Hi everyone, it's Anne. And on today's show, science is cool. I mean, world changing, of course.

Life-saving, for sure. Dangerous, sometimes. But today's show is devoted to something else.

Science's cool factor.

Neil deGrasse Tyson explains the physics of a hard-willed egg.

Jane Goodall tells chimpanzee stories.

I think that having empathy with chimpanzees is an immensely powerful tool.

We make an origami microscope that works.

You're going to see beautiful footballs, many, many, many of them.

Oh, yeah.

So grab your favorite scientist and celebrate how freaking cool science is.

Wisconsin Public Radio.

It's to the best of our knowledge.

I'm Anne Strain Champs, and today we have three words for you. Science is cool.

My very earliest memories are of being in my father's laboratory.

Biologist Hope Jaron.

He taught at a community college, and in the evenings, he would get things ready for the next day.

He would maintain the equipment and set up the demonstrations, and I would go with him, my brothers and I, and we would help.

I just loved the place. and I would go with him, my brothers and I, and we would help.

I just love the place. I love the way it smelled. I love the bright lights and all the different blinking objects. And from very early on, I thought, when I grow up, I'm going to

have a lab and it's going to have one of those and two of those,

and I'm going to do experiments with my friends.

And I imagined that for myself before I even knew what having a job was.

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