G. N., Hamilton, J. P., Hahn, K. S., Daily, G. C., & Gross, J. J. (2015). Nature experience reduces rumination and subgenual prefrontal cortex activation. Proceedings of the national academy of sciences, 112(28), 8567-8572.

Episode 28 - The Science of Cardiovascular Disease and Egg Consumption 15.06.2020

Drouin-Chartier, J. P., Chen, S., Li, Y., Schwab, A. L., Stampfer, M. J., Sacks, F. M., ... & Bhupathiraju, S. N. (2020). Egg consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease: three large prospective US cohort studies, systematic review, and updated meta-analysis. bmj, 368.

Episode 27 - The Science of COVID, Social Isolation and Mental Health 09.06.2020

Orben, A., Tomova, L., & Blakemore, S. J. (2020). The effects of social deprivation on adolescent social development and mental health.

Episode 26 - The Science of the Darwin Awards 02.06.2020

Lendrem, B. A. D., Lendrem, D. W., Gray, A., & Isaacs, J. D. (2014). The Darwin Awards: sex differences in idiotic behaviour. Bmj, 349, g7094.

Episode 25 - The Science of Obesity and the Hippocampus 25.05.2020

Ambikairajah, A., Tabatabaei‐Jafari, H., Walsh, E., Hornberger, M., & Cherbuin, N. (2020). Longitudinal Changes in Fat Mass and the Hippocampus. Obesity.

Episode 24 - The Science of the Mediterranean Diet 18.05.2020

Sofi, F., Abbate, R., Gensini, G. F., & Casini, A. (2010). Accruing evidence on benefits of adherence to the Mediterranean diet on health: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis. The American journal of clinical nutrition, 92(5), 1189-1196.

Episode 23 - The Science of Risk Taking and the Brain 11.05.2020

Vorobyev, V., Kwon, M. S., Moe, D., Parkkola, R., & Hämäläinen, H. (2015). Risk-taking behavior in a computerized driving task: brain activation correlates of decision-making, outcome, and peer influence in male adolescents. PLoS one, 10(6).

Episode 22 - The Science of Sitting, Physical Activity and Mortality 04.05.2020

Ekelund, U., Steene-Johannessen, J., Brown, W. J., Fagerland, M. W., Owen, N., Powell, K. E., ... & Lancet Sedentary Behaviour Working Group. (2016). Does physical activity attenuate, or even eliminate, the detrimental association of sitting time with mortality? A harmonised meta-analysis of data from more than 1 million men and women. The Lancet, 388(10051), 1302-1310.

Episode 21 - The Science of Coffee Consumption and the Brain 27.04.2020

Nehlig, A. (2016). Effects of coffee/caffeine on brain health and disease: What should I tell my patients?. Practical neurology, 16(2), 89-95.

Episode 20 - The Science of Fish Oil Supplementation 16.03.2020

Rizos, E. C., Ntzani, E. E., Bika, E., Kostapanos, M. S., & Elisaf, M. S. (2012). Association between omega-3 fatty acid supplementation and risk of major cardiovascular disease events: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Jama, 308(10), 1024-1033.

Episode 19 - The Science of Beauty Sleep 02.03.2020

Axelsson, J., Sundelin, T., Ingre, M., Van Someren, E. J., Olsson, A., & Lekander, M. (2010). Beauty sleep: experimental study on the perceived health and attractiveness of sleep deprived people. Bmj, 341, c6614.

Episode 18 - The Science of Worrying 24.02.2020

Ro, J. S., Lee, J. S., Kang, S. C., & Jung, H. M. (2017). Worry experienced during the 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) pandemic in Korea. PloS one, 12(3).

Episode 17 - The Science of Family Smokers 20.01.2020

Leonardi-Bee, J., Jere, M. L., & Britton, J. (2011). Exposure to parental and sibling smoking and the risk of smoking uptake in childhood and adolescence: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Thorax, 66(10), 847-855.

Episode 16 - The Science of Bushfires 13.01.2020

Sharples, J. J., Cary, G. J., Fox-Hughes, P., Mooney, S., Evans, J. P., Fletcher, M. S., ... & Baker, P. (2016). Natural hazards in Australia: extreme bushfire. Climatic Change, 139(1), 85-99.

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