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Your Summer Science Reading List 2018
Ira Flatow and guests give you the best summer reading assignment ever.
‘The Dinosaur Looked Just Like A Bird.’
On average, a new species of dinosaur is discovered every week. Meet the paleontologists who are uncovering them.
Lost And Found In A Museum’s Archive
Specimens from a voyage in 1906 sat in a jar for more than a century, until one scientist named them.
I Was Awake All Night. So How Did This Drool Get On My Shirt?
A sleep doctor explains our misperceptions about our own sleep.
Michael Pollan On The “Psychedelic Renaissance”
The story of how psychedelics are being used to treat depression, addiction, and even fear of death.
The Mystery Of The Flow Of Time
Time and time again, we wrestle with what time actually is. Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli takes us a step closer.
On Pluto’s Doorstep
How did the New Horizons team wake up the spacecraft before it flew by Pluto? With a Star Trek theme song, of course.
Waiting (And Waiting) For The Big One
Seismologist Lucy Jones explains what makes the San Andreas fault ripe for large earthquakes.
Full Of Stars
How a mechanical limitation forced “2001: A Space Odyssey” to slow down.
Death And Thievery In The Colony
Cleptoparasite female bee, in the nest, with the manacles.