Down to a Science: A LANL Podcast

What did the film get right about J. Robert Oppenheimer? Los Alamos historian Alan Carr explains.

Down to a Science is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya.

Down to a Science is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Your host, Joey Montoya. Special thanks to our guest Zachary Robbins.

Find out more about the Laboratory and its mission at www.lanl.gov.

Down to a Science is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya.

Down to a Science is brought to you by Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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Can algae power cars? Biofuels are an often-overlooked green energy source. Los Alamos National Laboratory's Babs Marrone explains.

With a place-based approach that emphasizes community-level input, I-WEST is looking at how best to incorporate  technologies for decarbonization, such as clean hydrogen, carbon capture and storage, bioenergy, wind and solar, into the region’s economies. 

This podcast was produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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Megaflashes are incredibly rare. In order to record one from the ground, or from an aircraft or satellite in a low orbit, the sensor has to be exactly in the right place at the right time, which is unlikely. Now, researchers are using Geostationary Lightning Mappers and other instruments that can map flash size from space and — importantly — provide continuous coverage over a large portion of the Earth. No matter how rare these megaflashes are or where they occur across the instrument’s vast field of view, GLM can detect them and measure their dimensions. 

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Anna Llobet, the organizer of a free summer science camp for young women, joins a camp volunteer and one of this year's participants to discuss the aims of the camp and the impact it has on inspiring high school girls to pursue higher education and STEM. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Special thanks to Kathy Keith, Lexi Petronis, Joey Montoya and Camille Dickson.

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Warmer temperatures, driven by climate change, are forcing animal habitats to change, and increasing human-animal interactions. In the first episode of Climatology — a podcast series on climate science at Los Alamos National Laboratory — researchers discuss climate change's role in disease spread.

Photo credit: Joey Montoya. Episode host: Lexi Petronis. Written and edited by Nick Njegomir. Special thanks to Joey Montoya, Lexi Petronis and Laura Mullane. This episode is part of Down to a Science: A LANL Podcast Series.

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The terrorist attacks on 9/11 changed the country and the way we approach national security. Experts explain efforts before, during and after.

Artwork created by Joey Montoya. Special thanks to Lexi Petronis, Joey Montoya and episode guests  Nancy Jo Nicholas (Associate Laboratory Director for Global Security),  John Browne (former LANL Director) and Terry Wallace (former LANL Director).

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