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First Aired - 06/28/2010 12:00PM
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This week on The Naturalist Bernie hosted astronomy expert Michael Hamburg for a return to last week's topic: misconceptions and notes of interest concerning the cosmos. Michael explains why stars aren't really white, why the days are getting longer, how a wobbly earth affects us, and how to read by the light of Venus. Tune in for another illuminating journey into space: the final frontier.
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The Naturalist Introduction (21:11)
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dispelling myths, is Bernie an iconoclast?, the true color of stars, most starts are red; NOT white, red dwarfs, squeezing hydrogen into helium, color is an indication of energy, red is the lowest form of energy like glowing embers, blue is the hottest, our eyes are suited best for bright light, you can see color with a telescope, Alberio, Cygnus the Swan, light years, this refers to distance not time, stars are different colors because of their heat, Polaris, The North Store, adaptive optics, telescopes, the sun is an average star, well behaved, pseudo science, junk science, popular media is guilty of keeping myths going, sometimes it would be easier to do the real thing than orchestrate the conspiracy,Michael Hamburg Dispels More Myths (17:11)
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Planet X, nemesis, a creature from mythology that is the original hound from hell, there is no death star, civilization on Mars, 1989, alien invasion, we now have a slightly upgraded view of mars, the face of Mars, Pareidolia, patterns and illusion, constellations are a visual literary device, UFO's, alien visitation, when Bernie was a kid he would read alien stories, Unidentified Flying Object, most UFO's get identified, most UFO's can be explained in normal terms, as a species we want to have neighbors, the Drake equation,More with Michael Hamburg (15:13)
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tides, harmonic convergence, vibrations heralding or creating changes in behavior, religious overtones with no scientific basis, non-traditional religious beliefs, people believing celestial events influence day-to-day life, astrology, Zodiac, a lot of preachers talk about the end of days, Book of Revelations, keep religion and science separate!, The Ecliptic, horoscopes, astrologists are using very old charts, there is no morality in the universe from a scientific standpoint, meteors only fall they never rise, Natural History Museum events, Journey To The Stars,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 10/18/2009 12:00PM
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Jennifer Nelkin stops by The Main Course to talk about hydroponics & gardening.
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The Main Course Introduction (8:32)
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Cyndi Lauper, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, The Main Course, Patrick Martins, Katy Keiffer, Lou Albano, WWF, hydroponic rooftop gardens, vertical farming, Roberta's, Liberty Science Center, turning Brooklyn green,Jennifer Nelkin Talks About Hydroponic Gardening (22:11)
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hydroponics, nutrition, NASA, http://gothamgreens.com/, seasonality, sustainability, Chicago, urban farming, Gotham Greens, commercial scale greenhouse in the city, Jennifer Nelkin, influence on flavor compounds, a quarter acre can produce between 30 and 50 tons of food, what crops are best grown hydroponically?, tomatoes eggplants peppers melons, herbs and lettuce, vascular systems in plants, water and nutrients come from roots, sugar comes from photosynthesis in the leaves, balancing water and sugar, artificial light, the lights require a lot of power, Mayor Bloomberg, great ideas can come from no money, NYS Energy & Research Authority, renewable energy, controlled environment agriculture, Mayor Gavin Newsom, one percent increase in light equals a one percent increase in yield, seasonal growing, permits from the city, green roofs, building code, Curtis B. Wayne, Burning Down The House, green architecture, converting high rises, empty lots, suburban gardening, venture capitalists, LEED,More On Agriculture With Jennifer Nelvin (20:04)
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Chinese horoscopes, Whole Foods, Antartica, grey water comes from dishwashers and sinks, black water comes from solid waste, Michael Pollan, making farming groups obsolete, by 2050 our food demands will grow by 70% percent, population control, birth control, eduucating and liberating women, water issues, if you grid tie solar pannels you get 60% of the installation costs back, problems with drinking water supply, New York Sun Works, public education, workshops, if we lost our food supply we would only have 36 hours left of food, e coli, reclaiming black and grey water,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
