Gill Eapen

Scientific Sense ®

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Scientific Sense ® is an invigorating podcast that delves into the intricate tapestry of Science and Economics, serving as a nexus for intellectual exploration and fervor. This daily venture engages listeners by conversing with preeminent academics, unraveling their research, and unveiling emerging concepts across a diverse array of fields. Scientific Sense ® thoughtfully examines multifaceted themes such as the frameworks of worker rights and policy, the philosophical underpinnings of truth and its pursuit within academia, and constitutional discourse within divided societies.

Author

Gill Eapen

Category

Science

Podcast website

www.scientificsense.com

Latest episode

Jul 11, 2026

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Prof. Gunther Kletetschka of University of Alaska on A Radical New Theory: Is Time 3-Dimensional? 27.03.2026

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Gunther Kletetschka is Associate Research Professor at the University of Alaska. His expertise includes physics, geology, biology, and astronomy Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof Paul Zak of Claremont Graduate University on neural diversity, mood, thriving and good music 20.03.2026

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof Paul Zak is Professor of Economic Sciences, Psychology & Management at Claremont Graduate University. His research has identified the brain processes that support such virtuous behaviors as trustworthiness, generosity, and sacrifice, as well as those whose absence leads to evil, vice, and conflict. He uses these results to increase flourishing by individu...

Prof. Geraint Lewis of the University of Sydney on the Cosmos 15.03.2026

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Geraint Lewis is Professor of Astrophysics at the Sydney Institute for Astronomy, part of the University of Sydney's School of Physics. His research focuses on the "dark side of the universe", the matter and energy that shapes our cosmos. Please subscribe to this channel: https://open.spotify.com/show/7AsWBQw2VuB7ILHPQytCMR?si=10jKOkFHTraddne2A...

Prof. John Friedman of Brown on Opportunity Insights 07.03.2026

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. John Friedman is Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs at Brown University and Dean of the School of International and Public Affairs. Dean Friedman is a founding co-director of Opportunity Insights. His work is rooted in big-data analysis, with a focus on topics like inequality, poverty, education, and tax policy. Please subscribe to t...

Jon Hartley of Hoover institution on De-dollarization, AI, and tariffs. 01.03.2026

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Jon Hartley is an economist specializing in finance, labor economics, and macroeconomics. He is currently a Policy Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford. Please subscribe to this channel: https://open.spotify.com/show/7AsWBQw2VuB7ILHPQytCMR?si=10jKOkFHTraddne2AHuROQ

Prof. Jimenez of Univ. of Barcelona and Prof. Bertacca of Univ. Padova on inflation cosmology. 27.02.2026

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Raul Jimenez is Professor of Cosmology at the University of Barcelona. His research interests include the origin and evolution of the Universe and large-scale structure. Prof. Daniele Bertacca is Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Padova. His research addresses fundamental questions about the origin and evolution of cosmic stru...

Prof. Daniel Whiteson of the University of California, Irvine asks, "Do Aliens speak Physics?'6 20.02.2026

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Daniel Whiteson is professor of Physics and Astronomy at University of California, Irvine (UCI). He uses machine learning and statistical tools to analyze high-energy particle collisions to unravel the nature of matter and energy. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Andrew Jaffe of Imperial College on the Random Universe 14.02.2026

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Andrew Jaffe is professor of astrophysics and cosmology at Imperial College, London. He is the Director of the Imperial Centre for Inference and Cosmology. He studies the history and evolution of the Universe as a whole. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Antoinette Schoar of MIT Sloan School of Management on cryptocurrencies 08.02.2026

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Antoinette Schoar is Professor of Finance at MIT Sloan School of Management. Her research interests span from entrepreneurial finance to household finance, fintech, cryptocurrencies, and financial intermediation. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Mr. Nicolas Niarchos on the dirty supply chain. 02.02.2026

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Mr. Nicolas Niarchos is a journalist whose work focuses on energy, war, and migration. His work has been published in The New Yorker, The Nation, and The New York Times. He has testified on the effects of Congolese battery metal mining on Capitol Hill. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Stephen Kritchevsky of Wake Forest on Geroscience 27.01.2026

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Stephen Kritchevsky is Professor in Geroscience at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He co-directs the Sticht Center for Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention. He studies nutritional influences that affect trajectories of health and disability in older adults including vitamins, protein, energy balance, obesity and exercise. Please subscribe to t...

Prof. Jacqueline Gottlieb of Columbia University on curiosity 22.01.2026

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Jacqueline Gottlieb is Professor of Neuroscience and Principal Investigator at Columbia University’s Zuckerman Institute. She studies the mechanisms that underlie the brain's higher cognitive functions, including decision making, memory, and attention. Her interest is in how the brain gathers the evidence it needs — and ignores what it doesn’t — during e...

Prof. Rita McGrath of Columbia Business School on Seeing Around Corners. 10.01.2026

Decision Options ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Rita McGrath is professor of strategy and innovation at Columbia Business School. Her recent book is Seeing Around Corners: How to Spot Inflection Points in Business Before They Happen. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Dr. Nadine Dijkstra of UCL on reality and imagination 08.01.2026

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Nadine Dijkstra is a Senior Research Fellow at UCL, specializing in cognitive neuroscience. Her research focuses on the computational and neural mechanisms of mental imagery, utilizing a combination of neuroimaging, psychophysics, machine learning, and computational modeling. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confir...

Prof. Scott Anthony of Dartmouth on Eleven Innovations that Shaped Our Modern World 22.12.2025

Decision Options ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Scott Anthony is a clinical professor at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, where his research and teaching focuses on the adaptive challenges of disruptive change. Scott’s latest book is Epic Disruptions: 11 Innovations that Shaped Our Modern WorldPlease subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Kevin Gaston of Univ. of Exeter on night time ecology. 13.12.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Professor Kevin Gaston is a distinguished Professor of Biodiversity and Conservation at the University of Exeter. He leads basic, strategic, and applied research in ecology and conservation biology, with a current focus on common ecology, nighttime ecology, and personalized ecology. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_co...

Prof. Katrine Løken of the Norwegian School of Economics on parental leave, prison, and brain drain. 05.12.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Katrine Løken is Professor of Economics at the Norwegian School of Economics. Her main research interests are in early investments in children, and the long-term outcomes and effects of different social policies. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Ms. Amber Case of Calm Technology Institute on the principles and patterns for non-intrusive design. 03.12.2025

Decision Options ® by Gill Eapen: Ms. Amber Case is the founder and research director of the Calm Technology Institute that aims to establish partnerships with companies to promote and integrate the principles of Calm Tech into their current and future product lines. Her book is Calm Technology PRINCIPLES AND PATTERNS FOR NON-INTRUSIVE DESIGN. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube....

Dr. Christof Koch of the Allen Institute on Consciousness 24.11.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Christof Koch is a Meritorious Investigator at the Allen Institute. His writings and interests integrate theoretical, computational and experimental neuroscience with philosophy and contemporary trends, in particular artificial intelligence. His latest book is then I am myself the world: WHAT CONSCIOUSNESS IS AND HOW TO EXPAND IT. Please subscribe to this chan...

Prof. Paola Sapienza of Stanford on Long-Term Orientation and Educational Performance 20.11.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Paola Sapienza is Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, where she co-directs the Initiative on Immigration. Previously she was Professor of Finance at Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Danielle Allen of Harvard University on Justice By Means of Democracy. 15.11.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Danielle Allen is Professor of political philosophy, ethics, and public policy. at Harvard University. She is a professor of political philosophy, ethics, and public policy. As a scholar, she currently concentrates on the Democratic Knowledge Project and on the Democracy Renovation Project. Her latest book is Justice By Means Of Democracy. Please subscribe t...

Prof. Jonathan Moreno of the University of Pennsylvania on Psychodrama, Culture, and the Network. 09.11.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Jonathan Moreno is University Professor Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania. He has published more than a thousand papers, articles, reviews and op-eds and has been translated into several languages. His latest book is Impromptu Man. J.L. Moreno and the Origins of Psychodrama, Encounter Culture, and the Social Network. Please subscribe to this channel...

Prof Setha Low of CUNY on Beach Politics 21.10.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof Setha Low is Professor of Psychology, Anthropology, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Women's and Gender Studies at the graduate institute of the New York City University. Her research interests include Anthropology of space and place Ethnography and Qualitative Methodology. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub...

Prof Christine Webb of NYU on the Arrogant Ape: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism and Why It Matters 18.10.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Christine Webb is assistant professor at New York University, where she is part of the Animal Studies program. Her research focuses on the social behavior, cognition, and emotion of nonhuman primates. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Ranjay Gulati of Harvard Business School on How to Be Bold 14.10.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Ranjay Gulati is Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. His latest book is How to Be Bold: The Surprising Science of Everyday Courage. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

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