The Sound of Science

By Northern Public Radio

WNIJ and NIU STEAM are partnering to create “The Sound of Science,” a weekly series explaining important science, technology, engineering and math concepts using sound. The feature will air at 1:04 p.... more

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December 18, 2019 The Sound of Science - 'Password Math'
Sam: Welcome to The Sound of Science. I’m Sam from STEM Outreach. Jessica: And I’m Jessica from NIU Division of Information Technology. Last week we spoke about the technology behind passwords, and today we are going to dive into the math behind passwords. To recap a little bit, the two major ways to secure passwords within a system is hashing and salting . Hashing uses an algorithm to destroy the password and turn it into an irreversible code. Salting is an extra code tacked onto your password
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December 06, 2019 The Sound of Science - 'Salted Hashes'
Sam: Welcome to the Sound of Science. I’m Sam from STEM Outreach.
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December 06, 2019 The Sound of Science - 'Salted Hashes'
Sam: Welcome to the Sound of Science. I’m Sam from STEM Outreach. Jessica: And I’m Jessica from NIU Division of Information Technology. With cyber-attacks on everyone’s minds, we thought it would be nice to introduce some of the basics of password security. Sam: We’ll get into how attackers get into databases in a future episode, but for now just imagine a large company just had a breach and your information is at risk. Let’s go into some of the measures that go into keeping your information
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November 29, 2019 The Sound of Science - 'Non-Newtonian Fluids Pt. 2'
Sam: Welcome to the Sound of Science on WNIJ. I’m Sam from NIU STEM Outreach.
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November 29, 2019 The Sound of Science - 'Non-Newtonian Fluids Pt. 2'
Sam: Welcome to the Sound of Science on WNIJ. I’m Sam from NIU STEM Outreach. Nicole: and I’m Nicole James from NIU Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. I researched non-Newtonian fluids like Oobleck for my PhD. Sam: Oobleck is a cornstarch and water mixture that acts kinda funny. It’s runny and goopy until you apply a sudden force, then it feels solid. It’s one of many non-Newtonian fluids. Nicole: Non-Newtonian fluids are fluids that change their viscosity based on how they’re treated.
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November 22, 2019 The Sound of Science - 'Non-Newtonian Fluids'
Sam: Welcome to the Sound of Science on WNIJ. I’m Sam from NIU STEM Outreach.
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November 22, 2019 The Sound of Science - 'Non-Newtonian Fluids'
Sam: Welcome to the Sound of Science on WNIJ. I’m Sam from NIU STEM Outreach. Nicole: And I’m Nicole James from NIU Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. I researched non-Newtonian fluids for my PhD. Sam: If you’ve ever been to our booth at Corn Fest and ran through our Oobleck trough, then you have an idea as to what non-Newtonian fluids are. But if you haven’t, a non-Newtonian fluid is a fluid that behaves differently depending on how you treat it. For example, Oobleck is a non-Newtonian
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November 15, 2019 The Sound of Science - 'Wastewater Injection'
Sam: Welcome to the Sound of Science on WNIJ, I’m Sam from NIU STEM Outreach.
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November 15, 2019 The Sound of Science - 'Wastewater Injection'
Sam: Welcome to the Sound of Science on WNIJ, I’m Sam from NIU STEM Outreach. Megan: And I’m Dr. Megan Brown from NIU Geology and Environmental Geosciences. I am a hydrogeologist interested in how fluids interact with and can induce earthquakes. Sam: Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing , has become less of a hot-button topic in the past few years, but it’s still a question we get asked every once in a while. I’ve asked Megan to dispel some myths, clear some things up, and give some tidbits about
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November 08, 2019 The Sound of Science - 'Hydraulic Fracturing'
Sam: Welcome to the Sound of Science on WNIJ, I’m Sam from NIU STEM Outreach.
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FAQs about The Sound of Science:

How many episodes does The Sound of Science have?

The podcast currently has 274 episodes available.