Science Selections
- Author: Vários
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- Duration: 145:17:28
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Synopsis
Science Selections From Popular Scientific Journals
Episodes
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GPS Down - Dec, 2019 Scientific American
30/11/2019 Duration: 30minHacking the GPS system we all rely on is not difficult and could be disastrous. And the U.S. has no defense in place. By Paul Tullis.
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Autonomous Vehicles - Nov, 2019 Ars Technica
23/11/2019 Duration: 09minHaving autonomous autos estimate whether fellow drivers are selfish or altruistic makes a big difference. By John Timmer.
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Gene Editing - Fall 2019 Berkeley Engineer
16/11/2019 Duration: 15minNew Frontiers In Gene Editing. Making headway against genetic disorders with CRISPR-Cas9. By Ann Brody Guy.
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Moments of Untruth - Fall 2019 Berkeley Engineer
09/11/2019 Duration: 16minUsing Artificial Intelligence Technology to Expose Digital Deception of photos, video and audio. By Nate Seltenrich.
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Phage Therapy - Nov, 2019 Scientific American
02/11/2019 Duration: 32minA treatment from World War I is making a comeback in the struggle to beat deadly multidrug-resistant infections." By Charles Schmidt.
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False Lie Detection - The Week Magazine Oct, 2019
26/10/2019 Duration: 18minHigh-tech tests give authorities undue faith in detecting deception. We've seen this before - it usually hasn't ended well..
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Bad Bites - Oct, 2019 Scientific American
20/10/2019 Duration: 06minMosquitoes may have killed about half of all Homo Sapiens who ever existed. By Steve Mirsky.
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Smart Start - Oct, 2019 Scientific American
13/10/2019 Duration: 27minKids in preschools that encourage them to play with language and focus their attention do better... later in life. By Lisa Guernsey.
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Do I Know You? - The Week Magazine Oct, 2019
06/10/2019 Duration: 16minSadie Dingfelder writes of her struggle with face blindness, a condition that makes it nearly impossible for her to recognize people.
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Is Death Reversible? - Oct, 2019 Scientific American
28/09/2019 Duration: 20minAn experiment that partially revives slaughterhouse pig brains, questions the precise end point of life. By Christopher Koch.
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Renewable Energy - Vox.com Sep, 2019
21/09/2019 Duration: 24minGetting to 100% renewable energy requires cheap energy storage. But how cheap? New research gives it a cost target. By David Roberts.
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A New World Disorder - Sep, 2019 Scientific American
14/09/2019 Duration: 24minOur willingness to share content without thinking is exploited to spread disinformation. By Claire Wardle.
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Vaping - Vox.com Sep 6, 2019
07/09/2019 Duration: 16minVaping seems to sicken hundreds. A mysterious spike in respiratory illness has sickened more than 400 and killed three. By Julia Belluz.
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Medical Web Searches - Sep, 2019 Scientific American
31/08/2019 Duration: 07minBeware of Medical Web Searches. You can find good information, but there's a lot more bad. By Zeynep Tufekci.
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The Science of Addiction - Aug, 2019 TheGuardian.com
24/08/2019 Duration: 14minA personal struggle with drugs gave Professor Judith Grisel the determination to write a book about addiction. By Rebecca Schiller.
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Darwin's Cancer Fix - Aug, 2019 Scientific American
17/08/2019 Duration: 25minPrinciples of natural selection drive a radical new approach to drugs and prevention strategies. By James DeGregori and Robert Gatenby.
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Escape From Technology - The Week Magazine - Aug, 2019
11/08/2019 Duration: 16minIt's become harder and harder to escape from technology. But there are still places with no cellphones - just stars and solitude.
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Human-Mouse Hybrids - Aug, 2019 LiveScience.com
03/08/2019 Duration: 09minJapanese Scientists to Create Human-Mouse Hybrids. They plan to transplant human cells into mouse and rat embryos. By Laura Geggel.
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Brain/Smartphone Link - Jul, 2019 Vox.com
28/07/2019 Duration: 09minElon Musk reveals his secretive company Neuralink's plan to link your brain to your smart phone. By Sigal Samuel.
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Georgia's New Election System -Jul, 2019 UnDark.org
20/07/2019 Duration: 15minGeorgia is one of many states adopting voting technology that experts say decreases security and election integrity. By Timothy Pratt