Science Clear+Vivid Podcast

Anna Ploszajski: When Science Meets Craft

A scientist fluent in the atomic properties of materials like glass and steel and wood, Anna Ploszajski wanted the hands-on experience of how craftspeople use them. The r

Daphna Shohamy: Your Creative Memory

You may not realize it, but you are subtly revising and updating your memories all the time – to keep them, as Daphna Shohamy puts it, “nimble,” and so better able to hel

Caterina Vernieri: Seeing What Can’t be Seen

As a young Italian physics student, Caterina Vernieri was lucky enough to join the team hunting for the most elusive and highly-prized fundamental particle of all – the H

Marcelle Soares Santos: Capturing a Cosmic Explosion

Having helped develop and install a camera to gaze the heavens with unprecedented resolution, Marcelle Soares Santos was part of the team that used the camera to capture

Lucy Aplin: Cockatoos have culture too

An unknown but very clever cockatoo in Sydney Australia invented a novel way of raiding trash bins. Teaming with citizen scientists, Lucy Aplin and her team tracked how c

Kerri Cahoy: Hitchhiking to Space

Tiny satellites, catching a ride to space, can improve weather forecasting and even help spot planets outside the solar system. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com

Polina Anikeeva: Communing with the Brain

With ultra-thin fibers and minute magnetic particles, Polina Anikeeva and her team are developing new ways to tap into the brain. Her ultimate goal is to understand and t

Abigail Vieregg: Seeking Cosmic Messengers

Dangling from a balloon the size of a football stadium miles above the South Pole, a payload built by astrophysicist Abby Vieregg peers down at the ice looking for messen

Rae Wynn-Grant: Carnivore Champion

She not only cares passionately about the large and ferocious animals she studies. Rae Wynn-Grant also has a passion and a talent for getting the rest of us to care about

Maya Fishbach: When Black Holes Chirp

The mightiest events in the entire universe – when black holes collide – create ripples in space-time now being detected by the most sensitive instruments ever built – an

Beronda Montgomery: Lessons from Plants

Beronda Montgomery suggests we humans have a lot to learn from the surprising ways plants connect, communicate and collaborate. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com

Science Clear+Vivid - Season 3 Trailer

Alan and Science Clear+Vivid’s executive producer Graham Chedd preview the new season. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid See omnystudio.com/listen

Alex Schnell: Do Cuttlefish Ponder?

It’s not often that cuttlefish go viral, but that’s what happened when Alex Schnell published the results of her experiments showing that cuttlefish perform well in a ver

Alysson Muotri: A Brain Begins – in a Dish

By coaxing skin cells to become brain cells in a dish, Alysson Muotri hopes to learn how early brain development can go wrong in conditions like autism or epilepsy – and

Edward Chang: A Brain Speaks

During brain surgery, Dr. Edward Chang can record the brain’s electrical activity while the patient speaks – then reproduce the spoken words. His goal is to develop a dev

Shriya Srinivasan: Making prosthetic limbs feel real

While still working on her PhD Shriya Srinivasan invented a way that allows someone with a missing limb to move and feel their prosthesis as naturally as if it were part

How Your Mind Creates Language

Ev Fedorenko is in awe of her 3 1/2 year old daughter’s ability to soak up language – and as a neuroscientist, Ev’s goal is to one day understand how her daughter’s brain

Researching Her Own Disease

Audrey Winkelsas has a rare genetic disease called Spinal Muscular Atrophy. While it limits her physical abilities, it has helped ignite her passion for science as she wo

The Brothers Shenderov

Brothers Eugene and Kevin Shenderov escaped with their parents from the Soviet Union shortly after being exposed to radiation from the Chernobyl explosion. They are now p

There’s More to Everything than Meets the Eye

As a Black female professor, Chanda Prescod Weinstein is a rarity in her field. And she relishes the fact that everything that we see and experience in our lives – includ