this episode is about reading with depth and determination to find the accurate sources behind the success stories. The pattern is not only that black female inventors were overlooked; it is also the way in which the overlooking occurs.
It’s Flashcards Friday! This podcast is a follow-up to Tuesday’s episode about Benjamin Banneker. This brilliant individual was predominantly self-taught. I found his story very inspiring because he was self-educated. In other words, he learned everything he knew about astronomy and surveying without being in a classroom. And today, when people say they are self-taught, that means so more than
It’s Flashcards Fridays. I’m Gabrielle Birchak, your host, and today I’m going to do a callback to Tuesday’s episode, which was about capturing thoughts. Last Tuesday’s episode was about photographing thoughts. Today I’m going to talk about those moments where you wish you could have just thought about the subject better, especially when you’re trying to learn something new. But
It’s Flashcards Friday, and today I want to talk about something that matters as much as any experiment: how we talk to people who do not trust science. Not how to win an argument. Not how to humiliate someone with a fact. How to build a bridge. Because science does not spread by volume. It spreads when people feel safe
But if the Sun Dagger teaches us anything, it is that science does not begin with explaining.
Science begins with watching and advances through listening.
The holidays have ended, the decorations have come down, and many people have stepped outside to find that the ground has been quietly transformed into a dense, slippery physics problem.
Today we explore something wonderfully nerdy: the neuroscience of puzzles. Not just why puzzles are fun, but what your brain is actually doing the moment you lean over a crossword, a logic grid, or a deliciously tricky time-travel cipher.
Discover how the olfactory system works, why smell shapes memory and emotion, and three science-backed ways to strengthen and train your sense of smell.
It’s Flashcards Friday here on Math Science History, where we take big ideas and pack them into small, powerful moments. I’m Gabrielle Birchak, and I have a background in science, math and journalism, and today, we’re flipping through the math and science behind one of life’s biggest challenges: saving time. Because here’s the truth, time is the only thing you