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Ground Breaks on New Brooklyn Waterfront Park
July 07, 2009
The city has broken ground on the first of three new waterfront parks in North Brooklyn. Bushwick-Inlet Park will eventually stretch six blocks along the East River. Mayor Bloomberg says the first bl....
Michael Giacchino
Soundcheck
May 13, 2009
Composer
After Life
Radiolab
September 18, 2009
What happens at the moment when we slip from life...to the other side? Is it a moment? If it is a moment, when is that moment? And what happens afterward? It's a show of questions that don't have easy answers. So, in a slight departure from our regular format, Radiolab brings you eleven meditations on how, when, and even if we die.
Report: Bronx Parks Now More Expensive
January 28, 2009
The cost of building parks displaced by the new Yankee stadium is climbing. A report from the city's Independent Budget Office says the price tag is now nearly $195 million, up 67 percent. How did t....
Once a Planet
The Brian Lehrer Show
January 27, 2009
When planets were officially defined, Pluto was left out in the cold. Astrophysicist
WNYC and ProPublica are investigating the economic stimulus plan and you can, too!
Is God a Mathematician?
The Leonard Lopate Show
January 12, 2009
Is mathematics a human invention, or is it a design of the universe?
Event:
Mario Livio will be speaking
Mon. Jan. 12 at 7:30 PM
American Museum of Natural History
Hayden Planetarium Space Theater
Central Park West @ 79th Street
Design for the Real World: Spacesuit
Studio 360
December 12, 2008
At MIT, Dava Newman studies how humans move in micro-gravity; we call it outer space. She describes how she went about designing a new spacesuit that’s streamlined for maximum performance. Produced by Erin Davis.
Brother from Another Planet
Studio 360
December 12, 2008
Sun Ra was from Alabama - or from Saturn - depending on who you ask. He’s not the only musician to ride on the Mothership Connection. As professor Tricia Rose points out, the Afro-futurist urge to escape Earth continues to this day. Produced by Studio 360's Derek John.
Alien Fact-Checker
Studio 360
December 12, 2008
Kurt asks Dr. Seth Shostak about how he advised the filmmakers on the set of the new movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still." As the Senior Astronomer for SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Shostak believes that aliens will contact us, and he can’t wait.
Mars Rover
Studio 360
December 05, 2008
NASA launched two Mars Rovers in 2004, not knowing how long they'd last or what they'd find, but, almost five years later, the rovers’ discoveries have exceeded all expectations. Studio 360's Sarah Lilley looks at how the Mars Rover pictures changed the way we see the universe. (Originally aired: July 13, 2007)
Please Explain: The Sun
The Leonard Lopate Show
November 21, 2008
The Sun makes up about 99% of the total mass of the Solar System. Find out what the sun is made of, how hot it is, and why humans couldn’t survive without it.
Icarus Revisited
The Leonard Lopate Show
September 15, 2008
In his new book,
Event:
Brian Greene will be speaking and signing books
Monday, September 15 at 7:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble Union Square
33 East 17th Street
Please Explain: Light Pollution
The Leonard Lopate Show
August 08, 2008
Most Americans can’t see the Milky Way in the night sky…and here in New York, we’re lucky if we can see any stars at all! Find out why light pollution is a growing problem, and how it may even endanger your health. Leonard talks to
Does New York City light pollution bother you? What are your tips for dealing with too-bright lights from the streets or from neighbors' homes?
Spacey Country Chamber Jazz
New Sounds
August 05, 2008
For this New Sounds, wander though European cities with the acoustic chamber jazz quartet Gato Libre from their latest effort, "Nomad." This band of Japanese musicians plays acoustic folk, using trumpet, guitar, bass, and accordion, doing tunes that mix up flamenco with Old World waltz, music that stirs up reggae with a touch of blues or a reel from a Scottish pub. Also, listen to country-swing folk jazz from the Tin Hat Trio (now operating as a quintet, and just Tin Hat) from their "Helium" release. Plus, there's the spacey countrified jazz from Bill Frisell's Quartet, and more.
Spacey Country Chamber Jazz
New Sounds
January 16, 2007
For this New Sounds, wander though European cities with the acoustic chamber jazz quartet Gato Libre from their latest effort, "Nomad." This band of Japanese musicians plays acoustic folk, using trumpet, guitar, bass, and accordion, doing tunes that mix up flamenco with Old World waltz, music that stirs up reggae with a touch of blues or a reel from a Scottish pub. Also, listen to country-swing folk jazz from the Tin Hat Trio (now operating as a quintet, and just Tin Hat) from their "Helium" release. Plus, there's the spacey countrified jazz from Bill Frisell's Quartet, and more.
