From the world's tallest mobile crane to NASA's new escape system for the Orion crew capsule, from the meanest drill to the Army's new Blackhawk upgrades, Sr. Associate Editor Seth Fletcher walks host Chuck Cage through How It Works.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |
Podcast: Who Protects The Internet?While we may connect to the 'net wirelessly and painlessly, maintaining the thousands of miles of undersea and buried cable -- and the rest of the net's physical infrastructure -- is a huge task. Host Chuck Cage sits down with Deputy Editor Jake Ward and author James Geary to discuss just who protects the internet in its physical form.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |
Power From the People: Human Powered Transport Riding your bike to work? That's old school. Human powered transport options are expanding dramatically! Host Chuck Cage sits down with Bruce Grierson, author of "Power to the People," from this month's issue of Popular Science, taking on the concepts of negawatts, bullet bikes, and cars you can row.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |
Extreme EngineeringInside the biggest cruise ship, the tallest skyscraper, the longest tunnel, and more amazing, massive-scale projectsListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |
The Human JetHow to bring a flying machine to the masses. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |
Podcast: Explaining the Personal Tilt-Rotor The writers and editors behind the story of one of year's most exciting aircraft concepts reveal how it came to fruitionListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |
The Making of the Biggest PrankWhat does it take to get on the inside of a prank? Writer Bob Parks and PopSci
Deputy Editor Jake Ward sit down with host Chuck Cage to discover the
story behind the story of one of the biggest college pranks in history.
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Audacious Ideas to Save the PlanetTo rescue the Earth, we need bold engineering ideas that go beyond simple recyclingListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |
Visting the Green MegalopolisVisting the Green MegalopolisListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |
Cocktail Party Science: Carbon DiscreditRuss George knew how to fight global warming: Grow rainforests' worth of plantlife in the open ocean, plantlife that would suck carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. He had the boat, the money and the team to make it happen. Everything was going according to planāthat is, until the environmentalists mobilizedListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |
iPod Hat Trick
Trick out your iPod three easy ways Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |
Science of YouTube: Uncanny ValleyIn the premier episode, we dive into that space between the robots and humans and find some very creepy things. Follow the series at popsci.com/scitube. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |
Cocktail Party Science: Inventions of the YearA homebuilt tumor killer, one-wheeled motorcycle and moreListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |
Cocktail Party Science: The Space ArchaeologistsArchaeologists are using satellites and high-tech radar to unearth ancient civilizationsāand avoid landmines along the way
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Cocktail Party Science: Inside Speed RacerThe science of the summer blockbuster.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |
Cocktail Party Science: The Real Iron ManSuper powerful exoskeletons aren't just the stuff of science fictionListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |
Cocktail Party Science: How it WorksRip open a Pleo, get the run down on hybrids, and learn about the military's futuristic flying laser gun as Chuck Cage and the editors of PopSci take you inside some of the world's most sophisticated machines. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |
Cocktail Party Science: Science Confirms the ObviousCaffeine wakes you up, rock stars die young and long ambulance rides aren't ideal. The writers and editors of PopSci's "Science Confirms the Obvious," talk to Chuck Cage about the studies that make you say "duh." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |
Cocktail Party Science: All About DIYHow the motorized skateboard for the urban jungle came about. Staff photographer John Carnett relays the story of his latest DIY exploits. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |
Cocktail Party Science: RC JetsIt's not kids stuff. The high-stakes hobby of R/C jets on this week's podcast as host Chuck Cage sits down with the writer and photographer behind "Wing Men". Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |
