Technology
Self-driving trucks won’t make people obsolete
In the future, truck operators may work from a virtual driver’s seat. Think of Amazon Prime, those meal kits from Blue Apron ...
8 years ago
ListenTech companies banishing extremists after Charlottesville
It took bloodshed in Charlottesville to get tech companies to do what civil rights groups have been calling for for years: take a firmer ...
8 years ago
Guests: Carl Van Horn, Dean Baker, Robert Litwak Companies often complain that they have job openings but can’t ...
Air Date: August 10, 2017
Listen 00:49:15Study: Breakthroughs can boost public’s trust of science but only temporarily
Columnist Tom Friedman notes in his opinion piece in Wednesday’s ...
8 years ago
Listen 8:04On July 29th, 1958, President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act and soon we sent men where only our imaginations h ...
Air Date: July 21, 2017
Listen 49:133, 2, 1…Bake off! The mission to make bread in space
Crumbs may seem harmless here on Earth, but they can be a hazard in microgravity — they could get in an astronaut’s eye, or get i ...
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Listen 5:20Houston, we have a people problem: the first ‘mutiny’ in space
In 1973, a communication snafu between astronauts in space and their colleagues on Earth, alerted NASA to the need for people skills and ...
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Listen 8:06Inside the NASA program that makes science fiction technology real
Physicists and engineers in New Jersey are working on a power source that can take humans far out into our solar system. We have l ...
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Listen 9:22‘2001’ came and went, but the movie’s ideas still resonate
The 1968 movie “2001: A Space Odyssey” painted a grand vision of the future — but for lots of us, the real 21st Century has ...
9 years ago
Listen 6:44Verizon Wireless testing drones for airborne 4G LTE for emergency crews
In a remote corner of South Jersey, a group of emergency first responders entered the woods on Tuesday, June 20, to test a drone-based ce ...
9 years ago
Is Philadelphia good for business?/Cosby mistrial
Guests: Bobby Allyn, Laura Benshoff, Michael Nutter, Josh Sevin Is Philadelphia good for business? Like any city, ...
Air Date: June 19, 2017
Listen 00:48:59Uber’s troubles and changing a toxic workplace culture
Guests: Mike Isaac, Liza Mundy, Sigal Barsade Uber fired 20 employees, including some top executives, over allega ...
Air Date: June 16, 2017
Listen 00:48:58Science can make blockbuster movies better
Hollywood directors have a direct line to consulting scientists. Let’s say you’re a filmmaker. You want to put a littl ...
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