Science Night
A place for scientists to tell their story.
Displaying all 2 Episode of Science Night with the tag “aviation”.
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Coconut Crabs and Famous Flyers
June 28th, 2023 | Season 3 | 17 mins 2 secs
amelia earhart, aviation, coconut crabs, legends, myths, nikumaroro island, scicomm, science
This week, we're continuing our Summer Scicomm adventure on Nikumaroro Island. What do coconut crabs have to do with a famous flyer? Why does this story keep popping up? How do regular people become legendary? We attempt to answer these questions and more!
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Funding Science: It's Good Policy
October 22nd, 2021 | Season 3 | 1 hr 10 mins
air travel, anatomy, aviation, biology, chemistry, climate change, democrat, design, energy, engineering, environment, faseb, fossil fuel, fusion energy, green energy, lobbying, nih, nsf, photosynthesis, policy, politics, renewable, republican, scicomm, science, science fiction, sustainable fuel, travel, weird science
Science isn't political. But that doesn’t mean that scientists don’t have influence in politics. Join us for our conversation with Dr. Naomi Charalambakis, Associate Director of Science Policy at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, to learn about how animal research informs human health and why it’s important for scientists to advocate for increased federal funding for science. Plus, is greener air travel on the horizon? And can photosynthesis be harnessed to restore nerve function? - these topics are covered in our news segment.