On today's show...
SDPB's Cara Hetland takes her microphone almost 5,000 feet beneath the Black Hills for a science-filled show. In the Moment broadcasted live from a hallway of the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF).
SURF's Neutrino Day, an annual free science festival, is Saturday, July 8.
First, she spoke with two entrepreneurs interested in a renewable energy above ground.
Chief Henry Red Cloud and John Red Cloud joined Cara far from the sun's rays to discuss Red Cloud Renewable, solar energy and learning a new way to honor the old ways.
Science comedian Brian Malow celebrates science by being silly. As Neutrino Day's keynote speaker, he brings clarity, enthusiasm and humor to explaining scientific concepts.
For six years, the Majorana Demonstrator at SURF quietly listened to the beginnings of the universe. The project published its final results last spring.
The project's detector is getting a second life thanks to Sam Meijar's tantalum experiment. He is a staff scientist at Los Alamost National Laboratory and co-principal investigator of the new experiment at SURF.
Meijar is searching for the decay of tantalum-180m, nature's rarest isotope. The possibility of being the first to observe that decay gets him excited—and, as you'll hear, the molecules get excited, too.
Two SURF experts stop by the broadcast table to talk about the science happening underground and what to expect at Neutrino Day.
Mike Headley is the executive director of the South Dakota Science and Technology Authority and the laboratory director of SURF. Constance Walter is SURF's communications director and leads the Neutrino Day festivities.
Don your hard hat and join In the Moment thousands of feet beneath the Black Hills.
