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Category Archives: Interview
Push Play, Feel Better
This week one of our favorite guests, neurologist Oliver Sacks, makes a return visit to Science Friday. He and our other guests will be talking about music therapy, and how it’s being used to to treat a variety of conditions … Continue reading
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Tagged music, music therapy, Oliver Sacks
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Interview With The Band: One Ring Zero
Eclectic New York band One Ring Zero has a history of producing interesting concept albums: their last, As Smart As We Are, featured lyrics from famed authors including SciFri favorite Margaret Atwood. ORZ’s new album, Planets, is based on our … Continue reading
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Tagged Interview, music, One Ring Zero, science fiction, space
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Beatles Music As Data, Data As Art
Graphic artist Michael Deal uses infographics to look at the Beatles’ unparalleled discography. He explains his work in this audio slideshow. For more of Michael’s work, check out: www.mikemake.com.
DIY: Make Your Own Electric Guitar
So you want to jam like a rock star, but you don’t want to shell out for an electric guitar? Make one yourself. Sound artist and member of NYC Resistor Ranjit Bhatnagar explains the art of a DIY instrument he … Continue reading
Auto-Tune the Cosmos: Q&A With John Boswell
John Boswell Auto-Tuned clips of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos into “A Glorious Dawn,” and the video went viral. Now, he’s created a project called The Symphony of Science. He talks with SciArts about the addictive nature of Auto-Tune, Sagan’s smooth voice … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Auto-Tune, Carl Sagan, space, Video
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Ken Burns’ National Parks: from Scenery to Science – Part Two
The continuation of my interview (see the first part here) with filmmaker Ken Burns: KAF: At one point Dayton Duncan says that all he learned about science, he learned at the national parks and he emphasizes the role of rangers. … Continue reading
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Tagged Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns, lodgepole pines, park ranger, science education, Zion National Park
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Ken Burns’ National Parks: from Scenery to Science
Part One Ken Burns’ new series, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea premiered on Public Television stations nationwide during the last week of September. By the end of the first episode, I immediately recognized that this opus differed from past … Continue reading
Imagine Science Film Festival Preview
Tonight’s the Quirky Science Shorts at the Imagine Science Film Festival, and quirky indeed. And short. Most of the films run under ten minutes and the topics span from lab waste to the friendship between a moth and a firefly. … Continue reading
Stealing Attention
Would you like to play 3-card Monte? All you need to do is count how many times the Queen of Hearts appears in a cycle (hint- the yellow circle appears before the card) Did you notice the antiquities flying off … Continue reading
