In this week’s episode of the Perpetual Notion Machine, producer Will Cushman talks to Jim Lattis, of the UW Space Place, about all things eclipse! Jim is an expert on the history of astronomy and an astronomy education advocate. They discuss why the Aug. 21, 2017 total solar eclipse is generating such buzz, the science […]
UW Study Finds People Want To Talk About Genome Editing
UW Life Sciences Communication professors Dietram Scheufele and Dominique Brossard conducted one of the first national surveys to gauge public opinion surrounding genome editing. Their study dove into the nuances of DNA editing — asking participants their opinions on both editing DNA for just one individual, or making changes that would be passed down through […]
Science on Tap: The Solar Eclipse and You
Grab a pint and come learn about how, where, and why to watch the 2017 Great American Eclipse, a total solar eclipse sweeping across the country on August 21st. Jim Lattis, the director of UW–Madison’s Space Place, will share how to safely view the eclipse and what scientists have learned by studying eclipses over the […]
Ducks
This week, Jackie Edmunds of the Dane County Humane Society Wildlife Center reports on the duck species of Wisconsin, explaining how to tell the difference between duckling species. The most common ducks in the Madison area are Mallards, which are herbivores, and Wood Ducks, which are insectivores. She tells us about the basics of Mallard ducklings, […]
A Brian Cox Pledge Drive
Brian Cox is a world famous particle physicist from Great Britain who also teaches at the University of Manchester. He has also written a book with his colleague Jeff Forshaw called Universal: A Guide to the Cosmos. And as this is a pledge drive, the Perpetual Notion Machine has two copies of the book as […]
Revisiting Brain Imaging and Schizophrenia
On this episode of the Perpetual Notion Machine, reporter Dennis Shaffer looks into research into mapping the schizophrenic brain by various brain imaging technologies. Longtime PNM volunteer Mark Young died from schizophrenia in November 2012. But in December 2010 he did a show on this topic with UW-Madison clinical psychiatrist Michael Peterson and research assistant […]