Workbench
The contents and layout of a daily workspace can speak volumes about its resident. For our ongoing Workbench series, we rummage through the desks, labs, studios, and field sites of our favorite thinkers and innovators. From icons to up-and-comers, Workbench reveals the spaces where creative science and science-informed endeavors are being performed.
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Repository of the Cosmos
January 14, 2010
We visit Neil deGrasse Tyson to talk about his role as “servant to the public appetite of the universe” and all of the odd things that accumulate in his office.
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Everything Is Illuminated
December 03, 2009
Martin Chalfie, the Nobelist who helped transform biology with a glowing protein, talks with us about his lab and his favorite animal—the roundworm.
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Our Shifting Urban Landscape
October 06, 2009
Urban ecologist James Danoff-Burg takes us into the field to demonstrate the tools of analyzing the biodiversity of human-altered ecosystems.
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Designing Responsible Behavior
August 24, 2009
We visit the somewhat chaotic desk of an industrial designer who is leveraging the power of design to convince people to live greener lives.
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The (Real) Bat Cave
July 15, 2009
The workspace of a renowned bat expert reveals a glimpse of an elusive species and the art of old-school diorama making.
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The Desk of Oliver Sacks
June 16, 2009
A glimpse inside the life and mind of renowned neurologist and author Oliver Sacks, through the lens of his writing desk.
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Ideas
I Tried Almost Everything Else
John Rinn, snowboarder, skateboarder, and “genomic origamist,” on why we should dumpster-dive in our genomes and the inspiration of a middle-distance runner.
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Ideas
Going, Going, Gone
The second most common element in the universe is increasingly rare on Earth—except, for now, in America.
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Ideas
Earth-like Planets Aren’t Rare
Renowned planetary scientist James Kasting on the odds of finding another Earth-like planet and the power of science fiction.
