Vaccine-a-palooza Part 1

Welcome to Double X Science for November 1, 2013. This week’s hosts are Adrienne Roehrich, chemistry editor, and Chris Gunter, science ed editor.

This podcast is split into two episodes due to the length of discussion on our topics.

Our introductory discussion is about Tara Haelle’s post 25 myths about the flu vaccine debunked

http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2013/10/28/setting-the-record-straight-dubunking-all-the-flu-vaccine-myths/

http://www.doublexscience.org/setting-record-straight-debunking-25-myths-flu-vaccine/

Double X Science posts since our last podcast:

Why I Am the Perfect Mother by Emily Willingham http://www.doublexscience.org/why-i-am-the-perfect-mother/
Parallel Earth and the Evil Matthew Hypothesis by Matthew Frances http://www.doublexscience.org/parallel_earth_evil_matthew/
The Girls of Atomic City by Chris Gunter http://www.doublexscience.org/girls-atomic-city/
Cosmic Coincidence and a Potato Eclipse by Matthew Frances http://www.doublexscience.org/cosmic-coincidence-and-a-potato-eclipse/
How close is a malaria vaccine? by Alexa Kurzius http://www.doublexscience.org/will-ever-effective-malaria-vaccine/
Of CRISPR/Cas and the power of basic research by Jeffrey Perkel http://www.doublexscience.org/crisprcas-basic-research/
The Secret Ingredient of Breast Milk by Beth Skwarekci http://www.doublexscience.org/secret-ingredient-breast-milk/
Two Moms Talk About Pertussis As Told to Maryn McKenna http://www.doublexscience.org/two-moms-talk-pertussis/
Girls Who Grew Up to be scientists by Emily Willingham http://www.doublexscience.org/girls-grew-scientists/
Leave no vagina behind by Tara Haelle http://www.doublexscience.org/leave-vagina-behind/
Scientists Highlighted on Double X Science Jr by Adrienne Roehrich http://www.doublexscience.org/scientists-highlighted-double-x-science-jr/

Double X Science, Jr. posts:
The Lunarpolitan Museum of Art by magdissimo http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-lunarpolitan-museum-of-modern-art.html
The key to survival: turles by KathyZ http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-key-to-survival-turtles.html
A Pretty Metal Story – Parts 1 & 2 by akshiv http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/08/a-pretty-metal-story-part-one.html

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/09/part-two-of-pretty-metal-story.html

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Dietary Supplements, Head Lice, and HeLa Cell Genome

Title: Dietary Supplements, Head Lice, and HeLa Cell Genome

Welcome to Double X Science for August 9, 2013. This week’s hosts are Adrienne Roehrich, chemistry editor, and Chris Gunter, science ed editor.

Our topics cover posts since out last podcast:
The gummy deficiency http://www.doublexscience.org/the-gummy-deficiency/
Scientific Realities Trump Paleofantasy http://www.doublexscience.org/paleofantasies-are-trumped-by-scientific-realities/
The gift of depression and mood disorder http://www.doublexscience.org/the-gift-of-depression-and-mood-disorder/
Back to School Fact-check: Head Lice http://www.doublexscience.org/back-to-school-fact-check-head-lice/
Smoke signals cancer’s edges in surgery http://www.doublexscience.org/iknife-excises-uncertainty-in-tumor-resection/
Double X Science, Jr. posts:
Professor Elizabeth H. Blackburn http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/07/professor-elizabeth-h-blackburn.html
Laser Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/07/laser-light-amplification-by-stimulated.html
Use of Cesium for Wildlife Tracking http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/08/use-of-cesium-for-wildlife-tracking.html
News of the week was about the mapping of the HeLa cell line genome. The two articles discussed in the podcast are:
http://www.nature.com/news/deal-done-over-hela-cell-line-1.13511
http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkroll/2013/03/24/the-henrietta-lacks-genome-consent-trust-and-common-decency/

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Genetics, Scientists, and Julia Parrish

Welcome to Double X Science for July 19, 2013. This week’s hosts are Adrienne Roehrich, chemistry editor, and Jeanne Garbarino, biology editor.

Our topics cover posts since the end of June:

Armchair genetics from Jamestown to Scott Brown

http://www.doublexscience.org/armchair-genetics-from-jamestown-to-scott-brown/

Between neurohype and neuroskepticism

http://www.doublexscience.org/between-neurohype-and-neuroskepticism/

(Covered in an interview with Bethany in a Beyond the Post July 15, 2013)

On call

http://www.doublexscience.org/on-call/

Maternal abortion history no longer a risk for preterm birth

http://www.doublexscience.org/maternal-abortion-history-no-longer-a-risk-for-preterm-birth/

Double X Science, Jr. posts:

Biography of Rosalind Franklin

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/07/biology-of-rosalind-franklin.html

Henrietta Leavitt

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/07/henrietta-leavitt.html

Reading Words on a Screen vs. on Paper

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/07/reading-words-on-screen-vs-on-paper.html

A Bee-g Issue ( ha.ha. )

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-bee-g-issue-haha.html

Quantum Computing Has Arrived

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/07/quantum-computing-has-arrived.html

Richard Feynman and Feynman Diagram Basics

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/06/richard-feynman-and-feynman-diagram.html

Barbara McClintock : A Biography

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/06/barbara-mcclintock-biography.html

News of the week was about Julia Parrish presenting her science and citizen science organization at the White House.

http://www.washington.edu/news/2013/07/10/julia-parrish-speaks-at-white-house-about-citizen-science/

Beyond the Post: Neurohype and Neuroskepticism with DeTox Diets Thrown In

Welcome to Double X Science for July 15, 2013. Today’s host is Double X Science chemistry editor, Adrienne Roehrich, interviewing Bethany Brookshire, aka Scicurious, about her two articles in the past 6 months on Double X Science.

Articles discussed during the interview include:

Between neurohype and neuroskepticism. (http://www.doublexscience.org/between-neurohype-and-neuroskepticism/)

If You Try One Detox This Year, Make It This One (http://www.doublexscience.org/if-you-try-one-detox-this-year-make-it-this-one/)

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/brainwaves/2013/07/15/is-sugar-really-toxic-sifting-through-the-evidence/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2013/apr/19/beer-dopamine-brain-scans

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/2013/06/18/book-review-brainwashed/#.UeQV2EHvvzx

Tornadoes, Gene Patents, Mermaids, and Brains

Welcome to Double X Science for June 22, 2013. This week’s hosts are Adrienne Roehrich, chemistry editor, and Jeff Perkel, tech editor.

News of the week was about the Big Brain Project.
http://www.nature.com/news/whole-human-brain-mapped-in-3d-1.13245?WT.mc_id=PIN_NatureNews

Einstein, Dr. Oz, and Fluoridation

We have a special focus on Did Einstein write his most famous equation? Does it matter? and Dr. Oz is worried about your fillings. We also cover Parenting Paranoia Comes in different forms, Creating Viruses to Create the Vaccines?, What causes recurrent UTIs?, and Not Knowing, our I Am Mental Illness series post. We also covered Double X Science Jr posts about Cubes, Pyramids, and More!; StemCellTalks; and Science of Napping (Infographic).

News of the week was about the vote in Portland, OR on whether or not to fluoridate their water.

You can find this week’s posts at:

http://www.doublexscience.org/parenting-paranoia-comes-in-different-forms/

http://www.doublexscience.org/creating-viruses-to-create-the-vaccines-against-them/

http://www.doublexscience.org/did-einstein-write-his-most-famous-equation-does-it-matter/

http://www.doublexscience.org/of-utis-and-bacterial-fitness/

http://www.doublexscience.org/dr-oz-is-worried-about-your-teeth-should-you-worry-too/

http://www.doublexscience.org/not-knowing/

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/05/cubes-pyramids-and-more.html

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/05/stemcelltalks.html

http://futurescienceleaders.org/engineers2012/2013/03/20/the-science-of-napping/

Our news story concerned the vote in Portland on the fluoridation of municipal water. We have no specific article we referred to for this topic.

Mothers, Blood, and Whales

Welcome to Double X Science for May 18, 2013. This week’s hosts are Adrienne Roehrich, chemistry editor, and Jeffrey Perkel, tech editor.

Our topics cover posts of the week, Dominants, alphas, and queens: Happy Mother’s Day!; Thanks, Mom, for not eating me; The Fatherhood Adjustment; Old Ovaries? New eggs? Hatching a Debate; Disabled; Mammograms; and Depressing Genes, I Am Mental Illness series post. We also covered Double X Science Jr posts about Development of Critical Thinking Outside of School; Blood Plasma Resembles Ketchup!; and Scrapyard Adventures.

News of the week was about the 14-year old girl presenting her science fair project on iPads and defibrillators/pace makers at a cardiology conference.

You can find this week’s posts at:

http://www.doublexscience.org/dominants-alphas-and-queens-or-happy-mothers-day/

http://www.doublexscience.org/thanks-mom-for-not-eating-me/

http://www.doublexscience.org/fatherhood-the-new-adventure/

http://www.doublexscience.org/old-ovaries-new-eggs-hatching-a-debate/

http://www.doublexscience.org/10-ways-healthcare-reform-might-help-people-with-disabilities/

http://www.doublexscience.org/the-labrynthine-task-of-scheduling-a-mammogram/

http://www.doublexscience.org/depressing-genes/

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/05/development-of-critical-thinking.html

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/05/blood-plasma-resembles-ketchup.html

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/05/scrapyard-adventures.html

Our news stories can be found at:

http://www.washington.edu/news/2013/05/13/using-earthquake-sensors-to-track-endangered-whales/

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/05/15/184223277/how-scientists-cloned-human-embryos

Brainbows, Salmon Migration, and iPads and Defibrillators

Welcome to Double X Science for May 10, 2013. This week’s hosts are Adrienne Roehrich, chemistry editor, and Emily Willingham, editor-in-chief.

Our topics cover posts of the week, Unicorns and Brainbows, A Tour of Digestion from Nose to Um… Tail, About that Pacifier Study, That deadly, imported, meningitis-toting snail? Isn’t., and the I Am Mental Illness post of the week. We also covered Double X Science Jr posts about Bon Voyage, NEOSSat! and The mystery of salmon migration and magnetism.

News of the week was about the 14-year old girl presenting her science fair project on iPads and defibrillators/pace makers at a cardiology conference.

You can find this week’s posts at:

http://www.doublexscience.org/unicorns-and-brainbows/

http://www.doublexscience.org/a-tour-of-digestion-from-nose-to-um-tail/

http://www.doublexscience.org/about-that-pacifier-study/

http://www.doublexscience.org/daily-mail-snail-fail/

http://www.doublexscience.org/this-is-good-and-i-am-happy/

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/05/bon-voyage-neossat.html

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-mystery-of-salmon-migration-and.html

You can google information for our news story.

Flu Shots, Namaqua Rain Frogs, and Cancer

Welcome to Double X Science for May 3, 2013. This week’s hosts are Adrienne Roehrich, chemistry editor, and Chris Gunter, science ed editor.

Our topics cover posts of the week, About That 1 in 50 Autism Number, Selling the Flu Shot, and an Infographic on Urinary Tract Infections. We also covered Double X Science Jr posts about How the T. Rex got its Roar, Math, and the Namaqua Rain Frog.

News of the week was about a recent paper in Nature concerning endomitrial cancer and solving the problem of women in science.

You can find this week’s posts at:

http://www.doublexscience.org/selling-the-flu-shot/

http://www.doublexscience.org/infographic-urinary-tract-infection/

http://www.doublexscience.org/about-that-1-in-50-autism-number/

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-animals-hiding-in-t-rexs-roar.html

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/05/math-week-one.html

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/05/namaqua-rain-frog.html

Our news stories can be found at:

http://www.awis.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=712

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v497/n7447/full/nature12113.html

Vaccination Decisions and Mathy Ladies

Welcome to Double X Science for April 27, 2013. This week’s hosts are Adrienne Roehrich, chemistry editor, and Jeanne Garbarino, biology editor.

Our topics cover posts of the week, including a two-part series on vaccination decisions, the cinnamon challenge, the DSM-V and autism, murder mysteries and chemistry, and seeking counseling as a part of our I Am Mental Illness series. We also covered Double X Science Jr posts about Eurazhdarcho langendorfensis and some scientists.

News of the week was about the President Obama’s pledge of $3 billion for STEM education and Mathy Ladies on Twitter.

You can find this week’s posts at:

http://www.doublexscience.org/vaccination-attitudes-are-contagious/

http://www.doublexscience.org/the-fear-factor-in-vaccination-decisions/

http://www.doublexscience.org/dont-take-the-cinnamon-challenge/

http://www.doublexscience.org/autism-and-the-dsm-5/

http://www.doublexscience.org/of-walnuts-and-world-book-night/

http://www.doublexscience.org/the-things-we-never-leave-behind/

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/04/eurazhdarcho-langendorfensis.html

http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/04/my-favourite-scientists.html

Our news stories can be found at:

http://ivn.us/2013/04/22/obama-administration-commits-3-1-billion-to-stem-education/