Flora Lichtman was the host of the podcast Every Little Thing. She’s a former Science Friday multimedia producer.
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4:29
Engineering in Service of a Dark Art
A biologist takes shadow puppetry to the next level.
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33:34
DIY Summer Hacks, From the Pool to the Grill
Try your hand at homemade sunscreen, water bottle rockets, and “cooler corn.”
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Give Yourself A Hand With DIY Gripper
What high-tech materials are required for making a robotic hand that can pick up almost anything? Coffee grounds and a latex balloon.
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Desktop Diaries: Jill Tarter
“People have described my office as an eight-year-old’s daydream,” says SETI scientist Jill Tarter.
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Desktop Diaries: Jill Tarter
As the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute’s first employee, Tarter has accumulated E.T.-themed office ornaments for the last 30 years—including a bottle of wine to be opened “only upon detection of Extraterrestrial signal.”
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Living Large in 140 Square Feet
Chris Tack made seven unloading trips to Goodwill before moving into the tiny home he and his wife Malissa designed and built.
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Tiny Living
The nuts and bolts of designing, building and living in a 140-square-foot home.
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Coffee’s Natural Creamer
What’s that frothy stuff that sits on top of an espresso?