Nature and Science Podcast

Are We Conscious Of The Life We Should Live

Send us Fan Mail We like to believe that we navigate our lives as fully conscious, rational architects of our own destinies. But how much of the life you are living righ

Looking Back at AI Scaling with Anthropic Co-Founder Jared Kaplan

Send us Fan Mail "An archival 2023 interview with Anthropic co-founder Jared Kaplan discussing scaling laws, large language models, and the trajectory of artificial inte

Looking Back at AI Scaling with Anthropic Co-Founder Jared Kaplan

Send us Fan Mail "An archival 2023 interview with Anthropic co-founder Jared Kaplan discussing scaling laws, large language models, and the trajectory of artificial inte

Is The Earth Losing Its Balance?

Send us Fan Mail Is The Earth Losing Its Balance and beginning to turn against us? Author Dominic Nessi explores that terrifying possibility in The Source, a gripping n

The Progenitor Field - A Pre Big Bang SciFI Novel

Send us Fan Mail Host and Executive Producer of the podcast will discuss his latest science fiction novel, The Progenitor Field.   The novel tells the story of the exper

DC Golf Course Restoration Threatens Affordable Access

Send us Fan Mail Michael Williams joins us to discuss the proposed restoration of the golf courses in DC including Langston Golf Course and East Potomac.  We will explor

The First Women Lifeguards: How Perseverance and Skill Overcame Obstacles

Send us Fan Mail “Debbie Friedman adds a bouyant new element to history, introducing the strong and brave women who battled ocean waves and stinging sexism to become the

Sustainable Farming Brings Healthy Food To Your Table

Send us Fan Mail Sustainable Farming Brings Healthy Food To Your Table is what this podcast is all about. Shawn and Lindsay and their three children work to provide you

One Ranger's Quest To Save His Beloved Desert

Send us Fan Mail This is the story of how a young man fell in love with the beauty and mystery of the desert and translated that love into a career as ranger protecting

Cured vs. Healed: A Doctor's Near-Death Journey to a New Kind of Medicine

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to my third memoir about my unusual trajectory in the world of medicine. In my first memoir, “Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert,” I share

Two Time Loser To Revolution: The Birth of Ky’Orda

Send us Fan Mail Hello everyone, I'm your host of Nature and Science Podcast, Don Murphy.  In the episode I am interviewed by our producer, Anna Murphy to discuss,

How A Love Science Helped Save Our National Parks

Send us Fan Mail Scientific research at Yellowstone and other National Park has yielded many useful discoveries benefiting humanity.  One of the most important was the d

How Unlocking The Secrets Of Nano Vaults Could Revolutionize Disease Cures

Send us Fan Mail This episode explores the mystery of a cellular organelle known as the vault and how unlocking the secrets of nano vaults could revolutionize Disease Cu

New Tools Teach How To Detect Deep Fakes

Send us Fan Mail This episode is all about deep fakes.  It is getting more difficult everyday to tell what is real and what is fake, especially on social media and even

How A Love For Science Is Fostering World Peace

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we speak with Dr. Zafra Lerman about how a love for science is fostering world peace. Zafra Lerman is an American chemist, educator, an

Why Fears Of A New Viral Pandemic Are On The Rise

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we speak with Dr. Jesse Goodman about the spread of the H5N1 virus.  We will discuss what a virus is, how viruses migrate from animal po

How To Avoid Devastating Psychological Impacts From Disasters

Send us Fan Mail The next episode will explore how to avoid the devastating psychological impacts of disasters. A native of Long Island, New York, Dr. Katz attended Harv

A Revolution In Evolution A Bacterial and Alga Love Fest

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we speak with Dr. Jonathan Zehr.  He and his colleagues discovered an example of evolution in action.  Dr. Zehr will share with us how s

CRISPR Is A Game-Changer Tackling Climate Change, World Hunger

Send us Fan Mail Human beings have been breeding and cross-breeding plants for thousands of years.  We have done this to increase yield, taste, growth rate and in modern

The Consequence of Firing National Park Service Seasonal Employees

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we will explore the truth and consequences of the firing of National Park Service seasonal employees.  Joining us is former national par