Flora Lichtman is host of The Adaptors podcast and former SciFri multimedia producer in New York, New York.
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Microscopic Movie Stars
In the 1950s-1970s, Roman Vishniac made educational science films, featuring footage he shot through his microscope.
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Making Movies That Zoom into Foreign Worlds
The stars of these films usually have only one cell.
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Getting a Leg Up: High Jump Explained
Jesus Dapena studies how humans reach great heights, biomechanically.
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Manhattanhenge: Watch a Star Align
Twice a year, the sunset lines up with New York City's street grid—making for spectacular views.
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Meet the Energy-Saving Gadgets of the Future
Floors that generate electricity from footsteps. A GPS that outsmarts traffic jams. Innovations like these could be the next big thing--and we have student inventors to thank.
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Field Trip! Can You Stomach It?
Philadelphia’s Mütter Museum has a lot of heart, and other organs too.
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Medical Oddities from the Bowels of the Mütter
"Disturbingly informative," is how museum director Robert Hicks describes Philadelphia's Mütter Museum—items of interest include a gangrenous hand, wax models of extinct diseases, deformed bones and body parts.
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Desktop Diaries: Sylvia Earle
A moray eel, a flock of geese, and a shrunken head are just a few of things found in and around Her Deepness’ office.
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Desktop Diaries: Sylvia Earle
n the latest installment of Science Friday's Desktop Diaries series, Her Deepness takes us on a tour on her Oakland office.
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The Winning Answer to a Burning Question
The winner of Alan Alda’s ‘Flame Challenge’ draws on animation, song and a physics background.