Sep 2024

Introducing WIRED's Gadget Lab!

Although we paused on publishing narrated versions of WIRED articles in this feed, you will still hear the latest in tech from the WIRED team. On WIRED's Gadget Lab, you'll find hosts Lauren Goode and Michael Calore tackling the biggest questions in the world of tech with knowled ... Show More

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Sep 2024

Introducing WIRED Politics Lab!

Although we paused on publishing narrated versions of WIRED articles in this feed, you will still hear the latest in tech and politics from the WIRED team.Join host Leah Feiger and a rotation of guests as they guide you through the exciting, challenging, and sometimes entertainin ... Show More

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Jul 2024

The Bird Flu Threat Keeps Growing

Human cases keep ticking up, are very likely to be underreported, and offer the virus the opportunity to learn how to spread from person to person.

7m 37s

Jan 2021

Qu'est-ce qu'une “technosignature” ?

En dirigeant leur télescope en direction de l'espace, les astronomes peuvent recevoir des millions de signaux d'origine technologique, donc produits par une forme d'intelligence. S'agit-il pour autant de signes émis par d'éventuelles civilisations extraterrestres ? Voir Acast.com ... Show More

1m 59s

Jul 2022

What’s the James Webb telescope searching for?

A lava planet, life on other worlds, the very first starlight in the universe — the most powerful space telescope ever built is ready to reveal many mysteries of the cosmos.For more, go to http://vox.com/unexplainableIt’s a great place to view show transcripts and read more about ... Show More

49m 53s

Sep 2011

Interview: Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson

In this episode, Robert and Julie interview astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. What does the planet's leading science communicator have to say about the future of space travel, mind-blowing cosmology and the science in America? Listen in to find out. Learn more about your ad-cho ... Show More

28m 41s

May 2022

Aliens Among Us

The 10th Planet, tic-tac ships, and tardigrades, today the guys launch into the great unknown to discuss potential evidence for life elsewhere in our universe... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1h 2m

Jul 2013

David Munns, “A Single Sky: How an International Community Forged the Science of Radio Astronomy” (MIT Press, 2012)

How do you measure a star? In the middle of the 20thcentury, an interdisciplinary and international community of scientists began using radio waves to measure heavenly bodies and transformed astronomy as a result. David P. D. Munns‘s new book charts the process through which radi ... Show More

1h 9m

Sep 2020

The Wow! Signal

In 1977, a radio telescope at The Ohio State University received an extraordinarily strong signal from outer space. Scientists have suggested it might have been sent by aliens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

39m 4s

The Legendary Frank Drake Shaped the Sea...