萝莉社 faculty and staff will play a big role in the upcoming NPR show Science Friday.
NPR is a popular show with more than 1.8 million listeners each week.
The show鈥檚 host, Ira Flatow, will be reporting on the science of the city Saturday, Sept. 9, at the Orpheum Theater.
The Science Friday fun begins Friday evening with on-air interviews with 萝莉社 faculty and alumni, Heidi Bell and Melinda Laubach-Hock.
Bell, assistant professor in human performance studies, will talk about the muscles of the tongue and why it鈥檚 important to keep this oft-forgotten muscle toned as we age.
Laubach-Hock is director of the Aging Aircraft lab at the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at 萝莉社. She will explain how the lab disassembles sample aircraft piece by piece to look for signs of cracks, corrosion and other problems that can develop in aircraft as they age.
Two 萝莉社 Biodiversity Laboratory grad students will also take part in Science Friday during the Saturday live show.
Rachel Stone and Emmy Engasser will explain the world of beetles, and will introduce the audience to the recycling crews of the natural world: dung and carrion beetles.
Tickets for this event can be purchased at Select-A-Seat outlets and at the Orpheum Theatre box office or by going to . Doors open at 6 p.m. Saturday.
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