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.
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David Freeman 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.
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 ›
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.
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.
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 ›
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 ›