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Bombardier Beetles: Saying "No" to a Hungry Predator
- Added: Dec 01, 2020
- Length: 02:00
Ears Adrift's MC2 Sonja Wickard interviews scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory about the advancements in body armor technology.
- Added: Nov 05, 2020
- Length: 08:03
Schools have reopened in Fall 2020 amid the COVID19 pandemic, and educators are putting in overtime to make it work. Four educators speak about th...
- Added: Oct 31, 2020
- Length: 46:33
Forty years after Carl Sagan’s ‘Golden Records’ began their long voyage into the depths of outer space, Eyal Gever - an Israeli high-tech-wunderkin...
- Added: Oct 29, 2020
- Length: 31:11
This episode of the FEHLER podcast is an exploration of mistakes in science and their connection to art. Listen for more!
- Added: Oct 09, 2020
- Length: 14:27
A lot of the technology we associate with the modern day started on anachronistic machines. I'm not talking about mainframes, I'm talking older. To...
- Added: Aug 22, 2020
- Length: 48:31
How do social media algorithms feed us news, entertainment, advertisements, even suggesting friends and lovers? By simplifying human nature, accord...
- Added: Aug 07, 2020
- Length: 30:02
Listen to this story on how an act of benign neglect transformed Southwest Ohio based WYSO from a small public radio station into a community.
Bought by KICI Iowa City
- Added: Jul 16, 2020
- Length: 30:33
- Purchases: 1
An experiment in living together, forever.
- Added: Jun 24, 2020
- Length: 23:04
The Covid-19 Pandemic has changed how we live and work in the modern era. For most, that’s meant going online. But for an estimated 150 million Ame...
- Added: Jun 01, 2020
- Length: 32:00
Los Angeles streets are the testing ground for climate resilient streets
Bought by WFHB, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and KICI Iowa City
- Added: Mar 11, 2020
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 5
It was a good living. If you can stay in business 53 years, that says a lot.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Feb 11, 2020
- Length: 04:15
- Purchases: 1
Today, we take internet communication for granted, but for one man, complacency is not an option. Widely considered to be the inventor of the moder...
- Added: Jan 28, 2020
- Length: 26:22
Microsoft's first case of piracy actually happened with their very first product.
- Added: Dec 28, 2019
- Length: 10:25
In 1986 the BBC released a comprehensive survey of Britain. Burned onto two LaserDiscs, the early computer encyclopedia was a technological marvel.
- Added: Dec 28, 2019
- Length: 33:04
The perfectly nice lady behind one of TV's most menacing overdubs
- Added: Oct 23, 2019
- Length: 04:09
- Purchases: 2
Computer viruses today pose a very real threat. However, it turns out that their origins are actually very non-threatening. Today, we are going to ...
- Added: Oct 15, 2019
- Length: 29:11
It’s one thing to get into an argument with a stranger on Facebook. It’s another thing to try to ruin that stranger’s life. In 2015, Re/Max realtor...
- Added: Sep 05, 2019
- Length: 23:08
In this episode Tom talks to the creator of the show Constantine Soo, and room acoustic expert Tim Link of ASC.
- Added: Sep 02, 2019
- Length: 41:20
He built Facebook's business model.....and then realized he was addicted to his phone.
- Added: Aug 14, 2019
- Length: 43:36
And how California’s car emission standards continue to influence the rest of the country.
- Added: Jun 04, 2019
- Length: 39:44
Check out one of Nintendo's totally odd accessories.
- Added: May 02, 2019
- Length: 01:28
Gaming's purple boxm from 2001
- Added: May 02, 2019
- Length: 02:28
The original 4 player smash fest on the Nintendo 64
- Added: May 02, 2019
- Length: 02:14
Piece on Nintendo's 2006 console.
- Added: May 02, 2019
- Length: 02:23