Technology
A newborn boy with a genetic heart condition; a father’s joy and dread
On Aug. 10, 2016, less than one month before my wife Kate was due to give birth to our second child, she and I received news that would change our lives forever.
9 years ago
ListenInnovation and inspiration for kids at Philadelphia Science Festival
When you are young, the science bug might bite you at any time. For a young boy named Sonny Viscelli, it happened during a visit to the T ...
9 years ago
Guests: Emily Dreyfuss, Mary Anne Franks Facebook Live is intended to provide a way to send video of your life and exper ...
Air Date: April 20, 2017
Listen 00:49:29Should scientists be activists?
Guests: James Hansen, Robert Young Scientists, researchers, and lobbyists are planning a March for Science on Apr ...
Air Date: April 14, 2017
Listen 00:49:28What should fuel America? Wind? Sun? Cow dung? We’re having a power struggle over that – it’s political, but it’s ...
Air Date: April 13, 2017
Listen 49:20Disinformation and the Trump/Russia probe
Guests: Masha Gessen, Clint Watts The investigations into the Trump campaign and their alleged ties to Russia has ...
Air Date: April 5, 2017
Listen 00:49:27Mimicking nature, an artificial leaf can recycle CO2
An artificial leaf created by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago captures greenhouse gas and puts it to work again. ...
9 years ago
Listen 4:19What is the grid and why do renewables strain it?
In the push for an electrical energy source that can sustainably power the modern world — namely, renewables, like wind and solar — t ...
9 years ago
Listen 5:49That feeling when your phone is missing and panic grips you
Others seem to weather it without permanent physical or psychological damage. I am talking, of course, about the miserable moment you realize you have lost your cell phone.
9 years ago
Protecting your privacy online
Guests: Brian Fung, Matt Blaze, Julie Kearney Congress just voted to eliminate the Federal Communications Commiss ...
Air Date: March 31, 2017
Listen 00:49:27Trump’s newest EO and the environment; protests in Russia; combating ISIS
Guests: Robinson Meyer, Alec Luhn, Rukmini Callimachi We have three stories for today’s edit ...
Air Date: March 29, 2017
Listen 00:49:21Vera Rubin. Zora Neale Hurston. Eugenie Clark. On this episode, we celebrate women who forged a path for generations of female scientists ...
Air Date: March 24, 2017
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