Citizen Science

TED Radio Hour

NPR

Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.4 • 21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

We often think that scientific research is reserved for PhDs and other experts. But now that's changing. This hour, TED speakers on how ordinary citizens are helping make groundbreaking discoveries. Guests include tech entrepreneur Joi Ito, biomedical researcher Sharon Terry, astronomer Tabetha Boyajian, and journalist Mary Ellen Hannibal.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This is the Ted Radio Hour.
0:07.0	Each week, groundbreaking Ted Talks.
0:10.0	Ted.
0:11.0	Ted.
0:12.0	Technology.
0:13.0	Entertainment. Design.
0:14.0	Design.
0:15.0	Is that really what's 10 for us?
0:16.0	I've never known that.
0:17.0	Delivered at Ted Conferences around the world.
0:19.0	It's a gift of the human imagination.
0:20.0	We've had to believe in impossible things.
0:22.0	The true nature of reality beckons from just beyond.
0:26.0	Those talks.
0:28.0	Those ideas adapted for radio.
0:31.0	From NPR.
0:34.0	I'm Guy Ross.
0:38.0	And on the show today, Citizen Science.
0:41.0	So back in March 2011, Joey Eto had traveled from his home in Japan to Boston.
0:49.0	So I'm actually interviewing for my job at the Media Lab.
0:52.0	That would be the Media Lab at MIT,
0:55.0	where Joey now works as the director.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NPR, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NPR and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.