5 episodes

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!

After teaching several courses on Space Medicine, Nick and Dominic are ready to further explore the fields of astrobiology and bioastronautics. Join us as we discuss the extremes of physics and physiology.

Spherical Cows Dominic Tanzillo and Nick Saba

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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!

After teaching several courses on Space Medicine, Nick and Dominic are ready to further explore the fields of astrobiology and bioastronautics. Join us as we discuss the extremes of physics and physiology.

    Session 1 Recap

    Session 1 Recap

    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 min
    Doctor Astronaut with Jay Buckey Jr., M.D.

    Doctor Astronaut with Jay Buckey Jr., M.D.

    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.
    Discuss this Episode on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/sphericalcows/  
    Check out the Podcast Page: https://sphericalcows.podcastpage.io/  
    Check out our Discord: https://discord.gg/bfPEqn4GFx  
    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 

    • 27 min
    A 21st Century Space Suit with Dr. Ana Diaz Artiles

    A 21st Century Space Suit with Dr. Ana Diaz Artiles

    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/ 
    Check out the Podcast Page: https://sphericalcows.podcastpage.io/  
    Check out our Discord: https://discord.gg/bfPEqn4GFx  
    — 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 

    • 59 min
    Space Health and TRISH with Dr. Emmanuel Urquieta

    Space Health and TRISH with Dr. Emmanuel Urquieta

    Dr. Emmanuel Urquieta is a Professor at Baylor College of Medicine, working in both the Emergency Department and the Center for Space Medicine. In the Translational Research for Space Health (TRISH), he is working with NASA and commercial astronaut crews to acquire and study health data from space travel. He also shares his incredible life story and how he found aerospace medicine.
    Discuss this Episode on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/sphericalcows/

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

    Check out our Discord: https://discord.gg/bfPEqn4GFx 
    Dr. Urquieta’s Email: emmanuel.urquieta@bcm.edu 
    Dr. Urquieta’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/eurquietamd 
    TRISH Website: https://www.bcm.edu/academic-centers/space-medicine/translational-research-institute 
    TRISH Connect: http://go.pardot.com/l/777423/2019-06-25/4tq 
    TRISH Funding Opportunities: https://www.bcm.edu/academic-centers/space-medicine/translational-research-institute/funding 

    • 46 min
    The Next 500 Years with Dr. Christopher Mason

    The Next 500 Years with Dr. Christopher Mason

    Dr. Christopher Mason was a leader on the pioneering NASA Twin Study. He wears many hats as he works as a professor and researcher at Weill Cornell Medical School. Just after the Inspiration4 Launch in September 2021, he sat down with us to talk about his work mapping human genomes and how space changes us. Much of our conversation is framed around his book The Next 500 Years Where he maps the scientific breakthroughs needed and ethical questions posed to allow life to exist on many planets. Discuss the episode on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/sphericalcows/
    Find Dr. Mason's book and work here:
    Lab: https://www.masonlab.net
     Book: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/next-500-years 
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/mason_lab 
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christopher.e.mason 

    • 51 min

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