Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBendy phones and satellite connectivity – new handsets showcased at Barcelona’s MWC
Want to see mobile phones of the future? Then Barcelona is the place to be. At this year’s Mobile World Congress tech show, smaller brands are tryin…
1 year, 9 months ago
American Airlines is raising bag fees and changing how customers earn frequent-flyer points
American Airlines is raising the cost of checking bags and it is making other changes to push customers to buy tickets directly from the airline if t…
1 year, 9 months ago
Germany plans to enable underground storage of carbon dioxide at offshore sites
Germany plans to enable underground carbon storage at offshore sites, pushing ahead with a much-discussed technology in an acknowledgment that time i…
1 year, 9 months ago
Phones are distracting students in class. More states are pressing schools to ban them
In California, a high school teacher complains that students watch Netflix on their phones during class. In Maryland, a chemistry teacher says studen…
1 year, 9 months ago
FX reaches back over 400 years for its next ambitious series, adapting the hit novel ‘Shogun’
When FX sent screenwriter Justin Marks a copy of James Clavell’s hit 1975 novel “Shogun” with the idea of turning it into a series, he initially coul…
1 year, 9 months ago
Manufacturers betting on futuristic air taxis amid push for sustainable travel
As the aviation sector tries to make flying more sustainable, some aerospace companies are betting big on a new form of travel—air taxis. For years,…
1 year, 9 months ago
Lab-grown diamonds come with sparkling price tags, but many have cloudy sustainability claims
Lab-created diamonds come with sparkling claims: that they are ethically made by machines running on renewable energy. But many don't live up to thes…
1 year, 9 months ago
Researchers look at alternative sources of rubber
Katrina Cornish, a professor at Ohio State University who studies rubber alternatives, raises dandelions and the desert shrub guayule in greenhouses …
1 year, 9 months ago
Plush wars? Squishmallows toy maker and Build-A-Bear sue each other over ‘copycat’ accusations
It turns out there are lots of sharp elbows in the plush toy business. Build-A-Bear and the makers of Squishmallows are facing off in federal court. …
1 year, 9 months ago
FDA expands use of asthma drug Xolair to treat severe food allergies
A medication used to treat asthma can now be used to help people with food allergies avoid severe reactions, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sa…
1 year, 9 months ago