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Watch budding engineers compete for best bot at the FIRST robotics New York regional. Plus, a special appearance by Dean Kamen
Go into the NPR studio and find out about new types of green packaging, including--bags made of bottles, paper from rocks and plastic from corn
How do you capture an asteroid? What does rap music have to do with science? SciFri explores these questions, and more, on this week's' show.
NPR Host Ira Flatow comes face to face with his avatar when Science Friday broadcasts in Second Life.
Owen Kelley, a research scientist at NASA Goddard, works with data from the TRMM satellite to image the insides of storms. TRMM looked into the eye of Sandy the day before it made landfall and saw something surprising. Satellites also took snapshots of Sandy. J. Marshall Shepherd, president-elect of the American Meteorological Society and the director of the Atmospheric Sciences Program at the University of Georgia, explains some of Sandy's unusual features.
Join Science Friday on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at 7 p.m. Eastern for a live online web panel to discuss challenges and approaches to teaching climate change science in the classroom. Led by passionate educators who are committed to best practices in climate education, this discussion will highlight innovative strategies for bringing climate data into the classroom, ideas for integrating climate science into existing curricula, and best-in-class resources for teaching climate change. Panelists will field your questions and concerns in real time and will share upcoming opportunities for educators to participate in field-based climate research around the world.
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Science Friday hopes to provide all our listeners, subscribers, readers, and supporters the joy of discovery and knowledge. But this year, we want to give you a little bit more... Watch the video to find out what Science Friday is giving ... to you!
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(No puppies were harmed in the making of the video. In fact, if you feel so inclined you can actually adopt one at https://www.bideawee.org/Adopt)
In his new book "The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change," former vice president Al Gore takes a sweeping census of the variables affecting the future of life on Earth, including everything from robosourced labor and millisecond stock trading to genetic engineering and water shortages, and of course, climate change. Al Gore joins Ira Flatow in the studio. Broadcast Mar. 08, 2013.
Listen to full interview: http://www.sciencefriday.com/s....egment/03/08/2013/al
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Drawing on his experience as Artist-in-Residence at CERN, Gilles Jobin's dance performance, Quantum, presents an abstract meditation on the motion of particles and laws of physics.
In honor of #CephalopodWeek, Science Friday's annual celebration of all things tentacled, come join a live panel discussion with real cephalopod and ocean experts from the Monterey Bay Aquarium and E/V Nautilus.
Learn what it's like to study these creatures, both in captivity and in the wild, and why cephalopods are worth studying... and saving. Plus, you'll be able to ask your own questions!
Learn more about #CephalopodWeek at http://cephalopodweek.tumblr.com.
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Imagine standing on another planet and looking up at the stars. What would the sky look like? In a perfect merger of art and science, artist Helena Kauppila uses astronomical data to paint her vision of other worlds.
Producer & Editor: Kathryn Free
Science Advisor: Emily Rice, The American Museum of Natural History
Special Thanks: Helena Kauppila
Music: Possibilities by Helen Jane Long &Starshift by Paul Mottram
Kepler footage courtesy of NASA
The Greater sage-grouse makes its living in sagebrush habitats across the western U.S. and Canada. Every year from late February to May, male sage-grouse perform a striking dance routine each morning at dawn. Jason Robinson, upland game coordinator for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, breaks down the dance and describes challenges the birds face.
Catfish attacking pigeons, water traveling uphill, a blue whale barrel roll -- it's amazing what you can find in the "supplemental materials" section of the scientific journals. We're taking a stroll down memory lane for a look at the year's best moments in science cinema. What were your favorite science videos of 2012?
Ever wondered why running your finger around a wine glass makes that annoying noise? Here's the science behind it.
Watch our short documentary about Arctic polar bear researchers:
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Danica McKellar--aka Winnie Cooper in the TV series The Wonder Years--talks to NPR Host Ira Flatow about math.
What happens at the Northeast Mycological Federation Foray? "Mushrooms only," according to attendee Gary Lincoff, an instructor at the New York Botanical Garden and author of The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms. Science Friday stopped by the conference for mushroom talk, mushroom crafts, mushroom eats and a mushroom hunt.
Join Science Friday for a live online discussion on April 28th at 6 p.m. EST to discuss strategies for addressing resistance to evolution instruction from students, staff, parents, and the community. Inspired by "The Pot-Stirrer," a video by Science Friday's The Macroscope, this panel will bring together experienced science educators from across the country to answer your questions about evolution in the classroom. Panelists will share their approach to introducing evolution concepts, classroom and community strategies for coping with resistance, and favorite evolution curriculum resources. Come as you are, and bring questions, ideas, and resources of your own to share in this Google Hangout On Air.
