Dr. Munshi-South, associate professor of biological sciences at Fordham University joins host Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the evolutionary changes of rats and rodents in New York City. Researchers have been trapping rats and extracting their DN

Software Updates and Cybersecurity

Apr 12th, 2018 5m 46s

Justin Cappos, associate professor of computer science and engineering at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering, explains the importance of securing software update systems. He details his project The Update Framework (TUF), which

Dog Perception

Apr 5th, 2018 3m 42s

How do dogs recognize each other or gain an understanding of the world around them? Alexandra Horowitz, a leading researcher in dog cognition and author of “Being a Dog: Following the Dog into a World of Smell,” joins host Hari Sreenivasan to e

Secrets of Your Bones

Mar 29th, 2018 4m 40s

Our bodies have adapted over time to the conditions in which we live. Now scientists at the Pennsylvania State University Center for Quantitative Imaging are imaging and examining bones to see what they reveal, not only about our ancestors but

3D Printing for Medicine

Mar 22nd, 2018 4m 35s

A lab at The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is printing organs using human cells in a biodegradable frame allowing for nerves and blood vessels to grow into the organ and function normally. We

Warmer Winters

Mar 15th, 2018 8m 29s

Polar scientist Marco Tedesco of Columbia University’s Earth Institute joins host Hari Sreenivasan to discuss how warmer winters are affecting our planet. He explains that Earth’s Polar Regions are sensitive enough that a difference of one degr

Attack of the Invasive Crabs

Mar 8th, 2018 3m 20s

Over the last few decades an invasive crab native to Europe has been making its way to the West Coast in the U.S. The menacing European green crab has been found in Washington’s Puget Sound. The species has earned a reputation as one of the wor

The Science of Coffee

Mar 1st, 2018 5m 49s

Many people all over the world consume at least one cup of coffee every day. Is it possible to brew the perfect cup? We visit two local shops in State College, PA to examine the roasting and brewing processes and explore the science of coffee.

Sustainably Sourced Instruments

Feb 22nd, 2018 4m 1s

First introduced in 12th century Europe, the guitar is now a ubiquitous musical instrument. Guitars are made from the rarest forms of wood and it has become increasingly difficult to source that wood from the tropics. Our environmental reportin

Extreme Engineering

Feb 13th, 2018 7m 46s

Michael Massimino, retired NASA astronaut and mechanical engineering professor at Columbia Engineering School, joins host Hari Sreenivasan to talk about “Extreme Engineering” and offers advice to young engineers just starting out. Massimino, a

Inside the World of Roaches

Jan 26th, 2018 5m 18s

In the first episode of SciTech in a Flash, we dive into the world of creepy, crawly, cockroaches. The pesky cockroaches we sometimes find in kitchens, sewers and basements make up less than one percent of all cockroach species. Researchers est

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