Point of Discovery

By University of Texas at Austin, College of Natural Sciences, Marc Airhart

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Behind every scientific discovery is a scientist (or 12) and a story. “Point of Discovery” takes you on a journey beyond WHAT we know to HOW we know it. Along the way, listeners will meet the sometimes quirky, always passionate people whose curiosity unlocks hidden worlds. Music by: Podington Bear. Learn more at: http://pointofdiscovery.org DISCLAIMER Point of Discovery is part of the Texas Podcast Network, which is brought to you by The University of Texas at Austin. Podcasts are produced by faculty members and staffers at UT Austin who work with University Communications to craft content that adheres to journalistic best practices. The University of Texas at Austin offers these podcasts at no charge. Podcasts appearing on the network and this webpage represent the views of the hosts, not of The University of Texas at Austin.

Episode Date
Introducing: AI for the Rest of Us
May 30, 2024
Is Cosmology in Crisis?
Apr 11, 2024
A Once-in-Many-Centuries Event
Mar 08, 2024
The Heartbeat of the Estuary
Sep 08, 2023
I Know What You're Thinking
May 01, 2023
Right Time, Right Place
Dec 13, 2022
Neutralizing Crazy Ants
Jul 13, 2022
A Physicist’s Search for Beauty
Mar 09, 2022
Remembering Steven Weinberg
Feb 21, 2022
Frog Pandemic
Jan 13, 2022
BONUS: Presenting the Texas Podcast Network
Aug 16, 2021
The Case Against Spanking
May 12, 2021
Do Sick Animals Socially Distance?
Mar 03, 2021
Artificial Intelligence Revs Up Evolution’s Clock
Oct 12, 2020
Ask the COVID-19 Experts
Aug 20, 2020
The Next 50 Years: Anybody Out There?
Jun 07, 2020
The Next 50 Years: A Model of Life on the Atomic Scale
Apr 28, 2020
Science Amid the Social Distance
Mar 27, 2020
The Next 50 Years: An A.I. Designed to Make Life Better
Mar 10, 2020
The Next 50 Years: Your Perfect Meal and Exercise Plan
Feb 13, 2020
The Next 50 Years: A Global Census of Life
Jan 08, 2020
Coming Soon: A New Podcast Miniseries
Dec 18, 2019
You Belong Here: What It Takes for Success in College
Sep 20, 2019
Confronting RSV, a Shape-Shifting Killer
Aug 01, 2019
Better AI Vision to Help Save Lives
Jun 17, 2019
A Machine That Understands Language Like a Human
Apr 26, 2019
A Love Letter from Texas Scientists to the Periodic Table
Mar 06, 2019
All in the (Scientific) Family
Feb 25, 2019
Bringing Real Science to the Big Screen
Jan 22, 2019
Recap: A Big Week in Science
Oct 05, 2018
Of Fruit Flies, Nobel Prizes and Genetic Discoveries that Change the World
Sep 27, 2018
Can We Build Machines that are Less Biased Than We Are?
Sep 06, 2018
Which Mental Superpower Would You Choose?
Jun 28, 2018
James Allison Eases Off the Brakes
May 21, 2018
When Science Communication Doesn’t Get Through
Apr 12, 2018
A Score to Settle with Cancer
Mar 02, 2018
Tackling Science and Engineering's Diversity Problem
Jan 25, 2018
BONUS: Full Conversation with Three STEM Deans
Jan 25, 2018
The Language Brokers
Dec 14, 2017
Cosmic Car Wreck
Oct 16, 2017
Does This Look Like Cancer?
Sep 07, 2017
When Will We Have Quantum Computers?
Jul 11, 2017
Can Sound Save a Fish?
Apr 24, 2017
Keeps Us on Our Toes
Mar 15, 2017
The Science of Relationships
Feb 11, 2017
Resetting the Alcoholic Brain
Jan 22, 2017
The Mighty Copepod
Dec 15, 2016
Evolution Inspires Anthrax Cure
Oct 21, 2016
The Last First Planetary Mission
Sep 12, 2016
Bacterial BFFs or Frenemies?
Aug 03, 2016
Looking Forward ... and Back: Podcast Updates
Jul 11, 2016
Why is CGI in the Movies Still So Hard?
May 31, 2016
Here's What Research Did for Me, Student Stories
Apr 10, 2016
Jekyll and Hyde Bacteria
Mar 20, 2016
Saving the Bees
Feb 19, 2016
Pyramid Probe
Jan 01, 2016
The Race for Dark Energy
Nov 16, 2015
The Case of the Missing Folate
Oct 15, 2015
Cocktail Party Effect
Sep 03, 2015
Fun With Chemistry
Jun 29, 2015
Beauty and the Yeast
Jun 01, 2015