Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCoronavirus Preparedness, Facebook’s History. Feb 28, 2020, Part 2
Episode 236
This week, the world’s attention has turned to the spread of the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, that was first detected in Wuhan, China, late in 2019…
5 years, 10 months ago
Degrees of Change: Building Materials. Feb 28, 2020, Part 1
Episode 235
In order to slow a warming planet on track to increase by 2 degrees celsius, nearly every industry will be forced to adapt: airlines, fashion, and ev…
5 years, 10 months ago
Coronavirus Update, Genuine Fakes, Neanderthal News. Feb. 21, 2020, Part 2
Episode 234
What Is Real And Fake?
There are two ways to grow a diamond. You can dig one up from the Earth—a product of billions of years of pressure and heat pl…
5 years, 10 months ago
Ask A Dentist. Feb. 21, 2020, Part 1
Episode 233
Brushing Up On Tooth Science
Most of us spend our time at the dentist holding our mouths open, saying “ahhh,” and occasionally sticking out our tongu…
5 years, 10 months ago
Building A Ghost Heart, The Effect Of Big Tech. Feb 14, 2020, Part 2
Episode 232
The human heart is one of the most complicated organs in our body. The heart is, in a way, like a machine—the muscular organ pumping about 2,000 gall…
5 years, 10 months ago
Great Lakes Book Club Wrap-Up, California Groundwater. Feb 14, 2020, Part 1
Episode 231
The Great Lakes hold 20% of the world’s surface drinking water, with Lake Superior holding half of that alone. The lakes stretch from New York to Min…
5 years, 10 months ago
SciFri Extra: The Marshall Islands Stare Down Rising Seas
Episode 230
The Republic of the Marshall Islands is a country of 58,000 people spread across 29 coral atolls in the Pacific Ocean. And in a world where seas are …
5 years, 11 months ago
Tech And Empathy, The Ball Method. Feb 7, 2020, Part 2
Episode 229
How Tech Can Make Us More—And Less—Empathetic
Much of technology was built on the promise of connecting people across the world, fostering a sense of…
5 years, 11 months ago
Degrees Of Change: How Native American Communities Are Addressing Climate Change. Feb 7, 2020, Part 1
Episode 228
How Native American Communities Are Addressing Climate Change
Indigenous peoples are one of the most vulnerable communities when it comes to the effe…
5 years, 11 months ago
Breast Cancer Cultural History, Butterfly Wings. Jan 31, 2020, Part 2
Episode 227
‘Radical’ Explores The Hidden History Of Breast Cancer
Nearly 270,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year, along with a couple thousan…
5 years, 11 months ago