Science Road Trips, Archaeology From Space. July 5, 2019, Part 1

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🗓️ 5 July 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summer is here—and that means it’s time for a road trip! Dylan Thuras and Ella Morton, co-authors of Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to the Hidden Wonders of the World, join Ira to share some suggestions for sciencey things to see and do around the country, from unusual museum exhibits to outstanding natural wonders. Plus, we asked you for YOUR travel ideas—and did you deliver! We’ll share tourist tips from some regular Science Friday guests, and highlight some of your many suggestions. Speaking of summer trips... You might consider skipping the large urban centers, like Paris or Madrid, for something a little older—like Pompeii. The ancient city in Italy is one of the country’s largest tourist attractions, receiving over 4 million visitors a year. Perhaps it's because archaeology is inspiring tourism around the world. From Egypt, China, South America to India, archaeologists are experiencing a golden era of discovery thanks to new tools that help uncover buried civilizations. Sarah Parcak, professor of anthropology at the University of Alabama Birmingham and author of the new book Space Archaeology joins Ira to talk about what past civilizations can teach us about our current moment in time.

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0:00.0	This is Science Friday. I'm Ira Flato. The long holiday weekend means that summer is definitely here.
0:06.5	So how about a road trip? This hour places a science, technology, or environment lover should add for a good road trip itinerary,
0:15.5	from aerospace attractions to exceptional zoos and lots in between. We're touring around the U.S. and beyond, and I've got a few season tour guides with me.
0:25.8	Helen Morton is co-author of Atlas Obscura, an explorer's guide to the Hidden Wonders of the World,
0:31.3	and a contributing editor at Atlas Obscura.
0:33.7	Welcome to Science Friday.
0:36.0	Dylan Thuris is her co-author. He's also co-founder and creative director of Atlas Obscura, welcome to Science Friday. Dylan Thuris is her co-author.
0:38.2	He's also co-founder and creative director of Atlas Obscura.
0:42.1	Welcome to Science Friday.
0:43.5	Thanks for having this year.
0:44.8	You're welcome both here with me in our New York studios.
0:47.7	We've also asked you, everybody out there, to share your ideas for some must-see science science sites and over 200 of you responded.
0:56.7	So we'll be sharing some of your tips this hour too.
1:01.0	Dylan, let's start with you.
1:02.3	You really liked something called the Bakken Museum in Minneapolis.
1:06.6	So what is that?
1:07.7	I grew up in Minneapolis.
1:09.0	This is a place I went as a kid and now I have of my own, and I would really like to take them there.
1:13.6	It is the world's only library museum dedicated to medical electricity, so the use of electricity in human health and well-being.
1:25.0	And it's in a lovely kind of Tudor Mansion set back off of Lake Calhoun,
1:30.0	so it's kind of a beautiful place to visit. It has all of these great electrical toys,
1:35.1	you know, electrostatic generators like a Wimmshurst generator that you crank, and it makes
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