# Jennifer Ouellette
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jennifer ouellette (born May 17, 1964) is a science writer based in Los Angeles, California. Her writings are aimed at mainstream audiences unfamiliar with complex scientific issues.
== Life and career ==
Ouellette is the former director of the Science & Entertainment Exchange, an initiative of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) designed to connect entertainment industry professionals with top scientists and engineers to help the creators of television shows, films, video games, and other productions incorporate science into their work: "The National Academy is hoping to basically foster this current trend in television and get more interactions between science and Hollywood, in the hopes of changing the way science and scientists are portrayed.
66. Stradivarius Violins
Why are these 300-year-old instruments still coveted by violinists today? And how do working musicians get their hands on multimillion-dollar antiques? Zachary Crockett is not fiddling around.
SOURCES:
Frank Almond, professional violinist.
Ziv Arazi, co-owner of Rare Violins of New York.
Bruno …
Tractor Beam, Crystal Palace, Botany Dark Spots
Today, you’ll learn about the tiny tractor beam that could change how certain diseases are diagnosed, how a screw allowed an iconic historical building to go up faster than anyone thought possible, and why scientists are worried about the 33 dark spots with thousands of unknown plants.
Tractor B…
167 | Team Force NYC Marathon Fundraising with Jennifer Ouellette
In this episode of the On the Runs podcast, Eric and Erika welcome back Jennifer Ouellette, who shares her inspiring journey through the Boston Marathon and her role as a teammate with the Marathon Mathletes and Team Force as they're fundraising for the NYC Marathon. The conversation delves into th…
168. Chemistry, Evolved
Frances Arnold pioneered the process of directed evolution — mimicking natural selection to create new enzymes that have changed everything from agriculture to laundry.
SOURCES:
Frances Arnold, professor of chemistry at the California Institute of Technology.
RESOURCES:
"Innovation by Evo…
February 10, 2007: Physics and Sci-Fi Science - Jennifer Ouellette
Art Bell welcomes science writer Jennifer Ouellette, author of "The Physics of the Buffyverse" and "Black Bodies and Quantum Cats," for a conversation exploring the intersection of real physics and science fiction. They discuss the newly announced 16-qubit quantum computer from a Vancouver company,…
February 10, 2007: Physics and Sci-Fi Science - Jennifer Ouellette
Art Bell welcomes science writer Jennifer Ouellette, author of "The Physics of the Buffyverse" and "Black Bodies and Quantum Cats," for a conversation exploring the intersection of real physics and science fiction. They discuss the newly announced 16-qubit quantum computer from a Vancouver company,…
Scientists and doctors ejected from diabetes conference
No funny news today, friends. A group of leading scientists and doctors were thrown out of a diabetes conference for supporting and distributing a journal editorial criticizing current health policies. Lists are being maintained.
CONDENSED SOUP: 10 minutes of cozy curiosity
Scientists ejected …
Thomas Levenson — A Pox on Fools: The True Believers, Grifters, and Cynics Who Convinced Us to Reject Vaccines - with Jennifer Ouellette
Since the advent of smallpox inoculation in the eighteenth century, the idea that a disease introduced to the body in some lesser, weakened form might prevent full-blown infection has been one of the greatest public health insights of the modern era, inspiring the invention of numerous vaccines and…
"A Pox on Fools" The History of Vaccine Skepticism
MIT Professor Thomas Levenson describes the history of vaccine skepticism. His book is titled, "A Pox on Fools - True Believers, Grifters, and Cynics Who Convinced Us to Reject Vaccines." He was interviewed by senior writer at Ars Technica, Jennifer Ouellette at the Politics & Prose Bookstore in Wa…
66. Stradivarius Violins
Why are these 300-year-old instruments still coveted by violinists today? And how do working musicians get their hands on multimillion-dollar antiques? Zachary Crockett is not fiddling around.
SOURCES:
Frank Almond, professional violinist.
Ziv Arazi, co-owner of Rare Violins of New York.
Bruno Pr…
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