Podcasts
Futures In Biotech 86: Biomasses For The Masses
September 10, 2011 1:46 am | CommentsHost: Marc Pelletier Changing an Amish farm in Ohio into an energy source solution for modern times. Guests: John Griswold , Matthew J. Griswold, CFA and Mark A. Griswold, Ph.D. We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes. Comments and suggestions on Futures in...
SciFri 090911 Hour 1: Caterpillar Virus, Australopithecus sediba, Move an Asteroid
September 9, 2011 1:47 pm | CommentsVirus hypnotizes caterpillars before turning them to goo, an ancient hominid threatens to shake up the family tree, and a contest challenges students to move an asteroid.
SciFri 090211 Hour 2: Anti-Cancer Viruses, Big Roads, Space Station
September 4, 2011 9:46 pm | CommentsStudying whether viruses can combat cancer, engineering our highway system, update on the International Space Station.
SciFri 090211 Hour 1: Bacteria and the Brain, Star Formation, Plague DNA
September 2, 2011 12:47 pm | CommentsChanges in the gut alter brain chemistry and behavior in mice, star chemistry challenges formation theories, DNA detective work and the Black Death.
SciFri 082611 Hour 2: Higgs, Tomatoes, NOAA Satellites, Science Diction
August 28, 2011 9:47 pm | CommentsUpdate on the Higgs boson hunt, industrial tomato farming, NOAA satellites and forecast ability, and the origins of the word chemistry.
SciFri 082611 Hour 1: I Heard the Sirens Scream, Earthquakes, Video Pick
August 26, 2011 11:47 am | CommentsA Pulitzer Prize winning science writer gives her account of the days after 9/11, a geologist explains why this weeks East Coast earthquake was felt by so may people, and the video pick: water striders.
SciFri 081911 Hour 2: Google+Motorola, Tech and Free Speech, SpaceX
August 21, 2011 9:58 pm | CommentsA look at plans for Google to acquire the Motorola mobile division, freee speech issues with cell phones and mobile communications, and plans for a private trip to the International Space Station.
Futures in Biotech 85: Modeling Life With The World's Most Powerful Computer System
August 19, 2011 5:57 pm | CommentsHost: Marc Pelletier Dr. Vijay Pande, Stanford's Director of Folding@Home, details how the World's most powerful system models Alzheimers and other human diseases. Guest: Dr. Vijay Pande We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes. Comments and suggestions on Futures in...
SciFri 081911 Hour 1: Science Challenge, Charlottes Web, Video Pick
August 19, 2011 12:57 pm | CommentsTwo fourth grade students discuss their award-winning projects, a look at the naturalist behind a classic childrens book, and a voyage to a floating toilet.
SciFri 081211 Hour 2: First Robotics Competition, Man of Numbers, Computer Generated Sounds, Flywheel Bike
August 14, 2011 9:54 pm | CommentsDean Kamen and will.i.am team up to get kids interested in science, the origin of arithmetic, the futuer of sound effects, and how to give your bike a boost.
SciFri 081211 Hour 1: Electronic Skin, Food Security
August 12, 2011 12:58 pm | CommentsA flexible circuit adheres to skin like a temporary tattoo and monitors vital signs and the future of farming in a hotter, drier world.
The Tinker's Toolbox - Alex Zilberman of Intel on Medical Electronics
August 11, 2011 11:23 am | CommentsIn today's podcast we talk to Alex Zilberman, Market Development Manager of Intel on their efforts in the area of medical electronics.
SciFri 080511 Hour 2: Enviro Spending Bills, 2 Moon Theory, Possible Liquid Mars Water, Baseball Injury Stats
August 7, 2011 9:56 pm | CommentsFollowing Congress and the environment, a theory involving lunar collisions, suggestive streaks on Martian cliffs, and mining the disabled list for insights into baseball injuries.
SciFri 080511 Hour 1: Lifestyles of the Long-Lived, Retractions, Underwater Camouflage
August 5, 2011 11:50 am | CommentsStudy into the lifestyles of the very aged, a look at cases of fraud that have led to retractions of scientific studies, and camouflaged cephalopods.
SciFri 072911 Hour 2: Trojan Asteroid, Juno Mission, Mars Curiosity
July 31, 2011 9:43 pm | CommentsA spaceapalooza in this hour.
