Appalachian State University Team Races Solar Car Across The Country
A team of Appalachian State University students is currently racing across the country in the solar-powered car they built.
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Bee Informed
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Legendary Musicians Share The Makings Of MerleFest
Over the years, MerleFest has become an annual homecoming for both music fans and the artists who perform there. Two of the musicians who return every year and who knew the Watsons well spoke with WFDD's David Ford about Doc, Merle, and the festival that bears his name.
SciWorks Radio - Understanding Why We Teach Evolution
Some of the great scientific theories unify our knowledge and have fundamentally changed the way we look at the world.
SciWorks Radio - Understanding Why We Teach Evolution
Some of the great scientific theories unify our knowledge and have fundamentally changed the way we look at the world.
Appalachian State Chancellor Says School Is Making Progress On Diversity
Appalachian State University has been working to address a lack of campus diversity.
A New Ninth Planet
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Why We Explore Other Worlds
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An Accurate "Log-ing" of Time
SciWorks Radio is a production of 88.5 WFDD and SciWorks, the Science Center and Environmental Park of Forsyth County, located in Winston-Salem. Follow Shawn on Twitter @SCIFitz.
Scientists use many tools to put a date on events of the past. A geologist can use relative dating, comparing rock layer ages against one another. Archeologists may use carbon 14 for an absolute date. Climatologists can access over a million years of climate data using ice cores. If you want to know when a historical log cabin in the mountains was built, you use dendrochronology.