science Archives - The Disruptors

166. Solving the Climate Crisis by Fixing the Politics of Kyoto Protocol and Paris Accords | Gerald Kutney

January 2, 2020

Gerald Kutney (@geraldkutney) is a climate scientist, professor, journalist/speaker, author and founder/consultant of 6esm, a C-level consulting firm focused on the bio-economy, renewable energy and the politics of the Kyoto Protocol and others like it.

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141. How Nanotech Tattoos Will Give Us Superhuman Strength, Senses and Merge with Biotech | Carson Bruns

September 6, 2019

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Carson Bruns (@BrunsenBurner) is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he directs the Emergent Nanomaterials Lab, inventing nanomaterials, tech-enabled tattoos and more that Sci-Fi authors have forever dreamed of.

129. Why Spacetime’s Doomed, Quantum Mechanics Falls Short and an Alternative Reality Consciousness May Be the Answer | Don Hoffman

July 26, 2019

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Donald Hoffman (@donaldhoffman) is a cognitive scientist, popular author, and Professor of Cognitive Science at UC Irvine. He studies how our visual perception, guided by millions of years of natural selection, authors every aspect of our everyday reality.

124. How Astrophysicists Understand Our Origins and Search for Alien Life While Building a Better World for All of Us | Erika Hamden

July 8, 2019

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Erika Hamden (@erikahamden) is an astrophysicist at the University of Arizona and Steward Observatory and leads the team building FIREBall, a telescope that hangs from a giant balloon at the very edge of space and looks for clues about how stars are created.

122. A Whole New Unexplored World Under the Sea | Karen Lloyd

July 1, 2019

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Karen Lloyd (@archaearama) is an associate professor at the University of Tennessee and lead of the Lloyd Lab.

115. The Scientist Behind (and Inspiration of) Jurassic Park Who’s Also Birthing a Dino Chicken | Jack Horner

June 7, 2019

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Jack Horner (@dustydino) is one of the best-known paleontologists in the world, the inspiration for (and advisor of the Jurassic Park films and Dr. Alan Grant and discovered and named Maiasaura, providing the first clear evidence that some dinosaurs cared for their young.

100. Why CRISPR is Overrated and Gene Drives are Terrifyingly Powerful | Gabriel Licina

April 12, 2019

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Gabriel Licina (@glimsd) is a Molecular Biologist, Research Consultant, hardcore biohacker and the Chief Research Officer of Scihouse, a research-focused makerspace working to make science and technology accessible for everyone with a variety of classes on topics from programming and computer skills, to botany, chemistry, 3d printing and more.

87. Atheism, Evolution and the Future of PZ Myers

February 25, 2019

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PZ Myers (@pzmyers) is a well-known atheist blogger, science popularizer and an associate professor of biology at the University of Minnesota Morris.

75. Designer Babies, Reviving the Neanderthals and Funding Fundamental Science | Prosanta Chakrabarty

January 14, 2019

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Prosanta Chakrabarty (@preaux_fish) is a systematist and an ichthyologist studying the evolution and biogeography of both freshwater and marine fishes. His work includes studies of Neotropical (Central and South America, Caribbean) and Indo-West Pacific (Indian and Western Pacific Ocean) fishes.

45. Bioengineering Food to Feed Humanity’s Future | Kevin Folta of the Talking Biotech Podcast

October 26, 2018

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Kevin Folta (@kevinfolta) is a professor and chairman of the horticultural sciences department at the University of Florida and host of the Talking Biotech Podcast.