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Hairy bodies. Compound eyes. Feather-like antenna. The perhaps misunderstood moth is in the limelight in the experimental documentary film, “The Night Visitors.”
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The April 8th solar eclipse will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience for millions. We’ll meet students who are using balloons to study the celestial event.
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In a changing climate, researchers around the world are asking citizen scientists to use their smartphones to help monitor beach erosion and storm damage.
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Beyond teaching a life-saving skill, competitive swimming can forge life-long bonds. We’ll visit a club swim team in the Hudson Valley.
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A mild winter allows for an early prescribed fire. We’ll speak with acclaimed jazz trumpeter and music educator Sean Jones. And a push by public colleges and universities in New York aims to get more students involved in producing local news
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Hamilton College has named its next president. We’ll speak with Steven Tepper, who is currently serving as a dean at Arizona State University.
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We’ll speak with music theorist and author Miriam Piilonen about her book: Theorizing Music Evolution, which lends a fresh eye to old ideas from Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer.
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Following the resignation of former president Claudine Gay, Harvard University is at the center of the debate over free speech on college campuses. We’ll speak with a member of a faculty organization defending the rights of students to protest violence against Palestinians. And we’ll speak with the supervisor of the Onondaga Nation Farm.
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On this episode of The Best of Our Knowledge we’ll learn about a science degree program offering a unique look at the future of fermentation.
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Universities across New York state studying AI are banding together to unlock the potential of the technology to benefit public good. We’ll speak with a researcher who has been working to develop classroom curricula surrounding the rapidly advancing technology.
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National Geographic writer Jen Szymanski will speak with our Jody Cowan about her latest book for young readers, “Deadliest Animals on the Planet.” And we’ll learn about ice yachts – the fastest craft on the planet at the turn of the 20th Century.
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We’ll have a conversation with Dr. Carl Safina, an ecologist and author of Alfie & Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe. The book tells the story of an orphaned owl who was cared for by Carl and his wife Patricia during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the large impact a little owl had on their lives.