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The Chemical Age: Pete Myers & Frank von Hippel
Season 1 Episode 34
Pete Myers interviews me about my new book, The Chemical Age, published this month by the University of Chicago Press.
5 years, 10 months ago
Industrial Denial: Barbara Freese
Season 1 Episode 33
Why is it that decades after scientists discover problems of paramount importance, such as global climate change or lead pollution, those problems st…
5 years, 11 months ago
Materials Science: Ainissa Ramirez
Season 1 Episode 32
Discoveries in basic science often translate into material goods, and frequently in surprising ways. Material goods, in turn, facilitate scientific p…
6 years ago
Science & Poetry: Dava Sobel
Season 1 Episode 31
Today we explore what mathematicians would refer to as the non-trivial intersection between science and poetry. Guiding us through these overlapping …
6 years, 1 month ago
Global Amphibian Declines: David Wake
Season 1 Episode 30
Frogs have hopped around this planet for 200 million years. In comparison, anatomically modern humans have only been around for 200 thousand years. B…
6 years, 2 months ago
Green Chemistry: Terry Collins
Season 1 Episode 29
Chemistry has given the world the incredible diversity of fuels, pharmaceuticals, and household products that we rely on every day, along with tremen…
6 years, 3 months ago
Environmentalism: Paul Ehrlich
Season 1 Episode 28
Rachel Carson alerted the world to the dangers of pollution with the publication of her book Silent Spring in 1962, and in the process, she helped to…
6 years, 4 months ago
Biodiversity: Thomas Lovejoy
Season 1 Episode 27
Global biodiversity is in the midst of a mass extinction driven by rapid human population growth and over-consumption of resources. These forces driv…
6 years, 5 months ago
Linguistics: Noam Chomsky
Season 1 Episode 26
Nothing is more human than language, and no one has done more to advance the science of linguistics than Noam Chomsky. Noam was born in 1928, and com…
6 years, 6 months ago
Space Science: Pam Melroy
Season 1 Episode 25
Space exploration thrills kids and adults alike. Today I discuss the history of NASA and space science with Pam Melroy. Pam piloted the Space Shuttle…
6 years, 7 months ago