The Science Comedian at Jasper Ridge

July 22nd, 2009

Brian Malow, the Science Comedian, waxes scientifically funny at a Bay Area COPUS science communication retreat at Jasper Ridge Nature Preserve in California.

Omega Recoil Does Science

June 24th, 2009

Omega Recoil, a Tesla Coil performance group I’ve worked with, was showing off at the 2009 Dorkbot party. They dragged a receiving coil around to observe how much wireless power they could get from a Tesla coil at different distances. ‘Twas a brilliant example of the fun you can have while doing really dangerous things.

Michio Kaku on Quantum Computing

June 12th, 2009

Thanks to Saleem Khan for this question about quantum computing. Hear what Dr. Michio Kaku has to say about it to Dr. Kiki in this quick segment.

Michio on Bose-Einstein Condensates

June 11th, 2009

Dr. Kiki asks Dr. Michio Kaku a question from Justin Gill about Bose-Einstein Condensates. Twitter provided a great forum for collecting questions for Dr. Kaku.

Michael Chorost on Science at CWA 2009

June 10th, 2009

Dr. Kiki interviews Michael Chorost, author of “Rebuilt: How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human”, about communicating science at the Conference on World Affairs in 2009.

Michio Kaku on Why

June 5th, 2009

In this segment, Dr. Kaku discusses with Dr. Kiki why communicating science is so vital to research, and why he spends so much of his time talking to the public.

 

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Michio Kaku on Politics

June 1st, 2009

Excerpt from Dr. Kiki’s 2008 interview with Dr. Michio Kaku. Here he discusses selling science to politicians.

Michio Kaku on the Big Bang

May 14th, 2009

Dr. Michio Kaku talks about the Big Bang and the Large Hadron Collider… and Elvis.

Michio Kaku on God

April 30th, 2009

Dr. Michio Kaku dishes on spirituality, Einstein, and God in this latest installment of our interview. Distributed by Tubemogul.

Michelle Thaller on Science

April 29th, 2009

I met and had the opportunity to spend a lot of time talking about the universe with the fabulous Michelle Thaller at CWA. Michelle is a astronomer, and as far as I know is still the head of education and outreach at the Spitzer Space Telescope (she was considering a new job with NASA last I heard). She initially derived her inspiration for space and communicating its wonders from Carl Sagan and George Lucas’ Star Wars.

Here is a brief interview about what keeps her inspired: