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Giant Leap
Climate Change
Volcanology
Geothermal Energy
Volcanic Eruptions
Evolutionary Biology
Biodiversity
Plate Tectonics
Geology
Disaster Preparedness
Human Impact On Species
NASA
Space Exploration
Women In Science
Magma
Lead
Chernobyl
Urbanization
Hydrogen Cars
Methane
Radioactive Decay

A podcast about the future, today. Hosted by nuclear physicist, Taylor Wilson.

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Thank you for joining us this season. In this season 1 finale we take listener questions! 

What's the most dangerous experiment Taylor's ever done? How does lab glass work? What IS detergent? Those questions and more.

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On this episode of Giant Leap, the search for elements beyond the end of the periodic table. Taylor and Joey visit the Heavy Element group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to learn more about the search for new superheavy elements. At the 88-... more

We're wrapping up production of Giant Leap Season 1.

Before we go, we're taking listener questions at GiantLeapPodcast@gmail.com

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How are species are evolving in response to climate change, ecosystem loss and humanity as a whole? On this episode we speak with evolutionary biologist Shane Campbell-Staton about microevolution, animals responding to urban environments, and the eff... more

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Recent Guests

Jacklyn Gates
Group leader of the Heavy Element Group in the Nuclear Science Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Episode: The Search for New Elements | Jacklyn Gates at Berkeley Lab
Jennifer Pore
Research scientist doing chemistry on super heavy elements
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Episode: The Search for New Elements | Jacklyn Gates at Berkeley Lab
Shane Campbell-Staton
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Princeton University
Episode: Is Evolution Linear? | Biologist Shane Campbell-Staton
Joe McConnell
Principal investigator at the Desert Research Institute's Ice Core Laboratory
Desert Research Institute
Episode: What’s Under the Ice? The science of ice cores | Joe McConnell
Sophie Winsman
Researcher at the Desert Research Institute
Desert Research Institute
Episode: What’s Under the Ice? The science of ice cores | Joe McConnell
Nathan Chelman
Researcher at the Desert Research Institute
Desert Research Institute
Episode: What’s Under the Ice? The science of ice cores | Joe McConnell
Clive Oppenheimer
Volcanologist and professor at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
Episode: The Next Big Volcano | Clive Oppenheimer
Chris Hadfield
Former commander of the International Space Station and a best-selling author
Canadian Space Agency
Episode: Should Humans Still Go to Space? | Astronaut Chris Hadfield
Anil Seth
Cognitive neuroscientist and Professor at the University of Sussex.
University of Sussex
Episode: Is A.I. Conscious? | Neuroscientist Anil Seth

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Taylor Wilson
Host of discussions regarding scientific topics, innovations, and the future, providing engaging and knowledgeable insights from a nuclear physicist perspective.

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Q+A • Season 1 Finale
Q: If you could redesign the entire world's energy grid from scratch today, what would you do?
Wilson would focus on a clean, reliable, and cheaper energy grid combining renewable and traditional energy sources, optimizing using technology like large batteries.
Q+A • Season 1 Finale
Q: Why do we do chemistry in glass beakers, and why don't things chemically react with the glass?
Wilson explains that most lab glassware is made of borosilicate glass, which is resistant to most chemicals except for hot sodium hydroxide and hydrofluoric acid.
Q+A • Season 1 Finale
Q: What is an experiment so dangerous that you'll never do it again?
Wilson recounts risky childhood experiments with explosives and rocket fuels that were unpredictable and dangerous.
Is Evolution Linear? | Biologist Shane Campbell-Staton
Q: What does kind of an average field season or research project look like? What are the kind of tools that you're using?
The tools depend on the studied organism; for elephants, we use biopsy darts for blood samples, while for lizards, we use fishing poles with nooses to catch them.
Is Evolution Linear? | Biologist Shane Campbell-Staton
Q: Are there, you mentioned the elephants, but are there other kind of almost like sentinel species that you've studied that are really adapting very quickly to humans and the environment?
Yes, we've studied the evolution of small lizards called anoles in urban environments and birds that are adapting to urban pressures, showing rapid changes in response to human activity.

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