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Today, Newton shows us why planets move as they do, and we find out how we know what stars are made of.
Continue reading Ep 366: Hidden in the light
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The debate over the Earth or Sun in the middle continues, and we take a look at navigating by the stars.
Continue reading Ep 365: Better glass, lenses, mirrors, and a star to sail by
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From prehistory to Babylon to the ancient Greeks, humanity begins to learn what our sky is up to, pardon the pun.
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Take 116 of Episode One: The kiss of death!
Continue reading Ep 364: To learn the sky
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For our last episode of 2022, we take a look at communication between the deaf community and the rest of us.
Continue reading Ep 363: On hearing, listening, and Ralph the robot hand
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Close your eyes and use your computer. We take a look at technology used to allow the blind to use computers and the internet.
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After all the effort to communicate by wire and wireless, computers got in on the action. Let’s examine the beginnings of the internet.
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Take 113 of Episode One: Reasons to own a pit
Continue reading Ep 361: For better and worse, the internet is born
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Join us as telegraph and radio begin to make the world a smaller place.
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Join us for a thumbnail sketch of how modern computers came about, and then began to double in capability each year.
Continue reading Ep 359: The digital revolution, and a bit o’ spooky
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There are thousands of different languages in the world. Today we talk about the art of translation.
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Wishing for luck and encrypted babies
Continue reading Ep 358: From one tongue to another
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A newborn human can learn many languages at once, and without any coaching or teaching. We ask the babies how.
Continue reading Ep 357: Babbling about baby babble