September 2011
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Watchwnycradiolab:
Wonderfully goofy, charming video on eponyms from Robert Krulwich and Adam Cole. Read more (and listen to the Morning Edition piece) on Robert’s very excellent Krulwich Wonders blog.
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Watchnprfreshair:
Something for your afternoon: Every year there’s a contest online for grad students to “dance their thesis.” Four of the “Dance Your PhD thesis” videos are now posted. Above, my personal favorite: Anna Robson dancing to her PhD thesis, “Nanosensing protein allostery and peptide interactions using SERS.”
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Now on the Brian Lehrer Show: →
Ailsa Chang of WNYC discusses a new clarification of existing NYPD policy regarding marijuana arrests (following her investigation on the matter last spring.)
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Congrats to WNYC Radio for their OJA win! →
producermatthew:
Congrats to WNYC Radio for their Online Journalism Award win in “breaking news - small site. (Watch the OJA banquet live)
Thanks, @producermatthew!
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WatchEverything I Learned About Satellites Hurtling To Earth I Learned from the West Wing
Watch the discussion of satellites hurtling towards earth at 4:00, 33:00 and 40:50 in the episode “The Fall’s Gonna Kill You”
JOSH: You know, uh, Donna got hold of this fax that was sent to the press office from the OSF at NASA.
C.J.: What, something falling out of the sky?
JOSH: Yeah.
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Watchnprmusic:
In her new music video for “Knots,” Irish singer-songwriter Lisa Hannigan plays a white ukulele while being repeatedly sprayed, pelted and drizzled with wet, Crayola-colored paint. The result is both cringe-worthy and irresistible.
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