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Title: Scientific American: Contact - The Day After

Author: Tim Folger

Narrator: Mark Moran

Format: Unabridged

Length: 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-04-11

Publisher: Scientific American

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

Tim Folger reports on a worldwide collaborative effort to search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

This article was published in the January 2011 edition of Scientific American.

Members Reviews:

A little 'Seedy'

Content is interesting and informative, but anyone familiar with SETI will be rather annoyed by the reader's pronunciation of the SETI acronym. It is grating to hear it pronounced "SEETIE" (or basically, seedy) so many times. Still, though, nice little article.

Fascinating and well worth it!

This is fascinating audio article that presents a behind the scenes look at how the scientific community would react if it discovered proof of alien life. This isn't based on speculation but an actual incident where, for the better part of the day, a group of astronomers believed they had discovered just such proof. *** It then goes on to discuss related issues, such as how you would confirm a signal was extraterrestrial, the likely dissent in the scientific community, how one might decipher the transmission (my favorite part), how long that might take (years?) if at all, speculation as to what that message might be, whether we should be transmitting our own messages (Stephen Hawking says it may not be safe), how far our television transmissions have traveled in the galaxy already, and so on.

One of the more amazing comments was from an astronomer at Berkeley who has "played a leading role in the discovery of dozens of extra-solar planets"; he predicts that space based telescopes will be able to map the continents and oceans of planets in other solar systems by the end of the century. Conversely, an alien civilization with a mere 1,000 year technological head start on us would likely have far more impressive capabilities, e.g. the ability to listen to our satellite communications.

It ends with a discussion on the Fermi Paradox (the apparent conflict between predictions that intelligent life is abundant in the galaxy/universe and the lack of evidence for such alien life).

My only "complaint" is that it wasn't longer. (However, at 23 minutes in length, it's longer than most "half hour" TV shows, when you factor in commercials) If you're interested in astronomy and/or the search for alien life in the universe, it is very much worth the mere $1.36 (just don't use a credit!)

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Title: Scientific American: Long Live the Web

Author: Tim Berners-Lee

Narrator: Mark Moran

Format: Unabridged

Length: 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-01-10

Publisher: Scientific American

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, argues that its protection is vital to our continued prosperity and liberty.

This article was published in the December 2010 edition of Scientific American.

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Title: Scientific American: Filming the Invisible in 4-D

Author: Ahmed H. Zewail

Narrator: Mark Moran

Format: Unabridged

Length: 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-02-10

Publisher: Scientific American

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

Nobel Prize winner Ahmed H. Zewail, of the California Institute of Technology, writes about how an amazing form of microscopy can make movies of vanishingly small, nanoscale objects in action.This article was published in the August 2010 edition of Scientific American.

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Title: Scientific American, June 2010

Format: Highlights

Length: 1 hr and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-10

Publisher: Scientific American

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

In this issue:

"12 Events that will Change Everything": Certain natural and man-made events could happen at any time, completely transforming societies.

"Alzheimer's: Forestalling the Darkness": New techniques that could help combat Alzheimer's Disease.

"Is Time an Illusion?": The concept of time and change may emerge from a universe that, at root, is utterly static.

"Washing Carbon Out of the Air": Machines could one day absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, reducing global warming.

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Title: Scientific American

Subtitle: Real Money from Virtual Worlds

Author: Richard Heeks

Narrator: Mark Moran

Format: Unabridged

Length: 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-07-10

Publisher: Scientific American

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

Online fantasy games have enabled world entrepreneurs to make a living by trading stashes of make-believe gold for hard cash. This article was published in the January 2010 edition of Scientific American.

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Title: Scientific American

Subtitle: Decoding an Ancient Computer

Author: Tony Freeth

Narrator: Mark Moran

Format: Unabridged

Length: 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-01-09

Publisher: Scientific American

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

Recent discoveries reveal how the complex mechanism modeled lunar motion and predicted eclipses and other sophisticated tricks. This article was published in the December 2009 edition of Scientific American.

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Title: Scientific American, March 2009

Author: Scientific American

Narrator: Mark Moran

Format: Abridged

Length: 1 hr and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-01-09

Publisher: Scientific American

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

"A Quantum Threat to Special Relativity": A quantum effect that has recently presented a serious problem to Einstein's special theory of relativity, thus shaking the foundations of physics.

"Saving New Brain Cells": New research that suggests the more fresh neurons are challenged - the more they flourish.

"New Tactics against Tuberculosis": What scientists are doing to combat one of the leading causes of death throughout the world.

"Monitoring for Nuclear Explosions": Why the detection of nuclear weapons testing has become so effective.

"The World's Smallest Radio": How a single carbon nanotube can function as a radio that detects and plays songs.

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Title: Scientific American, January 2009

Author: Scientific American

Narrator: Mark Moran

Format: Highlights

Length: 1 hr and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-01-09

Publisher: Scientific American

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

"Darwin's Living Legacy": A theory that was introduced 150 years ago still drives today's research agenda.

"Testing Natural Selection": Natural selection plays a greater role in the evolution of genes than even most evolutionists had previously thought.

"What Will Become of Homo Sapiens?": What does evolution have in store for our descendants?

"Evolution in the Everyday": The understanding of evolution is fostering powerful technologies for health care, law enforcement, ecology, and all manner of optimization and design problems.

"The Latest Face of Creationism": Creationists continue to agitate against the teaching of evolution in public schools, adapting their tactics to match the road blocks they encounter.

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Title: Hooked from the First Cigarette

Subtitle: Scientific American

Author: Joseph R. DiFranza, Scientific American

Narrator: Mark Moran

Format: Unabridged

Length: 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-01-08

Publisher: Scientific American

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

This article was published in the May 2008 edition of Scientific American.

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Title: Scientific American, March 2008

Author: Scientific American

Narrator: Mark Moran

Format: Highlights

Length: 1 hr and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-01-08

Publisher: Scientific American

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

"When Markets Beat The Polls": Internet-based financial markets may be the best method of predicting elections, box-office returns, and flu seasons.

"The Bluefin in Peril": The only way to save the bluefin tuna may be to domesticate it.

"Space Wars": There could be a new arms race in space - will it be in anyone's national interest?

"Solving a Massive Worker Health Puzzle": A cancer cluster has turned up in the largest industrial health study ever. Can science always protect workers on the job?