Learning the Rules with Sean B. Carroll

To close season 10, we welcome back Dr. Sean B. Carroll – award-winning scientist, writer, and educator.  Dr. Carroll’s new book, The Serengeti Rules, examines the fundamental question of how life works as he uncovers the rules that determine the what controls the number of species in an environment and the diversity within that community.  What this molecular biologist learns […]

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Episode 47 – Evolution for the Young Reader

http://media.libsyn.com/media/wsst/LOL47.mp3   Our guest this week is Daniel Loxton, editor of Junior Skeptic and author/illustrator.  Daniel joins us to talk about Junior Skeptic, shepherding and his new book: Evolution: How we and all Things Came to Be. Links: Wikipedia Entry on Daniel Loxton Evolution: How we and all Things Came to Be (Amazon.com) Junior Skeptic Explains Evolution (Wired) Junior Skeptic […]

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Episode 40 – Being Sean Carroll

audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/wsst/LOL40.mp3   Sean Carroll (physicist) and Sean B. Carroll (biologist) talk to us about their respective science fields, science education and being Sean Carroll.  (NOTE: Scientists displayed below in alphabetical order) Links: “Sean” data from Wolfram Alpha “Sean Carroll” Google Search Sean Carroll on Google News Sean B. Carroll (biologist) seanbcarroll.com Sean B. Carroll’s Lab About Sean B. Carroll HHMI […]

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Episode 26: Stories of Evolution

http://media.libsyn.com/media/wsst/LOL26.mp3   Dr. Sean B. Carroll returns to the show this week to celebrate Darwin Day (Feb. 12, 2009).  With two new books out (Remarkable Creatures and Into the Jungle), Dr. Carroll discusses the power of storytelling in teaching science.  In fact, he even treats us with a story of how Darwin, Alfred Russell Wallace and Henry Walter Bates all […]

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Episode 9 – Blogging with PZ Myers

http://media.libsyn.com/media/wsst/nstalol9.mp3   In this episode, we chat with PZ Myers – lead author of the blog Pharyngula (Pharyngula is hosted at Science Blogs – a project from Seed Magazine). Myers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris. Contact Information at UM Morris Curriculum Vitae Personal Page Profile on Nature Network Pharyngula Galleries Articles written by […]

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