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The Science Basement Podcast

The Science Basement

We are a team of scientists based in Helsinki and we want to show you how cool science is! Follow us having semi-serious conversations with our sci-guests. New episode every month.

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3.6 Solar eruptions & sheath regions. SPOILER:...

The Science Basement Podcast ·

2021/07/11

Did you ever wonder how solar eruptions affect the space, as they travel away from the Sun? In this episode Eleanna Asvestari and Guliano Didio are interviewing Dr. Matti Ala-Lahti about plasma in space, solar eruptions, and the "sheath region" that is formed when mass ejected during a solar eruption travels in space. Dr. Matti Ala-Lahti is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki where he recently defended his doctoral thesis. He received a grant to start working in autumn 2021 as a

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00:43:08

3.5 A beautiful architecture in your eyes - The...

The Science Basement Podcast ·

2021/06/27

How does the eye work? Well... Ehm... You have the eye of course, than the light goes inside the eye, through the pupil... and then the light hits the RETINA. Wait... the what now?! "A carpet of neurons"! That's how our interviewee, Laura, describes the retina, the sheet of cells in our eyes, that detects light, and allows us to... well, to see! In today's episode, Giuliano & Cecilia have a lovely conversation with the PhD student Laura Celotto about the eye, the retina, and... FISH! (I know..

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00:43:22

3.4 Fantastic Peats and where to find … salmon - w/...

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2021/06/13

Ever wanted to know more about the magical landscape that covers the Scottish Highlands‽ In this episode Tomás and Katja talk with Liam Godwin about the importance of Peatlands, their role in carbon storage and Salmon spawning. Liam is a PhD researcher at the Environmental Research Institute in the United Kingdom. He is researching how the effects of land-use change across the Flow Country impacts stream and river ecosystems. Primarily, looking at how peatland dominated catchments respond to

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01:01:22

TSB-Cochrane series Ep3 - How should we assess...

The Science Basement Podcast ·

2021/05/31

Welcome back, you wonderful insightful creatures! Guess what! Here is another VERY SPECIAL episode! The third and last of our 3-episode miniseries made in collaboration with Cochrane, the international charitable organization promoting evidence-informed health decision-making, by producing top quality systematic reviews. They have an official collaboration with Wikipedia, the NIH, the World Health Organization …and now they are working with The Science Basement! Found out more about Cochrane

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00:56:11

TSB-Cochrane series Ep2 - Systematic reviews -w/...

The Science Basement Podcast ·

2021/05/16

Welcome back, you sciency science-lovers! This is another VERY SPECIAL episode! The seconf of out 3-episode miniseries made in collaboration with Cochrane, the international charitable organization promoting evidence-informed health decision-making, by producing top quality systematic reviews. They have an official collaboration with Wikipedia, the NIH, the World Health Organization …and now they are working with The Science Basement! Found out more about Cochrane here: https://www.cochrane.org/

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00:54:45

TSB-Cochrane series Ep1 - Cochrane reviews in times...

The Science Basement Podcast ·

2021/05/02

Welcome back, you sciency science-lovers! This is a VERY SPECIAL episode (I know... ALL our episodes are special, but this is even more special!)because it's the first of a 3-episode miniseries made in collaboration with Cochrane, the international charitable organization promoting evidence-informed health decision-making, by producing top quality systematic reviews which have now become the gold standard for evidence-based information. They have an official collaboration with Wikipedia, the NIH,

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00:41:47

3.3 Seismic imaging: "seeing" the inside of the Earth...

The Science Basement Podcast ·

2021/04/05

Who would have thought that scientists can actually make a CT-Scan to see the "inner organs of the Earth"? With seismic imaging scientists are looking inside the Earth trying to figure out what material is beneath our feet without digging a hole! Our guest this week is Christina Tsarsitalidou, a first-year PhD student at the Institute of Seismology, University of Helsinki. In her Phd Christina aims at performing the imaging between the lowermost crust and upper mantle of the Earth. Full transcript

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00:55:15

3.2 Online trolls, journalism, and armies of love -...

The Science Basement Podcast ·

2021/03/01

Lost in another ugly Facebook comments section? Online trolls and hate speech have unfortunately become commonplace encounters in our everyday lives. Our guest this week is the wonderful Annina Claesson (Twitter @AnninaClaesson, Instagram @thenannis), a grad student in Science Po in Paris and a freelance journalist and writer. We hear about her important research about Twitter trolls and the online harassment that female journalists face in their midst. Who are they? What are companies and

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00:33:53

3.1 We're back! - w/ Giuliano, Stephany & Erika

The Science Basement Podcast ·

2021/02/01

Welcome back to The Science Basement Podcast! Yep, that's right! We are back! New team, new hosts, but same energy! This season will bring new exciting things: First of all, a whole new team (listen to the episode until the end to hear from them!)and a new schedule. Expect a new episode every first Monday of the month! We wanted this one to be special, a sort of rite of passage-kind of episode. So we decided to interveiw the previous hosts of this very show, Stephany Mazon & Erika Palmerio! "A

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00:37:43

26. Plastic brains for adults - w/ Giuliano Didio

The Science Basement Podcast ·

2019/02/14

Welcome back to The Science Basement Podcast! Our guest this week is Giuliano Didio, who is a PhD student at the Helsinki Institute of Life Science (HiLIFE) of the University of Helsinki. He works on the magical world of brains! Did you know that the common saying that kids learn things faster is actually true? That’s because the infant brain is very “plastic”. Listen to this episode to learn what brain plasticity is and how to increase brain plasticity in adults! …and, of course, it wouldn't be

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00:40:59

25. The dark side of the Moon - w/ Markku Alho

The Science Basement Podcast ·

2019/01/31

Welcome back to The Science Basement Podcast! Our guest this week is Markku Alho, who is a PhD student at Aalto University. He works on plasma modelling of solar wind interactions with several bodies in space. In this episode, we focus mostly on the Moon and how the solar wind “bombards” its surface, but we also talk for example about Venus, Mars, and comets! …and, of course, it wouldn't be an episode of the TSB podcast without a science anecdote. This time we talk about the chinese probe Chang’e

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00:55:05

24. In social sciences your data can look back at you...

The Science Basement Podcast ·

2018/12/24

Welcome back to The Science Basement Podcast! Our guest this week is Anastasia Diatlova, who is a doctoral researcher in Sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Helsinki. Her research focusses on the daily experience of life and work of russian-speaking sex workers in Finland. It is also the first time we have a guest telling us about social sciences, so we have the opportunity to learn about data collection through interviews, i.e. when your data can literally look back at

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00:48:48

23. Plants are leaking gas all the time - w/ Arnaud...

The Science Basement Podcast ·

2018/11/28

Welcome back to The Science Basement Podcast! Our guest this week is Arnaud Praplan, who is an Academy Research Fellow at the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). His research focusses on the reactive chemical compounds emitted by plants into the atmosphere and their oxidation reactions. Did you know that plants emit stuff all the time, and that their emission depends on the season, the temperature, the amount of light, and many other factors? Listen to this episode to learn more! …and, of

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00:52:10

22. If a huge solar storm comes we can be left...

The Science Basement Podcast ·

2018/11/20

Welcome back to The Science Basement Podcast! Our guest this week is Diana Morosan, postdoctoral researcher in solar physics at the University of Helsinki. We chat about multiple things: how to observe the Sun in radio frequencies, the big LOFAR radio telescope, the solar cycle, solar storms, the coronal heating problem, and many other things. In particular, tune in to hear what would happen to us if a huge solar storm would hit Earth! …and, of course, it wouldn't be an episode of the TSB podcast

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00:41:28

21. Shooting X-rays at things - w/ Ari-Pekka Honkanen

The Science Basement Podcast ·

2018/10/31

Welcome back to The Science Basement Podcast! Our guest this week is Ari-Pekka Honkanen, PhD student at the Materials Physics lab of the University of Helsinki. He studies the structure of materials by "shooting" X-rays at them! He also explains us how an X-ray detector works. …and, of course, it wouldn't be an episode of the TSB podcast without a science anecdote. This time we talk about how X-rays helped discover the structure of penicillin and the DNA! ~•~•~ Links for this episode •

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00:41:40

20. Epigenome, DNA, and pineapple on pizza - w/...

The Science Basement Podcast ·

2018/10/22

Welcome back to The Science Basement Podcast! Our guest this week is Chiara Facciotto, PhD student at Biomedicum in Helsinki. She works on how epigenetics influences cancer response to therapy. Follow us to discover what the epigenome is and how it relates to our DNA, and why it is a very bad idea to put pineapple on your pizza! …and, of course, it wouldn't be an episode of the TSB podcast without a science anecdote. This time we talk about how living with your mother-in-law can have effects on

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00:51:04

19. Nobody is allowed to steal plutonium - w/ Camille...

The Science Basement Podcast ·

2018/10/03

Welcome back to The Science Basement Podcast! Our guest this week is Camille Bélanger-Champagne, post-doctoral researcher at the Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP) in the technology programme. Her research focusses on instruments for nuclear safeguards! The instrument she works on can be used by the inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to check that facilities that handle nuclear power are using nuclear material for peaceful and civilian activies only. We chat with Camille

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00:58:36

18. We are going to Mercury! - w/ Juhani Huovelin

The Science Basement Podcast ·

2018/09/20

Welcome back to The Science Basement Podcast! Our guest this week is Juhani Huovelin, who is a University Lecturer at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He is also the Principal Investigator of the Solar Intensity X-ray and particle Spectrometer (SIXS) instrument onboard BepiColombo, the mission to Mercury from ESA and JAXA that will be launched in October 2018! Join us for a conversation about Mercury and how to plan a whole space mission! …and, of course, it wouldn't be an episode of the TSB

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00:50:47

17. Looking for gravitational waves - w/ David Weir

The Science Basement Podcast ·

2018/09/05

Welcome to Season 2 of The Science Basement Podcast! Our first guest for the new season is David Weir, who is a University Researcher at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He looks at gravitational waves from processes in the early Universe, and we have a chance to chat with him about his work, the successful LIGO experiment, and the upcoming LISA mission! …and, of course, it wouldn't be an episode of the TSB podcast without a science anecdote. This time we talk about the famous Newton’s

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00:36:44

Summer Special - Science stories with the students...

The Science Basement Podcast ·

2018/08/23

Hello from TSB Podcast! This episode is a Summer Special that we recorded at the International Conference of Physics Students 2018 that took place in Helsinki during 8-14 August! We at TSB have spent one day with the students and held a workshop about science communication called “How to tell a science story”! This special episode is the result of the workshop. Listen to a bunch of science anecdotes from our special guests, and then follow our conversation about studying physics in different

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