Ep 445: 'I Am Saloni and I Like Collecting Mice'

She's one of the best writers on science today, combining optimism about progress with a realist understanding of the messiness of our world. Saloni Dattani joins Amit Varma in episode 445 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss science, medicine, data, academia and how to make the world a better place.

(FOR FULL LINKED SHOW NOTES, GO TO SEENUNSEEN.IN.)   Also check out:

1. Saloni Dattani at Google Scholar, Twitter, LinkedIn, Our World in Data and Works in Progress.

2. Scientific Discovery -- Saloni Dattani's newsletter.

3. Hard Drugs -- Saloni Dattani's podcast.

4. Saloni's guide to data visualization -- Saloni Dattani.

5. Four charts to understand causes of death across the lifespan -- Saloni Dattani.

6. What I've learnt about writing -- Saloni Dattani.

7. In praise of the Covid superforecasters -- Saloni Dattani.

8. The decline in cancer mortality is about much more than smoking -- Saloni Dattani.

9. Death rates from cardiovascular disease have fallen dramatically — what were the breakthroughs behind this? -- Saloni Dattani.

10. The golden age of vaccine development -- Saloni Dattani.