For millennia, humans have been fascinated by the sounds and signals of the animal kingdom. Researchers in biology and environmental science have made significant progress in studying animal communication, revealing complex vocal patterns and their roles in social interactions, navigation, and survival.

The University of Michigan Summer Symposium in Theoretical Physics brought great minds from all over the world to Ann Arbor for 15 years between WWI and WWII. One evening in 1939, Enrico Fermi tried to convince his friend Werner Heisenberg not to return to Germany, where he would certainly be compelled to help the Nazis develop nuclear weapons.

Cynthia Yao was born in Kingston, Jamaica, where her parents settled after immigrating from China. In 1959, she moved to Boston to attend Emmanuel College. She met Edward York-Peng Yao who was at Harvard finishing his PhD in Physics.

Chuck Newman interviews Thomas Zurbuchen, a distinguished Swiss-American astrophysicist. Dr. Zurbuchen has been the Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA since October 2016. He is responsible for the selection of NASA’s missions and their implementation. Get the inside scoop about NASA’s achievements and plans straight from the source!

Little did they know that the Nazi’s would soon invade Hungary and how desperate their fight for survival would be. Join Chuck Newman and hear the amazing story of how Andrew Nagy survived WWII in Budapest in significant part due to the heroic efforts of University of Michigan graduate Raul Wallenberg.

He subsequently escaped Communist Hungary and eventually immigrated to the United States where he became a distinguished Professor of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences at the University of Michigan. He still consults for NASA at the age of 89.

Is it art? Is it a game? Is it computer code? Learn about the playful concept of generative art inspired by Chomsky's linguistics and the Dutch manifesto Conditional Design (https://conditionaldesign.org). All you need is a piece of paper and a pencil. Starting from just a few stationary points on a page, and a few repeated rules to connect those points, you can draw an endless variety of imaginative designs. Watch this video to get started and then give it a try yourself!

Spring in Michigan means lots of rainy days. Join Otto, Toby and their pals from the library as they enjoy a beautiful rainy day!

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Join Otto, Toby, and their pals from the library as they explore the vastness of Space on this episode of The Saturday Show!

For Allison's full interview with real life astronaut Tony England, click the link below:
https://aadl.org/node/577725

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Join Otto, Toby and their pals from the AADL on their H20 adventure as they explore all things Water!

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Join Toby, Otto, and their pals from the AADL for a special "Friday Night" edition of The Saturday Show where we explore all the awesome things that happen when the sun goes down.

00:00 - Intro
02:48 - Word of the Day
06:05 - Nocturnal Animals with Amanda
07:44 - What is it? Part 1
08:24 - Triboluminescence (Science Experiment) with Lucy
12:15 -Faces of the Moon with Loren and Hazel
15:41 - What is it? Part 2
17:17 - The Snow Moon (Story)