Ari Daniel
Ari Daniel is a science and environment reporter for PRI's The World and many museum, non-profit, academic and news organizations. He is passionate about telling human stories about science and empowering others to do the same.
I've always loved science. As a graduate student, I trained gray seal pups (Halichoerus grypus) for my Master's degree at the University of St. Andrews and helped tag wild Norwegian killer whales (Orcinus orca) for my Ph.D. at MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
These days, as a science reporter, I record a species that I'm better equipped to understand — Homo sapiens. My radio stories have been featured on PRI’s The World, Radiolab, and NPR’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered. In the fifth grade, I won the “Most Contagious Smile” award.
The geology behind the deadly earthquakes in Turkey and Syria
This corner of the globe sits at the intersection of three tectonic plates, including the Arabian Plate that’s moving northward into Europe. Pressure along the fault has been building, and when it finally released, it appears that an area nearly 120 miles long and 15 miles wide got displaced, unleashing the earthquake.
After years apart, this Syrian doctor in New York is finally celebrating Ramadan with his family
Research on whales, cosmos among many studies derailed by pandemic
How families around the world talk coronavirus with kids
In Iceland, turning CO2 into rock could be a big breakthrough for carbon capture
About a half hour east of Reykjavik, the ground seethes with steam — a bizarre, thick fog pouring out of the pebbly earth.
At sea and in the sky, scientists brave wicked weather to explore a key ocean current
The global circulatory system is incredibly complex, and parts of it, like the North Icelandic Jet, are barely understood. That's why these scientists are in Iceland in the dead of winter.
Where does language come from?
Humans are the only creatures on Earth that can choke on their own food. Yes, that’s right. Why would humans have evolved such potentially fatal architecture? Some experts say the reason is speech. This week on the podcast, we explore several theories about where language comes from.
Farewell, Cassini
After more than 20 years, NASA today said goodbye to the Cassini space probe and sent it plunging into Saturn's atmosphere to burn up. It was the end of a remarkable mission that revealed deep secrets of the ringed planet and its many moons.
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What will we learn from this year's solar eclipse?
Over the centuries, solar eclipses have helped us learn about the Earth, the sun and the universe, and have proved the power of the scientific method itself.
Love, quantum physics and 'entanglement'
The curious parallels between love and the bizarre — but potentially very useful — phenomenon called "quantum entanglement."
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Climate change research can be risky. But not doing it is even riskier.
Climate change research in extreme environments is a dangerous business, but scientists say getting boots on the ground is vital to understanding where we're headed as we warm the planet.
Her love of the stars made her lose track of her life on Earth
Sona Hosseini fell in love with astronomy when she went on a class trip to a Houston planetarium. "I was asking the lady, ‘How can I work here?’ The lady told me, ‘Oh, honey, you should have a PhD.’"
These kids are playing tug of war across the US-Mexico border
A game of tug of war stretches from Austin, Texas, to Mexico City.
Syrian refugee kids find joy and success in these classrooms. They are a lucky few.
Lebanon's public education system can't cope with hundreds of thousands of extra Syrian refugee kids. So nonprofit groups are trying to fill the gaps.