Living Lab on The Point
Series produced by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
Image by: Jennifer Junker
Living Lab is intelligent conversation at the intersection of science and culture. Host Dr. Heather Goldstone is keenly interested in the connections between science, art, religion, and culture. Living Lab explores those themes with scientists, authors, artists, educators, and, of course, listeners.
Living Lab runs 48 minutes, intended to fill a one-hour slot with two floating internal breaks, plus station I.D. and news headlines at the top of the hour. The show broadcasts weekly and is posted on Tuesday of each week.
24 Pieces
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Communities of color are disproportionately affected by environmental problems. The disparity in Massachusetts is among the greatest in the nation,...
- Added: Jan 20, 2015
- Length: 49:29
Alan Turing has been compared Albert Einstein and Leonardo Da Vinci. Turing was a founding father of computer science and an instrumental world war...
- Added: Dec 05, 2014
- Length: 49:32
This show is all about challenges – coping with sea level rise, weathering tough financial times, and facing New England’s energy crisis.
- Added: Nov 21, 2014
- Length: 49:13
If you’re not an engineer, you’ve probably never thought about the delicate balancing act they face. Advancing technology requires creativity and a...
- Added: Nov 18, 2014
- Length: 48:32
New Bedford’s role in both whaling and electrical manufacturing took a toll that city’s Harbor. The history of pollution is recorded in the mud at...
- Added: Oct 31, 2014
- Length: 48:38
Americans spend billions - in both dollars and hours - on video games each year. What if all that time and money produced knowledge that could bene...
- Added: Oct 02, 2014
- Length: 48:37
Giving robots morals may sound like a good idea, but it's a pursuit fraught with its own moral dilemmas. Like, whose morals?
- Added: Sep 26, 2014
- Length: 49:27
Consciousness is what makes us human, and it remains one of the greatest mysteries. Some say this is the century scientists will finally unravel th...
- Added: Aug 05, 2014
- Length: 48:29
Few will ever see firsthand the true, glorious colors of a giant bluefin tuna as it emerges from the ocean. James Prosek's watercolors come close.
- Added: Jul 24, 2014
- Length: 49:27
A simple mistake can derail the best planned experiments. But sometimes – just sometimes – such an error can lead to an even bigger discovery.
- Added: Jul 16, 2014
- Length: 48:39
The ancient teachings of Buddhism and cutting-edge discoveries in neuroscience lead to the same conclusion: our minds shape our individual realities.
- Added: Jul 03, 2014
- Length: 49:28
Jason Padgett got hit on the head, and now he’s a math genius. Seriously.
- Added: Jun 20, 2014
- Length: 49:17
Climate change poses a real and present danger to our modern way of life, but modern civilization likely would not have arisen without agriculture ...
- Added: Jun 13, 2014
- Length: 48:38
You can think of groundwater as a big, black box connecting life on land to ocean ecosystems. We have a decent handle on what goes in, but scientis...
- Added: Jun 13, 2014
- Length: 49:22
Amateur naturalists have played a significant role in environmental research for over a century. The internet makes it possible to organize on a wh...
- Added: May 20, 2014
- Length: 49:18
Every life is full of twists and turns, dead ends and fortuitous opportunities. Scientists are no exception.
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- Added: May 13, 2014
- Length: 49:30
- Purchases: 1
Writing and drawing came easily for Jill McDermott. Chemistry, on the other hand, presented a challenge. That's why she chose to make it her career.
- Added: May 13, 2014
- Length: 49:31
High-speed communications technology is helping scientists explore the deep sea without ever leaving the comfort of home.
- Added: May 01, 2014
- Length: 49:28
Whether or not Neanderthals made and played musical instruments is still up for debate. But if they did, it may have sounded like this.
- Added: Apr 17, 2014
- Length: 48:32
What is the nature of our universe? Accidental, gargantuan, temporary, lawful, and spiritual are just a handful of the possibilities.
- Added: Apr 08, 2014
- Length: 48:13