Bitters And Botany, Whale Evolution. Sept 27, 2019, Part 2
Can conservation be concocted in your cocktails? Yes, according to the botanist authors of Botany at the Bar, a new book about making your own bitters—those complex flavor extracts used to season a Ma...
27 Sep 201947min
Oceans And Climate, Quantum Mechanics. Sept 27, 2019, Part 1
A new report issued this week by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change paints a troubling picture of the world’s ice and oceans. The ocean effects of climate change, from warming waters t...
27 Sep 201947min
Bird Populations In Decline, Real Life Sci-Fi Disasters, Brain Wiring. Sept 20, 2019, Part 2
There may be almost 3 billion fewer birds in North America today than there were in 1970, according to a study published this week in the journal Science. The decline over time works out to a loss of ...
20 Sep 201947min
Degrees Of Change: Climate And Fashion. Sept 20, 2019, Part 1
Climate change has been trending in the news recently—and if there’s one industry out there that knows something about trends, it’s the fashion industry. Long known for churning out cheap garments and...
20 Sep 201947min
The Center Of The Milky Way, Rats At Play, And Geometry. Sept 13, 2019, Part 2
The Greek mathematician Euclid imagined an ordered and methodical universe, but his vision struggled to catch on for centuries, until Renaissance painters and French monarchs found a way connect the a...
13 Sep 201947min
How AI Is Influencing Decisions In Police Departments And Courtrooms. Sept 13, 2019
Facial recognition technology is all around us—it’s at concerts, airports, and apartment buildings. But its use by law enforcement agencies and courtrooms raises particular concerns about privacy, fai...
13 Sep 201946min
SciFri Extra: Bird Nerds Of A Feather Flock Together
The Science Friday Book Club is done birding—for now. But after wrapping up our summer discussion of Jennifer Ackerman’s The Genius of Birds, bird enthusiasts flocked together at Caveat, a venue in Ne...
11 Sep 201945min
Randall Munroe, Football Concussion Research. Sept 6, 2019, Part 2
If you’ve ever been skiing, you might have wondered how your skiis and the layer of water interact. What would happen if the slope was made out of wood or rubber? Or how would you make more snow in th...
6 Sep 201946min
