That's Interesting
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PBS: Don’t let the obsession with precision obscure the beauty of imperfection
06th August, 2018Simon Winchester on the idea of precision.
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The Macaulay Library
06th June, 2018‘The Macaulay Library is the world’s premier scientific archive of natural history audio, video, and photographs. Although the Macaulay Library’s history is rooted in birds, the collection includes amphibians, fishes, and mammals, and the collection preserves recordings of each species’ behavior and natural history.’
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Fedgazette: Motivated to automate
12th April, 2018“Scarce labor and competitive pressures are leading Ninth District manufacturers to invest in smart machines”
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The Mysteries of Sleep
26th March, 2018“Neurologist Dr Guy Leschziner explores medical causes of sleep deprivation or disruption and their consequences.”
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Build Your Dreams – Electric Cars
07th December, 2017Chinese Electric Carmaker Aims To Become A Global Brand
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Big data meets modern medicine in a life-saving equation
24th July, 2017There are so many ways to spend money on health care, but which offer the most bang for the buck? Dr. Chris Murray is trying to answer that question with an equation that measures the impact of different interventions. Countries that rely on big data have made big strides in health care, but some say the system ignores the human side of medicine.
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Tim Berners-Lee on the Future of the Internet
24th July, 2017Tim Berners-Lee, father of the world wide web, discusses the future of the internet, as Justin Rowlatt reports from the Science Museum’s newly-opened Information Age gallery. Justin gets a sneak pre-opening tour from curator Tilly Blythe. Among the exhibits – including the server on which Tim first coded the web – he speaks to internet pioneer Martha Lane Fox, and to the founder of Acorn Computers and chip-maker ARM, Hermann Hauser.
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