Roberta Kwok
science writer
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Science Notes
A podcast about the uncertain business of earthquake prediction.
A physicist at NASA Ames performs a rock-squeezing experiment. Click on image to play video (download may take a few seconds).
Idaho National Laboratory News
In this podcast, I visit the lab of a scientist with a sensitive laser instrument that could help NASA find signs of life in Martian rock.
INL engineers demonstrate a new disaster response technology with members of the Idaho National Guard.
An interview with an INL guest speaker who studies the causes of mass extinctions and the possibility of life elsewhere in the universe.
SETI Institute: Are We Alone?
Assisted production of the following podcasts:
In the second half of this tribute to the pocket-protector set, I interview my dad about whether the concept of 'nerd' exists in China.
Meet a robot painter, learn why art evolved, and hear how French writer Marcel Proust may have anticipated modern neuroscience.
Scientists explain the numbers behind Frank Drake's famous equation predicting the likelihood of intelligent alien civilizations.
A tour of taste, sight, hearing, and smell, plus a robot's sense of touch and the super-senses we might possess in the future.
In this show on critical thinking, scientists scan brains for evidence of ESP, and a magician gives mind readers a $1 million challenge.
How long could we live? Hear about aviator Charles Lindbergh's quest to achieve immortality. Plus: the discovery of a 400-year-old clam.
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