The Science and Cocktails Podcast
The Science and Cocktails Podcast dives into science and makes it accessible to the public. The aim is to provide perspectives on and understanding of how science develops.
Episodes
December 1, 2023 • 31 mins
Polarization is spreading through the world wide web in the political arenas as well as in the rest of society.
But is polarization a new thing or is it embedded in human nature as a part of a primitive survival instinct?
When does polarization become a problem and what can we do to decrease the polarization forces embedded in social media platforms.
This episode of the Science and Cocktails Podcast is abo...
But is polarization a new thing or is it embedded in human nature as a part of a primitive survival instinct?
When does polarization become a problem and what can we do to decrease the polarization forces embedded in social media platforms.
This episode of the Science and Cocktails Podcast is abo...
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January 10, 2023 • 39 mins
The secrets of the mind have been investigated at all times, by most people and in most scientific disciplines from philosophy, social science and psychiatry to biology, chemistry and physics.
What is it that makes us who we are? And how does the mind change as we learn and develop through life?
This episode of the Science and Cocktails Podcast is a guided tour through the brain following synapse, axon and dendri...
What is it that makes us who we are? And how does the mind change as we learn and develop through life?
This episode of the Science and Cocktails Podcast is a guided tour through the brain following synapse, axon and dendri...
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Coral reefs occupy less than 1% of the ocean but are home to 25% of the ocean's species. Unfortunately, nowadays the corals are bleaching. This is because the corals, due to rising sea temperatures, have to expel the tiny algae that live in their outer tissues, which give them their brilliant colors and make their food. When the algae are expelled, the corals turn pale, and sooner or later they die of starvation.
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May 20, 2022 • 28 mins
A while ago Simon Baron-Cohen filled up the big concert hall at the Danish National Broadcasting Corporation with curious and excited Science and Cocktails participants when he gave his talk on How Autime Drives Human Invention.
And after the talk, there were more than a hundred questions from the audience.
We picked out some of them and met Simon Baron-Cohen on zoom on Friday afternoon.
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January 27, 2022 • 37 mins
A Science and Cocktails production funded by The Novo Nordisk Foundation.
Contributing Scientists;
- Stine Lomberg, Associate Professor and leader of Center for Tracking and Society at the Institute of Communications at The University of Copenhagen.
- Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye, Associate Professor at Imperial College of London.
Journalist, Sound designer and producer; Sofie Hjorth <...
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November 21, 2021 • 44 mins
A Science and Cocktails production funded by The Novo Nordisk Foundation.
Contributing Scientist; Adrian Raine, Professor of Criminology, Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.
Journalist, Sound designer and producer; Sofie Hjorth
Music composers; Hjalte Bested Hjorth
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October 25, 2021 • 43 mins
A Science and Cocktails production funded by The Novo Nordisk Foundation.
Contributing Scientist; Dan Zahavi, professor of philosophy and director of the Center for Subjectivity Research at the University of Copenhagen.
Journalist, Sound designer and producer; Sofie Hjorth
Music composers; Hjalte Bested Hjorth and Sofie Hjorth
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June 23, 2021 • 40 mins
A Science and Cocktails production
Funded by The Novo Nordisk Foundation
Contributing Scientist; Ea Høg Utoft, Postdoc at the Department of Political Science at Aarhus University.
Journalist, Sound designer and producer; Sofie Hjorth
Music composer; Hjalte Bested Møller
Funded by The Novo Nordisk Foundation
Contributing Scientist; Ea Høg Utoft, Postdoc at the Department of Political Science at Aarhus University.
Journalist, Sound designer and producer; Sofie Hjorth
Music composer; Hjalte Bested Møller
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May 20, 2021 • 48 mins
The rainforest is a unique ecosystem in a delicate balance. If a larger part of the forest is destroyed the balance will be tipped resolving the whole forest area to turn into a savanna because the ecosystem won’t be able to cycle all the water it needs. The whole ecosystem will collapse.
Global deforestation has been an issue of public concern for more than 50 years. Still, the primary forest areas are decreasing ev...
Global deforestation has been an issue of public concern for more than 50 years. Still, the primary forest areas are decreasing ev...
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January 20, 2021 • 32 mins
The Greenland Ice Sheet is melting much faster than predicted due to several amplifying processes. Jason Box has seen the environmental changes with his own eyes as he has been investigating the Greenland Ice Sheet for decades. In this episode, he will tell us about how bad it is and what needs to be done to slow down the acceleration of climate disasters.
Contributing scientist; Jason Box, Professor in glaciology and...
Contributing scientist; Jason Box, Professor in glaciology and...
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December 20, 2020 • 39 mins
The Birth Control Pill has liberated women by making it possible to control when to have children. But using the pill is not without a prize, for many, who experience several side effects to its use. Recently scientific studies have shown that using the pill, and other kinds of hormonal contraceptives increase the risk of depression, doubles the suicide rate and change the serotonin receptors related to feelings of joy and sat...
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November 16, 2020 • 56 mins
CRISPR is an adaptive immune system found in a bacterium and archaea, which is now used as a tool for human genome modification. And technology is developing fast. This episode is about what CRISPR is, how it can be used, and what ethical dilemmas are involved. And how CRISPR is more than a tool for genetic engineering, it is a tool for understanding the interaction between the bacteria and viruses in our gut, our immune syste...
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September 17, 2020 • 64 mins
The development of Quantum Computers is moving and it is moving fast. Charles Marcus is one of the scientists pushing things forwards and holding the strings. He is telling us that this is a huge step for humanity and it might change the world.
A Science and Cocktails production.
Funded by The Novo Nordisk Foundation
Contributing Scientist; Charles Marcus, Professor at The Niels Bohr Inst...
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August 25, 2020 • 16 mins
As global climate change leads to rising temperature and increasing rainfall vectors, like mosquitoes and ticks, carrying deadly diseases, are increasing numbers and moving from the south to the north.
A Science and Cocktails production.
A Science and Cocktails production.
Funded by The Novo Nordisk Foundation
Contributing Scientist; Flemming Konradsen. Professor of Global Environmental Health and head of the School of Globa...
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August 24, 2020 • 16 mins
The global interventions to protect populations from the Corona pandemic has had enormous side effects in relation to the general mental health. Because one of the interventions has been social isolation many, especially young people, have suffered from loneliness, which is a threat to both mental and physical health.
A Science and Cocktails production.
A Science and Cocktails production.
Funded by The Novo Nordisk Foundation
Contr...
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