Where is Science in the Public Forum Heading? It's time for a discussion!
Most know Ira Flatow as a science journalist, producer, and as the host of "Science Friday," broadcast on National Public Radio (NPR) every Friday afternoon. But did you know about his Minnesota connection? He was the original host and writer for the Emmy award winning "Newton's Apple," which broadcast from the television studios at KTCA in St. Paul, Minnesota. Science communicators Greg Laden and Lynn Fellman will ask Ira about the major changes in delivering science news and the effectiveness of new media for science education. Science is changing our culture and Ira has insights on the value of communicating science through the humanities....
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Where is Science in the Public Forum Heading? It's time for a discussion!
If you listened to Science Friday on NPR's Talk of the Nation today, you may have heard Ira Flatow mention a question from "Prospero Linden"— that was me. I was there, live, along with a 30 or 40 other people in the studio audience:
... for the truly ungodly time of 9:00 AM Central Time to listen to Air America's "The Voice of Minnesota" Atheist Talk Radio Show on KTNF AM 950.
Births
1785- Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist
1846 - Ira Remsen, American chemist
I'd completely forgotten about Newton's Apple. I used to watch that show every week when I was a kid. I should see about getting all that science content for kids on DVD for when my little one is old enough.