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Engineering Africa’s banana future
Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on SpotifyListen on Google PodcastsListen on StitcherListen on OvercastListen on Amazon MusicListen on CastboxListen on Podcast AddictListen on Pocket CastsListen on iHeartRadioListen on PandoraRSS Feed Season 2, Episode 6 Uganda is among the top banana-producing countries in the world, and is home to the much-loved matoke banana — also known as the East African highland banana.
Episode 48: The Legacy of Octavia Butler — Imaginary Worlds
2016 marks the ten-year anniversary of Octavia Butler's passing. Commemorative events are happening across Southern California, where she spent most of her life, from conferences to panels to walking tours. Recently, I've become obsessed with her writing -- which can be so powerfully disturbing it keeps me up at night, while at the same time, I can't get enough of it.
Episode 45: The Year Without a Summer — Imaginary Worlds
June 16, 2016 marks the 200th anniversary of the night Mary Shelley began to write, "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus." Scholars have often speculated what Frankenstein can tell us about scientific hubris or "playing God." But Gillen D'Arcy Wood and Ron Broglio think the book has just as much to say about how we adapt to "acts of God." In other words, Frankenstein was imagined at a time when the Earth's climate was thrown off balance and the weather was wildly unpredictable. Sound familiar?
Episode 41: Economics of Thrones and Starships — Imaginary Worlds
Whether you're running the seven kingdoms of Westeros or flying to Mars -- you have to figure out how to pay for everything. Many economists are fans of sci-fi because those worlds take economics models to an extreme, especially when its comes to the issue of scarcity vs. abundance. Sarah Skwire looks at what happens when strawberries are precious like gold, or hot Earl Gray tea can materialize instantly.
The Creativity Delusion: Geniuses Steal
Steve Jobs: “Picasso had a saying: good artists copy, great artists steal”. And Picasso, the great artist that he was, has indeed stolen the quote: The oldest recorded quote dates back to an article published in 1892. It reads „[…] great poets imitate and improve, whereas small ones steal and spoil.” – W.H. Davenport Adams Almost 30 years later, poet T. S.
Class Dismissed
One out of four adults in California is a high school dropout. Class Dismissed takes an up-close look at the crisis through the lives of four young people from the Central Valley. The stories reveal what's at stake for their future and ours.
Heat and Light – The Mother of All Demos – 25:31
A computer may have been the size of room in 1968, but it was still a watershed year for tech industry. That year saw the founding of the Intel Corporation that would revolutionize microprocessors and “the mother of all demos,” a landmark event that featured the first public demonstration of a computer mouse.
How Does Life Come From Randomness? | Quanta Magazine
David Kaplan explains how the law of increasing entropy could drive random bits of matter into the stable, orderly structures of life. Read related article Filming by Tom Hurwitz and Richard Fleming. Editing and motion graphics by Tom McNamara. Music by Podington Bear. Popular videos Pincelli Hull Explains What Killed Off the Dinosaurs How Did Life Begin on Earth? What Happens if You Fall Into a Black Hole? Edward O. Wilson on the Evolution of Social Behaviors Where Did the Universe Come From?
Episode 23: The Last House On Mulholland
How will we live in 20 years? Or 50? Or 100? A one-of-a-kind, only-in-LA plot at the very end of Mulholland Highway inspired some of the world’s best designers to think hard about the home of the future, in Los Angeles and beyond. Welcome back for Season 5 of HOME! You can follow the show at Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Subscribe to the mailing list here.
Episode 20: Everything Must Go
Some stories don’t end when you think they do. Some stories just pause. And then they sneak back around and whap you across the back of your unsuspecting head. So here’s one I didn’t expect to revisit, although maybe I should have: Part 2 of Episode 7, “Unmaking A Home.” Special thanks to Ellen Barol, Peter Clark and Jennifer Cecil.
What Is a Species? | Quanta Magazine
We care about your data, and we'd like to use cookies to give you a smooth browsing experience. Please agree and read more about our privacy policy. David Kaplan explains why a simple definition of “species” is hard to come by. Read related article Filming for this video by Petr Stepanek. Editing and motion graphics by Ryan Griffin. Music by Podington Bear.
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