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SCIENCE INSIDER WITH DAVID FREEMAN

by David Freeman

David Freeman host of Science Insider is a science journalist who splits his time between Salisbury and New York City. He's now the editorial director of NBC News MACH, which covers science and technology with an eye toward the future. Previously, he worked for HuffPost and CBS News. He's an Arkansas native and a graduate of Yale University.

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  1. Science Insider with David Freeman: Mary Roach

    Photo by Jen Siska | jensiska.com I grew up in a small house in Etna, New Hampshire. My dad was 65 when I was born. My neighbors taught me how to drive a Skidoo and shoot a rifle, though I never... Read More ›

  2. Science Insider with David Freeman: Simon Head

    We live in the age of Computer Business Systems (CBSs)—the highly complex, computer-intensive management programs on which large organizations increasingly rely. In Mindless, Simon Head argues that these systems have come to trump human expertise, dictating the goals and strategies of... Read More ›

  3. Science Insider with David Freeman: Lisa Randall

    Professor Lisa Randall studies theoretical particle physics and cosmology at Harvard University. Her research connects theoretical insights to puzzles in our current understanding of the properties and interactions of matter. She has developed and studied a wide variety of models... Read More ›

  4. Science Insider with David Freeman: Trevor Cox

    Trevor Cox is on a hunt for the sonic wonders of the world. A renowned expert who engineers classrooms and concert halls, Cox has made a career of eradicating bizarre and unwanted sounds. But after an epiphany in the London... Read More ›

  5. Science Insider with David Freeman: William Shatner

    William Shatner has notched up an impressive 50-plus years in front of the camera, displaying heady comedic talent and being instantly recognizable to several generations of cult television fans as the square-jawed Captain James T. Kirk, commander of the starship... Read More ›

  6. Science Insider with David Freeman: Seth Shostak

    Seth claims to have developed an interest in extraterrestrial life at the tender age of ten, when he first picked up a book about the Solar System. This innocent beginning eventually led to a degree in radio astronomy, and now,... Read More ›

  7. Science Insider with David Freeman: Buzz Aldrin

    Buzz Aldrin is an American engineer and a former astronaut and fighter pilot. As the Apollo Lunar Module pilot on the Apollo 11 mission, he and mission commander Neil Armstrong were the first two humans to land on the Moon.

  8. Science Insider with David Freeman: Addy Pross

    Seventy years ago, Erwin Schrdinger posed a simple, yet profound, question: What is life?. How could the very existence of such extraordinary chemical systems be understood? This problem has puzzled biologists and physical scientists both before, and ever since. Living... Read More ›

  9. Science Insider with David Freeman: Ana Sirovic

    Ana Širović is a researcher at the Marine Physical Laboratory of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Her primary research expertise lies in the area of marine bioacoustics. She focuses on the use of acoustic methods and technologies to promote a... Read More ›

  10. Science Insider with David Freeman: Dr. Sally Satel

    In Brainwashed, psychiatrist and AEI scholar Sally Satel and psychologist Scott O. Lilienfeld reveal how many of the real-world applications of human neuroscience gloss over its limitations and intricacies, at times obscuring—rather than clarifying—the myriad factors that shape our behavior…

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  11. Science Insider with David Freeman: Dr. Amy Mainzer

    Amy Mainzer is the Principal Investigator for NEOWISE at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Her research interests include asteroids, comets, brown dwarfs, and telescopes. She received her Ph.D. in Astronomy from UCLA in 2003.

  12. Science Insider with David Freeman: William Strickrott, Alvin

    From the beginning of 2011 to May 2013, Alvin, the U.S. science community’s only human-occupied submersible dedicated to deep-sea research, underwent a major overhaul and upgrade to greatly enhance its capabilities. In the end, the iconic sub was redesigned and rebuilt,... Read More ›

  13. Science Insider with David Freeman: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Show 2

    Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. Since 1996, he has been the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City.

  14. Science Insider with David Freeman: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Show 1

    Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. Since 1996, he has been the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City.

  15. Science Insider with David Freeman: Graham Carmelo, “Churchill’s Bomb”

    Winston Churchill was a nuclear visionary, repeatedly warning before World War II that the nuclear age was imminent. Early in WWII, physicists in Britain showed that the Bomb could almost certainly be built. Prime Minister Churchill paid only fitful interest... Read More ›

  16. Science Insider with David Freeman: Jon Gertner,”The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation”

    The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation was published in March, 2012 by Penguin Press. The paperback was released in February, 2013. In The New York Times, Michiko Kakutani called The Idea Factory “riveting,” and wrote: “Mr. Gertner’s portraits... Read More ›

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

David Freeman host of Science Insider is a science journalist who splits his time between Salisbury and New York City. He's now the editorial director of NBC News MACH, which covers science and technology with an eye toward the future. Previously, he worked for HuffPost and CBS News. He's an Arkansas native and a graduate of Yale University.

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