Gill Eapen
Scientific Sense ®
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.
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Gill Eapen
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Jul 11, 2026
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Episodes
Prof. David Blight of Yale on Democracy and Policies in America: History repeats 26.03.2025 1:06:52
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. David Blight is Professor of History at Yale University. He writes frequently for the popular press, including the Atlantic, the New York Times, and many other journals. He has won many prizes including the Pulitzer Prize in 2019. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter emeritus prof of University of Cambridge on the Art of Uncertainty 22.03.2025 56:21
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter is Professor of Public Understanding of Risk at Faculty of Mathematics, University of Cambridge. His recent book is entitled The Art of Uncertainty: How to Navigate Chance, Ignorance, Risk and Luck Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
Prof. Ziv Williams of Harvard on the behavior of single neurons in the human brain 16.03.2025 58:47
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Ziv Williams is Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at Harvard division of Medical Sciences. The major goal of his lab has been to investigate neural computations that underlie motor and cognitive behavior. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
Prof. John Crassidis,, Professor of Innovation at the University at Buffalo, on space junk 13.03.2025 55:56
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. John Crassidis is Professor of Innovation at the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He works with NASA, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Space Force and other agencies to monitor space debris, also known as space junk, which threatens satellites and future space missions. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/S...
Sam Faycurry, co-founder and CEO of Fay Nutrition on dietitians and the science of nutrition 08.03.2025 47:08
Decision Options ® by Gill Eapen: Sam Faycurry is the co-founder and CEO of Fay Nutrition Inc: a vertical AI platform providing services to dietitians, covered by insurance. They’ve raised $75M to date from General Catalyst, Forerunner, and most recently Goldman Sachs. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
Prof. Iris Berent of Northeastern University on human nature and the mind-body divide 06.03.2025 57:22
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Iris Berent is professor of psychology at Northeastern University. Her research seeks to unveil human nature and our intuitive understanding of it. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
Prof. Christopher Lynn of Yale University on how humans learn 01.03.2025 58:59
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Chris Lynn is Assistant Professor of Physics at Yale University. He is interested in understanding how structure and function emerge in complex living systems, particularly the brain. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
Prof. David Lindenmayer of Australian National University on forest fires, causes and solutions 25.02.2025 41:27
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Professor David Lindenmayer is Professor at the Fenner School of Environment and Society at Australian National University. He currently runs 5 large-scale, long-term research programs in south-eastern Australia, primarily associated with developing ways to conserve biodiversity in farmland, wood production forests, plantations, and reserves. Please subscribe to t...
Prof. Chris Kennedy of the University of Chicago on reasoning, semantic convention and subjectivity 04.02.2025 1:03:20
Scientific Sense Podcast ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Chris Kennedy is professor of Linguistics at the University of Chicago. His work is geared towards discovering and describing the principles that are involved in relating linguistic forms to meanings; determining how this mapping is achieved through the interaction of properties of the linguistic system, properties of cognition more generally, and br...
Prof. Alan Love of the University of Minnesota on Evolutionary Theories 23.01.2025 1:03:57
Scientific Sense Podcast ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Alan Love is University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota. Mutation and evolution: Conceptual possibilities, Myth 9 That Darwin’s Theory Was Essentially Complete Once He Came Up with the Idea of Natural Selection, Metabolic complementation between cells drives the evolution of tissues and organs, and The Interdisciplinary Entangl...
Decision Options ® by Gill Eapen: Mr. Aby Alexander on emerging technologies in connectivity. 16.01.2025 49:27
Decision Options ® by Gill Eapen: Mr. ABY ALEXANDER, CEO of Broadsat Technologies, that is on a mission to deliver cutting-edge connectivity solutions where traditional fiber infrastructure is not viable. His expertise in ATSC 3.0 and Broadcast Internet technologies has been crucial in shaping the innovative approach to remote area connectivity. Prior to founding the company, Aby was the President...
Prof. Dirk Schulze-Makuch of Technical University, Berlin, Germany on ET 10.01.2025 57:40
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Professor for planetary habitability and astrobiology at the Technical University, Berlin, Germany. His research interests include extra-terrestrial life. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
Prof. Peter Gorham of University of Hawaii on Neutrinos, Cosmic Rays, and experimental Physics 04.01.2025 1:05:56
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Peter Gorham is Professor of Physics at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. His research interests include Neutrinos and Cosmic Rays Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
Prof. Rob Jackson of Stanford on "Into the Clear Blue Sky: The Path to Restoring Our Atmosphere" 23.12.2024 47:32
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Rob Jackson is Professor and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment and at the Precourt Institute for Energy at Stanford University. His lab examines the many ways people affect the Earth Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
Prof. Glenn Cohen of Harvard on emergency abortions, uterus transplants, psychedelics and medical AI 19.12.2024 54:16
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Glenn Cohen is Professor of Law and Faculty Director, for the Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology & Bioethics at Harvard University. His current research relates to medical AI, mobile health and other health information technologies, abortion, reproduction/reproductive technology, the therapeutic use of psychedelic drugs, research ethics, organ t...
Prof. Terrie Moffitt of Duke University on Aging 14.12.2024 58:43
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Terrie Moffitt is University Professor of Psychology at Duke University, and Professor of Social Development at King’s College London. Her expertise is in the areas of longitudinal methods, developmental theory, clinical mental health research, neuropsychology, and genomics in behavioral science. She is uncovering the consequences of a lifetime of mental and...
Prof. Michael Rowan-Robinson on Planet 9, Star burst, Plank and JWST 10.12.2024 55:41
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Michael Rowan-Robinson is a Distinguished Research Fellow Department of Physics - Faculty of Natural Sciences at Imperial College. He was Head of the Astrophysics Group at Imperial College in London from 1993 to 2007 Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
Prof. Glenn M. Schwartz of Johns Hopkins on Syria and Mesopotamia 06.12.2024 47:20
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Glenn M. Schwartz is Professor of Archaeology and Archaeology Program Director at Johns Hopkins University. He is a Near Eastern archaeologist whose research focuses on the emergence and early history of urban societies in Syria and Mesopotamia. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense sub_confirmation=1
Prof. Zhaoping Li of UCLA on Spices and Health 03.12.2024 33:14
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Zhaoping Li, is Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Clinical Nutrition at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research focuses on clinical nutrition and beneficial effects of food on nutrition. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
Prof. Stacy McGaugh of Case Western on the Mutual Incommensurability of ΛCDM and MOND 25.11.2024 55:37
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Professor Stacy McGaugh is Professor and Director of Astronomy at Case Western Reserve University. He studies galaxies, cosmology, and the mass discrepancy problem. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
Prof. Salikoko Mufwene of the U of Chicago on Language Evolution: Contact, competition and change 22.11.2024 58:21
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Salikoko Mufwene is professor of linguistics at the University of Chicago. His research interests include Evolutionary Linguistics (including the emergence of Creoles, the Indigenization of European Colonial Languages, Language Vitality), Bantu Linguistics, Language Contact in Africa and the Caribbean Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com...
Prof. Elizabeth Loftus of UC Irvine on misinformation, AI and LLM amplification of false memories 17.11.2024 55:11
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Elizabeth Loftus is Professor of Psychological Science at the University of California, Irvine. She is an expert on memory. She has been an expert witness or consultant in hundreds of cases related to memory. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
Prof. Sophia Rosenfeld of University of Pennsylvania on Statistics, Democracy and Choice 12.11.2024 1:06:02
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Sophia Rosenfeld is Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History at the University of Pennsylvania, where she teaches European and American intellectual and cultural history with a special emphasis on the Enlightenment, the trans-Atlantic Age of Revolutions, and the legacy of the eighteenth century for modern democracy. Please subscribe to thi...
Prof. Jacqueline Gerson of Cornell on how anthropogenic activities changed nutrients in watersheds 04.11.2024 41:36
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof Jacqueline Gerson is Assistant Professor, Biological and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University. She studies how anthropogenic activities have altered the cycling of nutrients and contaminants through watersheds. She is particularly interested in linked biogeochemical cycles within complex socio environmental systems. She also evaluates the implicati...
Prof. Yotam Ophir of the University at Buffalo on disinformation, and conspiracy theories. 16.10.2024 59:06
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Yotam Ophir is an Associate Professor of Communication at the University at Buffalo. His work combines computational methods for text mining, network analysis, experiments and surveys to study media content and effects in the areas of political, science, and health communication. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub...
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