The New York Academy Of Sciences

  • Author: Vários
  • Narrator: Vários
  • Publisher: Podcast
  • Duration: 125:53:09
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Synopsis

Bringing together extraordinary people to drive innovative solutions to society’s challenges by advancing scientific research, education, and policy.

Episodes

  • The Sex Lives of Animals

    22/08/2008 Duration: 20min

    Think sex for animals is all about mating? You're wrong. Learn about the diversity and biology behind the sex lives of animals at the Museum of Sex's new exhibit. Warning: Explicit Content

  • Back to Black

    15/08/2008 Duration: 21min

    Go behind the scenes at the Guggenheim's "Imageless" exhibit, where one of Ad Reinhardt's black paintings gets some major laser restoration treatment. Multimedia: Slideshow

  • Conserving Madagascar

    08/08/2008 Duration: 17min

    A conservation biologist describes the unique animals and conservation programs in Madagascar while touring the new Bronx Zoo Madagascar exhibit. Multimedia: Slideshow

  • What the Nose Knows

    01/08/2008 Duration: 19min

    Learn about the science of smelling and scent and check out Gilbert's latest book. For more on the science of senses, check out Joanne Chen's The Taste of Sweet. Multimedia: Slideshow

  • The Science Barge

    25/07/2008 Duration: 17min

    Check out New York Sun Works' floating sustainable greenhouse, The Science Barge, and learn some ecological science and energy solutions for growing green in a concrete city.

  • One Bryant Park

    25/07/2008 Duration: 19min

    Take a tour of the new Bank of America building at One Bryant Park - now the greenest office tower in New York City, with a Platinum LEED ranking. The building's lead architect and mechanical engineer join to give context to this skyscraper's ultra-sustainable features.

  • Experimental Cuisine Collective

    18/07/2008 Duration: 17min

    Hear the story of the Experimental Cuisine Collective, a program created to make polymer science accessible to the average person. Multimedia: Slideshow

  • Artscience: Creativity in the Post-Google Generation

    11/07/2008 Duration: 15min

    Learn about new fusions of art and science, and the creation of a unique innovation space in Paris.

  • Buckminster Fuller

    03/07/2008 Duration: 23min

    Hear the story of one of the greatest innovators of the 20th century - the man behind the geodesic dome, Dymaxion Car and Dwelling Machine, and other inventive ideas. Multimedia: Slideshow, Video Presentation

  • Science in the Middle East

    20/06/2008 Duration: 25min

    A geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey discusses the challenges he's faced when doing science in the Middle East, and his research on the Dead Sea basin.Multimedia: Slideshow

  • The Elegant Universe

    13/06/2008 Duration: 22min

    A New York-based choreographer teams up with a composer and a leading theoretical physicist to produce a ballet based on The Elegant Universe, by Brian Greene. Multimedia: Slideshow

  • Project Walkway

    06/06/2008 Duration: 14min

    Eight teenage girls learn to mix technology with fashion at Eyebeam, a center for art and technology located in Manhattan. Hear their story of the Girls Eye View program, an experience which aims to get young women interested in science. Multimedia: Slideshow

  • Mixing Science and Policy

    23/05/2008 Duration: 51min

    Three experts in science and policy discuss their thoughts on the best way for scientists to communicate with governments, and vice versa, in the effort to create a more open and productive national dialogue on science.

  • The Science of Scotch

    20/05/2008 Duration: 16min

    Learn all that goes into making Scotland's traditional drink, which turns out to be a lot of culture, a bit of science, and just a pinch of art.

  • The Science of Champagne

    16/05/2008 Duration: 41min

    Gerard Liger-Belair has been studying the science of champagne bubbles for 10 years. Learn just how important bubbles are to the taste this celebratory drink - and find out the science behind it.

  • Sundance-Sloan Film Awards

    09/05/2008 Duration: 18min

    Meet the Sundance Institute's Sloan Fellowship winner and the 2008 Sundance-Sloan Grant recipient - two screenwriters with a serious science focus. Editor's Note: The Sundance Screenwriter's Lab was held in Park City, Utah.

  • Food Foraging in Central Park

    02/05/2008 Duration: 20min

    Join a New York naturalist as he leads a spring food foraging tour in Central Park. Learn the history, science, and folklore behind foraging for your own food. www.wildmanstevebrill.com.

  • Distortions of Memory

    25/04/2008 Duration: 52min

    Experts in language, literature, neuroscience, philosophy, and psychoanalysis discuss what is known about how we store and subsequently recall the past.

  • Physics of the Impossible

    18/04/2008 Duration: 58min

    The cofounder of string field theory offers a scientific exploration of the world of phasers, force fields, teleportation, and time travel.

  • Future of the Stockmarket

    11/04/2008 Duration: 57min

    Investors, economists, and quantitative finance experts discuss how technological innovations have hastened the growth of the markets.

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