From the Vault: The Null Ship

AI is changing cybersecurity and raising hard questions about how fast organizations canrespond. Earlier this year, IBM and Red Hat launched Lightwell, a $5 billion initiative backed by a force of20,000 engineers with the goal of securing the open source software that powers a gr ... Show More

In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert chats with author and journalist Michael Pollan, author of “How to Change Your Mind” and “A World Appears" about the 20th anniversary of his groundbreaking 2006 book “The Omnivore's Dilemma.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privac ... Show More

Humans can only hurt the environment so long before nature fights back -- and that’s just what happens in 1972’s “Frogs,” starring a young Sam Elliot and a whole bunch of reptiles and amphibians. It’s a Florida movie through-and-through in this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinem ... Show More

<p>What is a vacuum train? How fast could a vacuum train travel? What are the challenges of building a vacuum train system? Hop aboard as Chris and Jonathan give you a nuts-and-bolts look at vacuum trains in this episode.</p><p> </p> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="h ... Show More

Daniel and Jorge talk about the latest ideas for how to make human portals to distant space. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

An analysis of the ancient Indian Bakhshali manuscript suggests the numerical symbol zero, as we use it today, may be centuries older than previously believed. Learn more in this classic episode of BrainStuff. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.c ... Show More

Short answer: Nope! Learn how long it really takes, plus how nuclear weapons helped scientists find the answer, in this episode of BrainStuff. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

<p>Is it possible to make something invisible? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice explore transparency, how we measure time on Earth, and how airplanes have changed. </p><p>NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free.</p><p>Thanks to our Pat ... Show More

From barbie dolls, to birds baths, what will happen to all the stuff we have made between now and the end of time? Could a large black hole spaghettify a small black hole? Could more satellites block JWST's view? And what came first, the Big Bang or Inflation?It's time for anothe ... Show More

Daniel and Jorge talk about real science of element 115 and whether it aligns with the spectacular story of anti-gravity alien ships at Area 51.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Daniel and Jorge talk about super complex numbers and how they might hold the secrets of the Universe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.