Natural Disasters Have Transformed How Scientists Communicate
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 935 Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2018
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
People have relied on scientists for answers to some pretty big questions, and natural disasters are no exception. But when people don't like those answers, how are scientists supposed to communicate with the public? In this episode, seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones discusses the disconnect between disasters, psychology, and science communication, and helps us understand how to handle inconvenient truths in a healthy way.
Additional resources from Dr. Lucy Jones:
- "The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us (and What We Can Do About Them)"
- Dr. Lucy Jones' website
- Dr. Lucy Jones Center for Science and Society
- The Ring of Fire and other earthquake myths
Other resources discussed:
- Number of fatalities caused by natural disasters in the United States from 1900 to 2016, by disaster type
- Tremors and treatments: how developing nations can mitigate the destruction of earthquakes
- How do we know what other planets (and stars, galaxies, etc.) are made of? (Intermediate)
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| 0:00.0 | I'm curious, is there a way to avoid natural disasters? |
| 0:04.0 | No, natural disasters are an absolute inevitable part of the natural processes that make life on earth possible. what we can do is avoid damaging our cities by how we |
| 0:17.4 | build them. Hi, I'm Cody Gough with the solidly built Curiosity.com. |
| 0:27.0 | And I'm Ashley Hamer. |
| 0:31.5 | Today we're going to get an inside look at natural disasters and how they've shaped the way we communicate for centuries. |
| 0:37.0 | Every week we explore what we don't know because curiosity makes you smarter. |
| 0:41.0 | This is the Curiosity Podcast. |
| 0:46.0 | Today isn't just a show about natural disasters. It's a conversation about how scientists communicate with the public. |
| 0:52.8 | Dr. Lucy Jones is a leaving seismologist who spent more than 30 years in federal service with the US Geological Survey or USGS |
| 1:00.4 | and works with a seismological laboratory at Caltech. |
| 1:03.4 | Her new book is called The Big Ones, How Natural Disasters Have Shaped us and what we can do about them. |
| 1:09.1 | And it's a really interesting deep dive into some of history's biggest natural events, from volcanoes to floods and everything in between. |
| 1:16.3 | But this episode's not about doom and gloom. It could make you see scientists in a new light and maybe even challenge how you think about your own thinking. |
| 1:24.0 | But before we get into the interview, I just want to do a quick update on your recovery process. |
| 1:28.0 | Ashley, our loyal listeners know that you ran the Boston Marathon in the pouring rain by the way and we want to know how are you feeling |
| 1:34.4 | pretty good most of my aches and pains are gone I've gone from eating everything in sight to eating like a normal person |
| 1:39.6 | usually after I run a marathon I like to tighten up my diet and really focus on getting enough protein. |
| 1:44.3 | And lately I've been obsessed with this super high protein pasta. |
| 1:47.6 | It's called Explore cuisine Edomame spaghetti and it's got about as much protein as a chicken breast and half the carbs of regular pasta. |
| 1:55.0 | It's amazing, but it's kind of hard to find in my regular grocery store. |
| 1:58.0 | That's where Thrive Market comes in handy. |
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