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- 16 - Bitcoin Doesn't Add Up
I talk to Dr. Nicholas Weaver about the structural problems with Bitcoin, its historical parallels, and why now probably isn't the best time to throw your money at it.
Mon, 23 Apr 2018 - 28min - 15 - The Physics of Too Small to See
If you get small enough, to the size of atoms and electrons, things stop making sense to our Newtonian minds. We take a look at what's next in physics. Things like desktop particle colliders and superconductors.
Fri, 13 Apr 2018 - 28min - 14 - Self-Driving Cars Are About to Run Over Our Economy and Other Facts
Just 2 years ago, the wait for automated vehicles seemed shorter than wait at the valet stand. But since then, cars that drive themselves seem to be about where they were, with a few major setbacks, and deaths. When will be freed from the menance of driving?
Mon, 02 Apr 2018 - 28min - 13 - F as in Facebook and Fake News
At the core of the fake news epidemic is a story about new technologies and how they can upturn our world in unexpected places. It's a story about ISIS, algorithms and stock prices.
Wed, 28 Mar 2018 - 28min - 12 - Your Brain on Football
We're not trying to rain on anyone's SuperBowl party, but we're talking about head injuries and football for the conflicted sports fan with "Diehards" author Chip Scarinzi.
Mon, 05 Feb 2018 - 28min - 11 - Kim Stanley Robinson on Fixing the Future
Global warming, run away capitalism, ecosystem collapse. Kim Stanley Robinson's futures aren't always happy, but they're grounded in hard science, and we might have to start thinking about them seriously for our own sake.
Fri, 02 Feb 2018 - 54min - 10 - Meteor Strike!
Ryan Ogliore studies meteorites — they fall all over the Earth, but, if you're looking, they're easiest to find in the desert and the ice caps, where they stand out. Inside, the tell us how our solar system came to be.
Fri, 26 Jan 2018 - 28min - 9 - NASA's Science Fiction Dream Lab
It turns out NASA has a whole department dedicated to dreaming big -- taking giant chances on sci-fi technology. Leah Hitchings talks to Ariel Waldman from NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts Program.
Mon, 18 Dec 2017 - 28min - 8 - Air Pollution and Class in America and a Canada Lakes Project
Quartz journalist Zoë Schlanger talks about her award-winning Newsweek article on pollution in Detroit. And Pauline Gerrard is the deputy director of a very special project in Canada's far North to monitor pollution's effects on our ecosystems.
Fri, 01 Dec 2017 - 28min - 7 - Anthony Myint on Restaurants That Can Save the World
Anthony Myint, a world-class restaurateur behind Perennial in San Francisco, talks about how we choose to eat our food can actually reverse global warming.
Sun, 19 Nov 2017 - 28min - 6 - The Earth Is Getting Hotter. Now What?
Berkeley Lab climate scientist Dr. Dan Feldman talks to Leah Hitchings about what is in store for the Earth's climate and the myriad of changes, like wildfires, we will have to deal with as things get warmer.
Sun, 12 Nov 2017 - 28min - 5 - Does the Future Have to Be a Bad Thing?
Do we spend too much of our time imaging distopias and not enough time thinking about the positive changes on the horizon. Grant Burningham talks to writer, author and futurist Kevin Kelly about the positive side of progress.
Mon, 23 Oct 2017 - 28min - 4 - Using AI to Curb Online Harassment With Caroline Sinders
If you've ever scrolled to the bottom of an article to read to the comment, you know the internet can be a pretty unpleasant place. Leah Hitchings talks to Caroline Sinders about using machine learning to curb online harassment.
Mon, 23 Oct 2017 - 28min - 3 - Mike Kuniavsky, Author of 'Smart Things'
It seems like every object in your home is getting "smart" -- and talking to the internet. What does it mean when your home is watching you? Leah Hitchings talks to Mike Kuniavsky.
Sat, 21 Oct 2017 - 28min - 2 - Meghan Laslocky on the Science of Heartbreak
The author of "The Little Book of Heartbreak" talks to Leah Hitchings about if love is just in your head on Science Island. https://www.amazon.com/Little-Book-Heartbreak-Wrong-Through/dp/0452298326
Fri, 20 Oct 2017 - 28min - 1 - Ryan Bethencourt on Biotech and Lab-Grown Meat
We may be eating meat grown in a lab sooner than you think. Join Leah Hitchings and Grant Burningham on Science Island as they host biotech entrepreneur (and Vegan Mafia member) Ryan Bethencourt.
Fri, 20 Oct 2017 - 28min
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