Robert Krulwich appears in the following:
Krulwich Wonders: Mathematically-Challenging Bagels
Thursday, November 08, 2012
Surgically, this will be complicated. Mathematically, it will be elegant. What we are going to do is take an ordinary bagel, and rather than cut it in half, we are going to turn it, delicately, into two intertwining, interlocked bagel parts, connected, unbroken, one twisting through one the other. In other words, a Mobius bagel.
Krulwich Wonders: When You're Visited by a Copy of Yourself, Stay Calm
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
Krulwich Wonders: When You're Almost Extinct, Your Price Goes Up
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
When a species gets rare, its market value rises. The higher its price, the more it's hunted. The more it's hunted, the rarer it gets. Not a happy cycle, and this keeps happening ...
Illustration by NPR
How Human Beings Almost Vanished From Earth In 70,000 B.C.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Krulwich Wonders: Tough Old Lizards to Face Grave Romantic Troubles, Say Scientists
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Krulwich Wonders: Obama's Secret Weapon in the South - Small, Dead, but Still Kickin'
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Krulwich Wonders: Are Those Spidery Black Things on Mars Dangerous? (Maybe)
Wednesday, October 03, 2012
From Robert Krulwich on Yellow Rain
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Krulwich Wonders: U.S. Explodes Atomic Bombs Near Beers to See if They Are Safe to Drink
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Robert offers some practical advice on what to do if you survive a nuclear blast... and really want to drink that beer that made it through with you.
Which Is Greater, The Number Of Sand Grains On Earth Or Stars In The Sky?
Monday, September 17, 2012
Krulwich Wonders: Odd Things Happen When You Chop Up Cities And Stack Them Sideways
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Neil Armstrong Comes Home
Monday, August 27, 2012
The Eulogy That Wasn't: The Fate Neil Armstrong Evaded
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Watch our Hangout: Ring in the Mars Rover
Sunday, August 05, 2012
Thanks to everyone who tuned in to watch our first-ever Google Hangout. We had a blast!
Krulwich Wonders: Five Men Agree To Stand Directly Under An Exploding Nuclear Bomb
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
They weren't crazy. They weren't being punished. All but one volunteered to do this (which makes it all the more astonishing.)
Krulwich Wonders: Woman On Street Attacked By Giant Snail, It Seems
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Weekend Special: Guess What? Sweat Is Not Smelly! (So Why Do I Smell?)
Sunday, July 08, 2012
Krulwich Wonders: Showing Vultures A Little Love
Tuesday, July 03, 2012
Robert praises the hardworking, often maligned, but utterly lovable vulture.
The 'Decline Effect' and Scientific Truth
Friday, June 29, 2012
Surprising and exciting scientific findings capture our attention and captivate the press. But what if, at some point after a finding has been soundly established, it starts to disappear? In a special collaboration with Radiolab we look at the 'decline effect' when more data tells us less, not more, about scientific truth.
Correction: An earlier version of this short incorrectly stated that Jonathan Schooler saw the effect size of his study fall by 30% on two different occasions. In fact, he saw it fall by that amount the first time he repeated the study and saw a general downward trend thereafter. The audio has been adjusted to reflect this fact.
Correction: An earlier version of this short incorrectly attributed a statement to Jonathan Schooler’s advisor. The statement was actually made by his colleague. The audio has been adjusted to reflect this fact.
Krulwich Wonders: What The Vampire Said To The Horseshoe Crab: 'Your Blood Is Blue?'
Friday, June 01, 2012
