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Chris Williamson
Dr. David Kipping, an astronomer at Columbia University who recently achieved tenure, joins a discussion to explore his transition from high-pressure academic roles to long-term research freedom. Tenure allows him to pursue ambitious, risky projects without quarterly deliverables, contrasting sharpl …
Andrew Huberman
In this episode of Huberman Lab, host Andrew Huberman sits down with Dr. Brian Keating, a professor of cosmology at UC San Diego and former postdoc at Stanford, to explore the origins of the universe, human vision, and the nature of scientific discovery. The conversation begins by establishing that …
Lex Fridman
Nathalie Cabrol, director of the Carl Sagan Center for Research at the SETI Institute, explains that her work is driven by a fundamental curiosity about life in the universe rather than just searching for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). Her scientific journey began with analyzing data from the …
Lex Fridman
In this episode of the Lex Fridman Podcast, astrobiologist Betül Kaçar explores the fundamental connections between chemistry, physics, and biology in understanding life's origins. She explains that while one can study physical sciences anywhere in the universe, biology is unique to Earth because it …