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Episode 87: Dom D’Agostino reflects on his 10 years of research into ketogenic nutrition

Posted April 23, 201901:22:18

Dr. Dominic D’Agostino returns to STEM-Talk to give Ken and Dawn an update on his research into ketogenic nutrition. Dom was the guest on episode...

Episode 86: Matt Johnson talks about the power and future of human-machine teaming

Posted April 9, 201900:33:17

Our guest today is Dr. Matt Johnson, another colleague who works with Ken and Dawn at IHMC. Matt is a research scientist who joined the institute in...

Episode 85: David Geary discusses our shrinking brains, cognitive development  and sex differences

Posted March 26, 201901:24:59

Today’s guest is Dr. David Geary, a cognitive developmental scientist whose wide-ranging interests are particularly focused on evolutionary psychology,...

Episode 62: Keith Baar talks about muscle and explains mTOR, PGC-1a, dystrophin, and the benefits of chocolate

Posted April 24, 201801:03:27

Today’s episode is the first of a two-part interview with Dr. Keith Baar, the head of the Functional Molecular Biology Laboratory in the Department...

Episode 61: Chris McCurdy discusses kratom and the opioid crisis

Posted April 10, 201801:03:18

More than 90 Americans a day are dying from opioid abuse. Today’s guest, Dr. Christopher McCurdy, is at the forefront of research designed to help...