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Podcast: Neurocareers: Doing the Impossible!
Episode: Fiction as a Tool for Science Innovation, with Dante Terese, Author of The Base Series
Description: What if the key to tomorrow's scientific and technological breakthroughs lies in today's science fiction? In this special-format episode of Neurocareers: Doing the Impossible!, we step outside our typical interview structure to explore the power of imagination as a driving force behind scientific innovation. Our guest, Dante Therese—science fiction author, screenwriter, and creator of The Base trilogy—brings a fresh perspective on how fiction, research, and creativity intersect. Her research-informed storytelling weaves together suspense, military science, and real-world advances like brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), robotic limbs, synthetic cartilage, and speech restoration technologies. But this...