'Cambridge Nights' enters second season of intellectual late-night TV
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 - 16:31
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org)—Usually, there's a clear distinction between "popular science" shows and the educational lectures and conference videos aimed specifically at scientists. An endeavor at MIT called "Cambridge Nights" attempts to bridge that gap by billing itself as an online late-night-TV-like video series where scientists from a variety of fields explain their work and why they're passionate about what they do in a casual, one-on-one environment.