Do You Work Here?

Ever been to the symphony? The conductor is an iconic image...but what are they actually doing up there with that baton?

Mike gets answers from conductor, Linhan Cui, a 2022/23 Dudamel Fellow with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

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Many of us rely on them, but when did we first get them? What did we do before glasses?

Dr. Ivan Schwab, Emeritus Professor of Ophthalmology at UC Davis, and
Dr Neil Handley, Museum Curator at the College of Optometrists in London, give Mike some clarity. 

We also take a little detour. Your nose is in front of your face. Why can't you see it?

Philip Kellman, Professor of Psychology at UCLA, knows the answer.

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Up, up and away! This week Mike goes for a ride on the Goodyear Blimp to learn all about how they operate and then some.

Do fish drink water?
Mike gets answers from science writer, Ada McVean. 

And, what's the deal with quicksand? 
Mike digs in with Maya Wei-Haas, science writer at National Geographic.

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Few can say they've made it up to 29 thousand feet. 

Mike found two of them... Adrian Ballinger who runs Alpenglow Expeditions and Tim Medvetz, Founder & President of The Heroes Project, answer questions all about Everest. 

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Pigeons have a bad rap. What's up with that?

Mike gets a lesson about the misunderstood bird from Andrea Jones with Audubon California and Melissa Hill at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West.

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It waxes. It wanes. But what else does the moon do? And, what would Earth be like without it?

Mike gets answers from Paul Hayne, Assistant Professor in Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

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This round of questions has a theme: soap and water.

Mike talks hydration with Dr. Tamara Hew Butler, Professor of Exercise and Sport science at Wayne State University. 

And soap with Birnur Aral, Executive Director of the Beauty, Health and Sustainability Lab at the Good Housekeeping Institute.

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This week, pigments pique Mike's interest!

Adam Rogers, senior tech correspondent at Insider and author of "Full Spectrum: How the Science of Color Made Us Modern," answers questions about how we perceive colors. 

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You've made your 2023 resolutions, but will you keep them?

Mike learns about how we form habits and why we often fail to stick with them from Stanford's BJ Fogg, author of the bestselling book, "Tiny Habits." 

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