Science & the City: Episodes
Go behind the scenes at the Guggenheim's "Imageless" exhibit, where one of Ad Reinhardt's black paintings gets some major laser restoration treatment.Multimedia: Slideshow
A conservation biologist describes the unique animals and conservation programs in Madagascar while touring the new Bronx Zoo Madagascar exhibit.Multimedia: Slideshow
Learn about the science of smelling and scent and check out Gilbert's latest book. For more on the science of senses, check out Joanne Chen's The Taste of Sweet.Multimedia: Slideshow
Take a tour of the new Bank of America building at One Bryant Park - now the greenest office tower in New York City, with a Platinum LEED ranking. The building's lead architect and mechanical engineer join to give context to this skyscraper's ultra-sustainable features.
Check out New York Sun Works' floating sustainable greenhouse, The Science Barge, and learn some ecological science and energy solutions for growing green in a concrete city.
Hear the story of the Experimental Cuisine Collective, a program created to make polymer science accessible to the average person.Multimedia: Slideshow
Learn about new fusions of art and science, and the creation of a unique innovation space in Paris.
Hear the story of one of the greatest innovators of the 20th century - the man behind the geodesic dome, Dymaxion Car and Dwelling Machine, and other inventive ideas.Multimedia: Slideshow, Video Presentation
A geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey discusses the challenges he's faced when doing science in the Middle East, and his research on the Dead Sea basin.Multimedia: Slideshow
A New York-based choreographer teams up with a composer and a leading theoretical physicist to produce a ballet based on The Elegant Universe, by Brian Greene.
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Eight teenage girls learn to mix technology with fashion at Eyebeam, a center for art and technology located in Manhattan. Hear their story of the Girls Eye View program, an experience which aims to get young women interested in science.Multimedia: Slideshow
Three experts in science and policy discuss their thoughts on the best way for scientists to communicate with governments, and vice versa, in the effort to create a more open and productive national dialogue on science.
Learn all that goes into making Scotland's traditional drink, which turns out to be a lot of culture, a bit of science, and just a pinch of art.
Gerard Liger-Belair has been studying the science of champagne bubbles for 10 years. Learn just how important bubbles are to the taste this celebratory drink - and find out the science behind it.
Meet the Sundance Institute's Sloan Fellowship winner and the 2008 Sundance-Sloan Grant recipient - two screenwriters with a serious science focus.Editor's Note: The Sundance Screenwriter's Lab was held in Park City, Utah.
Join a New York naturalist as he leads a spring food foraging tour in Central Park. Learn the history, science, and folklore behind foraging for your own food. www.wildmanstevebrill.com.
Experts in language, literature, neuroscience, philosophy, and psychoanalysis discuss what is known about how we store and subsequently recall the past.
The cofounder of string field theory offers a scientific exploration of the world of phasers, force fields, teleportation, and time travel.
Investors, economists, and quantitative finance experts discuss how technological innovations have hastened the growth of the markets.
A Mt. Sinai School of Medicine neuroscientist explains the morpho-molecular features that render certain neuronal populations of the brain vulnerable to degeneration.