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.

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Author

Gill Eapen

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Science

Podcast website

www.scientificsense.com

Latest episode

Oct 30, 2026

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Episodes

Prof. Glenn Cohen of Harvard on emergency abortions, uterus transplants, psychedelics and medical AI 19.12.2024

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Prof. Robert Sternberg of Cornell University on Intelligence and Wisdom 05.10.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Robert Sternberg is Professor of Psychology at Cornell University. His research include intelligence, creativity and wisdom, Styles of thinking, Cognitive modifiability, Leadership, Love and hate

Prof. Anita Allen of the University of Pennsylvania on Privacy 26.09.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Anita Allen is Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She is as an expert on philosophical and social justice dimensions of privacy and data protection law; ethics; bioethics; legal philosophy; women’s reproductive rights; and faculty advancement. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/...

Dr. Anna Trindade Falcão of Harvard on Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) 21.09.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Anna Trindade Falcão is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Center for Astrophysics at the Smithsonian Institute of Harvard University. She is interested in multi wavelength studies of active galactic nuclei (AGN), their evolution, and connection to the interstellar medium. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation...

Prof. Mike Wiest of Wellesley College on Consciousness 12.09.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Mike Wiest is Associate Professor of Neuroscience at Wellesley College. He researches the physical basis of Consciousness. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Thomas Maschmeyer of the University of Sydney on battery technologies and plastics recycling. 24.08.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Thomas Maschmeyer is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Sydney, serves as Founding Director of the Laboratory of Advanced Catalysis for Sustainability (School of Chemistry), and is Founder of Gelion Technologies Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Ben Levinstein of the University of Illinois on the mind of ChatGPT (Part 2) 20.08.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Ben Levinstein is an associate professor at the University of Illinois, who specializes in formal epistemology, decision theory, philosophy of science, and—increasingly—in the ethics and philosophy of artificial intelligence. Much of Ben's past work has developed new accounts of rationality for both belief and action. Please subscribe to this channel: ht...

Prof. Ben Levinstein of the University of Illinois on the mind of ChatGPT - Part I 17.08.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Ben Levinstein is an associate professor at the University of Illinois, who specializes in formal epistemology, decision theory, philosophy of science, and—increasingly—in the ethics and philosophy of artificial intelligence. Much of Ben's past work has developed new accounts of rationality for both belief and action. Please subscribe to this channel: ht...

Prof. Sharon Block of Harvard on worker power, rights, unions and policy 14.08.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Sharon Block is a Professor of Practice and Executive Director of the Center for Labor and a Just Economy at Harvard Law School. She has held key labor policy positions across the legislative and executive branches in both Obama and Biden administrations. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Robert George of Princeton on the Truth-Seeking Mission of the University and Its Conditions. 11.08.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Robert George is Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. He is a specialist in moral and political philosophy, constitutional law, bioethics, and the theory of conscience. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Rebecca Tushnet of Harvard on the first amendment, copyright and commercial speech doctrine 07.08.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Rebecca Tushnet is a professor of law at Harvard Law School. Her work currently focuses on copyright, trademark and false advertising law. She is also an expert on the law of engagement rings. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Martha Minow of Harvard on Constitutional Preconditions, Divided Societies, and Local News 01.08.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Martha Minow is Professor of Law at Harvard. She has taught at Harvard Law School since 1981 and served as dean between 2009 & 2017. Her prior books include Saving the News: Why The Constitution Calls for Government Action to Preserve the Freedom of Speech (2021); When Should Law Forgive? (2019); In Brown’s Wake: Legacies of America’s Constitutional Land...

Prof. Karla Kaun of Brown University on addiction and the brain 19.07.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Karla Kaun is Associate Professor of Neuroscience at Brown University. Her research interests include Synaptic networks of reward and addiction, cognitive decline, and effects of aging on substance abuse. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Harold Koh of Yale on the National Security Constitution 11.07.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Harold Koh is Professor of International Law at Yale Law School. He has authored or co-authored nine books, published more than 200 articles, testified regularly before Congress, and litigated numerous cases involving international law issues in both U.S. and international tribunals. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense...

Prof.Tim Maudlin of NYU on Physics and Philosophy 06.07.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Tim Maudlin is Professor of Philosophy at NYU. His research interests include foundations of physics, metaphysics, logic, and philosophy of science. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

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