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Archive for May, 2011

May 11th, 2011

May 11th: Planet Hunters

Date: May 11, 2011 Title: Planet Hunters Podcasters: Chris Lintott and Meg Schwamb Organization: Planet Hunters Links: Planet Hunters, Zooniverse Description: With NASA’s space-based Kepler mission, we have entered into a new era in the study of extrasolar planets (exoplanets). Planet Hunters is a Zooniverse citizen science project employing human pattern recognition to identify the [...]

May 10th, 2011

May 10th: Encore: The Informative Dwarf Planet Haumea

Date: May 10, 2011 Title: Encore: The Informative Dwarf Planet Haumea Podcaster: Darin Ragozzine Links: Info on Haumea: www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/2003EL61 Darin’s website: www.cfa.harvard.edu/~dragozzi/ Description: This podcast originally aired on March 31, 2009. http://365daysofastronomy.org/2009/03/31/march-31st/ The Dwarf Planet Haumea orbits the Sun beyond Neptune and Pluto and is one of the largest known Kuiper Belt Objects. In many [...]

May 9th, 2011

May 9th: What is the Future of Paid Science Journalism?

Date: May 9, 2011 Title: What is the Future of Paid Science Journalism? Podcaster: Dr. Alex “Sandy” Antunes Organization: Project Calliope LLC – http://projectcalliope.com Description: “A podcaster, an editor, a policy wonk and a NASA engineer walk into a bar…” Sandy from projectCalliope does a one-question ambush interview with 4 disparate science writers at the [...]

May 8th, 2011

May 8th: The Night Sky in May 2011

Date: May 8, 2011 Title: The Night Sky in May 2011 Podcaster: The Telescope Man Organization: Texas Astronomical Society of Dallas, TX – http://www.texasastro.org/ Description: TelescopeMan lists several objects for astronomical viewing in the night sky for May 2011. Bio: Joe, also known as The Telescope Man, is the President of the Texas Astronomical Society [...]

May 7th, 2011

May 7th: Belinda Nicholson – The Stars Are Her Laboratory

Date: May 7, 2011 Title: Belinda Nicholson – The Stars Are Her Laboratory Podcaster: Kylie Sturgess Organization: Token Skeptic podcast (www.tokenskeptic.org) Description: An interview with astrophysicist Belinda Nicholson, a Masters of Science student at the University of Melbourne, Australia. She’s a podcaster for the Young Australian Skeptics (www.youngausskeptics.com) recently studied at the Gemini South Observatory [...]

May 6th, 2011

May 6th: The Science of Sunshine

Date: May 6, 2011 Title: The Science of Sunshine Podcaster: Rob Berthiaume Organization: York Observatory – www.yorkobservatory.com Link: www.youdontfreezeinspace.com Description: Sunshine drives the global water cycle, allows plants to photosynthesize, and creates warm spots by the window where my cat likes to sleep. But just how do these bright, warm, comforting rays get to Earth? [...]

May 5th, 2011

May 5th: Alan Shepard: Astronaut and Moonwalker

Date:May 5, 2011 Title: Alan Shepard: Astronaut and Moonwalker Podcaster: Nancy Atkinson for the NASA Lunar Science Institute, with Neal Thompson Organization: NASA Lunar Science Institute Links: NLSI, Neal Thompson’s website Music: “Amelia” by Ben Bedford, from his “Land of the Shadows” CD. Used by permission. http://benbedford.com Description: Today, May 5th 2011, is the 50th [...]

May 4th, 2011

May 4th: A Tale of Two Comets

Date:May 4, 2011 Title: A Tale of Two Comets Podcaster: Nick Howes Links: Faulkes Telescope Project Description: Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring) was discovered by Donna Burton in 1986. During the course of its last opposition, amateur astronomer Nick Howes using the 2m Faulkes Telescope in Hawaii along with professional observatories in France and Italy [...]

May 3rd, 2011

May 3rd: Tracing Planetary Atmospheric Evolution Using Isotopes from Life, Part 2

Date:May 3, 2011 Title: Tracing Planetary Atmospheric Evolution Using Isotopes from Life, Part 2 Podcaster: Adam Fuller Link: Astrobiology Forum – http://astrobiology.jhu.edu Description: To detect life in space, we must first understand how life changes its environment and how it changes with its environment. And the best place to study the interaction of life with [...]

May 2nd, 2011

May 2nd: Making Things Shorter and Slower

Date:May 2, 2011 Title: Making Things Shorter and Slower Podcaster: Steve Nerlich Organization: Cheap Astronomy – www.cheapastro.com Description: A basic understanding of Einstein’s special relativity is only a train ride away. Bio: Cheap Astronomy offers an educational website giving you more big bang for your buck. Sponsor: No one… Transcript: Hi this is Steve Nerlich [...]

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