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The Letterboxd ShowEverything Special: Daniels on Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, kindness and cryingEverything Everywhere All at Once writer-directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert join hosts Gemma and Slim for an unabashed conversation about love, empathy, crying, dopamine, their movie’s stars, and whether “this butt-plug action movie is better than The Godfather”.
Plus: time travel logic, anime adoration, Yuen Woo Ping, Kurt Vonnegut Jr’s The Sirens of Titan, imposter syndrome, how they filmed the rock scene, how music videos helped get their new film made, Scheinert’s wild Indiana Jones pitch, the joy of movies that take big swings, The White Stripes, fanny-pack supremacy, Cloud Atlas, the real enemy of E...
2022-04-1239 min
Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions PodcastTurning Carbon Dioxide Into StoneCarbon dioxide is a problematic greenhouse gas contributing to global warming. Power plants are major emitters of carbon dioxide, but unfortunately, current methods of capturing and storing excess carbon dioxide have not been very effective. Only a small amount of carbon dioxide actually gets stored permanently. But researchers at Columbia University have demonstrated that their unique carbon capture and storage process can actually convert carbon dioxide into environmentally friendly limestone in less than two years. Fanny Yuen spoke with Dr. Juerg Matter to hear more about his pilot study. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
2016-06-1003 min
Naked Scientists Special Editions ENHANCEDTurning Carbon Dioxide Into Stone - Naked Scientists Special Editions 16.06.10Carbon dioxide is a problematic greenhouse gas contributing to global warming. Power plants are major emitters of carbon dioxide, but unfortunately, current methods of capturing and storing excess carbon dioxide have not been very effective. Only a small amount of carbon dioxide actually gets stored permanently. But researchers at Columbia University have demonstrated that their unique carbon capture and storage process can actually convert carbon dioxide into environmentally friendly limestone in less than two years. Fanny Yuen spoke with Dr. Juerg Matter to hear more about his pilot study.
2016-06-1003 min
Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions PodcastFish Prefer Pastic Over FoodEarlier this year, the US banned microparticle beads from personal care products, but Europe has yet to follow suit. Now, researchers from Uppsala University are increasing the urgency as for the first time, they have been able to show that fish actually prefer to eat microplastic particles rather than their own food of zooplankton, causing disastrous effects to their survival. Fanny Yuen and spoke with Dr. Oona Lnnstedt to better understand the issue. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
2016-06-0703 min
Naked Scientists Special Editions ENHANCEDFish Prefer Pastic Over Food - Naked Scientists Special Editions 16.06.07Earlier this year, the US banned microparticle beads from personal care products, but Europe has yet to follow suit. Now, researchers from Uppsala University are increasing the urgency as for the first time, they have been able to show that fish actually prefer to eat microplastic particles rather than their own food of zooplankton, causing disastrous effects to their survival. Fanny Yuen and spoke with Dr. Oona Lnnstedt to better understand the issue.
2016-06-0703 min
Naked Scientists Special Editions ENHANCEDImmune System Surprisingly Adaptive - Naked Scientists Special Editions 16.06.07Immune cells are essential to the maintenance and repair in our bodies. However, an over-active immune system can lead to diseases such as arthritis, chronically inflamed wounds and atherosclerosis. Therefore, it is imperative to understand and carefully control our immune system activity. Our innate or non-specific immune system, acts as our body's first line of defence, these cells quickly reach the site, form a barrier, remove foreign material, and activate our more sophisticated adaptive immune system. Until now these non-specific immune cells were believed to have no memory and act in a generic way. But new research from the University...
2016-06-0704 min
Question of the Week, from the Naked ScientistsHow do noise cancelling headphones work?Mark got in touch to find out how noise cancelling headphones work. Can they damage your ears by playing back loud background noise? Fanny Yuen spoke to Trevor Cox to cut the rumble... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
2016-06-0604 min
Naked Scientists Special Editions ENHANCEDBotox Effects are More than Skin Deep - Naked Scientists Special Editions 16.05.23Botox is a popular cosmetic treatment where Botulin toxin-A injections paralyse your facial muscles, which relaxes smile lines and makes your skin appear younger. In comedies, it is often joked about for giving patients frozen expressions.
But now, researchers say that having Botox not only makes your face difficult to read, but also impairs your ability to read the emotion of others.
This stems from the theory of embodiment. For a person to process an emotion that they see, they are required to mimicking that emotion. When we see our friend smile, our face automatically smiles a little as well.
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2016-05-2303 min
Infernal Brains Podcast – TarsTarkas.NET and Die, Danger, Die, Die, KillJane Bond – Infernal Brains Podcast Episode 10The Infernal Brains are back again, this time with a special Guest Brain, duriandave from Softfilm, Soft Tofu Tumblr, and Connie Chan Movie Fan Princess! Join Tars, Todd, and Dave as we discuss one of our collectively favorite world movie subgenres, Cantonese female focused action films that became known as Jane Bond films! We chat about Connie Chan, Josephine Siao, Suet Nei, So Ching, Fanny Fan, Lily Ho, Chor Yuen, masked heroines, James Bond influences, theater singing, the genesis of the genre, and many films that you’ll be hunting down for the next few years! It’s an infotainment expl...
2012-02-0600 min