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Why Do Basketball Sneakers Squeak?
Some birds are doing better than others, and there are plenty of factors in the mix. John Hebert and Lyra Brennan from Mass Audubon join to explain why some species are more resilient than others.GBH News’ Gal Tziperman-Lotan brings us Four Thing to Know in today’s news.The squeak of a sneaker on the basketball court is one of the most identifiable sounds in sports. But what actually makes that sound? Adel Djellouli is a materials scientist at Harvard, and he explain his research into the science of squeaky sneaks. Plus, a delightful romp through weird but true Boston stories with Emily Sweeney and Heather Hopp-Bruce from the Boston Globe.---------Have something you’re curious about? Leave us a voicemail anytime at 877-301-8970, or submit questions via the form on our landing page at GBHNews.org.Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more content and exclusive videos. -
How Much Cocaine are Nantucketers Using?
Nantucket’s wastewater is revealing a not-so-hidden secret: people on the island are consuming noteworthy amounts of cocaine. Axios reporter Mike Deehan and JohnCarl McGrady with the Nantucket Current talk through the story that water samples tell.Mondays are America 250 days on The Curiosity Desk. Today, how AI is brining history to life in the Boston Museum of African American History exhibit, Black Voices of the Revolution. Curator Angela Tate joins us, along with Rahsheeda Windham from Timelooper, the company behind interactive AI-powered elements for the exhibit. And, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has some things to say about the health risks of sugary drinks at Dunkin’ Donuts. We get a reality check from Cecilia Gerard, managing director of the Food is Medicine institute at Tufts University. ---------Have something you’re curious about? Leave us a voicemail anytime at 877-301-8970, or submit questions via the form on our landing page at GBHNews.org.Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more content and exclusive videos. -
How is AI Being Used in the Iran War?
AI is being used in modern kinetic wars and in cyberwarfare. We learn how, and how to understand the risks of it, with cybersecurity professor Josephine Wolff at The Fletcher School at Tufts University, and Joan Donovan, founder of The Critical Internet Studies Institute. The Paralympics are underway, and GBH reporter Megan Smith takes us into the sport of wheelchair curling. And it’s our monthly Star Gazer’s Guide with astrophysicist Anjali Tripathi. To celebrate the Spring Equinox and St. Patrick’s Day, we learn about some green-themed phenomenon up in space (nebulas, aurorae, and an exoplanet dubbed “little green men"). -
What Can Chess Teach Us About Life?
Strategy, tactics, reading the room – all skills that Jennifer Shahade says we can learn from chess. She would know best, she’s a three-time national chess champion, and author of the upcoming book “Thinking Sideways.” Shahade and Edgar talk about life and chess, while she gives Edgar a whooping in a live game.Punch, an orphaned baby macaque at the Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan, gained a social media following when he bonded with an orangutan stuffed animal that zookeepers used to console him. Edgar talks to a wildlife conservation biologist Mikaela Gerwing about the monkey social dynamics on display. Plus, Oriana Aragon talks with us about the human response to cute monkeys like Aragon is an assistant professor of marketing at the University of Cincinnati, who’s done research into “cute aggression.” -
Can You Actually Catch 'Em All?
Pokemon has been delighting fans for 30 years, becoming a cultural and financial behemoth in the process. Edgar talks to Daniel Dockery, a freelance writer and author of “MONSTER KIDS: How Pokemon Taught a Generation to Catch Them All,” and Heather Cole, associate professor in Game Design and Interactive Media at West Virginia University.GBH News’ Gal Tziperman-Lotan brings us Four Thing to Know in today’s news.And, who says we can build big things anymore? Matthew Kiefer explains the concept of air rights, and what’s involved in constructing buildings on top of the Mass Pike. Kiefer is a land use attorney and professor at the real estate program at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design.
