Alan Alda asks scientists to explain energy to children

STONY BROOK, N.Y — Alan Alda wants scientists to answer a question for 11-yearold children: What is energy?

The actor is a visiting professor at the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University on eastern Long Island. He has been posing similar vexing questions to scientists since 2011.

He said it’s important for scientists to be able to communicate complex concepts in a simple terms.