Flora Lichtman is host of the podcast Every Little Thing. She’s a former Science Friday multimedia producer.
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SciFri Book Club Has ‘The Right Stuff’
Join the SciFri Book Club regulars for a look back, er...up, at 'The Right Stuff.'
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Desktop Diaries: Temple Grandin
"I'm pure geek, pure logic," says Grandin, an animal scientist at Colorado State University.
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Desktop Diaries: Temple Grandin
"I'm pure geek, pure logic," says Temple Grandin, a professor of animal science at Colorado State University. We spent an afternoon with Dr. Grandin in her office in Fort Collins.
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Desktop Diaries: Oliver Sacks
Writer and neurologist Oliver Sacks explains what his desk means to him. From lumps of metal to lemurs, Sacks describes some of his treasures.
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Sandy’s CT Scan, and Other Vital Images
Satellites looked at Sandy this week, and they also looked in.
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Plunge Into the Science of BASE Jumping
BASE stands for the objects the practitioners of the sport jump from: buildings, antennas, spans, earth. Wingsuits are sometimes involved; parachutes, always.
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Plunging Into the Science of BASE Jumping
The physics and neuroscience of jumping off cliffs.
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The SciFri Book Club Falls For Mr. Feynman
The Science Friday Book Club discusses the classic book "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"