Episode Number 191 – July 15th 2024 – Last chance to

This week's guest: Ja’Neya from LH

Links to this week’s stories: 

Homosapien history:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/why-did-homo-sapiens-outlast-all-other-human-species

AI Terms:

https://www.theverge.com/24201441/ai-terminology-explained-humans

Your price is not my price:

$40,000 versus $40

https://apnews.com/article/africa-aids-hiv-infection-prevention-shot-sunlenca-a94b83717f5b61987822335e11398428

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jul/23/hiv-aids-prevention-vaccine-lenacapavir-sunlenca-pharmaceuticals-gilead-generic-licensing

Giraffes: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2024/jul/23/giraffe-relocation-in-kenya-in-pictures

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR 

Episode Number 190 – July 18th 2024 – Snow in July, How to tell if you have been hacked, your phone number has been, animals know physics and the second worst potential disaster for the US.

 This week's guest: Isiah from MN

Links to this week’s stories: 

Snow in July?!?!

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/philly-record-snowfall-heatwave-nws-claims/3913642/

How to tell if your accounts have been hacked:

Everyone’s phone number has:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/07/nearly-all-att-subscribers-call-records-stolen-in-snowflake-cloud-hack/

Animals know physics:

The second biggest potential disaster in the US:

https://www.broward.org/library/Pages/Summer.aspx

https://issuu.com/browardcountylibrary/docs/summer_magazine_2024?fr=xKAE9_zU1NQ

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR 

Episode Number 189 – July 11th 2024 – Is it

Links to this week’s stories:

Is it something we don't

https://www.iflscience.com/could-dyson-spheres-be-the-universes-missing-mass-74978

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXZHq0XaGUQ

What’s colder than ice cold? Well, this quantum detector.

https://interestingengineering.com/science/worlds-coldest-quantum-detector-uk

Would you spend a year in solitude pretending to be on Mars?

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/07/nx-s1-5032120/nasa-mars-simulation-volunteers-year#:~:text=Hourly%20News-,Volunteers%20who%20lived%20in%20a%20NASA%2Dcreated%20Mars%20replica%20for,living%20on%20the%20Red%20Planet.

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/volunteer-crew-to-exit-nasas-simulated-mars-habitat-after-378-days/

How much can our fingernails feel?

https://www.sciencealert.com/your-fingernails-have-unexpectedly-precise-sensory-capabilities

Also a brief update on Starliner:

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-boeing-provide-next-update-on-space-station-crew-flight-test/

https://www.broward.org/library/Pages/Summer.aspx⁠

⁠https://issuu.com/browardcountylibrary/docs/summer_magazine_2024?fr=xKAE9_zU1NQ⁠

Episode Number 188 – July 3rd 2024 – Can you

This week’s guest is Lorenzo who is one of our Summer Youth

Links to this week’s stories:

Can you spend 45 days pretending to be on Mars?

https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/johnson/mission-success-hera-crew-successfully-completes-45-day-simulated-journey-to-mars/

Is that robot smiling at me?

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/06/researchers-craft-smiling-robot-face-from-living-human-skin-cells/

When getting stronger faster isn’t good.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/07/yes-you-should-be-a-little-freaked-out-about-hurricane-beryl/

How could we not talk about AI?

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/07/ai-helps-exoskeleton-adjust-to-different-users-handle-stairs/

Also a brief update on Starliner:

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/03/nx-s1-5026448/boeing-starliner-astronauts-space-station-return

Episode Number 187 – June 27th 2024 – China brings back samples, Can you prove pets are good for you? Can you prove you are a human? If

This week's guest: No Guest

Links to this week’s stories: 

China returns from the moon:

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/25/china/china-change-6-moon-mission-return-scn-intl-hnk/index.html

Can you prove pets are good for you?

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/06/is-having-a-pet-good-for-you-the-fuzzy-science-of-pet-ownership/

Can you prove you are human?

https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/reverse-turing-test-asks-ai-agents-to-spot-a-human-imposter-youll-never-guess-how-they-figure-it-out

If you use AI does that mean Made with AI?

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/24/24184795/meta-instagram-incorrect-made-by-ai-photo-labels

https://www.broward.org/library/Pages/Summer.aspx

https://issuu.com/browardcountylibrary/docs/summer_magazine_2024?fr=xKAE9_zU1NQ

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR 

Tech Talk Weekly #185.5

This is a special episode created during a class at the Alvin Sherman Nova library.

Links to our story:

https://www.livescience.com/animals/butterflies/butterflies-cross-atlantic-ocean-on-2600-mile-non-stop-flight-never-recorded-in-any-insect-before

This month on Creation Station Monthly we feature two women passionate about working with audio books.

Guests on this episode:

Tavia Gilbert:

https://taviagilbert.com/

Amanda Garrison:

https://www.fictionalhangover.com/

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR 

Episode Number 186 – June 20th 2024 – Waiting on the

 This week's guest: Alyssa from North Regional

Links to this week’s stories: 

Waiting on the Nova:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/if-you-can-see-the-big-dipper-youll-get-to-see-a-star-go-nova-soon/

A LOT of rain again:

And the heat is bad too:

Tech Guilt Day:

Do you need a warning label for social media?

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/surgeon-generals-proposed-social-media-warning-label-for-kids-could-hurt-kids/

https://www.broward.org/library/Pages/Summer.aspx

https://issuu.com/browardcountylibrary/docs/summer_magazine_2024?fr=xKAE9_zU1NQ

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR 

Episode number 185 – June 13th 2024 – Heat can kill, Elephants have names, AI and crowds, Starliner has redundancy, and the Excel world championships 

This week's guest: Autumn Dec from North Lauderdale Library 

Links to this week’s stories: 

Heat can kill: 

https://theconversation.com/heat-index-warnings-can-save-lives-on-dangerously-hot-days-if-people-understand-what-they-mean-229174 

Elephants have names: 
https://www.npr.org/2024/06/07/nx-s1-4994426/wild-elephants-individual-names 

https://apnews.com/video/elephants-animals-kenya-9ccb6d3e6d1b48bfbce0e781bfa63d79 

AI and crowds: 
https://restofworld.org/2024/ai-crowd-size-brazil/ 

Starliner has redundancy 

https://www.space.com/boeing-starliner-helium-leaks-assessment 

The Excel World Championships: 
https://www.theverge.com/c/24133822/microsoft-excel-spreadsheet-competition-championship 

⁠https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR

Episode Number 184 – June 6th 2024 – Swimming pools in the arena, Learn, to pee or not to pee, our past viruses

 This week's guest: Neymi Layne Scientist in Residence

Links to this week’s stories: 

Swimming pools in the arena:

Learn:

To Pee or Not to Pee:

Our past viruses:

https://www.broward.org/library/Pages/Summer.aspx

https://issuu.com/browardcountylibrary/docs/summer_magazine_2024?fr=xKAE9_zU1NQ

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR