Where Does Color Come From? What Causes Iridescence?

06/10/19 • 19 min

STRUCTURAL COLOR: Nate and Sam visit Lauren Zarzar, assistant professor of chemistry at Penn State, to talk about color and a cool kitchen science experiment. Where does color come from and what makes things like opals and butterfly wings iridescent?
Links to Lauren's work:
- @LaurenZarzar on Twitter - https://twitter.com/LaurenZarzar
- Lauren's Website - http://www.zarzarlab.com
Links to the Eberly College of Science:
- Eberly College of Science Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/PennStateScience
- Eberly College of Science Twitter - https://twitter.com/PSUScience
- Eberly College of Science Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/pennstatescience
- Eberly College of Science Website - http://science.psu.edu/

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Is There Life On Other Planets? How Do We Look For It?

ALIEN LIFE: In this inaugural episode, Nate and Sam travel to Penn State’s observatory on the roof of Davey Laboratory to talk to Jason Wright, associate professor of astronomy and astrophysics, about the possibility of life out there in the universe. Does it exist and what are the methods that researchers are using to look for it?
Links to Jason's work:
- @Astro_Wright on Twitter
- Jason's Website
Links to the Eberly College of Science:
- Eberly College of Science Facebook
- Eberly College of Science Twitter
- Eberly College of Science Instagram
- Eberly College of Science Website

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What Was The Nittany Lion?

NITTANY LION GENOME: Nate and Sam are in their new studio for this conversation with Shaun Mahony, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State, and George “PJ” Perry, Harry J. & Elissa M. Sichi Early Career Professor in Anthropology and associate professor of anthropology and of biology at Penn State, joins via satellite all the way from Germany. Can DNA sequencing tell us if the “Nittany Lion” is an actual separate species of mountain lion?
Links to Shaun's work:
- @MahonyLab on Twitter - https://twitter.com/MahonyLab
- Shaun's Website - http://www.mahonylab.org
Links to PJ's work:
- @Grg_Perry on Twitter - https://twitter.com/Grg_Perry
- PJ's Website - http://www.anthgenomicslab.com
Links to the Eberly College of Science:
- Eberly College of Science Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/PennStateScience
- Eberly College of Science Twitter - https://twitter.com/PSUScience
- Eberly College of Science Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/pennstatescience
- Eberly College of Science Website - http://science.psu.edu/