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Science is Fun:
Beyond "Significant Results" and "Recent Findings".

Science may be important. It may be interesting. It may be crucial to our continued life on this planet. But is it fun?

After being bombarded with a few hundred stories that say "Scientists announced this week findings that may support the theory that...prestigious journal... significant results...but more research is needed," it's sometimes good to step back and look at a lighter side of science. Not false science, or silly science, but accessible science -- attempts to pull science out of the realm of dusty textbooks and sterile white lab coats and give it life and vibrancy.

On this hour of Science Friday, play around with Ira and his guests as they take a look at ways to make science fun.

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Guests:

Alan Friedman
Director
New York Hall of Science
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, NY

Tom Snyder
Chairman, Tom Snyder Productions
Executive Producer
"Science Court"
Watertown, MA

Jan Barney Newman
Founder and President
Aristoplay, Inc
Ann Arbor, MI

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Science TV Shows
Bill Nye the Science Guy
Beakman's World
Newton's Apple

Science Museums
The New York Hall of Science
The Association of Science and Technology Centers Travel Guide

Fun Science Sites - by no means a complete listing!
The World of Escher
Geometry Games
The Electronic Zoo
The WhyFiles
Human Anatomy Online
The Microbe Zoo
Build it and Bust it: an online engineering exercise
The Wacky Patent of the Month
IBM's Electric Origami Shop

Ok, Ok... one silly site
The Annals of Improbable Research