The Escaped Sapiens Podcast

Lee Cronin discusses his work generating life in the laboratory, and the kind of processes that may have led to the origins of life on earth. Lee is the Regius Chair of Chemistry in the School of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow in the UK. You can find out more about the work being done in the Cronin Lab here: https://www.chem.gla.ac.uk/cronin/

Robert Zubrin discusses establishing a new branch of human civilization on the Red Planet. Find out more about Robert's work at the Mars Society here: https://www.marssociety.org/news/2020/12/14/an-important-request-from-dr-robert-zubrin/ Find out more about mars direct here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/009457659290130B

Kelly Lambert Discusses the impacts that our experiences and environment might have on our mental resilience, stress, anxiety, and general cognitive function. Find out more about Kelly's work at the University of Richmond: https://www.kellylambertlab.com/

Dave Goulson discusses the reasons for the decline in insect populations. Find out more about Dave Goulson's work at the University of Sussex at http://www.sussex.ac.uk/lifesci/goulsonlab/ In 2006 Dave founded the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, which is a charity that aims to reverse the decline in the bumblebee population and can be found at https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/ Dave's Youtube can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbnBys2Hl1T26dzO_nbgbiw Dave is also the Author of a number of popular books which can be found at https://www.amazon.de/Dave-Goulson/e/B001HPXIWY%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

Ben Novak discusses his work bringing back extinct species. Find out more about Ben's work in de-extinction with revive and restore at https://reviverestore.org/about-the-passenger-pigeon/ Some of Ben's research can be found here: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/9/11/548/htm https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3260s35t

Gregg Suaning discusses his work on bionic eyes and cochlear implants. Find out more about Gregg's work in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Sydney: https://www.sydney.edu.au/engineering/schools/school-of-biomedical-engineering.html