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Explore the intersection of technology, conservation, and the natural world with the California Academy of Sciences. Based in San Francisco, the Academy is a renowned scientific and educational institution dedicated to exploring and explaining the natural world and addressing the challenge of sustai…

California Academy of Sciences


    • May 30, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
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    Expedition Reef: Behind the Scenes

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2018 5:23


    Scientists, artists and technical directors talk about the challenges of building the opening scene of our new planetarium show, Expedition Reef, with thousands of animated fish and other sea creatures.

    Big Pictures, Tiny Creatures

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2016 2:36


    By taking high resolution images of our collections, the Academy is making our specimens available to the world.

    A Mysterious Shark Birth

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2016 2:32


    The sperm-storing shark birth that confused even our own fish experts.

    Weighing Rainforests

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2016 2:21


    Can you weigh a rainforest? Scientists at the Woods Hole Research Center explain how they estimate the biomass of rainforests from space in an effort to preserve them.

    Saving Birds from Windows

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2016 2:47


    Windows cause millions of bird deaths each year. What can we learn from our building to help stop this problem?

    Bio-inspiration: Gecko Adhesion

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2015 3:44


    Bio-inspiration is when engineers and scientists look to nature for ideas. Locally, researchers at UC Berkeley are developing an uber-adhesive based on a geckos feet.

    CellScope

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2015 2:29


    Lightweight, mobile microscopes are not only being used in third world countries to diagnose disease, but also in classrooms to get kids excited about science.

    The Future of Biofuels

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2015 3:23


    Scientists are using new technologies to make more sustainable biofuels.

    Bio-inspiration: Hair Mats

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2015 3:28


    Hairdresser Phil McCrory had an idea twenty years ago while watching news footage of the clean-up of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Human hair absorbs oil naturally, why not in large oil spills? Hair mats and hair booms were created and continue to find their way to oil spill clean-ups around the world, in large part thanks to Matter of Trust and its founder, Lisa Gautier.

    Open Access and PLoS

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2015 3:12


    Open Access is changing the way scientific research is being published. And many say for the better. When people discover they have a serious illness, they often want free and easy access to medical research. Open access allows this.

    Cow Power

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2015 4:52


    Why not use micro-organisms (bacteria, viruses, fungus, etc) to create sustainable energy and fuel? There are a lot of ideas currently being researched and put to use including turning cow manure into natural gas.

    Spider Silk Technology

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2015 3:21


    A local researcher describes why spider silk is so valuable and how making it synthetically can be challenging.

    Wave Power

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2015 2:16


    What is wave energy and how does it work?

    iGEM Competition

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2015 5:54


    iGEM students talk about their experiences with the Genetically Engineered Machine competition, a nation-wide contest for undergraduate college students. This Connect with a Scientist talk was part of the Brilliant Science! festival programming.

    Secrets Of Flight

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2015 4:38


    Scientists are studying animals and insects to learn their secrets of flight.

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