Coral reefs cover only 1% of the ocean, but they’re essential for healthy ocean ecosystems, and for protecting us on land from damage from the impact of waves. According to […]
Get inside your bread
Our favorite breads and pastries have arrived at their distinctive flavors and textures through years of experimentation in the kitchen, finding the right ingredients and sequence of handling to get […]
Fifty Years of Science Literacy with Bassam Shakhashiri
Host Patrick Sajbel welcomes a force in science education for more than a half century, Professor Bassam Shakhashiri. Shakhashiri reflects on the need for science literacy in the general public […]
No More Landfill! Complex Plastic Recycling in Post-Industrial Waste
Tonight the Perpetual Notion Machine talks with Professor George Huber and Professor Reid van Lehn of the University of Wisconsin – Madison Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the […]
The History of Food Safety with Deborah Blum
Why did USDA commissioner Harvey Washington Wiley poison his coworkers? Believe it or not, this isn’t the start of a murder mystery but rather a story about the history of […]
Just One Word… Plastics
We’ve got one word for you… PLASTICS. The world is made up of them. So how are they harmful to the globe’s oceans and landfills, and how do they square […]
