Episode Details

This month on Science & U!:

One of the more recognizable beauties in nature is the monarch butterfly with its orange and black wings. Carol Anne Riddell talks with conservationist Peter Schmidt about how to save these lovable floating creatures from their declining population.

Imagine being in a lab doing scientific research while still in high school. That’s a reality for some students in New York City. The Science Research Mentoring Consortium expands the number of underrepresented students going into the STEM fields. Donna Hanover meets some of these students.

It’s hard to envision growing plants underground but one group of architects and engineers are doing just that. The LowLine is an underground park planned to use innovative solar technology to illuminate an abandoned trolley terminal in the Lower East Side of New York City.

Many household products are so simple that we don’t give it a second thought. Andrew Falzon traveled to Chicago to the world’s biggest home and housewares trade show to find out how these items we take for granted actually work.

For More Information:
Monarch Butterflies - monarchwatch.org
The LowLine (Tinabeth Piña) - thelowline.org/
New York City Science Research Mentoring Consortium
- www.studentresearchnyc.org
- www.amnh.org/srmp
Home and Housewares Trade Show
- www.neatorobotics.com
- www.aerogarden.com
- drinkpurewine.com