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The Foundation for Science and Technology podcast - exploring issues of science, technology and innovation with experts from government, parliament, industry and the research community.
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Get your weekly burst of scientific illumination from The Debrief’s network of rebellious journalists as they warp through the latest breaking science and tech news from the world of tomorrow. Every Friday, join hosts Stephanie Gerk, Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, and MJ Banias as they roundup the latest science and tech stories from the pages of The Debrief. From far-future technology to space travel to strange physics that alters our perception of the universe, The Debrief Weekly Report is mean ...
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Nature Science and Technology discussion with Michael McDonnough.
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Listen to a selection of podcasts reporting on the latest science and technology developments, looking into the impact they will have on our lives and capturing their policy implications.
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In the Defence Science and Technology podcast, you will hear from DST Group's leading scientists about how our innovative research adds value to the Australian Defence Force.
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This podcast is all about leaks, news, and updates on our tech giants Apple and Microsoft!
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Learn about everyday wonders of science and technology! Wydea Wonders animated videos explain topics ranging from computer networking and digital music to airplanes and engines in an easy-to-understand, interesting way. For more information and additional content please visit www.wydea.com.
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GIST brings you a glimpse of new ideas and innovations currently cooking at colleges, universities and companies across the U.S.
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Interviews with Scholars of Science, Technology, and Society about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-technology-and-society
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We work and are passionate about different fields in Science, Technology, Gaming and Stuff. We also invite guests to speak about their field of expertise.
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Lakeside Labs performs research at the intersection of information & communication technology and self-organizing & networked systems. These videos capture some seminar-style lectures from leading scientists from both areas.
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The STEMCAST is a semi-monthly podcast released on Mondays. It is hosted by us, Jess and Elisabeth. We talk about anything, and everything, affecting us on our journey through engineering! We also offer terrible advice to students, scientists, researchers, (etc.) and pretty much anyone that asks about school.
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Male birth control gel ‘takes effect sooner than similar contraceptives’
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Research suggests that a new male birth control gel ‘takes effect sooner than other similar male contraceptives’. Does toad-licking have any benefits? The Standard’s Health Reporter, Daniel Keane, discusses the first participant dosed in a study of ‘toad’ psychedelic compound effects on the human brain. Ticketmaster is investigating a hack which co…
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The War Waged Over Memories | False Memories and Disinformation, New Solar Energy Tech, and the lost Roanoke Colonists
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On this week's episode of The Debrief Weekly Report, Kenna and Steph seek out the lost settlers of the Roanoke colony, and new research that may have solved the riddle of what happened there all those years ago. Things also get hot when they discuss a new solar power system that can generate tons of heat, and how false memories are becoming much mo…
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AI and the Humanities: Nina Beguš DIscusses "Artificial Humanities"
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In this debut conversation, we speak to Dr. Nina Beguš, a researcher at UC Berkeley and the founder of InterpretAI who holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from Harvard University. Listen to learn about Nina’s path at the intersection of AI and the humanities, the challenges and rewards of working across disciplines, what questions to ask as an et…
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Gretchen McCulloch, "Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language" (Riverhead Books, 2020)
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Brynn Quick speaks with best-selling author and linguist Gretchen McCulloch about her 2019 New York Times bestselling book Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language (Riverhead Books, 2020). Gretchen has written a Resident Linguist column at The Toast and Wired. She is also the co-creator of Lingthusiasm, a wildly popular podcast tha…
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AI voice cloning tools manipulated to imitate political leaders
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Imran Ahmed, chief executive of the Center for Countering Digital Hate explains how easy they found it to generate deepfake audio with AI tools. Google defends AI search results after bizarre suggestions went viral. James Webb Space Telescope detects the most distant known galaxy. Also in this episode: 'World's largest botnet' taken down as alleged…
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Why are so few women playing professional esports?
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The Standard’s Vicky Jessop discusses why just 5% of women become professional gamers. New dinosaur species found in Zimbabwe identified by NHM expert. Plus - possibly the strangest Guinness World Record you’ve heard of… Also in this episode: AI could be used to detect heart failure risk Scientists develop antibiotic that spares healthy gut bacteri…
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Robert Phillip Kolker and Marsha Gordon, "Film, Form, and Culture" (Routledge, 2024)
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This fifth edition of Film, Form, and Culture (Routledge, 2024) offers a lively introduction to both the formal and cultural aspects of film. With extensive analysis of films past and present, this textbook explores how films are constructed from part to whole: from the smallest unit of the shot to the way shots are edited together to create narrat…
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Ancient Egyptians were ‘trying to treat cancer 4,000 years ago’
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Cut marks on a skull reveal ancient tumour examination. Earthcare: Probe designed to study how clouds affect Earth’s climate launched into space. US billionaire plans to take submersible to wreck of Titanic. Feeding babies peanuts protects from allergy into adolescence. Also in this episode: Bjoern Frommknecht, mission manager of EarthCARE explains…
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Tory TikTok launch “pathetic” compared to ‘savvier’ Labour says expert
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Expert reveals why he believes Labour is out-classing the Tories on TikTok. Google set to manually remove weird AI answers in search. Elon Musk’s xAI raises $6 billion to fund its race against ChatGPT. Report: next government should consider banning phones for under-16s. Also in this episode: Chris Stokel-Walker, author of TikTok Boom: The Inside S…
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Edwin McRae, "Narrative Worldbuilding: A Player Centric Approach to Designing Story Rich Game Worlds" (Narrative, 2024)
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Game worlds differ from traditional fictional worlds. While literary and cinematic worlds are written to host character arcs and plots, game worlds need to be designed to host game mechanics. While Princess Leia, Mad Max and Daenerys Targaryen may leave their marks on their fictional worlds, it is YOU, the player, who will carve your personal exper…
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Chris Haufe, "Do the Humanities Create Knowledge?" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
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There is in certain circles a widely held belief that the only proper kind of knowledge is scientific knowledge. This belief often runs parallel to the notion that legitimate knowledge is obtained when a scientist follows a rigorous investigative procedure called the 'scientific method'. In Do the Humanities Create Knowledge? (Cambridge UP, 2023), …
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Joanna Guldi, "The Dangerous Art of Text Mining: A Methodology for Digital History" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
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The Dangerous Art of Text Mining: A Methodology for Digital History (Cambridge UP, 2022) celebrates the bold new research now possible because of text mining: the art of counting words over time. However, this book also presents a warning: without help from the humanities, data science can distort the past and lead to perilous errors. The book open…
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Legends vs. Canon: The Evolution of Star Wars Lore
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In the fourth bonus episode of the DWR, Steph and Kenna discuss the Star Wars Expanded Universe and its impact on fan experiences. The dynamic duo also dives into how the expanded universe has helped bring in more fans, creating a multigenerational experience. Every Tuesday, join hosts Stephanie Gerk, Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, and MJ Banias as they…
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Planet that could support human life discovered 'close' to Earth
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UK scientists have discovered a new planet that could potentially support human life and it’s just 40 light-years away. Prehistoric 'Dune' worm found in a quarry was a predator that hunted millions of years before the dinosaurs. We speak to the lead author, Dr Richie Howard, Curator of Fossil Arthropods at the Natural History Museum. Also in this e…
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Largest images of the universe ever taken from space
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ESA’s Euclid telescope reveals the largest images of the universe ever taken from space. We speak to Dr Jesper Skottfelt, a research fellow at the Open University’s centre for Electronic Imaging, about their VIS technology that helped take these incredible pictures. Also in this episode: An early warning space weather satellite named Vigil is comin…
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Apple emergency bug fix for ‘zombie’ iPhone photos
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Apple releases an urgent iOS 17.5.1 security update after some reports of a bug causing deleted iPhone and iPad photos to resurrect themselves. Infected blood scandal victims ‘could each receive £2m+’. Firing up UK’s spaceport rocket. Nasa’s optimistic two-month plasma rocket to Mars. Also in this episode: Risk of type 2 diabetes in under-40s Digit…
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American Innovation, American Vitality: A Conversation with Chris Buskirk
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How can we restore America's frontier spirit, foster innovation, and stave off decay? Chris Buskirk sits down to discuss his new book America and the Art of the Possible: Restoring National Vitality in an Age of Decay. Along the way, he delves into the history of innovation from Augustan Rome to the Scottish Enlightenment to Silicon Valley, whether…
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ChatGPT halts 'Scarlett Johansson-sounding' AI voice
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OpenAI announces “pause” on a ChatGPT voice avatar after it drew comparisons Scarlett Johansson’s speaking style - and Hollywood actress called in the lawyers. Legal and policy challenges for AI Seoul Summit, with Eleanor Shearer, senior research fellow at London’s Common Wealth think tank. Infected blood scandal: police examine manslaughter charge…
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Infected blood scandal cover-up’s damning verdict
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Publication of public inquiry’s verdict into ‘worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS’ that led to deaths of more than 3,000 people. UK summer alert for Asian hornets. Preserving breast tissue aids cancer research. Also in this episode: iDo...the robot ‘AI dating concierge’ Odyssey for cross of polar explorer Shackleton Flavour science b…
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Rob Drew, "Unspooled: How the Cassette Made Music Shareable" (Duke UP, 2023)
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Well into the new millennium, the analog cassette tape continues to claw its way back from obsolescence. New cassette labels emerge from hipster enclaves while the cassette’s likeness pops up on T-shirts, coffee mugs, belt buckles, and cell phone cases. In Unspooled: How the Cassette Made Music Shareable (Duke University Press, 2024), Dr. Rob Drew …
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Daniel P. Ott, "Harvesting History: McCormick's Reaper, Heritage Branding, and Historical Forgery" (U Nebraska Press, 2023)
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Cyrus McCormick invented the revolutionary mechanical reaper in 1831...right? At least, that's how the story has been told for decades. In Harvesting History: McCormick's Reaper, Heritage Branding, and Historical Forgery (U Nebraska Press, 2023), National Park Service historian Daniel Ott argues that not only have textbooks and other sources of his…
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Mona Simion, "Resistance to Evidence" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
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We have increasingly sophisticated ways of acquiring and communicating knowledge, but efforts to spread this knowledge often encounter resistance to evidence. The phenomenon of resistance to evidence, while subject to thorough investigation in social psychology, is acutely under-theorised in the philosophical literature. Mona Simion's Resistance to…
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Raven Simone Maragh-Lloyd, "Black Networked Resistance: Strategic Rearticulations in the Digital Age" (U California Press, 2024)
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Black Networked Resistance: Strategic Rearticulations in the Digital Age (U California Press, 2024) explores the creative range of Black digital users and their responses to varying forms of oppression, utilizing cultural, communicative, political, and technological threads both on and offline. Raven Maragh-Lloyd demonstrates how Black users strat…
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Bill Irvine: The truth about the Stoics (Brave New World preview)
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Evgeny Lebedev talks to stoicism expert Professor Bill Irvine, whose books detail the ancient wisdom of Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius for a new generation. To hear the whole interview and listen to previous episodes search Brave New World Evening Standard on your podcast provider. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Constantin Ardeleanu, "Steamboat Modernity: Travel, Transport, and Social Transformation on the Lower Danube, 1830–1860" (CEU Press, 2024)
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Through a skillful combination of economic and cultural history, this book describes the impact on Moldavia and Wallachia of steam navigation on the Danube. The Danube route integrated the two principalities into a dense network of European roads and waterways. From the 1830s to the 1860s, steamboat transport transformed time and space for the area…
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Priya Satia, "Empire of Guns: The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution" (Bloomsbury, 2019)
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From the seventeenth to the nineteenth century, the industrial revolution transformed Britain from an agricultural and artisanal economy to one dominated by industry, ushering in unprecedented growth in technology and trade and putting the country at the center of the global economy. But the commonly accepted story of the industrial revolution, anc…
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