Robert Krulwich

Robert Krulwich works on radio, podcasts, video, the blogosphere. He has been called "the most inventive network reporter in television" by TV Guide.

Krulwich is a Science Correspondent for NPR. His NPR blog, "Krulwich Wonders" features drawings, cartoons and videos that illustrate hard-to-see concepts in science.

He is the co-host of Radiolab, a nationally distributed radio/podcast series that explores new developments in science for people who are curious but not usually drawn to science shows. "There's nothing like it on the radio," says Ira Glass of This American Life, "It's a act of crazy genius." Radiolab won a Peabody Award in 2011.

His specialty is explaining complex subjects, science, technology, economics, in a style that is clear, compelling and entertaining. On television he has explored the structure of DNA using a banana; on radio he created an Italian opera, "Ratto Interesso" to explain how the Federal Reserve regulates interest rates; he has pioneered the use of new animation on ABC's Nightline and World News Tonight.

For 22 years, Krulwich was a science, economics, general assignment and foreign correspondent at ABC and CBS News.

He won Emmy awards for a cultural history of the Barbie doll, for a Frontline investigation of computers and privacy, a George Polk and Emmy for a look at the Savings & Loan bailout online advertising and the 2010 Essay Prize from the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

Krulwich earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Oberlin College and a law degree from Columbia University.

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Krulwich Wonders...
8:56 am
Thu May 9, 2013

Moths That Drive Cars (Really)

Originally published on Thu May 9, 2013 7:07 am

What you are about to see — and I'm not making this up — is a moth driving a car.

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Krulwich Wonders...
8:45 am
Tue April 30, 2013

The Boomerang Rocket Ship: Shoot It Up, Back It Comes

Krulwich Wonders...
8:55 am
Wed April 17, 2013

A 'Who Do You Hang With?' Map of America

Originally published on Fri April 26, 2013 10:31 am

Look at the center of this map, at the little red dot that marks Kansas City. Technically, Kansas City is at the edge of Missouri, but here on this map it's in the upper middle section of a bigger space with strong blue borders. We don't have a name for this bigger space yet, but soon we will.

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Krulwich Wonders...
10:18 am
Mon April 8, 2013

The Big Squeeze: Can Cities Save The Earth?

Originally published on Mon April 8, 2013 1:04 pm

Let's get dense. If we take all the atoms inside you, all roughly 70,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 of them, and squeeze away all the space inside, then, says physicist Brian Greene:

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Krulwich Wonders...
10:48 am
Fri April 5, 2013

Monty Python's John Cleese Almost Explains Our Brains

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Originally published on Fri April 5, 2013 7:50 am

Krulwich Wonders...
8:09 am
Sat March 9, 2013

Guy Builds Solar-Powered Death Ray In His Backyard (Yawn)

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Originally published on Sat March 9, 2013 3:22 am

Krulwich Wonders...
8:16 am
Fri March 8, 2013

What Happened When Humans Met An Alien Intelligence? Sex Happened

Originally published on Mon March 25, 2013 11:50 am

Krulwich Wonders...
8:43 pm
Mon February 25, 2013

What's That Thing Hanging Outside My Bathroom Window? My Neighbor's Drone

Originally published on Mon February 25, 2013 9:08 am

Krulwich Wonders...
10:02 am
Fri January 25, 2013

Falling Off The Moon

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Originally published on Fri January 25, 2013 2:42 pm

Krulwich Wonders...
4:33 am
Sat January 12, 2013

Phooey On Flu

A lot of you have had it by now, or are having it or are about to be exposed. This year's flu is called "H3N2" and this week it's doing big business in about 47 states, Chicago and New York. If you've had a flu shot and if you wash your hands several times a day for 20 seconds, (which is the time it takes to hum "Happy Birthday to You" two times through) you might reduce your odds of getting sick.

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