New Climate Polls, A Comet Mystery, and Puppy Love
11:44 minutes
In this week’s news roundup, Washington Post science writer Rachel Feltman tells us about a surprising insight gleaned from the Philae lander’s bouncy arrival on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. We’ll also hear about a self-powered digital camera that harvests light energy from its image sensor. And a new study suggests that the human bonding hormone oxytocin might play a role in human-canine relationships as well.
Plus, Anthony Leiserowitz of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication gives us the good and the bad on the latest climate polling data. Good thing: Americans overwhelmingly support renewable energy investment, and want to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant. Bad thing: Most Americans still think scientists disagree about climate change—so the message about scientific consensus isn’t getting out.
Segment Guests
Rachel Feltman
Rachel Feltman is a freelance science communicator who hosts “The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week” for Popular Science, where she served as Executive Editor until 2022. She’s also the host of Scientific American’s show “Science Quickly.” Her debut book Been There, Done That: A Rousing History of Sex is on sale now.
Anthony Leiserowitz
Anthony Leiserowitz is Founder and Director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication in New Haven, Connecticut.
Meet the Producer
About Christopher Intagliata
@cintagliataChristopher Intagliata was Science Friday’s senior producer. He once served as a prop in an optical illusion and speaks passable Ira Flatowese.