Significant Figures

Courtney Gibbons (Hamilton College) talks about her modern algebra research, including fields, rings, polynomials, and infinite series. She also reads excerpts about the mathematician Emmy Noether from The Trouble with Women. Aired December 6, 2021 on WHCL. 

Ryan Martinie studies the importance of iron in biology. Aired November 22 on WHCL.

Rhea Datta studies embryo development, including how an organism decides which side is the head and which side is the tail. Aired on WHCL, November 15, 2021.

Heather Kropp (Hamilton College) studies climate change in the Arctic and Antarctic. Aired on WHCL on November 8, 2021.

Simulating black holes! Originally aired November 1, 2021.

Prof. Aaron Strong discusses climate change broadly and with an emphasis on greenhouse gas emissions from wetlands. Originally aired on WHCL on October 4, 2021.

Andrew Jones modifies cells to produce chemicals, including the hallucinogen psilocybin.

This episode is anticipated to air on WHCL on October 18, 2021.

Natalie Nannas studies cell division using CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats).

This episode aired on WHCL on October 11, 2021.

Astronomy. Originally aired September 27, 2021 on WHCL.

Adam Lark discusses upgrading Peters Observatory of Hamilton College in order to search for exo-planets.

Theoretical quantum physics. Originally aired September 20, 2021.

Nuclear Physics. Originally aired September 13, 2021.

Andrew Projansky interviews Viva R Horowitz (Physics)
Viva R. Horowitz talks about her Physics research. Originally aired June 12, 2019. Pilot episode of Significant Figures.