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Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, Radiolab is a show about curiosity. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and human experience.

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Technology

A drawing of the ITER tokamak and integrated plant systems shows the complexity of the ITER facility now under construction in France. (Wikimedia Commons)
The Pulse
Science

A fusion experiment promised to be the next step in solving humanity’s energy crisis. It’s a big claim to live up to

How close are scientists to developing fusion energy? And what are the roadblocks standing in the way?

5 years ago

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FILE- In this file photo made May 26, 2010, people look over the battery array of an all-electric Nissan Leaf in Smyrna, Tenn. Nissan North America, Inc. held its ground-breaking ceremony Wednesday for a lithium-ion battery plant as part of its plan to start building electric cars and eventually create up to 1,300 jobs in Tennessee. The auto industry calls it range anxiety: Drivers want electric cars but worry they won't have enough juice to make long trips. After all, what good is going green if you get stranded with a dead battery? It's a fear that automakers must overcome as they push to sell more battery-powered cars. So government and business are taking steps to reassure drivers by building up the nation's network of electric charging stations. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
The Pulse
Science

Why it’s so hard to replace a Nissan LEAF battery

Years of research powered electric car batteries, yet questions remain to be answered.

5 years ago

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The Twitter app on a smartphone
NPR
Community

Want to send a mean tweet? Twitter’s new feature wants you to think again

Twitter released a new feature that detects potentially offensive replies on its service and asks users to review a message before sending.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks to crowd before boarding Air Force One
Community

Facebook board upholds Trump suspension

The social network’s quasi-independent Oversight Board has voted to uphold his ban from the platform after his account was suspended four months ago.

5 years ago

Facebook co-founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg
NPR
Community

Facebook board readies for its biggest decision yet: Whether to reinstate Trump

The decision to ban Trump from both Facebook and Instagram, which the company owns, came after the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.

5 years ago

The Franklin Institute. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Franklin Institute to ‘reimagine’ itself for its bicentennial

The science museum on the Parkway has received a $1 million gift to develop new science exhibitions.

5 years ago

Ed Felten (left) and Malcolm Burnley
Courts & Law

How does A.I. technology exacerbate inequalities in policing?

WHYY’s “Morning Edition” host Jennifer Lynn speaks with Malcolm Burnley and Ed Felten, hosts of WHYY’s new podcast, “A.I. Nation.”

5 years ago

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An NPR investigation into the SolarWinds attack reveals a hack unlike any other, launched by a sophisticated adversary intent on exploiting the soft underbelly of our digital lives. Zoë van Dijk for NPR
NPR
Politics & Policy

A ‘worst nightmare’ cyberattack: The untold story of the SolarWinds hack

Russian hackers exploited gaps in U.S. defenses and spent months in government and corporate networks in one of the most effective cyber espionage campaigns of all time.

5 years ago

In this photo illustration, a smart phone screen displays the logo of Facebook on a Facebook website background
NPR
Community

After data breach exposes 530 million, Facebook says it will not notify users

Facebook said "malicious actors" scraped the data through a vulnerability that it fixed in 2019. But the publicly available data still leaves millions of users vulnerable.

5 years ago

Jack Hurley celebrating his 20th birthday with his sisters Clare (left) and Nora (right) (Courtesy of Jack Hurley)
Health

How a new technology is helping people with congenital heart defects

About 40,000 babies are born with heart defects annually. The FDA approved a procedure less invasive than the surgery many get during their lives.

5 years ago

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Amanda Rabinowitz (right), director of the Brain Injury Neuropsychology Laboratory at the MossRehab Research Institute, demonstrates the RehaBot. (courtesy of MossRehab Research Institute)
Science

How a chatbot can motivate people recovering from traumatic brain injuries

MossRehab Research Institute researchers reinterpret a common consumer technology to help with post-injury social isolation and depression.

5 years ago

Mario (Boukaih / UnSplash)
Arts & Entertainment

Unopened Super Mario Bros. game from 1986 sells for $660,000

An unopened copy of Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. that was bought in 1986 and then forgotten about in a desk drawer has sold at auction for $660,000.

5 years ago

The Comcast tower in Philadelphia reflects clouds and blue sky.
Politics & Policy

Comcast will invest $1B over the next decade in attempt to close digital divide

Comcast will invest $1B over the next decade in an attempt to close the digital divide. Just last summer, the company was criticized for not doing more to help students.

5 years ago

Telecommunication equipment for a 5G radio network with radio modules and smart antennas installed on a metal structure against an abstract background
The Pulse
Science

Sending Signals

The modern world is made possible by a web of electromagnetic radiation. Your phone, computer, TV, cable box, radio — all depend on mil ...

Air Date: March 19, 2021

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A series of brain scan images against a black background. Brain scans showing MRI mapping for 3 tasks across 2 different days. Warm colors show how the results hold up in groups. Cool colors show how results are less reliable person to person. Photo credit: Annchen Knodt/Duke University.
The Pulse
Science

Scientists have used fMRI to study brain activity for years. Now, some question the results’ reliability

Scientists have found that results can change, brain scans from the same person doing the same thing can be different a week or a month later.

5 years ago

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