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Best podcasts about science technology

Latest podcast episodes about science technology

MoneywebNOW
Market's liking Sasol and Renergen

MoneywebNOW

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 21:30


Independent analyst Jimmy Moyaha on Sasol's capital markets day, which sent the stock higher, and Renergen's possible buyout. Nadine Chetty-Khan from Old Mutual Wealth talks about Alphabet's AI spending: Is it overdoing it or positioning itself for the long term? Tumelo Mabitsela, CEO of Kutlwanong Centre for Maths, Science & Technology, on prioritising education spend in Budget 3.0.

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [May 9, 2025]

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 69:05


Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaTopics: Conscious experience and perception - Brain structure and sensory extension - Brain manipulation and individuality - Consciousness and artificial systems - Computational theory and the brain

Early Breakfast with Abongile Nzelenzele
Fitness: The compression tech changing sports recovery

Early Breakfast with Abongile Nzelenzele

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 6:46


Zain Johnson speaks to Elton Davids about Normatec— one of the most trusted names in sports recovery. From boosting circulation to reducing swelling, this dynamic air compression tech is helping athletes recover smarter and perform better.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [April 18, 2025]

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 81:53


Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaQuestions include: Books have been relatively unchanged—would you say that's a "technology" that has been mastered? - My son asks: Given there's a max amount of information you can store in a given region of space, how can we simulate complex systems (like brains or universes) without exceeding physical limits? - We're taught science discovers truth through observation and experiment. But in practice, I see science building mathematical models that work—sometimes treated as exact reality. How do you, as a scientist, separate calculation tools from physical truth in your actual work? Where does experience draw that line? - What lessons can we learn from the evolution of flight? Beyond the mechanics, Dawkins reflects In the book Flights of Fancy on the broader implications of flight evolution, considering what it reveals about natural selection, adaptation and the interconnectedness of life.

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
History of Science & Technology Q&A (April 23, 2025)

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 84:04


Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaQuestions include: Do you know anything about the history of vaccines? When was the first vaccine developed and for what? - Isn't some important part of how vaccines were discovered completely lost to history? - When was the crucial importance of epigenetics discovered or realized? - What have been your interactions with early-day or notable biotech people & companies (Genentech etc.) and interplay between your own projects/techs and their development if any? - I had no idea Alan Turing was the progenitor of morphogenesis!

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
History of Science & Technology Q&A (May 7, 2025)

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 81:29


Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaTopics: Studying the history of science - Contradictions and accuracy in historical research - History of memory research - Planck's constant

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
History of Science & Technology Q&A (April 2, 2025)

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 38:48


Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaQuestions include: Is there much history on scientists (well known or not) starting companies? - If Leibniz was around today, where do you think he would be working, what would he be doing if he was not in academia? - Any interesting suggestions for history to research? - What's the history of walking meetings? Were there notable practitioners before you? - Was the first GUI+mouse+keyboard predictable beforehand or was it a surprise at the time?

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [April 4, 2025]

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 79:39


Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaQuestions include: How would you, Stephen Wolfram, think about replacing textbooks in education? What are some better tools for the classroom? - Can you teach us how to be scientists? What's the first step? - Intellectual curiosity is required to be a good scientist. And moral character, to stand by what you find, even if controversial. - ​​If you can explain it in simple terms, you understand it. - ​​I wanted to be a scientist as a kid, but I was actively discouraged from doing that. What would you tell to a kid to encourage them? - How will new technology and especially GenAI change our education, and what role should parents play during this crucial transition? - Do you think it would be [good] to make some infrastructures to think more creatively, e.g. logging your thoughts and trying to dissect your mental models, etc.? - ​​In my experience, the kids that should become scientists start asking, "How do we know that?" early on. And for most adults (especially teachers!), that is the hardest question. - I heard that physicists still don't understand how friction works. Is that true? - How would you answer where this universe gets its "expanding substance" from? - Would you be open to the possibility of other mathematics than the one we use now? Would be happy to hear your thoughts on this subject. - Do you think that the emergence of AI in our lives marks the end of curiosity, or the beginning of an era where curiosity will grow even greater because it will be satisfied? - What effect do you think wide-scale adoption of LLMs will have on the boundary of the knowable? - How do you feel about integrating 3D models, animations, AI... overall media, to learning science? For example, having as output a 3D model and animation of flight path instead of just numbers and plain text on paper? - How would you think about encryption in the age of AI and LLMs? It seems like they would be able to pick up the patterns with ease once exposed. -  ​​Is it possible to build a compact mechanical SHA256 encryption device that will be resistant to solar flares?

New Books Network
Caitlin Killian, "Understanding Reproduction in Social Contexts" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 67:52


In today's post-Roe v. Wade world, U.S. maternal mortality is on the rise and laws regarding contraception, involuntary sterilization, access to reproductive health services, and criminalization of people who are gestating are changing by the minute. Today I'm joined by Dr. Caitlin Killian, the editor of and one of the contributors to a new book from Bloomsbury Academic, Understanding Reproduction in Social Contexts: A Reader. I'm also pleased to host two of the chapter authors, Drs. Nancy Hiemstra and Jaya Keaney. Using a reproductive justice framework, Understanding Reproduction in Social Contexts walks students through the social landscape around reproduction through the life course. Chapters by cutting-edge reproductive scholars, practitioners, and advocates address the social control of fertility and pregnancy, the promises and perils of assisted reproductive technologies, experiences of pregnancy, miscarriage, abortion, and birth, and how individuals make sense of and respond to the cultural, social, and political forces that condition their reproductive lives. The book takes an intersectional approach and considers how gender, sexuality, fatness, disability, class, race, and immigration status impact both an individual's health and the healthcare they receive. The reader includes timely topics such as increased legal limitations on abortion, transpeople and reproduction, and new developments in assisted reproduction and family formation. The book can support undergraduate and graduate courses on families, gender, public health, reproduction, and sexuality – and I'm pleased to have contributed a chapter. Dr. Caitlin Killian is a Professor of Sociology at Drew University specializing in gender, families, reproduction, and immigration. We featured her book, Failing Moms: Social Condemnation and Criminalization of Mothers (Polity 2023) previously on New Books Network. Her articles have appeared in Contexts magazine and The Conversation, as well as numerous academic journals, and she has done work for the United Nations on sexual and reproductive health and rights and on Syrian refugee women Dr. Nancy Hiemstra is a political, cultural, and feminist geographer and Associate Professor in the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Stony Brook University. Her scholarship focuses on how border and immigration policies shape patterns and consequences of human mobility. Her 2019 book Detain and Deport: The Chaotic U.S. Immigration Enforcement Regime examined the U.S. detention and deportation system, and her forthcoming book (with Deirdre Conlon) Immigration Detention Inc: The Big Business of Locking Up Migrants scrutinizes how profit making goals drive the expanding use of detention. Dr Jaya Keaney is Lecturer in Gender Studies in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. She writes, researches, and teaches in the fields of feminist technoscience, queer and feminist theory, and cultural studies. Her research across these fields explores reproduction, racism, and queer feminist practices of embodiment and inheritance. Jaya is the author of Making Gaybies: Queer Reproduction and Multiracial Feeling (Duke University Press, 2023), which was a finalist for the 2024 Rachel Carson Prize. Her writing has also appeared in journals such as Body and Society, Science Technology & Human Values, and the Duke University Press edited collection Long Term: Essays on Queer Commitment (2021). Mentioned: Susan's interview with Caitlin on Failing Moms: The Social Condemnation and Criminalization of Mothers (Polity, 2024). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

New Books in Gender Studies
Caitlin Killian, "Understanding Reproduction in Social Contexts" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

New Books in Gender Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 67:52


In today's post-Roe v. Wade world, U.S. maternal mortality is on the rise and laws regarding contraception, involuntary sterilization, access to reproductive health services, and criminalization of people who are gestating are changing by the minute. Today I'm joined by Dr. Caitlin Killian, the editor of and one of the contributors to a new book from Bloomsbury Academic, Understanding Reproduction in Social Contexts: A Reader. I'm also pleased to host two of the chapter authors, Drs. Nancy Hiemstra and Jaya Keaney. Using a reproductive justice framework, Understanding Reproduction in Social Contexts walks students through the social landscape around reproduction through the life course. Chapters by cutting-edge reproductive scholars, practitioners, and advocates address the social control of fertility and pregnancy, the promises and perils of assisted reproductive technologies, experiences of pregnancy, miscarriage, abortion, and birth, and how individuals make sense of and respond to the cultural, social, and political forces that condition their reproductive lives. The book takes an intersectional approach and considers how gender, sexuality, fatness, disability, class, race, and immigration status impact both an individual's health and the healthcare they receive. The reader includes timely topics such as increased legal limitations on abortion, transpeople and reproduction, and new developments in assisted reproduction and family formation. The book can support undergraduate and graduate courses on families, gender, public health, reproduction, and sexuality – and I'm pleased to have contributed a chapter. Dr. Caitlin Killian is a Professor of Sociology at Drew University specializing in gender, families, reproduction, and immigration. We featured her book, Failing Moms: Social Condemnation and Criminalization of Mothers (Polity 2023) previously on New Books Network. Her articles have appeared in Contexts magazine and The Conversation, as well as numerous academic journals, and she has done work for the United Nations on sexual and reproductive health and rights and on Syrian refugee women Dr. Nancy Hiemstra is a political, cultural, and feminist geographer and Associate Professor in the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Stony Brook University. Her scholarship focuses on how border and immigration policies shape patterns and consequences of human mobility. Her 2019 book Detain and Deport: The Chaotic U.S. Immigration Enforcement Regime examined the U.S. detention and deportation system, and her forthcoming book (with Deirdre Conlon) Immigration Detention Inc: The Big Business of Locking Up Migrants scrutinizes how profit making goals drive the expanding use of detention. Dr Jaya Keaney is Lecturer in Gender Studies in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. She writes, researches, and teaches in the fields of feminist technoscience, queer and feminist theory, and cultural studies. Her research across these fields explores reproduction, racism, and queer feminist practices of embodiment and inheritance. Jaya is the author of Making Gaybies: Queer Reproduction and Multiracial Feeling (Duke University Press, 2023), which was a finalist for the 2024 Rachel Carson Prize. Her writing has also appeared in journals such as Body and Society, Science Technology & Human Values, and the Duke University Press edited collection Long Term: Essays on Queer Commitment (2021). Mentioned: Susan's interview with Caitlin on Failing Moms: The Social Condemnation and Criminalization of Mothers (Polity, 2024). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

New Books in Political Science
Caitlin Killian, "Understanding Reproduction in Social Contexts" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

New Books in Political Science

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 67:52


In today's post-Roe v. Wade world, U.S. maternal mortality is on the rise and laws regarding contraception, involuntary sterilization, access to reproductive health services, and criminalization of people who are gestating are changing by the minute. Today I'm joined by Dr. Caitlin Killian, the editor of and one of the contributors to a new book from Bloomsbury Academic, Understanding Reproduction in Social Contexts: A Reader. I'm also pleased to host two of the chapter authors, Drs. Nancy Hiemstra and Jaya Keaney. Using a reproductive justice framework, Understanding Reproduction in Social Contexts walks students through the social landscape around reproduction through the life course. Chapters by cutting-edge reproductive scholars, practitioners, and advocates address the social control of fertility and pregnancy, the promises and perils of assisted reproductive technologies, experiences of pregnancy, miscarriage, abortion, and birth, and how individuals make sense of and respond to the cultural, social, and political forces that condition their reproductive lives. The book takes an intersectional approach and considers how gender, sexuality, fatness, disability, class, race, and immigration status impact both an individual's health and the healthcare they receive. The reader includes timely topics such as increased legal limitations on abortion, transpeople and reproduction, and new developments in assisted reproduction and family formation. The book can support undergraduate and graduate courses on families, gender, public health, reproduction, and sexuality – and I'm pleased to have contributed a chapter. Dr. Caitlin Killian is a Professor of Sociology at Drew University specializing in gender, families, reproduction, and immigration. We featured her book, Failing Moms: Social Condemnation and Criminalization of Mothers (Polity 2023) previously on New Books Network. Her articles have appeared in Contexts magazine and The Conversation, as well as numerous academic journals, and she has done work for the United Nations on sexual and reproductive health and rights and on Syrian refugee women Dr. Nancy Hiemstra is a political, cultural, and feminist geographer and Associate Professor in the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Stony Brook University. Her scholarship focuses on how border and immigration policies shape patterns and consequences of human mobility. Her 2019 book Detain and Deport: The Chaotic U.S. Immigration Enforcement Regime examined the U.S. detention and deportation system, and her forthcoming book (with Deirdre Conlon) Immigration Detention Inc: The Big Business of Locking Up Migrants scrutinizes how profit making goals drive the expanding use of detention. Dr Jaya Keaney is Lecturer in Gender Studies in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. She writes, researches, and teaches in the fields of feminist technoscience, queer and feminist theory, and cultural studies. Her research across these fields explores reproduction, racism, and queer feminist practices of embodiment and inheritance. Jaya is the author of Making Gaybies: Queer Reproduction and Multiracial Feeling (Duke University Press, 2023), which was a finalist for the 2024 Rachel Carson Prize. Her writing has also appeared in journals such as Body and Society, Science Technology & Human Values, and the Duke University Press edited collection Long Term: Essays on Queer Commitment (2021). Mentioned: Susan's interview with Caitlin on Failing Moms: The Social Condemnation and Criminalization of Mothers (Polity, 2024). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

New Books in Women's History
Caitlin Killian, "Understanding Reproduction in Social Contexts" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

New Books in Women's History

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 67:52


In today's post-Roe v. Wade world, U.S. maternal mortality is on the rise and laws regarding contraception, involuntary sterilization, access to reproductive health services, and criminalization of people who are gestating are changing by the minute. Today I'm joined by Dr. Caitlin Killian, the editor of and one of the contributors to a new book from Bloomsbury Academic, Understanding Reproduction in Social Contexts: A Reader. I'm also pleased to host two of the chapter authors, Drs. Nancy Hiemstra and Jaya Keaney. Using a reproductive justice framework, Understanding Reproduction in Social Contexts walks students through the social landscape around reproduction through the life course. Chapters by cutting-edge reproductive scholars, practitioners, and advocates address the social control of fertility and pregnancy, the promises and perils of assisted reproductive technologies, experiences of pregnancy, miscarriage, abortion, and birth, and how individuals make sense of and respond to the cultural, social, and political forces that condition their reproductive lives. The book takes an intersectional approach and considers how gender, sexuality, fatness, disability, class, race, and immigration status impact both an individual's health and the healthcare they receive. The reader includes timely topics such as increased legal limitations on abortion, transpeople and reproduction, and new developments in assisted reproduction and family formation. The book can support undergraduate and graduate courses on families, gender, public health, reproduction, and sexuality – and I'm pleased to have contributed a chapter. Dr. Caitlin Killian is a Professor of Sociology at Drew University specializing in gender, families, reproduction, and immigration. We featured her book, Failing Moms: Social Condemnation and Criminalization of Mothers (Polity 2023) previously on New Books Network. Her articles have appeared in Contexts magazine and The Conversation, as well as numerous academic journals, and she has done work for the United Nations on sexual and reproductive health and rights and on Syrian refugee women Dr. Nancy Hiemstra is a political, cultural, and feminist geographer and Associate Professor in the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Stony Brook University. Her scholarship focuses on how border and immigration policies shape patterns and consequences of human mobility. Her 2019 book Detain and Deport: The Chaotic U.S. Immigration Enforcement Regime examined the U.S. detention and deportation system, and her forthcoming book (with Deirdre Conlon) Immigration Detention Inc: The Big Business of Locking Up Migrants scrutinizes how profit making goals drive the expanding use of detention. Dr Jaya Keaney is Lecturer in Gender Studies in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. She writes, researches, and teaches in the fields of feminist technoscience, queer and feminist theory, and cultural studies. Her research across these fields explores reproduction, racism, and queer feminist practices of embodiment and inheritance. Jaya is the author of Making Gaybies: Queer Reproduction and Multiracial Feeling (Duke University Press, 2023), which was a finalist for the 2024 Rachel Carson Prize. Her writing has also appeared in journals such as Body and Society, Science Technology & Human Values, and the Duke University Press edited collection Long Term: Essays on Queer Commitment (2021). Mentioned: Susan's interview with Caitlin on Failing Moms: The Social Condemnation and Criminalization of Mothers (Polity, 2024). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in Law
Caitlin Killian, "Understanding Reproduction in Social Contexts" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

New Books in Law

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 67:52


In today's post-Roe v. Wade world, U.S. maternal mortality is on the rise and laws regarding contraception, involuntary sterilization, access to reproductive health services, and criminalization of people who are gestating are changing by the minute. Today I'm joined by Dr. Caitlin Killian, the editor of and one of the contributors to a new book from Bloomsbury Academic, Understanding Reproduction in Social Contexts: A Reader. I'm also pleased to host two of the chapter authors, Drs. Nancy Hiemstra and Jaya Keaney. Using a reproductive justice framework, Understanding Reproduction in Social Contexts walks students through the social landscape around reproduction through the life course. Chapters by cutting-edge reproductive scholars, practitioners, and advocates address the social control of fertility and pregnancy, the promises and perils of assisted reproductive technologies, experiences of pregnancy, miscarriage, abortion, and birth, and how individuals make sense of and respond to the cultural, social, and political forces that condition their reproductive lives. The book takes an intersectional approach and considers how gender, sexuality, fatness, disability, class, race, and immigration status impact both an individual's health and the healthcare they receive. The reader includes timely topics such as increased legal limitations on abortion, transpeople and reproduction, and new developments in assisted reproduction and family formation. The book can support undergraduate and graduate courses on families, gender, public health, reproduction, and sexuality – and I'm pleased to have contributed a chapter. Dr. Caitlin Killian is a Professor of Sociology at Drew University specializing in gender, families, reproduction, and immigration. We featured her book, Failing Moms: Social Condemnation and Criminalization of Mothers (Polity 2023) previously on New Books Network. Her articles have appeared in Contexts magazine and The Conversation, as well as numerous academic journals, and she has done work for the United Nations on sexual and reproductive health and rights and on Syrian refugee women Dr. Nancy Hiemstra is a political, cultural, and feminist geographer and Associate Professor in the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Stony Brook University. Her scholarship focuses on how border and immigration policies shape patterns and consequences of human mobility. Her 2019 book Detain and Deport: The Chaotic U.S. Immigration Enforcement Regime examined the U.S. detention and deportation system, and her forthcoming book (with Deirdre Conlon) Immigration Detention Inc: The Big Business of Locking Up Migrants scrutinizes how profit making goals drive the expanding use of detention. Dr Jaya Keaney is Lecturer in Gender Studies in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. She writes, researches, and teaches in the fields of feminist technoscience, queer and feminist theory, and cultural studies. Her research across these fields explores reproduction, racism, and queer feminist practices of embodiment and inheritance. Jaya is the author of Making Gaybies: Queer Reproduction and Multiracial Feeling (Duke University Press, 2023), which was a finalist for the 2024 Rachel Carson Prize. Her writing has also appeared in journals such as Body and Society, Science Technology & Human Values, and the Duke University Press edited collection Long Term: Essays on Queer Commitment (2021). Mentioned: Susan's interview with Caitlin on Failing Moms: The Social Condemnation and Criminalization of Mothers (Polity, 2024). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law

New Books in American Politics
Caitlin Killian, "Understanding Reproduction in Social Contexts" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

New Books in American Politics

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 67:52


In today's post-Roe v. Wade world, U.S. maternal mortality is on the rise and laws regarding contraception, involuntary sterilization, access to reproductive health services, and criminalization of people who are gestating are changing by the minute. Today I'm joined by Dr. Caitlin Killian, the editor of and one of the contributors to a new book from Bloomsbury Academic, Understanding Reproduction in Social Contexts: A Reader. I'm also pleased to host two of the chapter authors, Drs. Nancy Hiemstra and Jaya Keaney. Using a reproductive justice framework, Understanding Reproduction in Social Contexts walks students through the social landscape around reproduction through the life course. Chapters by cutting-edge reproductive scholars, practitioners, and advocates address the social control of fertility and pregnancy, the promises and perils of assisted reproductive technologies, experiences of pregnancy, miscarriage, abortion, and birth, and how individuals make sense of and respond to the cultural, social, and political forces that condition their reproductive lives. The book takes an intersectional approach and considers how gender, sexuality, fatness, disability, class, race, and immigration status impact both an individual's health and the healthcare they receive. The reader includes timely topics such as increased legal limitations on abortion, transpeople and reproduction, and new developments in assisted reproduction and family formation. The book can support undergraduate and graduate courses on families, gender, public health, reproduction, and sexuality – and I'm pleased to have contributed a chapter. Dr. Caitlin Killian is a Professor of Sociology at Drew University specializing in gender, families, reproduction, and immigration. We featured her book, Failing Moms: Social Condemnation and Criminalization of Mothers (Polity 2023) previously on New Books Network. Her articles have appeared in Contexts magazine and The Conversation, as well as numerous academic journals, and she has done work for the United Nations on sexual and reproductive health and rights and on Syrian refugee women Dr. Nancy Hiemstra is a political, cultural, and feminist geographer and Associate Professor in the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Stony Brook University. Her scholarship focuses on how border and immigration policies shape patterns and consequences of human mobility. Her 2019 book Detain and Deport: The Chaotic U.S. Immigration Enforcement Regime examined the U.S. detention and deportation system, and her forthcoming book (with Deirdre Conlon) Immigration Detention Inc: The Big Business of Locking Up Migrants scrutinizes how profit making goals drive the expanding use of detention. Dr Jaya Keaney is Lecturer in Gender Studies in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. She writes, researches, and teaches in the fields of feminist technoscience, queer and feminist theory, and cultural studies. Her research across these fields explores reproduction, racism, and queer feminist practices of embodiment and inheritance. Jaya is the author of Making Gaybies: Queer Reproduction and Multiracial Feeling (Duke University Press, 2023), which was a finalist for the 2024 Rachel Carson Prize. Her writing has also appeared in journals such as Body and Society, Science Technology & Human Values, and the Duke University Press edited collection Long Term: Essays on Queer Commitment (2021). Mentioned: Susan's interview with Caitlin on Failing Moms: The Social Condemnation and Criminalization of Mothers (Polity, 2024). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books In Public Health
Caitlin Killian, "Understanding Reproduction in Social Contexts" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

New Books In Public Health

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 67:52


In today's post-Roe v. Wade world, U.S. maternal mortality is on the rise and laws regarding contraception, involuntary sterilization, access to reproductive health services, and criminalization of people who are gestating are changing by the minute. Today I'm joined by Dr. Caitlin Killian, the editor of and one of the contributors to a new book from Bloomsbury Academic, Understanding Reproduction in Social Contexts: A Reader. I'm also pleased to host two of the chapter authors, Drs. Nancy Hiemstra and Jaya Keaney. Using a reproductive justice framework, Understanding Reproduction in Social Contexts walks students through the social landscape around reproduction through the life course. Chapters by cutting-edge reproductive scholars, practitioners, and advocates address the social control of fertility and pregnancy, the promises and perils of assisted reproductive technologies, experiences of pregnancy, miscarriage, abortion, and birth, and how individuals make sense of and respond to the cultural, social, and political forces that condition their reproductive lives. The book takes an intersectional approach and considers how gender, sexuality, fatness, disability, class, race, and immigration status impact both an individual's health and the healthcare they receive. The reader includes timely topics such as increased legal limitations on abortion, transpeople and reproduction, and new developments in assisted reproduction and family formation. The book can support undergraduate and graduate courses on families, gender, public health, reproduction, and sexuality – and I'm pleased to have contributed a chapter. Dr. Caitlin Killian is a Professor of Sociology at Drew University specializing in gender, families, reproduction, and immigration. We featured her book, Failing Moms: Social Condemnation and Criminalization of Mothers (Polity 2023) previously on New Books Network. Her articles have appeared in Contexts magazine and The Conversation, as well as numerous academic journals, and she has done work for the United Nations on sexual and reproductive health and rights and on Syrian refugee women Dr. Nancy Hiemstra is a political, cultural, and feminist geographer and Associate Professor in the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Stony Brook University. Her scholarship focuses on how border and immigration policies shape patterns and consequences of human mobility. Her 2019 book Detain and Deport: The Chaotic U.S. Immigration Enforcement Regime examined the U.S. detention and deportation system, and her forthcoming book (with Deirdre Conlon) Immigration Detention Inc: The Big Business of Locking Up Migrants scrutinizes how profit making goals drive the expanding use of detention. Dr Jaya Keaney is Lecturer in Gender Studies in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. She writes, researches, and teaches in the fields of feminist technoscience, queer and feminist theory, and cultural studies. Her research across these fields explores reproduction, racism, and queer feminist practices of embodiment and inheritance. Jaya is the author of Making Gaybies: Queer Reproduction and Multiracial Feeling (Duke University Press, 2023), which was a finalist for the 2024 Rachel Carson Prize. Her writing has also appeared in journals such as Body and Society, Science Technology & Human Values, and the Duke University Press edited collection Long Term: Essays on Queer Commitment (2021). Mentioned: Susan's interview with Caitlin on Failing Moms: The Social Condemnation and Criminalization of Mothers (Polity, 2024). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Red Chair
#1 Arlindo Oliveira

The Red Chair

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 25:37


Arlindo Oliveira was born in Angola and lived in numerous other countries. He obtained his BSc and MSc degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) and his PhD degree, also in EECS, from the University of California at Berkeley, where he was a Fulbright fellow. He was an invited professor at MIT and a researcher at INESC, CERN, the Electronics Research Laboratory of UC Berkeley, the Berkeley Cadence Laboratories, and the University of Tokyo. He was a member of the National Council for Science Technology and Innovation and of the Advisory Board of the Science and Technology Options Assessment (STOA) Panel of the European Parliament. He is a distinguished professor of IST, president of INESC, distinguished visiting professor at Macau University of Science and Technology, member of the board of Caixa Geral de Depósitos and a researcher at INESC-ID. He authored five books and hundreds of articles in international conferences and journals in the areas of algorithms, artificial intelligence, machine learning, bioinformatics, and computer architecture. He also received several prizes and distinctionsHe has been on the boards of several companies and institutions and is a past president of Instituto Superior Técnico, of INESC-ID and of the Portuguese Association for Artificial Intelligence. He is a member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences, of the Portuguese Academy of Engineering, of IEEE and of ACM.

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [March 7, 2025]

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 81:53


Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaQuestions include: ​​Can you talk about lambda calculus? - Any thoughts on numerology? - My current favorite approximation to a constant (e, in this case) is (1 + 9^-4^(7*6))^3^2^85, which uses each of the digits 1–9 only once and is accurate to 18 septillion digits. - Atmospheric noise is about as random as we can get, I think. - How does IBM Watson AI stand against modern LLMs? - Would the LLM have the same reaction time to compete and press the buzzer as humans? - Is it possible someday we may predict the weather years in advance? - Well then, is weather a good random sequence? - How do you calculate wind speed if wind is just a pressure difference? - If the Earth started rotating in reverse, would that have an effect on weather? - What would it take to stabilize the weather (like using wind farms in reverse or controlling ground albedo or atmosphere composition) so that we know it exactly? - Can the Earth's tilt ever be affected? What kind of changes would this cause? - There is a rather large difference between what the ideal climate would be and what changes will mean trouble for us, given our current infrastructure. - Even the weather can't agree on what the weather should be.

MPR News with Angela Davis
Getting to Green: Can Minnesota get to carbon-free energy?

MPR News with Angela Davis

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2025 48:17


To slow a warming climate, Minnesota is changing where it gets electricity — shrinking the state's reliance on fossil fuels and expanding the use of renewable energy. Today, more than half of Minnesota's electricity comes from solar, wind and hydropower. But challenges remain.For the state to reach its ambitious goal of being carbon neutral by 2050, Minnesotans would need to embrace new ways of heating homes, traveling, powering the state's factories and much more. And now there are questions about how President Donald Trump's tariffs and opposition to wind and solar energy might affect an energy transition. MPR News has been exploring a transition to a carbon-free economy in the series Getting to Green. MPR News correspondents Dan Kraker and Kirsti Marohn talk about the progress toward green energy and what the future holds. Guests: Allen Gleckner is the executive lead for policy and programs at Fresh Energy, a St. Paul-based clean energy nonprofit that develops decarbonization strategies to advance the clean energy economy. He focuses on technical innovation and policies that will lead to clean energy in the electric system.  Gabriel Chan is an associate professor at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs where he focuses on science, technology and environmental policy. He co-directs the Center for Science Technology, and Environmental Policy and the Electric Cooperative Innovation Center. 

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
History of Science & Technology Q&A (March 5, 2025)

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2025 84:39


Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaQuestions include: What is the history of game theory? What are some successful and less successful applications of this theory? Can you speak about John Nash's work? Did that have any influence on your automata work? - ​​I wonder if that code by Nash exists anywhere? It would be interesting to read. - Do you view the world as being governed by randomness or order? - Would you ever write a book intended to explain the history of the ruliad/Physics Project? - Have you studied the history of cognitive neurological abilities of scientists throughout the ages, things like long-term memory, imagination, creativity...? - Do scientists invent tools first and then look for a problem to use them on, or do they find a problem first and then invent the tool to crack it? - What is your favorite "age" of science? - How did early mechanical computers like the Babbage Engine influence modern computing? - Do you think Ada would have had more success in science and math today than she did when she was alive? - Would you say you research more of the history of people or history of their projects/research? Which do you find more useful?

The Jefferson Exchange
Four women escaped Hitler and helped shape science technology used today

The Jefferson Exchange

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 30:43


Olivia Campbell joins the Exchange to dive into the details of her historical accounts of an extraordinary hidden history of women scientists during WWII.

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
History of Science & Technology Q&A (February 19, 2025)

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2025 84:47


Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaQuestions include: - Can you talk about the history of pi? - "Pi day of the century." - Is pi still being researched today? Or is it a solidified concept? - Was there always a connection between "pi" and "pie"? - Can pi be used for data compression? - Is the only reason pi shows up more than tau because we USE pi more often? - If we used tau, it would have been 24/tau^2 instead of 6/pi^2, right? ​- How was your experience with slide rules? Did Leibniz or Newton use tools like a slide rule? - My 8th-grade (1983-ish) teacher didn't allow calculators, but he let me use my slide rule. ​​- Would you rather be stuck with just a slide rule or just an abacus? - What is your favorite "artifact from the past" that you own... any interesting stories? - What's your favorite artifact from the future? - Many key ideas in computer science existed before we had the hardware to implement them (Turing's computer, neural networks in the 1940s). What ideas today do you think are ahead of their time in the same way? - Technology has progressed at an incredible rate during the last two centuries. That seems quite unusual relative to other periods in history. Are we bound to enter a new era of stagnation or regression? Or can we just keep going? - How would you think about cellular automata if you were born in, say, ancient Greece/Rome or Egypt? Or even the 1800s? - ​​Is there a history of people discovering the concept of the ruliad and thinking about it from a different perspective (mathematical, scientific, religious or otherwise)? - I would be interested in hearing about the bug of Alan Turing. - It seems like our definitions of "science" and "technology" have evolved over the years. Are they historically the same thing?

Into Tomorrow With Dave Graveline
Weekend of February 21, 2025

Into Tomorrow With Dave Graveline

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 49:49


Tech News and Commentary Dave and Chris discuss TikTok’s future, Apple being the most valuable brand in the world, Walmart Plus, and more. “News Pick of the Week” with Ralph Bond What if a wheelchair could climb stairs? Well, now they can, thanks to an amazing invention our Science Technology reporter Ralph Bond highlights this […]

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
History of Science & Technology Q&A (February 5, 2025)

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2025 90:28


Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaQuestions include: When was complexity science invented? Was there a further back history than digital? - They always forget Aristarchus. - What role did category and type theory play for mathematics? - How would you think about approaching alchemical literature, knowing that it mostly employed coded language rather than being about literal transmutation into gold? - Was Newton not an alchemist? - The real secret is it's tungsten that can be turned into gold, hence the name "Wolfram Research." - Dirac, Einstein, Turing and Feynman are sitting in a room. What is the single word they all immediately agree on? - So... Dirac answered in Dirac delta function style?

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [January 24, 2025]

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 89:04


Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: ​​How do we know how far stars, galaxies, etc. are in space? - Can you tell about the science of gem cutting, brilliance, internal refraction, etc.? - ​​Does that mean that objects with higher refractive indexes heat up more? - Are there any materials that slow light down enough so that we can actually see it traveling without technology helping out? - How would you describe science? And how are you staying a scientist? - Can you talk about scientific paradigms? - Interesting parallel to current research in LLMs that have so many variables and so much variability that reproducibility is extremely hard—even if it is "just" computers. - Do you think science has a problem with trying to tell nature how to behave rather than reporting on what nature is telling us? - What if you start the prompt with a script for the tech demo and ask the LLM to not go off script? - I've often been amazed at how LLMs sometimes reproduce realistic human behavior. We have seen them sometimes "lie" or try to "cover" a mistake. - What's your intuition now for what makes the best prompter? - ​​Do you have any suggestions on coming up with ways to test hypotheses, especially ones that are more theoretical and difficult to test in the real world? How do you know when you have a good test? - How are diamonds made? - How can fermions adopt a condensate configuration, or can they?

LPTL — Love People Technology Learning
Episode 40. Thriving in the AI Era: Merging Cognitive Science, Technology, and Humanity

LPTL — Love People Technology Learning

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 55:58


In this episode of LOVE.PEOPLE.TECHNOLOGY.LEARNING., Tamara Kocharova talks with Rick At Lee, Senior Vice President and Enterprise Learning Solutions Director at Truist. Rick shares his remarkable 25-year journey in learning and development, from his first steps in corporate training to leading impactful innovations at Truist.Together, they explore how storytelling and cognitive science shape engaging learning experiences, the strategic adoption of technology like AI, and the balance of mentorship and personal growth. Rick also opens up about the lessons he's learned from his parents, his passion for nature and running, and the importance of "believing in who you are".Tune in for an inspiring discussion filled with actionable insights for L&D leaders!Follow Tamara Kocharova, the LOVE.PEOPLE.TECHNOLOGY.LEARNING. podcast host and CEO at Lanes AI on LinkedIn to stay tuned for future episodes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tkocharova/Book a meeting to learn more about Lanes AI: https://www.lanes.ai/demo?utm_campaign=podcast-40-episode

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
History of Science & Technology Q&A (January 22, 2025)

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025 83:39


Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: How would Stephen Wolfram think about "the new world"? Would you have been surprised by the "discovery" of North and South America, or is that something that would have been supported by science? - How would you think about "Are we alone in the universe?" How has this been addressed in history? - ​​How would you think about speculating on the history of hitchhiking, going back to ancient Rome or even the earliest cities? I would assume it would be things like ox-drawn carts, not expensive horses. - What do you know about colors and how we represent them in computing? - What do you think about the Library of Babel? Do you think that all that could ever have been written has already been written in that library and we just have to find it? - Can you tell us about the history of your father? - How far back can you trace your family history? - Have you ever done one of those DNA tests to map your genetic history? - Can you tell us about the history of your mother? - Did your parents encourage your interest in physics? Or were they hoping you would pursue a different field? - My experience with people in elite philosophy programs is that they're often terrifyingly sharp. Was that your experience as well? - ​​Isn't the word for tungsten in German, Wolfram? - Wow, he grew up splitting time between England and Germany during the prewar years. Did he ever write about his perspective on the war?

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [January 10, 2025]

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025 80:43


Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: My question is, When we transfer an electric charge to a conducting sphere, does this charge cause some metal atoms to become ions? If they do not become ions, where do the electrons go? If they become ions, then their chemical properties must also change. Which answer is correct? - In the recent LA fires, I've seen buildings burned but plants and trees next to them just fine. Is there some physical or chemical reason why the plants are fine and buildings not? - Do photons collide? The light coming to us and the light going back to the source? - I have a question about antimatter. What do we use to contain antimatter? - How would you think about photons as a 10-year-old? What's an easy explanation? - What is antimatter anyway? Is it supposed to be something that pairs up with matter to maintain some kind of conservation law? - Are we unintentionally leaving behind a time capsule with light waves? Will scientists of the future be able to look back in time through light?

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
History of Science & Technology Q&A (January 8, 2025)

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 51:34


Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: Any progress on your understanding of Buddhist philosophy from digging into East Asian history? - How do we address the interesting ways that footnotes in history have led to knowledge? How do we address multiple issues of publication within different texts and the problems of translation? What happens to the "origin" of a text? - Do you think weird names are an advantage in academics? E.g. one of the translators of the new edition of Philosophical Investigations is P. M. S. Hacker, not something I would have remembered otherwise. - Who came up with floating-point arithmetic and what is it? - How would you think about scientific collaboration in the age before technology? How did ancient researchers/scientists collaborate with each other? - Do you think there is hidden mathematics or geometry in biblical writings or the Egyptian pyramids? - If you woke up tomorrow in ancient Greece with a pouch of gold coins, what sort of computing machines do you think you could have fabricated? - Why is there only one species of human beings; isn't that kind of absurd? - With hindsight, would "Computational Principles of Natural Philosophy" have been a good title for NKS?

ohmTown
Your Non Sequitur News for 1/5/2025 - Science, Technology, Society

ohmTown

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2025 133:23


Welcome to ohmTown. The Non Sequitur News Show is held live via Twitch and Youtube every day. We, Mayor Watt and the AI that runs ohmTown, cover a selection of aggregated news articles and discuss them briefly with a perspective merging business, technology, and society. You can visit https://www.youtube.com/ohmtown for the complete history since 2022.Articles Discussed:WCQuirky Space Sim Roguelike - https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/warcrafters/f/d/heres-a-quirky-little-space-sim-crossed-with-traditional-roguelike/Mysterious Player Count Spike - https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/warcrafters/f/d/valves-artifact-game-gets-mysterious-player-count-spike/Gaming Predictions - https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/warcrafters/f/d/8-bold-gaming-predictions-for-2025/New Year Gaming - https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/warcrafters/f/d/13-exciting-games-kicking-off-the-new-year-in-january/Cozy Games but no Farming - https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/warcrafters/f/d/best-cozy-games-that-are-not-farming-sims/TTA Distinct Echo for Art - https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/mobble/f/d/rock-art-acoustics-south-african-study-suggests-that-a-distinct-echo-attracted-ancient-artists-back-to-one-site/Some Cancer Genes are Protecting You - https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/technologytoday/f/d/surprising-discovery-what-if-some-cancer-genes-are-actually-protecting-you/Hexagonal Fertile Finland Fields - https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/technologytoday/f/d/from-cosmic-collision-to-fertile-fields-finlands-hidden-hexagonal-wonder/Remote Controlling Mom for Food - https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/technologytoday/f/d/unborn-babies-use-genes-from-dad-to-remote-control-mothers-for-extra-food/Recycling for Gold - https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/technologytoday/f/d/turning-old-electronics-into-gold-a-recycling-breakthrough/FWT50 Drill Power - https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/four-wheel-tech/f/d/before-you-ask-yes-you-can-power-a-car-with-50-drills/Bentley Flying Spur - https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/four-wheel-tech/f/d/2024-bentley-flying-spur-edition-8-exists-so-your-chauffeur-can-have-fun-too/Steamy EV Charging Circuit is HAWT - https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/four-wheel-tech/f/d/steam-coming-off-your-fast-charging-ev-might-look-scary-but-its-not-dangerous/Switching to Aluminum... wheels? - https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/four-wheel-tech/f/d/indycar-teams-spend-the-cost-of-a-small-house-just-on-wheels-every-year-but-switching-to-aluminum-could-save-thousands/Autonomous Truck Company Hits Feds - https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/technologytoday/f/d/pittsburgh-based-autonomous-truck-company-hits-safety-hangup-with-feds/

ohmTown
Your Non Sequitur News for 1/4/2025 - Science, Technology, Society

ohmTown

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2025 128:44


Welcome to ohmTown. The Non Sequitur News Show is held live via Twitch and Youtube every day. We, Mayor Watt and the AI that runs ohmTown, cover a selection of aggregated news articles and discuss them briefly with a perspective merging business, technology, and society. You can visit https://www.youtube.com/ohmtown for the complete history since 2022.Articles Discussed:RHYour Intentions Before you Know them - https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/technologytoday/f/d/ais-next-frontier-selling-your-intentions-before-you-know-them/Fake Pregnancy Photos - https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/mobble/f/d/women-in-china-are-taking-fake-pregnancy-photos/Synthetic Mirror Life - https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/technologytoday/f/d/scientists-warn-synthetic-mirror-life-could-pose-unprecedented-risks/Moose Feet Robots - https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/technologytoday/f/d/robots-can-now-walk-through-muddy-and-slippery-terrain-thanks-to-moose-like-feet/In Vitro Neuron Behavior - https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/technologytoday/f/d/neuroscience-breakthrough-in-vitro-neurons-exhibit-advanced-brain-like-behavior/WANTHighest Rated Hardware - https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/warcrafters/f/d/pc-gamers-highest-rated-hardware-favourites-of-2024-plus-five-dishonorable-mentions/Bendable 5k OLED - https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/technologytoday/f/d/lgs-new-ultragear-lineup-includes-a-bendable-5k-oled/Wall Tablet from Apple - https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/wanted/f/d/apples-rumored-wall-tablet-could-be-the-jolt-my-smart-home-needs/LEGO to Buy in 2025 - https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/mobble/f/d/there-is-so-much-new-lego-you-can-buy-this-january/Aim this Projector - https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/nonsequiturnews/f/d/you-can-aim-this-projector-by-moving-its-motion-sensing-remote-around/TCRSci-Fi 2025 - https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/the-continuity-report/f/d/10-most-anticipated-sci-fi-shows-coming-in-2025/Wicked Box Office - https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/the-continuity-report/f/d/wicked-movie-box-office-flies-past-another-major-milestone-despite-its-digital-release/Gross Pointe Garden Society - https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/the-continuity-report/f/d/grosse-pointe-garden-society-trailer-melissa-fumero-stars-in-murder-mystery-show/Crime Thirllers 2025 - https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/the-continuity-report/f/d/10-highly-anticipated-crime-thrillers-releasing-in-2025/Dune's Curse - https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/the-continuity-report/f/d/dune-prophecy-continues-a-25-year-old-dune-franchise-curse-that-started-with-the-books/

ohmTown
Your Non Sequitur News for 1/3/2025 - Science, Technology, Society

ohmTown

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2025 46:35


Welcome to ohmTown. The Non Sequitur News Show is held live via Twitch and Youtube every day. We, Mayor Watt and the AI that runs ohmTown, cover a selection of aggregated news articles and discuss them briefly with a perspective merging business, technology, and society. You can visit https://www.youtube.com/ohmtown for the complete history since 2022.Articles Discussed:HMPV 2025https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/nonsequiturnews/f/d/hmpv-symptoms-as-china-faces-new-outbreak/Oyster Recallhttps://www.ohmtown.com/groups/nonsequiturnews/f/d/oyster-recall-sparks-fourth-warning-by-fda-over-norovirus-fears/Failure to Launch Jetbluehttps://www.ohmtown.com/groups/mobble/f/d/in-a-first-feds-fine-jetblue-for-chronically-delaying-flights/550 HP Ferrari goes for a Swimhttps://www.ohmtown.com/groups/four-wheel-tech/f/d/oxen-rescue-550-hp-ferrari-california-stranded-on-beach/Underwater Volcano off Oregon Coasthttps://www.ohmtown.com/groups/mobble/f/d/underwater-volcano-off-oregon-will-erupt-this-year-scientists-predict/35000 Pints of Guinness I wasn't near it!https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/mobble/f/d/35000-pints-of-guinness-just-vanished-in-the-uk-and-its-not-even-a-holiday/nVidia at CES 2025https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/warcrafters/f/d/nvidia-is-giving-away-5-classic-jensen-signed-geforce-cards-if-you-tweet-to-build-hype-for-its-ces-2025-briefing-and-its-first-choice-is-almost-older-than-me/Tiny Adorable Owlshttps://www.ohmtown.com/groups/mobble/f/d/meet-the-tiny-adorable-owls-that-have-mastered-the-art-of-hiding/Medieval Wall Paintingshttps://www.ohmtown.com/groups/primeglass/f/d/medieval-wall-paintings-hidden-in-a-french-cathedral-revealed-in-digital-imagery/Cold and Flu Medicine Recallhttps://www.ohmtown.com/groups/nonsequiturnews/f/d/cold-and-flu-medicine-recall-sparks-warning-in-20-states/

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [December 27, 2024]

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2025 86:18


Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: What is computation? How does matter go from randomly moving particles to something that starts "computing"? - My son watched The Matrix for the first time the other night. He asked me, "Are we living in the matrix?" How can we know one way or another? - ​​Is binary the most effective form of computation? - Do you think we will ever be able to observe a graviton? - Is it possible a "universe" exists that has no equivalent of "mass," which could be in the same place and time as we are but is not observable by us? - Any thoughts on the developing situation with dark matter? - Why do all objects take a spherical shape in space, but the solar systems and galaxies take a disc-like shape? - Please share some more insights while you and Christopher were working on the movie Arrival as science consultants. Tell us more about the ideas from the movie and how they are currently being developed. - If there's antimatter, is there antimass? - Could the differences in time perception between ourselves and aliens affect our abilities to interact and be a contributing factor or solution to the Fermi paradox?

ohmTown
Your Daily Dose of Non Sequitur News for 12/21/2024 - Science, Technology, Society

ohmTown

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2024 119:17


Welcome to ohmTown. The Non Sequitur News Show is held live via Twitch and Youtube every day. We, Mayor Watt and the AI that runs ohmTown, cover a selection of aggregated news articles and discuss them briefly with a perspective merging business, technology, and society. You can visit https://www.youtube.com/ohmtown for the complete history since 2022.Articles Discussed:AI Company Stops Hiring Humanshttps://www.ohmtown.com/groups/nonsequiturnews/f/d/humans-alarmed-at-ai-companys-stop-hiring-humans-billboards/Knit Hapticshttps://www.ohmtown.com/groups/technologytoday/f/d/new-knit-haptic-sleeve-simulates-realistic-touch/Moral Violations by AIhttps://www.ohmtown.com/groups/technologytoday/f/d/human-like-artificial-intelligence-may-face-greater-blame-for-moral-violations/General AI Psychologyhttps://www.ohmtown.com/groups/realityhacker/f/d/machine-psychology-a-bridge-to-general-ai/The Edgelord AIhttps://www.ohmtown.com/groups/realityhacker/f/d/the-edgelord-ai-that-turned-a-shock-meme-into-millions-in-crypto/Budget Holidayhttps://www.ohmtown.com/groups/warcrafters/f/d/budget-holiday-gaming-gift-ideas/Pocket-Lint Awards for Phone and Tablethttps://www.ohmtown.com/groups/wanted/f/d/pocket-lint-awards-2024-our-best-phone-tablet-streaming-app-and-more/Tested Gifts for People who Need Sleephttps://www.ohmtown.com/groups/realityhacker/f/d/21-wired-tested-gifts-for-people-who-need-some-sleep-2024/Home Office Setup Guidehttps://www.ohmtown.com/groups/realityhacker/f/d/home-office-setup-guide-2024-webcams-desks-chairs-and-more/Top XR Events for 2025https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/realityhacker/f/d/top-xr-events-expos-and-conferences-to-attend-in-2025/10 Memeshttps://www.ohmtown.com/groups/the-continuity-report/f/d/10-memes-that-became-bigger-than-the-movies-theyre-from/Tangled Live Action

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
History of Science & Technology Q&A (December 4, 2024)

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024 85:01


Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: What is a very interesting "big picture" discovery in your minimal model for biological evolution that answers questions about Darwin's natural selection? How does it change the narrative? - So the most successful organism is you and me, because we have the potential to organize/find solutions for this überabzählbar unendliche chaos, and for that we get rewarded, according to Blaise Pascal's wager. - Who created the first map? - ​​Do you find morphological attractors in your simple models of biological evolution? There is evidence that morphospace might be like a hyporuliad, according to work by Prof. Michael Levin with planaria. - ​​Are LLMs disconnected from humans in the ruliad? - LLMs' view of reality is mostly language and texts, right? - ​​My experience with art makes me guess illusions tend to be more of a lower/hardware level, since they aren't much subject to qualia. - Do you think it's possible Egyptians had a basic light bulb (Dendera light bulb)? - Were there prominent researchers in ancient civilizations who often referred to "things of the past," or were they mainly working based off of new ideas and hypotheses? - ​​How much of ancient myth reflects technology, like Hephaestus making a giant rock-throwing android? - ​​There's a hieroglyph that looks like a snake inside a light bulb.

Ag Innovation News Podcast
Business Benchmarking

Ag Innovation News Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2024 22:58


In this episode of AURI's podcast, Francesco Aimone (CEO of Induction Food Systems) and Luca Zullo (AURI's Senior Director of Science & Technology) discuss the need for energy efficiency and efficient heating systems, which is also the topic of AURI's upcoming Minnesota Renewable Energy Roundtable.

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
History of Science & Technology Q&A (November 20, 2024)

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2024 93:02


Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: Can you tell us anything about the history of quantum mechanics? - What's the craziest historical debate between physicists about quantum theory? - Thoughts on extending Kirchhoff's blackbody experiments to astronomical bodies? - Was the Copenhagen interpretation a mistake, in regard to how paradoxical results were "glossed over"? - Can you tell us more about Schrödinger's cat? What is actually happening? - Aren't zero-point fluctuations an absolute reference frame and therefore a fatal blow to relativity? - Did Feynman's work on quantum electrodynamics completely change the game, or was it just building on others? - ​​What do you think about Wheeler's participatory universe idea? - You got to meet all these neat people Mr. W! It's nice to hear your stories about meeting them.

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [November 15, 2024]

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 80:40


Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: In class, we learned that light behaves like both a wave and a particle. How is that even possible? - My teacher said there's no "up" or "down" in space. Why is that, and how do astronauts navigate? - Is the universe as small as it is big? - When will we reach the physical computer chip size limit? I heard in two, three years. I also heard that quantum computer chips are still far away. Is this true? Can you elaborate on it? - How do you expect propagation of light in your model to work out? Will you get frequency-dependent propagation like in a normal elastic solid or independent propagation? - If light has no mass, how can gravity, like from a black hole, pull it in? Doesn't that break the rules?

Ag Innovation News Podcast
A Preview of AURI's 2024 Minnesota Renewable Energy Roundtable

Ag Innovation News Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2024 24:08


In this episode of AURI's podcast, Francesco Aimone (CEO of Induction Food Systems) and Luca Zullo (AURI's Senior Director of Science & Technology) discuss the need for energy efficiency and efficient heating systems, which is also the topic of AURI's upcoming Minnesota Renewable Energy Roundtable.

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
History of Science & Technology Q&A (November 6, 2024)

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2024 43:51


Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: Were there any ancient travel bloggers (or the ancient equivalent) who wrote about other places they visited? - Did ancient civilizations like Rome or Egypt actually communicate with each other? - How did they know about each other? - How influential was Babylonian science on Greek natural philosophy? - How did people know how to tell time before clocks? - Did scientists back in the day have rivals or "frenemies" like we see in movies?​​ Did ancient people have the equivalent of church bells to mark the time in cities? - Were there any ancient or medieval "tech hacks" that we'd still find useful today? - Why do you think the ancient Greeks had a fondness for abstract levels of thought? - Is there an aspect of culture that enables this? - How did people figure out that the Earth is round?

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [November 1, 2024]

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2024 77:41


Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: As a computer scientist and now physics student, I would love to ask you what makes you think that our universe is an automata, and how does it run if the medium is itself? - Does the universe have a halting probability or the ruliad? - Aren't we just describing our perception of the universe instead of the actual universe? - What would Kant say about the ruliad? - What is your view on atoms being able of cognition and self-awareness in the human brain by just assembling themselves? - The ruliad contains its own encoding function and it is instantiated. The simpler the function, the better. - Can we look at free will as probability distributions in the ruliad? What happens in the ruliad during overlap of two free wills? - What "runs" the ruliad? Computers run computer programs. Mathematicians do thinking and write on paper to prove theories. In every case I can think of, for information to be "processed," there has to be some sort of processor intelligence doing the work. What is it the equivalent for the ruliad? If there isn't an intelligence running it, why does it follow rules? - ​​What if the observer is a computational system? - Maybe each species of observer conflates all their threads into a different identity mapping of the ruliad. Each species' encoding function is a distinct identity mapping, speciation's blueprint. - Perhaps we should replace school grades with "extent to which you have captured the ruliad." - Could you explain what infinity is?

Detailed: An original podcast by ARCAT
113: Art Integration | Bergami Center for Science, Technology, & Innovation

Detailed: An original podcast by ARCAT

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 58:16


In this episode, Cherise is joined by Jay Brotman, AIA, Managing Partner and Marissa Dionne Mead, AIA, NOMA, LEED AP, Associate Principal and Director of Art Integration for Svigals + Partners in New Haven, Connecticut. They discuss the Bergami Center for Science, Technology & Innovation at the University of New Haven, Connecticut.You can see the project here as you listen along.The Bergami Center for Science, Technology & Innovation at the University of New Haven serves as the heart of campus, purposefully designed to foster interdisciplinary collaboration and drive innovation. Designed by the architecture and art firm Svigals + Partners, this 45,500-square-foot facility blends functionality with creativity. It fosters collaboration between students and faculty while integrating art into its architecture through thematic installations woven throughout the building.If you enjoy this episode, visit arcat.com/podcast for more. If you're a frequent listener of Detailed, you might enjoy similar content at Gābl Media. Mentioned in this episode:ARCAT Detailed on Youtube

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
History of Science & Technology Q&A (October 16, 2024)

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024 77:45


Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: If you were transported back in time to say, the time of Aristotle, what would you do? What would you pursue in terms of career/research? - Why are Aristotle, Plato and Socrates the names most people think of when thinking about ancient society and science? - Almost all of these philosophers were also physicists. - How did ancient thinkers like Democritus come up with early ideas about atoms and matter? - Do you think letters or published books/essays are more useful for studying history? - What about things like newspapers, but particularly pamphlets and journals that are lost or completely undervalued for not being books, even though people at the time would have considered them essential? - Would you run off and not drink the poison if you were Socrates? - Do you think it's still possible to be a polymath today like da Vinci? - ​​I found a place that still produces those postcards you play on a record player. Do you think that would be a good way of storing things like a password or crypto, especially utilizing steganography? - If humanity completely falls back to the storage level of knowledge, would we be able to grow our knowledge back fast enough to decipher old SSDs before they decay, or would that be another Alexandria?

Tech&Co
Cosimo Prete, président et fondateur de Crime Science Technology – 22/10

Tech&Co

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2024 8:23


Cosimo Prete, président et fondateur de Crime Science Technology, était l'invité de François Sorel dans Tech & Co, la quotidienne, ce mardi 22 octobre. Il est revenu sur Crime Science Technology, une start-up française qui sécurise les documents nationaux d'identité, sur BFM Business. Retrouvez l'émission du lundi au jeudi et réécoutez la en podcast.

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [September 20, 2024]

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 82:55


Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: May I ask a simple question? What aspects or elements of a probability distribution can be computed or quantified, and how are these computations used to describe the distribution? - Why are some creatures nocturnal? Why aren't humans? - Is the normal distribution related to the complexity of the dynamics, or is it found equally at all scales? - ​Does pi have a normal number distribution? - ​​Google says the average human height is 5'9"–​​it's 5'10" in the US. - I read that there is a puzzle over why no new body plans developed since the Cambrian. In your machine learning view of adaptive evolution, what's happening here? - Apparently Japanese kids are getting taller, correlated with red meat consumption. - ​​Do you think there are so many variables that it's impossible to figure out? Everyone knows about corn syrup, but there are also things like smoking was very common, etc. - ​​What kinds of diseases that have afflicted humanity for almost all of our history would stunt growth? - If you consume less energy, your processes including various damage and aging slow down, right? - Could we have evolved out of needing an appendix because of diet? - Is it possible to measure somehow the intelligence of dinosaurs?

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
History of Science & Technology Q&A (September 18, 2024)

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2024 89:27


Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: Why is history important? - History is very good at preventing humanity from making the same mistakes. - How would you explain the history of pi? - Do we know why Brahmagupta came up with the rules for arithmetic and algebra with zero and negative quantities? His book does appear to be a discontinuous jump in understanding. - Do you know if there was any physical reason that the Greek "elements" were associated with particular geometric shapes? - The Pi Day thing is great; I think I might get a shirt. - To what extent did your own path/work intersect the heydays of Bell Labs and notable people therefrom? - Did you ever use an Amiga computer? - With mobile devices we are basically going back to terminals. - ​​I used to have a Silicon Graphics Indigo 2 sitting on my desk for AutoCAD and 3D modeling. Those were great machines and fun times! - Speaking of McCarthy and those days, do you think that sticking to s-expressions as opposed to m-expressions and Wolfram Language-style ones impeded Lisp's adoption historically?

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [September 6, 2024]

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2024 84:14


Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: Can machine learning find a pattern in all animal languages? - Cat: "Meow." Translation: "What a glorious day to be alive. I think I will frolic in the fields and catch myself some field mice for my tea. Then I shall sit down and ponder the nature of the universe." - What is time? - ​​If the rules repeat a state, does that mean time has gone backwards? - ​​​​So less computation allowed for the progression of time? Time slows down the faster you go? - Communication speed between Mars and Earth is not instantaneous. So wouldn't both the sender and the receiver never have real-time data of what was happening on both planets? We on Earth may only find out that something terrible happened on Mars after it's too late, correct? - ​​Is there an "objective" time in Wolfram physics? Is the "frame rate" the same everywhere? - How do I prove that matter is made of atoms? - How would you solve 100/4(2+3)?

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
History of Science & Technology Q&A (September 4, 2024)

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 86:21


Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: When, for you, was a computational approach introduced to the scientific process or the scientific culture? - Who began the trend of naming discoveries, inventions, etc. after yourself? - Became clear? How? Pretty sure no one ever solved the three-body equation. - Commentary about naming conventions. - The Trojan asteroids are named after characters from the Trojan War in Greek mythology because of the convention that started with the discovery of the first few such asteroids near Jupiter. These asteroids occupy stable Lagrangian points (L4 and L5) in Jupiter's orbit, and astronomers decided to name them after heroes from the Trojan War, with those at L4 being named after Greek heroes and those at L5 named after Trojan heroes. - Any planned work with tungsten? - ​​​​Regarding naming, is there are good naming convention is computer languages? - What's your view of innovation in economic science? We are nearly 250 years since Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations. - Recall the idea of "Recapitate" instead of "Apply."

Successful Blunders
Alfredo Casta - PR Science Technology and Research Trust

Successful Blunders

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2024 24:14


En este episodio, nos acompaña Alfredo Casta del PR Science, Technology and Research Trust. Descubre sus valiosos consejos sobre la importancia de la planificación de sucesiones en Recursos Humanos, cómo centrarnos en lo que realmente genera valor y las claves para tomar la difícil decisión de rechazar a un cliente, previniendo así problemas a largo plazo. ¡Dale play y cuéntanos qué te pareció! Todos los episodios están disponibles en formato video en YouTube. Para más contenido, como blogs y reseñas de libros empresariales, visita successfulblunders.com. Este y todos los episodios son posibles gracias a ‪@invidgroup‬. Visita invidgroup.com para descubrir cómo superar tus desafíos empresariales mediante la tecnología.

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [August 23, 2024]

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 74:01


Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: What is machine learning in layman's terms? - What do you think about opossums? Mine is getting big, it is over 3 pounds now! - What do you think about thermodynamic computing? As pursued by companies like Extropic AI and Normal Computing. - How does water vapor work? When the sun shines on the ocean it doesn't get to 100 degrees, so how does the water escape being a liquid and rise up to the clouds? - What's your intuition for the future of ML after your most recent blog post? - What is the simplest form of machine learning? The hardest? - What's the difference between volume, weight and mass?

Evidence Based Birth®
EBB 324 - Blending Birth, Science, Technology, and Storytelling with Erica Chidi, Co-founder and CEO of LOOM

Evidence Based Birth®

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2024 29:40


Erica Chidi joins us to share her journey from working as a full-spectrum doula to becoming an educator and leader in women's health. With over a decade of experience, Erica discusses how her upbringing in a medical family, coupled with her unique approach to doula work, led her to create LOOM, a health information app designed to empower women and non-binary individuals. She explains the app's mission to provide accessible, science-backed health information and personal stories that help users navigate their reproductive and overall health. The two also discuss the challenges and advancements in maternal healthcare, particularly for Black women, and the importance of addressing racial biases in medical settings. Learn more about LOOM here. Follow Erica and LOOM on Instagram. For more information about Evidence Based Birth and a crash course on evidence based care, visit www.ebbirth.com. Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok! Ready to learn more? Grab an EBB Podcast Listening Guide or read Dr. Dekker's book, "Babies Are Not Pizzas: They're Born, Not Delivered!" If you want to get involved at EBB, join our Professional membership (scholarship options available) and get on the wait list for our EBB Instructor program. Find an EBB Instructor here, and click here to learn more about the EBB Childbirth Class.