Superheroes of Science

By Purdue College of Science

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Superheroes of Science is on a mission to highlight current and exciting science and STEM content. Get your science directly from the experts!

Episode Date
What is the Mars Perseverance Rover Doing Now?
Apr 24, 2024
AI Bias and Ethical Concerns
Apr 04, 2024
How Machine Learning and A.I. Models Work
Mar 19, 2024
Who should study Cybersecurity?
Feb 28, 2024
Understanding nuclear power.
Feb 08, 2024
Understanding AI and Computer Vision with Raymond Yeh
Jan 23, 2024
Being Curious Leads a Computer Scientist to Automated Algorithm Analysis
Jan 08, 2024
Fostering Collaborations: Institutes Driving Interdisciplinary Solutions for a Sustainable Future
Dec 14, 2023
Harnessing the Power of Green Infrastructure for Sustainable Stormwater Management
Nov 28, 2023
How do architects design science laboratories?
Nov 14, 2023
What is Data Science and How is it Used?
Oct 30, 2023
The Dark Side of the Moon: and other misconceptions...
Oct 16, 2023
Conservation of Valuable Land Through a Land Trust
Oct 03, 2023
The Quest to Discover Dark Matter
Sep 22, 2023
Exploring Ancient Volcanoes: Unveiling Insights from the Past
Aug 21, 2023
Demystifying Severe Storms and Tornadoes: Separating Fact from Fiction
Aug 09, 2023
Demystifying Severe Storms and Tornadoes: Separating Fact from Fiction
Aug 09, 2023
Frozen Quest: A Geochemist's Antarctic Expedition Searching for Knowledge
Jul 24, 2023
Understanding Drug Discovery: Finding the Cure for the Flu
Jul 11, 2023
Moons of the Milky Way: The Ingredients for Life
Jun 26, 2023
Using Weather Balloons for Scientific Research and Education
May 23, 2023
What to Expect and do During a Total Solar Eclipsed
May 08, 2023
Learning from Seismic White Noise
Apr 27, 2023
CubeSats: The Future of Space Exploration
Mar 29, 2023
Agrivoltaics: Pairing Agriculture with Solar Farms for a Cleaner Environment
Feb 23, 2023
Explore Titan: A World Like No Other
Feb 07, 2023
Biomedical Engineering: Designing the least invasive medical procedures
Jan 20, 2023
Shooting Stars: Could They be From Other Planets?
Jan 10, 2023
Can you x-ray a goldfish? A discussion with a veterinary radiologist.
Nov 28, 2022
Where are the ingredients in your medicine coming from?
Nov 15, 2022
Getting the Green Light: How a research program is chosen for NASA funding
Oct 24, 2022
Heliophysics and Solar Eclipses with NASA HEAT
Oct 10, 2022
World Water and Wetlands: Looking at the Present and Considering the Future
Sep 01, 2022
What a Chemist has to do with an OLED TV
Aug 10, 2022
Chaos of the Weather: An Interview with a Meteorologist
Jul 14, 2022
They found water on Mars! Will they find life?
Jul 04, 2022
Exploring new energy needs: Environmentally responsible energy products
Jun 16, 2022
Sequencing genes to understand the instructions for life: All about the -omics
May 09, 2022
Going green from the roof down: Green Roof install
Apr 25, 2022
Designing the Wastewater Treatment Infrastructure of the Future
Apr 11, 2022
YOU are Wired to Learn Through Stories
Mar 28, 2022
Ancient Pollen, Dinosaur Tracks, Volcanic Ash Beds: Clues to the Past for Geophysicists
Mar 15, 2022
Understanding and Preventing Invasive Species
Feb 28, 2022
Respectfully Blending Indigenous Knowledge with Western Science
Feb 14, 2022
What’s up with microplastics, pharmaceuticals in the water, and where are they coming from?
Feb 01, 2022
What is the Richter Scale and how a logarithmic scale works
Jan 11, 2022
Avoiding Injury: Is it just soreness or something more serious?
Jan 10, 2022
Top Tips from Purdue Registered Dietitian for Positive Nutrition Changes
Jan 03, 2022
How much of the brain do we use? What are some important things we need to know about our brain?
Dec 20, 2021
Using artificial or high intensity sweeteners: Can they help with my nutritional goals?
Dec 09, 2021
The Density of Water and Measuring Hypoxia in the Great Lakes: Looking into Water Quality
Dec 06, 2021
Martian minerals? How do we know what’s there?
Nov 15, 2021
What is Climate Change and how do we really know?
Nov 02, 2021
What are aerosols, where are they, and why we should care
Oct 25, 2021
Cryptography and Number Theory: From Password Encryption to Secret Codes
Oct 20, 2021
Bioenergy, Biomass, and What is in a Barrel of Petroleum?
Oct 11, 2021
What is Environmental Health? Looking at endocrine disrupting chemicals, health disparities, and environmental racism
Oct 04, 2021
The Fourth Industrial Revolution: The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Effect
Sep 27, 2021
How Anthropologists Know What You Ate and Where You Came From!
Sep 20, 2021
How Scientists Measure Radioactive Isotopes
Sep 13, 2021
Sea Level Rise in North American Coastal Regions: Impacts upon Coastal Aquatic Ecosystems
Aug 31, 2021
Wildfire Recovery: How to Become Fire-adapted
Aug 23, 2021
The Real Story Behind Asian giant hornets known as Murder Hornets or Halloween Hornets
Aug 16, 2021
Mapping the Guts of Volcanoes: A Collaborative Effort
Aug 02, 2021
Using Deep Learning and Blockchain Technologies to Improve Cybersecurity
Jul 26, 2021
The process of visualizing data: why we need it and how it provides insight to big data
Jul 19, 2021
Quantum Mechanics Explained: Wave Mechanics are all Around You
Jul 13, 2021
How Fireworks are Made
Jun 22, 2021
How to Help Prevent Hackers from Stealing Your Information
Jun 18, 2021
Good plants, bad rap: Invasive species and the Bradford Pear. What can we do?
Jun 09, 2021
Plant Propagation 101
Jun 07, 2021
Understanding the Science Behind MRI Technology
May 24, 2021
Researching the Kiss of Death
May 17, 2021
Looking for Alien Life: Goldilocks Planets and Alien Smog
May 03, 2021
What a PAINS! Medicinal chemistry and the challenges of developing cancer drugs.
Apr 30, 2021
Metal Clouds and Exoplanet Science
Apr 26, 2021
What does it take for a farm to be considered organic? Why does organic food cost more?
Apr 19, 2021
Harmful Impacts of Road Salt and Possible Alternatives
Apr 12, 2021
Understanding droughts. Yes, there are going to be more!
Apr 05, 2021
Why You Have Body Odor: The Science Behind Sweating, Deodorant and Antiperspirant.
Mar 29, 2021
Owl’s response to stimulus inspires hearing test for infants
Mar 22, 2021
Regenerative farming: Reducing carbon emissions, increasing nutrient density, creating healthy soil
Mar 15, 2021
How to Save the Honey Bees, Their Life Cycles, and Hive Management
Mar 08, 2021
Geography in the Modern World, Geospatial Technology, GIS and Story Maps
Mar 01, 2021
Using machine learning to track player stats in major league baseball
Feb 22, 2021
Making Sense of Misinformation, Disinformation, Fake News, Memes, Twitter Bots, and Intent in Social Media.
Feb 16, 2021
Dr. Jill Newton discusses mathematics in cultures around the world, what Mathematicians look like and career possibilities.
Feb 06, 2021
Cultural Anthropologist, Andrew Flachs, discusses ways people create the environments and GMO seeds
Dec 14, 2020
Understanding humanity: Dr. Andrew Flachs explains the four areas of anthropology
Dec 08, 2020
How astrophysicists use these wave bands of the electromagnetic spectrum to study neutron stars, pulsars, black holes, and other things in the universe.
Nov 30, 2020
Treating brain tumors and improving quality of life for cancer patients
Nov 16, 2020
Erica Carlson describes how electrons can demonstrate states of matter.
Nov 09, 2020
The role of machine learning in the quest for drug free therapy to treat pain and inflammation
Nov 05, 2020
Catherine Searle discusses native and invasive species, and disease ecology
Nov 02, 2020
Dr. Chris Uyeda discusses catalysts, catalytic reactions, and transition metals.
Oct 26, 2020
Discovering proteins and searching for a treatment to Parkinson’s
Oct 20, 2020
NASA Ambassador Explains Blue Moon, Blood Moon, Harvest Moon, New Moon, and Why to Learn Coding
Oct 06, 2020
How websites and social media are manipulating you with Dark Patterns
Sep 28, 2020
Things you need to know: Ice on Mars, types of planets, and the Earth’s tilt.
Sep 08, 2020
Update on COVID-19 vaccine development and why you need to get that flu shot
Sep 08, 2020