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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Episodes

Prof. Muhammad Usman of the University of Melbourne on Quantum Computing 22.06.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Muhammad Usman is Associate Professor in Quantum Computing at the University of Melbourne. He is also the head of Quantum Systems and Principal Staff Member at CSIRO’s Data61 which is Australia's National Research Organization. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof Stewart Friedman of University of Pennsylvania on work, life and leadership 21.06.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof Stewart Friedman is an Emeritus Professor of Management Practice at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the founding director of the Wharton Leadership Program and Wharton's Work/Life Integration Project. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Dr. Ian Williams on different ideas. 17.06.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Ian Williams on different ideas. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof Peter Carruthers of the University of Maryland on Innateness in Mind 13.06.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof Peter Carruthers is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland. His primary research interests include philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, and cognitive science. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Dr Paavo Pylkkänen on Physics and Consciousness 09.06.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr Paavo Pylkkänen is Senior Lecturer in Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Helsinki. His main research areas are philosophy of mind, philosophy of physics and their intersection. The central problem in philosophy of mind is how to understand the place of mind – and especially conscious experience – in the physical world. Please subscribe to this channel:...

Prof. Joanna Masel of the University of Arizona on fitness, LUCA, and planning for the next pandemic 05.06.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Joanna Masel is Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona. She studies foundational questions in evolutionary theory, by building toy models to incorporate mechanistic phenomena within population genetic models, and by applying model insights to bioinformatic data. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/Sc...

Prof. Meret Aeppli of EPFL on the complexity of soil as a system 01.06.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Meret Aeppli is Assistant professor and head of the soil biogeochemistry laboratory at EPFL in Switzerland. Her group aims to elucidate the fundamental principles and mechanisms of electron transfer reactions and their role in the biogeochemical cycling of carbon and metals in soil. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?s...

Prof. Claudia Maraston of the University of Portsmouth on stellar and galaxy evolution 29.05.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Claudia Maraston is Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Portsmouth. She designs models for the calculation of spectro-photometric evolution of stellar populations. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Tirthankar Roy of LSE and Dr. K. Ravi Raman of Kerala State Planning Board on Kerala, India 24.05.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Tirthankar Roy is professor in economic history at the London School of Economics. His books include the co-authored Law and the Economy in Colonial India (2016) and Law and the Economy in a Young Democracy (2022).Dr. K. Ravi Raman is an Expert Member of the Kerala State Planning Board. He is the author of Global Capital and Peripheral Labour (2009) and Poli...

Prof. Rodrigo Braga of Northwestern University on brain networks 22.05.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Rodrigo Braga is Assistant Professor of Neurology at Northwestern University. His research interests include Brain networks, cognitive neuroscience and neurodegenerative diseases. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Catherine Ramirez University of California, Santa Cruz on Carlisle Indian Industrial School 19.05.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Catherine Ramirez is Prof. of Latin American and Latino Studies at University of California, Santa Cruz. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Elizabeth Johnson of Northwestern University on aging, cognition and brain stimulation. 16.05.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Elizabeth Johnson is Assistant Professor of Medical Social Sciences and Pediatrics at the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Wendy Freedman of the University of Chicago on the Hubble Constant 12.05.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Wendy Freedman is Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago. Her current projects involve measurements of the Hubble constant -- the current expansion rate, as well as the past expansion rate, providing constraints on the acceleration of the universe and dark energyPlease subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/Scientif...

Prof. Kevin Tracey of Feinstein Institutes on the Great Nerve (Vagus Nerve) 07.05.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Kevin Tracey is Professor of Molecular Medicine and Neurosurgery at Hofstra/Northwell. He is also the CEO of Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. His latest book is Great Nerve. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Michael Frank of Brown Univ. on Brain, Memory, decision-making, uncertainty, and plasticity 03.05.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Michael Frank is Professor of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences at Brown University. His research interests include Cognitive Neuroscience, Higher-Level Cognition, Neural/Computational Models of Mind Brain and Behavior. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof Peter Carruthers of the University of Maryland on Innateness in Mind 30.04.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof Peter Carruthers is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland. His primary research interests include philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, and cognitive science. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Shadi Bartsch of the University of Chicago on Natural, Social Sciences and Humanities 30.04.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Shadi Bartsch is Professor of Classics and the Program in Gender Studies and the Director of the Institute on the Formation of Knowledge at the University of Chicago. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Jeffrey C. Erlich of the University College, London on Cognition 27.04.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Jeffrey C. Erlich is Research Fellow and Group Leader at the University College, London. His research interests include neuroscience, cognition, electrophysiology, and neuroeconomics. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Dr. Ian Willams on empathy, consciousness and extra-terrestrial life 24.04.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr Ian Willams is an author, sculptor and former pharmaceutical executive. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Sir Simon Baron-Cohen on the Pattern Seekers, how autism drives human invention. 19.04.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Sir Simon Baron-Cohen is a Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry University of Cambridge and Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge. He is Director of the Autism Research Centre in Cambridge. His latest book is The Pattern Seekers, how autism drives human invention. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?...

Prof. Gregory Forth of the University of Alberta on a Hidden Hominid 16.04.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Gregory Forth is emeritus professor of anthropology at the University of Alberta, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. His most recent book is Between Ape and Human: An Anthropologist on the Trail of a Hidden Hominoid. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Bhismadev Chakrabarti of Univ. of Reading on Autism and Empathy 13.04.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Bhismadev Chakrabarti is Professor of Neuroscience and Mental Health at the University of Reading. He studies the mechanisms and processes underlying human social behavior, and individual differences therein. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. George Dragoi of Yale on memory storage and retrieval 09.04.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. George Dragoi is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and of Neuroscience at Yale University. His research is centered on revealing the dynamic interplay between externally driven and internally generated representations of the external world to understand memory formation and spatial navigation. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/Scient...

Dr. Geoffrey Ellis of US Geological Survey on geologic hydrogen resources on Earth 05.04.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Geoffrey Ellis is a petroleum geochemist with the Energy Resources Program (ERP) of the US Geological Survey. His research interests encompass the areas of organic inorganic interactions in petroleum systems, gas isotope geochemistry, and the controls on sedimentary organic geochemistry in aquatic environments. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.yout...

Prof. Prem Kumar of Northwestern on Quantum Teleportation 31.03.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Prem Kumar is Professor of Information Technology in the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science and Professor of Physics and Astronomy in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University. His current research is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Army Re...

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