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Archive for month: August, 2008
Quantum Cello
By Radiolab
August 25, 2008
Photo by Lane Hartwell
Zoe Keating is the cellist from our live show, War of the Worlds. She used to play with the band Rasputina and now solos and records music for films, such as horror flick, “The Devil’s Chair” (coming out September 30th) and a PBS documentary on Lincoln’s assassination. Her music process reminded us […]
Shedding some rays
By Radiolab
August 21, 2008
Hey Folks,
We’re looking into a possible story on thymic irradiation. What’s that you ask? It’s when your thymus is treated with x-ray therapy - in most cases to reduce its size. But, while it was a popular procedure for kids with respiratory ailments in the twenties, the thirties and even up through the fifties it […]
Sadistic Laughter
By Elizabeth Giddens
August 15, 2008
1712 drawing by Charles Le Brun
“Laughter,” wrote Thomas Hobbes, “is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly.”
Putting an evolutionary tweak on that idea, Albert Rapp, in his 1951 treatise Origins of Wit and Humour, […]
The (Multi) Universe(s)
By Radiolab
August 12, 2008
Flickr/cayusa
Have you wondered if there is another you out there? Somewhere? Sitting in the same chair, reading the same blog post, wearing the same clothes and thinking the same thoughts? Well, Brian Greene says there must be one. Or two. Or lots and lots and lots and lots and… Why? You ask, well listen […]
Dr. Robert Sapolsky on the Stress Episode
By Radiolab
August 8, 2008
wildphotons/flickr
Here at Radiolab we’ve been known to tinker with sound…. cutting music, ambi, and big ideas all together to get the point across in the most fun, interesting and understandable way. It’s not your typical public radio interview. Recently, we decided to check in with some of the guests on past episodes to see what […]
Deborah Gordan on the Emergence Episode
By Radiolab
August 4, 2008
ceoln/flickr
Here at Radiolab we’ve been known to tinker with sound…. cutting music, ambi, and big ideas all together to get the point across in the most fun, interesting and understandable way. It’s not your typical public radio interview. Recently, we decided to check in with some of the guests on past episodes to see what […]
Is Radiolab a Science Show?
By Radiolab
August 1, 2008
We want your two cents. Give us your best argument for or against calling Radiolab a science show. Is it a show about science? Is it scientific in its approach? How would you describe it to a friend who’s never heard an episode? Are there limitations to classifying it as a science show?
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