Featured image: A climate change model from Boulder, CO, predicting air flows and temperatures in a wide range of climate-change scenarios. (courtesy Atmos News)
Double interview on These Vibes tonight! We started the show with Matteo Ippoliti, Princeton graduate student in physics, who explained the Nobel-winning concepts of his academic advisor Duncan Haldane–all the way from spin arrays to quantum computing.
At 6:00, composer Erik Walker and climate prediction expert Bill Collins called in from San Francisco to cover their recent collaboration: the Climate Music Project. This joining of arts and sciences writes climate change into the pace of a composition. For example, temperature forces the piece’s tempo to change, increased solar radiation leads to distortion, and so forth. Hear the pair dive into climate modeling accuracy and the public’s reaction to their collaboration.
The whole show is dotted, of course, with science news and music of all kinds. Check out the resources below:
- Topology and its applications to condensed matter, as explained by APS
- A recent presentation on Haldane’s work, which was just awarded a very abstract Nobel prize
- Some jobs are more appealing in a world with climate change
- What ancient British teeth tell us about mobility in 2500 BC
- Buffets should waste less meat, say Missouri scientists
Find the playlist below, or at WPRB.com.
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