Robert Krulwich

David Foster Wallace Tells Us About Freedom

Robert Krulwich — Sun, 19 May 2013 00:07:18 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmpYnxlEh0c

What Is It About Bees And Hexagons?

Robert Krulwich — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:20:37 +0000

Solved! A bee-buzzing, honey-licking 2,000-year-old mystery that begins here, with this beehive. Look at the honeycomb in the photo and ask yourself: (I know you've been wondering this all your life, but have been too shy to ask out loud ... ) Why is every cell in this honeycomb a hexagon?

Bees, after all, could build honeycombs from rectangles or squares or triangles ...

But for some reason, bees choose hexagons. Always hexagons.

And not just your basic six-sided hexagon.

Moths That Drive Cars (Really)

Robert Krulwich — Thu, 09 May 2013 14:36:10 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2k1T2X7_Aw

Wildlife That Isn't Wild And Isn't Alive

Robert Krulwich — Wed, 08 May 2013 15:47:10 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNUeSUXOc-w

Our Very Normal Solar System Isn't Normal Anymore

Robert Krulwich — Tue, 07 May 2013 14:14:50 +0000

Some things you just count on. Like if we ever meet a space alien, it should have eyes (and maybe a head). Like somewhere out there, there are planets like ours. Like we have an ordinary solar system — "ordinary" because you know what it looks like ...

It's got a sun in the middle, little planets on the inside, bigger ones farther out. That's what most of them should look like, no?

We thought they should.

The Boomerang Rocket Ship: Shoot It Up, Back It Comes

Robert Krulwich — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:06:04 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoxiK7K28PU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orUjSkc2pG0

Nobody Throws Balls Like Yu

Robert Krulwich — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 22:31:44 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFm98S5IAFU

A Wet Towel In Space Is Not Like A Wet Towel On Earth

Robert Krulwich — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:13:19 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8TssbmY-GM

A 'Who Do You Hang With?' Map of America

Robert Krulwich — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:55:00 +0000

Look at the center of this map, at the little red dot that marks Kansas City. Technically, Kansas City is at the edge of Missouri, but here on this map it's in the upper middle section of a bigger space with strong blue borders. We don't have a name for this bigger space yet, but soon we will.

I would call it, for the moment, "The Part Of America Kansas City Hangs With" because that's what this map is saying. It's a new, intriguing way to see our country. This one was built by tracking dollar bill circulation. There've been similar maps built from phone call data.

Is This Science Journalism? Nah. Then What Is It?

Robert Krulwich — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:09:07 +0000

Journalism may not be the right word for this. It's a kind of reporting. What you see here is true, and carefully edited.

It's not art, though the images are sharp and concentrated.

It's more than advertising, (though that's its purpose) because it is telling you something abstract and true about the world, like a lesson.

It's not education. It's too sassy, too clever.