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What matters more in getting cited — what you say or how you say it? In this remastered and remixed version of our first episode of the show, we're revisited by Ryan Kelly from the University of Washington's School of Marine and Environmental Affairs. He talks with us about his article "Narrative Style Influences Citation Frequency fin Climate Change Science," published in the December 2016 edition of the open-access journal PLoS One, along with co-authors Annie Hillier and Terrie Klinger. Science Writing as Storytelling (rebroadcast) - Ryan KellyScience Writing as Storytelling (rebroadcast) - Ryan KellyScience Writing as Storytelling (rebroadcast) - Ryan Kelly Science Writing as Storytelling (rebroadcast) - Ryan KellyScience Writing as Storytelling (rebroadcast) - Ryan KellyScience Writing as Storytelling (rebroadcast) - Ryan Kelly {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7691 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7691",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7691_3",settings_ap7691); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } });   Owen, now seven years old, with a different starfish. Websites and other resources Article Highlights, Summary, Quick findings & Flashcards via Scholarcy "Do I make myself clear? Media training for scientists" (Science Magazine) "Studies written in a more narrative style get more citations" (PsyPost) Annie Hillier's Master's thesis Book that inspired the study: Influence: the Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini News and Media div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}    Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Make a one-time donation via PayPal. Or support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Doug Leigh & Ryan Watkins How to Cite Leigh, D., Watkins, R., & Kelly, R.. (2021). Parsing Science - Science Writing as Storytelling (rebroadcast). doi: 10.6084/m9.

How did a Cold War era debacle help us better understand the dangers of climate change? In episode 99 of Parsing Science, we talk with Drew Christ from the University of Vermont about his research into how fossils plucked from forgotten experiment in the Arctic led to his discovery the last time Greenland’s glaciers completely melted, it happened under climate conditions very similar to the present day. His open access article “A multimillion-year-old record of Greenland vegetation and glacial history preserved in sediment beneath 1.4 km of ice at Camp Century,“ was published with multiple co-authors on March 30, 2021 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Cold War Ice Core Reveals Historic Glacial Melt - Andrew ChristCold War Ice Core Reveals Historic Glacial Melt - Andrew ChristCold War Ice Core Reveals Historic Glacial Melt - Andrew Christ Cold War Ice Core Reveals Historic Glacial Melt - Andrew ChristCold War Ice Core Reveals Historic Glacial Melt - Andrew ChristCold War Ice Core Reveals Historic Glacial Melt - Andrew Christ {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7689 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7689",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7689_12",settings_ap7689); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } });   Websites and other resources Drew's website, photography & Twitter Drew's webinar on this study: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5CVEVPC5e8 xkcd's Earth Temperature Timeline Propaganda documentary on Camp Century: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DPQ15EgyTY   News and Media Wired | SciTechDaily | World Economic Forum | Weather Channel | Popular Science | CNET | Washington Post | Science Alert div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}    Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Make a one-time donation via PayPal. Or support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization,

What can DNA tell us about the migration of the earliest modern humans and other hominins? In episode 98 of Parsing Science, we talk with João Teixeira from the University of Adelaide about his research which examined the genomes of modern humans to investigate the interbreeding between ancient humans and modern human populations who arrived in Southeast Asia around 60,000 years ago.  His article, “Widespread Denisovan ancestry in Island Southeast Asia but no evidence of substantial super-archaic hominin admixture,” was multiple coauthors and published on March 22, 2021 in Nature Ecology and Evolution. DNA Evidence of Denisovan Interbreeding - João TeixeiraDNA Evidence of Denisovan Interbreeding - João TeixeiraDNA Evidence of Denisovan Interbreeding - João Teixeira DNA Evidence of Denisovan Interbreeding - João TeixeiraDNA Evidence of Denisovan Interbreeding - João TeixeiraDNA Evidence of Denisovan Interbreeding - João Teixeira {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7687 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7687",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7687_21",settings_ap7687); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } });   Websites and other resources João's researcher profile Article preprint on BioRxiv ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage Article on the biomechanical sequencing of Homo erectus News and Media Inverse | Science Alert |  The Conversation | SciNews | Science Daily | Natural History Museum | COSMOS | EurekAlert   div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}      Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Make a one-time donation via PayPal. Or support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Doug Leigh & Ryan Watkins How to Cite Leigh, D., Watkins, R., & Teixeira, J.. (2021). Parsing Science - DNA Evidence of Denisovan Inte...

Can science help solve a real-life mystery? In episode 97 of Parsing Science, we talk with Alexander Puzrin from ETH Zurich about his research into The Dyatlov Pass incident, a 62-year-old mystery involving the deaths of nine hikers in the freezing Russian wilderness, a tragedy that’s been attributed to everything from a yeti to military weapons testing and an avalanche. His open access article “Mechanisms of slab avalanche release and impact in the Dyatlov Pass incident in 1959“ was co-authored with Johan Gaume and published on January 28, 2021 in the Nature journal, Communications Earth & Environment. The Dyatlov Pass Incident - Alexander PuzrinThe Dyatlov Pass Incident - Alexander PuzrinThe Dyatlov Pass Incident - Alexander Puzrin The Dyatlov Pass Incident - Alexander PuzrinThe Dyatlov Pass Incident - Alexander PuzrinThe Dyatlov Pass Incident - Alexander Puzrin {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7685 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7685",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7685_30",settings_ap7685); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } });   Websites and other resources Article Highlights, Summary, Quick findings & Flashcards via Scholarcy Alexander's group website Supplemental materials and videos from the article Horror/conspiracy video game and movie about the Dyatlov Pass incident Nature and EPFL videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22OmPK7Ml34   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of_79NZKeag   News and Media Wired | Big Think | New York Times | ARS Technica | Futurity | National Geographic | EurekAlert div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}    Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Make a one-time donation via PayPal. Or support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Ryan Watkins &  Doug Leigh How to Cite Watkins, R., Leigh, D., Puzrin,

Do monkeys know how much fruit your sunglasses are worth? In episode 96 of Parsing Science, we talk with Jean-Baptiste "JB" Leca from the University of Lethbridge's Department of Psychology about his field research observing interactions among macaques at a Hindu temple in Bali. There, the monkeys have learned to rob tourists of everything from smartphones to flip flops, and then barter their return to temple staff in exchange for food. His open-access article, “Acquisition of object-robbing and object/food-bartering behaviours: a culturally maintained token economy in free-ranging long-tailed macaques,” was coauthored with Noëlle Gunst, Matthew Gardiner and I. Nengah Wandia, and published on January 11, 2021 in Philosophical Transactions of the the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. Monkey Business - Jean-Baptiste "JB" LecaMonkey Business - Jean-Baptiste "JB" LecaMonkey Business - Jean-Baptiste "JB" Leca Monkey Business - Jean-Baptiste "JB" LecaMonkey Business - Jean-Baptiste "JB" LecaMonkey Business - Jean-Baptiste "JB" Leca {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7683 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7683",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7683_39",settings_ap7683); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } });   Websites and other resources Article Highlights, Summary, Quick findings & Flashcards via Scholarcy JB's website, including photos of the robbing monkeys JB's Google Scholar profile University of Lethbridge's summary of the study Sample videos of monkeys robbing and bartering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymYDfHXq4S0   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhqKux-liGk   News and Media CBC | BBC | Medium | Earth Touch  | Boing Boing | CTV News| Reddit | The Guardian div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}      Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Make a one-time donation via PayPal. Or support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime.

How much can you trust people's retelling of information the've read? In episode 95, Shiri Melumad from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business discusses her research showing that when – much like the children’s game “telephone” – news is repeatedly retold, it undergoes a stylistic transformation through which the original facts are increasingly replaced by opinions and interpretations, with a slant toward negativity. Her article “The dynamics of distortion: How successive summarization alters the retelling of news”, was published with Robert Meyer and Yoon Duk Kim, on January 7, 2021 in the Journal of Marketing Research. Positively Negative - Shiri MelumadPositively Negative - Shiri MelumadPositively Negative - Shiri Melumad Positively Negative - Shiri MelumadPositively Negative - Shiri MelumadPositively Negative - Shiri Melumad {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7679 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7679",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7679_48",settings_ap7679); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } });   Websites and other resources Shiri's website and Twitter Shiri on Knowledge @ Wharton   Vox article on Shiri's research into the effect space constraints have on what people share News and Media div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}    Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Make a one-time donation via PayPal. Or support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Doug Leigh & Ryan Watkins How to Cite Leigh, D., Watkins, R., & Melumad, S.. (2021). Parsing Science - Positively Negative. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14207465   Music What’s The Angle? by Shane Ivers Transcript Shiri Melumad: What is I think kind of scary is that, with each new retelling, it also becomes increasingly more opinionated and increasingly negative. Ryan Watkins: This is Parsing Science,

Why do mosquitoes prefer us over other animals? In episode 94, we talk with Zhilei Zhao and Lindy McBride from Princeton about their research into how mosquitoes that can carry dangerous diseases - such as Zika, dengue, West Nile virus and malaria - are able to track us down so quickly while ignoring other warm-blooded animals; an ability they’ve developed in just the past few thousand years. Their preprint manuscript  “Chemical signatures of human odour generate a unique neural code in the brain of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes,” was posted to BioRXiv with multiple other co-authors on November 2, 2020.  How Mosquitoes Target Us - Zhilei Zhao & Lindy McBrideHow Mosquitoes Target Us - Zhilei Zhao & Lindy McBrideHow Mosquitoes Target Us - Zhilei Zhao & Lindy McBride How Mosquitoes Target Us - Zhilei Zhao & Lindy McBrideHow Mosquitoes Target Us - Zhilei Zhao & Lindy McBrideHow Mosquitoes Target Us - Zhilei Zhao & Lindy McBride {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7680 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7680",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7680_57",settings_ap7680); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } });   Websites and other resources Zhilei's Twitter, website & Twitter thread on this research Lindy's Twitter & lab website Podcast interview with Lindy on Pew's Scientists at Work Image gallery:   News and Media CNN | Head Topics div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}    Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Make a one-time or ongoing donation via PayPal. Or support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Ryan Watkins & Doug Leigh How to Cite Watkins, R., Leigh, D., Zhao, Z., & McBride, L.. (2021). Parsing Science - How Mosquitoes Target Us. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14110274    Music What’s The Angle? by Shane Ivers Transcript

What can a video game teach us about our epistemic philosophy? In episode 93, Luke Cuddy from Southwestern College’s philosophy program talks with us about the video game The Witness, which presents players with a multitude of increasingly sophisticated and frustrating puzzles that perhaps result from the theory of knowledge it reflects. His chapter "The Witness as Philosophy: How Knowledge Is Constructed," was published on July 21, 2020 in The Palgrave Handbook of Popular Culture as Philosophy. Epistemic Puzzles in 'The Witness' - Luke CuddyEpistemic Puzzles in 'The Witness' - Luke CuddyEpistemic Puzzles in 'The Witness' - Luke Cuddy Epistemic Puzzles in 'The Witness' - Luke CuddyEpistemic Puzzles in 'The Witness' - Luke CuddyEpistemic Puzzles in 'The Witness' - Luke Cuddy {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7678 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7678",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7678_66",settings_ap7678); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } });   Websites and other resources Luke's blog, YouTube channel, and Medium site Luke's book Legend of Zelda and Philosophy Jonathan Blow's blog Adam Ruins Everything: Game Designer Jonathan Blow Unpacks ‘The Witness’ The Witness (official website) In-game video of The Witness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzNh-hdceiU   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aevy5Mv_ImQ   Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Make a one-time donation via PayPal. Or support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Doug Leigh & Ryan Watkins How to Cite Leigh, D., Watkins, R., & Cuddy, L.. (2021). Parsing Science - Epistemic Puzzles in 'The Witness'.  10.6084/m9.figshare.13956419   Music What’s The Angle? by Shane Ivers Transcript Coming soon.  

What effect did copying the U.S.'s legal system have on Colombia's incarceration system? In episode 92, Ángela Zorro Medina from the University of Chicago discussed her research into how transitioning to an adversarial model of criminal procedure – one controlled by the prosecutor and defense, rather than by the judge and court – impacted the number of inmates detained before their court trials. Her open-access preprint manuscript "The Failed War on Pre-Trial Detention: Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Reform," was published to Social Science Research Network (SSRN) on Oct. 23, 2020. Unintended Consequences of Legal Reforms - Ángela Zorro MedinaUnintended Consequences of Legal Reforms - Ángela Zorro MedinaUnintended Consequences of Legal Reforms - Ángela Zorro Medina Unintended Consequences of Legal Reforms - Ángela Zorro MedinaUnintended Consequences of Legal Reforms - Ángela Zorro MedinaUnintended Consequences of Legal Reforms - Ángela Zorro Medina {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7677 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7677",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7677_75",settings_ap7677); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } });   Websites and other resources Ángela's website and on Twitter Article highlights, Summary, Quick findings & Flashcards via Scholarcy Select media and press   El Espectador (Spanish)| MSN (Spanish) div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}    Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Make a one-time donation via PayPal. Or support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Ryan Watkins & Doug Leigh How to Cite Watkins, R., Leigh, D., & Medina, A. Z.. (2021). Parsing Science - Unintended Consequences of Legal Reforms. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.13661042    Music What’s The Angle? by Shane Ivers Transcript

How are automated social media bots manipulating our political discourse? In episode 91, Emilio Ferrara from the University of Southern California discusses his research into bots' amplification of conspiracies theories across more than 240 million tweets regarding the 2020 U.S. presidential election. His open-access article "Characterizing social media manipulation in the 2020 U.S. presidential election,” was published in  with Herbert Chang, Emily Chen, Goran Muric, and Jaimin Patel in the University of Illinois at Chicago’s journal First Monday. Bots' Meddling in the 2020 Presidential Election - Emilio FerraraBots' Meddling in the 2020 Presidential Election - Emilio FerraraBots' Meddling in the 2020 Presidential Election - Emilio Ferrara Bots' Meddling in the 2020 Presidential Election - Emilio FerraraBots' Meddling in the 2020 Presidential Election - Emilio FerraraBots' Meddling in the 2020 Presidential Election - Emilio Ferrara {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7675 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7675",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7675_84",settings_ap7675); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } });   Websites and other resources Emilio's website and Twitter MIT Technology Review article on Emilio's Botometer Figure 12: Proportion of users using QAnon hashtags and mean botscore for each news outlet, dot size indicates relative number of tweets. Indiana University's Hoaxy, a tool to visualize claims and fact-checking Detecting social bots (2016): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lyU7J3TalY     Select media and press   Nature | New York Times | USA Today | ScienMag | phys.org | Eurekalert | Defense One   div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}    Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Make a one-time donation via PayPal. Or support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization,...

What do changes in our beliefs about the death of our pets over the past century say about the relationship we have with our companion animals? In episode 90, Eric Tourigny from Newcastle University's School of History, Classics and Archaeology discusses his research into historic pet cemeteries and how they reveal our evolving feelings toward these animals, from beloved pets to valued family members with whom we may hope to reunify in an afterlife. His open-access article "Do all dogs go to heaven? Tracking human-animal relationships through the archaeological survey of pet cemeteries,” was published on October 27, 2020 in the journal Antiquity. Pet Project - Eric TourignyPet Project - Eric TourignyPet Project - Eric Tourigny Pet Project - Eric TourignyPet Project - Eric TourignyPet Project - Eric Tourigny {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7673 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7673",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7673_93",settings_ap7673); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } });   Websites and other resources Eric's website and Twitter account Eric's Twitter thread on this research Eric's "Finding Fido" project and Exeter's "Ancient Animals" app The Secret Pet Cemetery of Hyde Park ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrWitagNj8k   Select media and press   Inverse | Smithsonian | Phys.org | Science | The Guardian   div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}    Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Ryan Watkins &  Doug Leigh How to Cite Watkins, R., Leigh, D., & Tourigny, E.. (2020). Parsing Science - Pet Project. figshare. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13506681   Music What’s The Angle? by Shane Ivers Transcript Eric Tourigny: By recording the epitaphs and the words that people use and the ways that they record the gravestones,

How can drones help us find settlements long-lost to time? In episode 89, Jesse Casana from Dartmouth College's Department of Anthropology discusses his research into using multi-sensor drones to collect data about a major Native American settlement in what is now Southeastern Kansas. His article "A Council Circle at Etzanoa? Multi-sensor Drone Survey at an Ancestral Wichita Settlement in Southeastern Kansas," was published on August 24, 2020 with Elise Jakoby Laugier, Austin Chad Hill, and Donald Blakeslee in American Antiquity. Drones Revealing the Past - Jesse CasanaDrones Revealing the Past - Jesse CasanaDrones Revealing the Past - Jesse Casana Drones Revealing the Past - Jesse CasanaDrones Revealing the Past - Jesse CasanaDrones Revealing the Past - Jesse Casana {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7672 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7672",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7672_102",settings_ap7672); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } });   Websites and other resources Jesse's Spatial Archaeometry Lab (Twitter) Video of Jesse presenting on his satellite-based archaeology in Syria Video of Jesse presenting on his drone-based archaeology in Mexico & Illinois Select media and press   Archaeology News Network | Ancient Origins | Smithsonian Magazine | ArsTechnica | Atlas Obscura   div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}    Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Doug Leigh & Ryan Watkins How to Cite Leigh, D., Watkins, R., & Casana, J.. (2020). Parsing Science - Drones Revealing the Past. figshare. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13392302   Music What’s The Angle? by Shane Ivers Transcript Coming soon!

How did the earliest and largest clusters of galaxies form? In episode 88, Arianna Long from the University California - Irvine talks with us about her research into the emergence of massive dusty star-forming galaxies that developed billions of years ago. Her article “Emergence of an Ultra-Red Ultra-Massive Galaxy Cluster Core at z = 4” was published on July 31, 2020 with multiple co-authors in The Astrophysical Journal and first submitted to arXiv as a preprint on March 30th 2020. Early Galaxies' Formation - Arianna LongEarly Galaxies' Formation - Arianna LongEarly Galaxies' Formation - Arianna Long Early Galaxies' Formation - Arianna LongEarly Galaxies' Formation - Arianna LongEarly Galaxies' Formation - Arianna Long {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7670 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7670",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7670_111",settings_ap7670); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } });   Websites and other resources Arianna on Twitter, including her thread on this study Arianna's article "The Curious Case of Dusty Star-Forming Galaxies" for the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Arianna's Women in Natural Sciences (WiNS) Award from UCI African American Women in Physics' website and on Facebook Select media and press   Astrobites   div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}    Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Doug Leigh & Ryan Watkins How to Cite Leigh, D., Watkins, R., & Long, A.. (2020). Parsing Science - Early Galaxies’ Formation. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.13283789   Music What’s The Angle? by Shane Ivers Transcript Arianna Long: What we really want to do as astronomers is we really want to push back the age at which we can study these protoclusters - so baby galaxy clusters - and really try to capture that moment ...

How could a gene that causes one type of ALS be switched off? In episode 87, Tim Miller from the Washington University in St. Louis discusses his research into therapies that target the single strands of DNA or RNA which cause many cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease. His article “Phase 1–2 Trial of Antisense Oligonucleotide Tofersen for SOD1 ALS” was published with multiple co-authors on July 9th 2020 in the New England Journal of Medicine.  Silencing an ALS Gene - Tim MillerSilencing an ALS Gene - Tim MillerSilencing an ALS Gene - Tim Miller Silencing an ALS Gene - Tim MillerSilencing an ALS Gene - Tim MillerSilencing an ALS Gene - Tim Miller {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7669 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7669",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7669_120",settings_ap7669); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } });   Websites and other resources NEJM editorial on Tim's study Tim's lab website Video of Tim discussing new therapies for ALS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I0asIWLCxM     Select media and press   EurekAlert | WBUR | Physician's Weekly | Futurity | Medscape | 2 Minute Medicine   div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}    Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Ryan Watkins &  Doug Leigh How to Cite Watkins, R., Leigh, D., & Miller, T.. (2020). Parsing Science - Silencing an ALS Gene. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.13232651   Music What’s The Angle? by Shane Ivers Transcript Coming soon!

Can we knowingly fake ourselves out? In episode 86 of Parsing Science we talk with Darwin Guevarra from Michigan State University about his research exploring how placebos sometimes have the power to reduce neural markers of emotional distress, even in cases in which people are told told that they're only taking a placebo rather than an active drug. His open access article, “Placebos without deception reduce self-report and neural measures of emotional distress,” was published with Jason S. Moser, Tor Wager & Ethan Kross on July 29th, 2020 in the journal Nature Communications. Fool Me Once Again - Darwin GuevarraFool Me Once Again - Darwin GuevarraFool Me Once Again - Darwin Guevarra Fool Me Once Again - Darwin GuevarraFool Me Once Again - Darwin GuevarraFool Me Once Again - Darwin Guevarra {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7668 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7668",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7668_129",settings_ap7668); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } });   Websites and other resources As discussed in the episode, Figure 2c from the article  Darwin on Twitter and his personal website Darwin on The Scientistt podcast Matthew Lieberman's website Benjamin Meyer on ResearchGate What is the placebo effect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z03FQGlGgo0     Select media and press   Wired | ZME Science | PsyPost   div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}    Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Doug Leigh & Ryan Watkins How to Cite Leigh, D., Watkins, R., & Guevarra, D.. (2020). Parsing Science - Fool Me Once Again. figshare. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.13176983   Music What’s The Angle? by Shane Ivers Transcript Coming soon!

How are Black women using social media to develop community and identity? In episode 85 we talk with Kyesha Jennings from North Carolina State University Department of English about her analysis of what the wildly popular meme "hot girl summer" - drawn from lyrics by hip-hop phenomenon, Megan Thee Stallion - tells us about changes in the ways in which Black women cultivate community in digital spaces. Her open access article “City Girls, hot girls and the re-imagining of Black women in hip hop and digital spaces,” was published on June 1st 2020, in the journal, Global Hip Hop Studies. Hot Girl Summer - Kyesha JenningsHot Girl Summer - Kyesha JenningsHot Girl Summer - Kyesha Jennings Hot Girl Summer - Kyesha JenningsHot Girl Summer - Kyesha JenningsHot Girl Summer - Kyesha Jennings {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7667 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7667",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7667_138",settings_ap7667); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } });   Websites and other resources Twitter posts tagged #hotgirlsummer Kyesha on Twitter and her NC State faculty profile Kyesha on NPR: The Sophistiratchet Scholar Megan Thee Stallion on Twitter Megan Thee Stallion's "Don't Stop" scholarships Select media and press   div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}    Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Ryan Watkins & Doug Leigh How to Cite Watkins, R., Leigh, D., & Jennings, K.. (2020). Parsing Science - Hot Girl Summer. doi:  10.6084/m9.figshare.13096718   Music What’s The Angle? by Shane Ivers Transcript Coming soon!

Should I have done something differently? Or could nobody have seen it coming? In episode 84 Satoris "Tori" Howes from Oregon State University-Cascades and Edgar "Ed" Kausel from Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile join us to discuss their research into the malleability of narcissists' memory, as well as whether they're able to reflect on their mistakes to learn from them. Their article "When and why narcissists exhibit greater hindsight bias and less perceived learning," which they co-authored with Alex Jackson and Jochen Reb, was published on June 4, 2020 in the Journal of Management. Why Narcissists Are "Never Wrong" - Tori Howes and Ed KauselWhy Narcissists Are "Never Wrong" - Tori Howes and Ed KauselWhy Narcissists Are "Never Wrong" - Tori Howes and Ed Kausel Why Narcissists Are "Never Wrong" - Tori Howes and Ed KauselWhy Narcissists Are "Never Wrong" - Tori Howes and Ed KauselWhy Narcissists Are "Never Wrong" - Tori Howes and Ed Kausel {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7666 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7666",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7666_147",settings_ap7666); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } });   Websites and other resources Tori on ORCID Ed on Twitter Fischhoff & Beyth's (1975) "I knew it would happen: Remembered probabilities of once-future things"   Select media and press   Science Alert | Psych Central | Science Daily | EurekAlert | International Business Times   div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}    Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Doug Leigh & Ryan Watkins How to Cite Leigh, D., Watkins, R., Howes, T., & Kausel, E.. (2020). Parsing Science - Why Narcissists Are "Never Wrong". figshare. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13030964   Music What’s The Angle?

Why do religious leaders abstain from some pleasures? In episode 83, Manvir Singh from Harvard University's Department of Human Evolutionary Biology discusses his research into why shaman healers among the a group of people off the coast of Indonesia observe costly prohibitions, such abstinence or food restrictions, especially given that they could exploit their position for self-serving ends instead. His open-access article “Why do religious leaders observe costly prohibitions? Examining taboos on Mentawai shamans” was co-authored with Joseph Henrich and published on June 11, 2020 in the journal Evolutionary Human Sciences. Adhering to Prohibitive Taboos - Manvir SinghAdhering to Prohibitive Taboos - Manvir SinghAdhering to Prohibitive Taboos - Manvir Singh Adhering to Prohibitive Taboos - Manvir SinghAdhering to Prohibitive Taboos - Manvir SinghAdhering to Prohibitive Taboos - Manvir Singh {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7664 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7664",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7664_156",settings_ap7664); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } });   Websites and other resources Manvir's website and Twitter The study's data, code and supplementary material Manvir interviewed on The Dissenter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijf8cNBgztA   Video documentary of a Mentawai wedding ceremony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e63F1oTz_YU   Select media and press div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}    Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Ryan Watkins & Doug Leigh How to Cite Watkins, R., Leigh, D., Singh, M.. (2020). Parsing Science - Adhering to Prohibitive Taboos. figshare. doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.13003580   Music What’s The Angle? by Shane Ivers Transcript Coming soon!

Does spanking really have lasting impacts on kids' later lives? In episode 82, Nicole Barbaro from Western Governors University Labs talks with us about her research into the factors that determine the answer to this question. Her study “The effects of spanking on psychosocial outcomes: revisiting genetic and environmental covariation” was developed with Eric Connolly, Madi Sogge, Todd Shackelford, and Brian Boutwell and first uploaded on March 8th, 2020 to the preprint server PsyArXiv. Moderating Spanking's Lasting Impacts - Nicole BarbaroModerating Spanking's Lasting Impacts - Nicole BarbaroModerating Spanking's Lasting Impacts - Nicole Barbaro Moderating Spanking's Lasting Impacts - Nicole BarbaroModerating Spanking's Lasting Impacts - Nicole BarbaroModerating Spanking's Lasting Impacts - Nicole Barbaro {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7661 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7661",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7661_165",settings_ap7661); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } });   Websites and other resources Nicole's overview of the article on her blog Open Science resources for the article Nicole's chapter on Behavior Genetics for the SAGE Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology (in press for December 2020 release) Nicole's website and Twitter Nicole on "Mating, Life History, Attachment, And Mate Guarding" (The Dissenter vodcast) "What is Evolutionary Psychology?" with Nicole's co-author, Todd Shackelford (Darwinian Diva podcast) Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Doug Leigh & Ryan Watkins How to Cite Leigh, D., Watkins, R., & Barbaro, N.. (2020). Parsing Science - Moderating Spanking’s Lasting Impacts. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12921989   Music What’s The Angle? by Shane Ivers Transcript Nicole Barbaro: Our research shows that there is a negativ...

Is it an actual conspiracy, or just a theory about one? In episode 81, Tim Tangherlini from the University of California Berkeley’s Folklore Program discusses his research into how conspiracy theorists interpret and use what they believe is “hidden knowledge” to connect multiple human interactions that are otherwise unlinked ... and how when one of these links is cut, they're less able to hold together a coherent story about it. His open access article “An automated pipeline for the discovery of conspiracy and conspiracy theory narrative frameworks: Bridgegate, Pizzagate and storytelling on the web” which he published with Shadi Shahsavari, Behnam Shahbazi, Ehsan Ebrahimzadeh, and Vwani Roychowdhury on June 16, 2020 in the journal PLOS One.  Picking Apart Conspiracy Theories - Tim TangherliniPicking Apart Conspiracy Theories - Tim TangherliniPicking Apart Conspiracy Theories - Tim Tangherlini Picking Apart Conspiracy Theories - Tim TangherliniPicking Apart Conspiracy Theories - Tim TangherliniPicking Apart Conspiracy Theories - Tim Tangherlini {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7660 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7660",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7660_174",settings_ap7660); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } });   Websites and other resources Tim's Twitter profile The Bridgegate dataset Network graph: "Dissecting the #PizzaGate conspiracy theories" (New York Times) Network graph: "Chris Christie and the lane closings: A spectator’s guide" (New York Times) Archived r/pizzagate subreddit (banned by Reddit on November 12, 2016) and still-active Voat subverse v/pizzagate Research mentioned: "Conspiracy theorists believe wild ideas because they want to feel special" (Quartz) Research mentioned: "Why some people are more likely to believe wild conspiracy theories than others" (Business Insider Australia) Vladimir Propp's theory of narrative structure "Learning from Lombardi" on Mark Lombardi’s neo-conceptual art (Medium) Tim's talk, "Witches, vaccines, pizzas,

How do our brains respond when people behave in unpredictable ways? In episode 80, Jordan Theriault from Northeastern University discusses his research into a set of brain regions which, when activated by a variety of social tasks, can provide insights into how we judge the moral objectivity or subjectivity of others' unexpected claims. His article "Theory of mind network activity is associated with metaethical judgment: An item analysis" (PDF here), was published in April 2020 with Adam Waytz, Larisa Heiphetz, and Liane Young in the journal Neuropsychologia. The Metaethics of Moral Claims - Jordan TheriaultThe Metaethics of Moral Claims - Jordan TheriaultThe Metaethics of Moral Claims - Jordan Theriault The Metaethics of Moral Claims - Jordan TheriaultThe Metaethics of Moral Claims - Jordan TheriaultThe Metaethics of Moral Claims - Jordan Theriault {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7658 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7658",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7658_183",settings_ap7658); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } });   Websites and other resources Jordan's website and Twitter account The Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory at Northeastern University Introduction to theory of mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpaMMYye65E Introduction to predictive coding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLcIT3kjsW0   Steven Sloman on Freakonomics' "How to Change Your Mind" Claude Shannons "A Mathematical Theory of Communication" (1948 article) and The Mathematical Theory of Communication (1949 book)   div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}    Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Doug Leigh & Ryan Watkins How to Cite Leigh, D., Watkins, R., & Theriault, J.. (2020).

What's that on your breath? In episode 79 of Parsing Science we talk with Neil Garg from UCLA about his research into the fundamental chemistry necessary for the creation of a small, electronic test of marijuana that works by way of a simple electrochemical oxidation process similar to that used in an alcohol breath test. His open access article “Electrochemical Oxidation of Δ9 [delta 9] ‐Tetrahydrocannabinol: A Simple Strategy for Marijuana Detection,” which he published with Evan Darzi on April 24, 2020 in the American Chemical Society journal Open Letters.  A Marijuana Breathalyzer - Neil GargA Marijuana Breathalyzer - Neil GargA Marijuana Breathalyzer - Neil Garg A Marijuana Breathalyzer - Neil GargA Marijuana Breathalyzer - Neil GargA Marijuana Breathalyzer - Neil Garg {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7650 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7650",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7650_192",settings_ap7650); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } });   Websites and other resources Twitter account for Neil's research group Patent application Neil's TEDxUCLA talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs95YQLpSj0   Select media and press   EurekAlert | Science Daily | Technology Networks | Lab Manager   div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}    Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download More coming soon 🔊 Access bonus content here. Support us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime. We’re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible. Hosts / Producers Doug Leigh & Ryan Watkins How to Cite Leigh, D., Watkins, R., & Garg, N.. (2020). Parsing Science - A Marijuana Breathalyzer. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12693167   Music What’s The Angle? by Shane Ivers Transcript Coming soon!

What if mosquitos weren't just annoying bugs, but instead were bio-inspiring features? In episode 78, we talk with Richard Bomphrey from the University of London’s Royal Veterinary College about how mosquitoes can detect surfaces using the airflow caused by the movement of their own wings … and the autonomous drones he developed to mimic them.

What impact did Black politicians have during the Reconstruction? In episode 77, Trevon Logan from The Ohio State University's Department of Economics discusses his research into the election of Black politicians after the Civil War ended in 1865, which led to increased tax revenues that were put toward public schools and land ownership reform. White Southerners, however, reversed that progress just 12 years later, augmenting the systematic disenfranchisement of African Americans that remains today. His open-access article "Do Black politicians matter? Evidence from Reconstruction,” was published in March of 2020 in The Journal of Economic History. A Taxing History of Racism - Trevon LoganA Taxing History of Racism - Trevon LoganA Taxing History of Racism - Trevon Logan A Taxing History of Racism - Trevon LoganA Taxing History of Racism - Trevon LoganA Taxing History of Racism - Trevon Logan {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7597 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7597",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7597_201",settings_ap7597); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } });   Websites and other resources Trevon's website and Twitter Thread on Reddit's r/science forum regarding this research Interview with Trevon on Question Lane podcast about this study Article in OSU's student paper The Lantern on Trevon's NBER paper Columbia University & Slavery project's "William Archibald Dunning: Father of historiographic racism Columbia’s legacy of academic Jim Crow" Trevon's TEDxColumbus discussion on residential segregation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InPU6sg0cqo       div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}    Bonus Clips Clips available include ... Full episode with available download Prior work on segregation & lynchings Dataset on Black politicians W.E.B. Du Bois & Booker T. Washington Focus on local taxes US land distribution policies Black Reconstruction politicians Foner's Directory of Black Officeholders The craft of historians Doing economic history Why % enslaved is not instrumental

Why do some of us choose to remain ignorant of information that - though perhaps unpleasant - could help us make better informed decisions in the future? In episode 76, Emily Ho from Northwestern University’s Department of Medical Social Sciences discusses her research into why we keep our heads in the sand about important information for a variety of psychological and economic reasons. Her article "Measuring information preferences,” was published on March 13, 2020 with David Hagmann and George Loewenstein in the journal Management Science. When Ignorance is Bliss - Emily HoWhen Ignorance is Bliss - Emily HoWhen Ignorance is Bliss - Emily Ho When Ignorance is Bliss - Emily HoWhen Ignorance is Bliss - Emily HoWhen Ignorance is Bliss - Emily Ho {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7505 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7505",embed_code:"" ,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7505_210",settings_ap7505); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } });   Websites and other resources Emily's website and Twitter feed Take Emily's Information Preferences Scale yourself!  Select media and press   Carnegie Mellon University | British Psychological Society | Futurity | Eurekalert | phys.org | Technology Networks | The Doctor Will See You Now   div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;}    Bonus Clips Clips available to patrons include ... Full episode with available download

In episode 75, Daniel Field from the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge discusses his research into a 66.7-million-year-old bird fossil which mashes up features from chickens, turkeys, and ducks, providing the best evidence so far for understanding when groups of modern birds first evolved and began to diverge.

Very few animals can combine information to adjust their predictions in a flexible way by using domain-general intelligence as humans do. In episode 74, Amalia Bastos from the University of Auckland discusses her research demonstrating that kea parrots can make predictions based in probabilities, and adjust those predictions based on physical and social information.

Are drivers of more expensive cars really the jerks we make them out to be? In Episode 73, Courtney Coughenour and Jennifer Pharr from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas discuss their research into what differentiates drivers who are likely to yield for pedestrians in crosswalks from those who don't.

Are wild tigers now extinct in Laos? In episode 72, Akchousanh "Akchou" Rasphone from Oxford's  Wildlife Conservation Research Unit discusses her research which concludes that improvised snares appear to have decimated the country's wild tiger population, a species whose worldwide population is now estimated to be around 200.

Why is it that we treat various species of animals so differently? In episode 71, Verónica Sevillano with the Autonomous University of Madrid's Department of Social Psychology and Methodology discusses her research applying social psychology and conservation biology to understand the relationships people have with animals.

Can even a single-celled organism truly learn? In Episode 70, Jeremy Gunawardena with the Department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School talks with us about his replication of an experiment originally conducted over a century ago, which suggested that at least one single-cell organism - the trumpet-shaped Stentor roeseli - is able to carry out surprisingly complex decision-making behaviors

Why Velcro 3D glasses onto cuttlefish? In Episode 69, Trevor Wardill from the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior at the University of Minnesota discusses his research into the previously unknown ability of the cephalopod to see in stereo vision.

What factors best predict success at college among youth formerly in foster care? Royel Johnson discusses his systematic literature review of research on the college success of this historically underserved population.

How can research improve the lives of livestock, even as they're on their way to slaughter? In episode 67, Temple Grandin from the Colorado State University's College of Agricultural Sciences talks with us about her work on promoting improved communications between academic researchers and those in the animal agriculture industry.

Did you catch that? In episode 66, Katherine Wood from the University of Illinois discusses her research with the scientist behind the famous “Invisible Gorilla” experiments, Daniel Simons, into if and when people notice unexpected objects in inattentional blindness tasks

Can your doctors' beliefs about the efficacy of a treatment affect how you experience pain? In episode 65, we’re joined by Luke Chang from the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Dartmouth College. He talks with us about his research into socially transmitted placebo effects, through which patients can pick up on subtle facial cues that reveal their doctor's beliefs about how effective a treatment will be.

The global decline of births from 1990 and 2015 has to a reduction in the proportion of people aged 15-29. So might this explain why the world’s homicide rate has dropped by nearly 20%? In episode 64, we’re joined by Mateus Rennó Santos from the University of South Florida. He talks with us about his research into how an aging population is a driving force behind the decline in homicide that most countries across the globe have enjoyed for the past three decades.

Why are bold, broad, and terse depictions of science perceived as more important, robust and generalizable than nuanced ones? In episode 63, we're joined by Susan Gelman from the University of Michigan, who talks with us about her research into the use of generic language in scientific papers.

Sure, you might have a tongue piercing. But would you consider something far more extreme for a bump on the social ladder? In episode 62, we're joined by Dimitris Xygalatas from the University of Connecticut, who talks with us about how extravagant and painful rituals can foster greater subjective health and social standing.

How can what engineers learn from how barn owls pinpoint the location of the faintest sounds apply to their development of nanotechnologies capable of doing even better? In episode 61, we're joined by Saptarshi Das, a nano-engineer from Penn State University, who talks with us about his article "A biomimetic 2D transistor for audiomorphic computing."

When real-time fMRI neurofeedback improves people's symptoms long after treatment, might that influence the guidance that's provided to patients, and also inform the design of future clinical trials? In episode 60, we're joined by Michelle Hampson from Yale University's School of Medicine. She discusses her finding that people suffering from neuropsychiatric disorders may benefit from real-time fMRI neurofeedback, not only while inside the brain scanners, but also for weeks afterwards.

In striving to develop expertise, are 10,000 hours of deliberate practice really required, and must it be guided by a teacher or coach? In episode 59, we're joined by Brooke Macnamara from Case Western Reserve University. She'll discuss her attempted replication of the study which led to the mantra popularized by Malcolm Gladwell that these parameters are required to master a task.

What can brain scans of radicalized jihadists tell us about how they react to what they perceive as attacks on their sacred values? In episode 58, we're joined by Nafees Hamid from Artis International who who talks with us about his open access article “Neuroimaging ‘will to fight’ for sacred values: an empirical case study with supporters of an Al Qaeda associate,” published on June 12, 2019 in the journal Royal Society Open Science.

What changes when we attempt to measure personality outside of the contexts where the instruments were developed and validated? In episode 57, we're joined by Karen Macours from the Paris School of Economics about her research into practical issues with using a popular Big Five personality measures outside of western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic settings.

How can a satellite the size of a loaf of bread take the heat of operating in the extreme conditions existing in space without overheating? In episode 56, we're joined by Naia Butler-Craig from the Georgia Institute of Technology to discuss her open access article “An investigation of the system architecture of high power density 3U CubeSats capable of supporting high impulse missions,” which was published in November 2018 in the McNair Scholars Research Journal from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

How do some fish see color in the black-and-white world of the ocean's depths? In episode 55, Zuzana Musilová, an evolutionary biologist at Charles University in Prague, discusses her research into the unique way that some fish in the deep ocean’s darkness may be able to see in color.

Can communication across networks of people be optimized to share information, while at the same time lessening the likelihood of information bubbles and echo chambers? In Episode 54, we're joined by Ida Momennejad and Ajua Duker from Columbia University and Yale University respectively to discuss their open access article “Bridge ties bind collective memories” which was published with Alin Coman on April 5, 2019 in the journal Nature Communications.

Might we be better able to understand what's going on inside the "black box" of machine learning algorithms? In episode 52, Been Kim from Google Brain talks with us about her research into creating algorithms that can explain why they make the recommendations they do via concepts that are relatable by their users.

"Nothing in life is certain," writes MIT mechanical engineer Seth Lloyd, "except death, taxes and the second law of thermodynamics." But is this necessarily so? In episode 52, we're joined by Andreas Schilling with the University of Zurich, who discusses his development of an amazingly simple device that allows heat to flow from a cold object to a warm one without an external power supply; a process that initially appears to contradict this fundamental law of physics.

Just how rampant is scientific misconduct? In episode 51, Elisabeth Bik talks with us about her research suggesting that as many as 35,000 papers in biomedicine journals may be candidates for retraction due to inappropriate image duplication.