60-Second Tech

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60-Second Tech episodes

May 31, 2012 The Transit of Venus, Part 2
Mark Anderson, author of the book The Day The World Discovered the Sun, talks about the transit of Venus coming up on June 5th or 6th in different parts of the world and how it will be of use to astronomers searching for exoplanets

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15 min
May 30, 2012 The Transit of Venus, Part 1
With a transit of Venus coming up on June 5th or 6th in different parts of the world, Mark Anderson, author of the book The Day The World Discovered the Sun, talks about the great efforts to track the transits of Venus in the 1760s and the science they would produce

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29 min
May 29, 2012 Virus Victors: People Who Control HIV
Bruce Walker, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and director of the Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, M.I.T. and Harvard, talks about his article in the July issue of Scientific American magazine called "Controlling HIV," about rare individuals who never develop AIDS after being infected by the virus

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40 min
May 24, 2012 Texts May Beat Phone Calls for Survey Honest Answers
A study of 600 iPhone users found that people are more likely to provide honest and accurate information via text messages than voice interviews. Larry Greenemeier reports
2 min
May 17, 2012 Most Users Are App Freeloaders
The vast majority of mobile device users get only free or cheap apps. Larry Greenemeier reports
2 min
May 15, 2012 The Football Concussion Crisis
NFL Hall of Famer Harry Carson joins former NBC anchor Stone Phillips and pathologist Bennet Omalu for a discussion of chronic traumatic encephalopathy among football players. Recorded May 12th at the Ensemblestudiotheatre.org, site of the new play Headstrong about the brain injury issue

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33 min
May 14, 2012 Look, Computer, No Hands!
Microsoft hopes its SoundWave will let you interact with your PC using hand gestures in midair rather than on a keyboard. Larry Greenemeier reports
2 min
May 03, 2012 Microsoft Bets Big on B&N's Nook
Microsoft and Barnes & Noble are teaming up to make a run at the e-reader market leaders. Larry Greenemeier reports
2 min
April 30, 2012 Apple Has Liquid Metal in Hand
Apple bought a license for a liquid metal alloy in 2010, and the speculation now is that the next iPhone may incorporate the strong, flexible product in its body. Larry Greenemeier reports
2 min
April 27, 2012 Killer Chimps and Funny Feet: Report from the AAPA Conference
Scientific American editor Kate Wong talks about the recent conference of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists in Portland, Ore., where subjects included killer chimps, unprecedented fossil sharing among researchers and divergent hominid foot forms

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16 min

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Scientific American Online associate tech editor Larry Greenemeier provides a weekly minute commentary on some of the most interesting developments in the world of technology