17:20
Keeping Cool (Without Making Global Warming Worse)
The global demand for air conditioning isn’t sustainable, so what other options do we have?
Join the SciFri Book Club This Summer
This August, the SciFri Book Club reads Tracy Kidder’s love letter to computer engineers, “The Soul of a New Machine.” Here’s how to participate.
12:13
Polio-free Nigeria, Ant Cooperation, and Tweet Takedowns
Brooke Borel, of Popular Science and the blog Our Modern Plagues, shares this week’s top science news.
20:18
Wearable Technology Goes Way Back
Google Glass, Fitbits, and the Apple Watch are just the latest products in a long evolution of wearable technology.
17:31
Tips and Hacks for Navigating Recreational Drones
From pocket-size drones to camera-equipped quadcopters, drone educator Steve Cohen navigates us through tips for buying and building personal drones.
16:37
Redefining the Kilogram
All the scales in the world are calibrated against a 125-year-old chunk of metal in a vault on the outskirts of Paris. Now scientists are looking to redefine the standard of what “kilogram” really means.
11:52
Can Video Games Be Used As Teaching Tools?
Are Minecraft’s digital building blocks the teaching tools of the future?
28:04
The Ultimate Geek Road Trip
“The Geek Atlas” author John Graham-Cumming helps us plot the ultimate geek road trip, with sites spanning the history of science, technology, and mathematics.
4:54
Why Do Cyclists Break the Rules?
A survey of 18,000 cyclists seeks to understand why some are more likely to follow traffic rules than others.