The Evolution Of Wikileaks
The online whistleblowing platform Wikileaks launched 10 years ago this month.
The online whistleblowing platform Wikileaks launched 10 years ago this month.
A new policy statement says kids as young as 15 months can learn from media when a caregiver is present and involved.
The American Academy of Pediatrics has launched more liberal guidelines on children’s media use.
In these cases, emerging DNA evidence and the smell of death (yes, really) pushed the boundaries of what was technologically possible. But how reliable are they? To find out, we go to a body farm and talk to Assoc. Prof. Joan Bytheway, Asst. Prof. Sheree Hughes-Stamm, Matt Young, Dr. Arpad Vass, and Asst. Prof. Donovan Haines.Our SponsorsLenovo – See how Lenovo is revolutionizing data center technology.Modcloth - Enter promo code SCIENCEVS at checkout to get $20 off an order of $100 or more!Squarespace – The easiest way to create a beautiful website, portfolio or online store. Use the offer code “SCIENCE VS” to get 10% off your first purchase.Wealthsimple – Investing made easy. Get your first $10,000 managed for free.CreditsThis episode has been produced by Shruti Ravindran, Diane Wu,and Heather Rogers. Our senior producer is Kaitlyn Sawrey.Edited by Annie-Rose Strasser and Caitlin Kenney. Fact checking by Michelle Harris. Thanks to Joseph Lavelle Wilson, Will Doolan and Beth McMullen.Sound design and music production by Matthew Boll, mixed by Martin Peralta and Matthew Boll Music written by Bobby Lord.Selected References2009 National Academy of Sciences and 2016 President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology reports on forensic science.How DNA is transferred in trace evidence. Report on error rates in DNA forensic analysis. Study that showed dogs could pick up the smell of a corpse 667 days later. Call to arms on improving forensic science: editorial.Scent of death - Belgian paper that found three out of four of Dr Arpad Vass’ “human specific markers” in other animals.
Thomas Oscar is an Australian teenager who tried to make the most boring Facebook group possible - a group where members pretend to be corporate drones in a non-existent office.
Astrobiologist David Grinspoon and his guest, Hugo Award-winning sci-fi author and scientist David Brin weigh the pros and cons of attempting to contact extraterrestrials. Plus, Chuck Nice asks the pair Cosmic Queries about what we’ll do if aliens find us.
Tim Wu says much of the “free” content on the Web comes at a price to users.
Residents in East Chicago, Indiana are calling for more testing after lead was discovered in the soil beneath a public housing complex.
Put on your safety harness as Neil deGrasse Tyson investigates the world of death defying stunts with high-wire artist Philippe Petit, co-host Eugene Mirman, and guests Charles Liu, tight-rope instructor Sonja Harpstead, and Bill Nye the Science Guy.