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Spherical Cows

By: Dominic Tanzillo and Nick Saba
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  • Summary

  • Space provides the ultimate environment. There's no air, freezing temperatures, and constant bombardment of radiation. It's no wonder that a cow would have a tough time surviving out there! This show explores the extremes of physics of physiology needed to put living organisms into space. After teaching several courses on Space Medicine with audiences ranging from high schoolers to medical professionals, Nick and Dominic have been deemed a dynamic duo in the fields of bioastronautics and education. With NASA physicians, leading medical researchers, engaging professors, and innovative engineers, let's bring Space Medicine down to Earth!
    Dominic Tanzillo
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Episodes
  • Session 1 Recap

    Session 1 Recap
    Jun 8 2022
    Dominic and Nick chat about lessons learned in the first season, more coming soon, and solicit listener feedback!

    Feedback: https://forms.gle/qey5UnrnT23byUB48

    Discuss this Episode on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/sphericalcows/  

    Check out the Podcast Page: https://sphericalcows.podcastpage.io/ 

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    19 mins
  • Doctor Astronaut with Jay Buckey Jr., M.D.

    Doctor Astronaut with Jay Buckey Jr., M.D.
    Jun 1 2022

    Imagine becoming an astronaut, and after traveling back from space, making it your life’s work to study and solve the health problems posed by deep space travel. Dr. Jay Buckey is doing just that in the Space Medicine Innovations Laboratory at Dartmouth and a professor in both the medical school and engineering college at Dartmouth.

     

    In this episode we talk about deep space radiation, using virtual reality for improving mental health, custom atmospheres, and autonomous diagnosing tools.

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    Dr. Buckey's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Space-Physiology-Jay-Buckey-M-D-ebook/dp/B005LQBXBS/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1654052569&refinements=p_27%3AJay+Buckey&s=books&sr=1-1 

    Dr. Buckey's Faculty Profile:  https://geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/faculty/facultydb/view.php/?uid=426

    Wernher von Braun's Active Magnetic Shielding:

    https://documents2.theblackvault.com/documents/cia/vonbraunoutgrowth.pdf 
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    28 mins
  • A 21st Century Space Suit with Dr. Ana Diaz Artiles

    A 21st Century Space Suit with Dr. Ana Diaz Artiles
    May 25 2022
    Dr. Ana Diaz Artiles is an engineering professor at Texas A&M University researching ways to further human space flight by designing a novel space suit. Her lab’s recent work to develop the SmartSuit concept combines soft-robotics, biometric monitoring, and advances in material sciences to bring Extravehicular Activity suits into the 21st century. 

    We talk artificial gravity, problem-solving as an engineer, and working with the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA in this exciting episode.

    Discuss this Episode on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/sphericalcows/ 

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    — Links —

    Health and Human Performance Lab: https://bhp.engr.tamu.edu/people/ana-diaz-artiles-ph-d/ 

    NASA SmartSuit: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2019_Phase_I_Phase_II/SmartSuit/ 

    Dr. Diaz Artiles’ Twitter: https://twitter.com/adartiles 

    Health and Human Performance Lab Twitter: https://twitter.com/TAMU_BHP 

    Mouse Study Using Artificial Gravity: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41526-019-0077-0 

    Animal Studies for Artificial or Microgravity: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2016.00021/full 
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    59 mins
Physics
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