Can Dating App Hinge Make You Talk, Not Swipe?
Once upon a time, there was a startup that wanted to play Cupid. But Hinge lost its way and became just another hookup app.
Once upon a time, there was a startup that wanted to play Cupid. But Hinge lost its way and became just another hookup app.
In 2014 the town of Seneca, Nebraska was so deeply divided that they weighed their own self-destruction.
Sleepovers at the National Air and Space Museum’s huge annex near Washington, D.C., offer a real-life night at the Smithsonian.
Carolyn Porco is back, and she’s brought her friend, “Bad-ass Science Groupie” Sean Ono Lennon. Together with Chuck Nice, they answer Cosmic Queries about art, science, and math; the Anthropocene Age; and the lack of civility on Twitter.
Curious about general astrophysics? Join us for class this week as Prof. Neil Tyson and assistant Leighann Lord explain some of the basics. Now extended with 12 minutes of Neil, Bill Nye and Steven Soter swapping Carl Sagan stories in the “Cosmic Crib.”
There are a slew of scientific techniques that forensic experts use to solve crimes. But how reliable are they? We’re putting forensic evidence under the microscope. To help us crack the case, we talk to Assoc. Prof. Sibyl Bucheli, attorney Chris Fabricant, former crime lab director Barry Fisher, Dr. Itiel Dror, and Assoc. Prof. Patrick Buzzini.Our SponsorsHello Fresh – To get $35 off your first week of deliveries visit hellofresh.com and enter promo code “ScienceVS”Frank & Oak – Go to frankandoak.com/science to get your first outfit for $79 (a pair of pants and a shirt).Wealthsimple – Investing made easy. Get your first $10,000 managed for free.CreditsThis episode has been produced by Shruti Ravindran, Diane Wu, Austin Mitchell and Heather Rogers. Our senior producer is Kaitlyn Sawrey.Edited by Annie-Rose Strasser and Caitlin Kenney. Fact checking by Michelle Harris.Sound design and music production by Matthew Boll, mixed by Martin Peralta and Bobby Lord. 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 scienceOverview of forensic entomology Amendt et al, “Forensic entomology,” Naturwissenschaften, 2004Study modeling precision of dating time of death from flies Faris et al, “Forensic Entomology: Evaluating Uncertainty Associated With Postmortem Interval (PMI) Estimates With Ecological Models,” Journal of Medical Entomology 2016.Review paper on bite mark analysis Clement et al, “Is current bite mark analysis a misnomer?”Department of Justice review of Brandon Mayfield caseContext can change how fingerprints are read Dror et al, “Contextual information renders experts vulnerable to making erroneous identifications,” Forensic Science International, 2006.Hair microscopy can lead to incorrect matches Houck et al, “Correlation of microscopic and mitochondrial DNA hair comparisons,” Journal of Forensic Science, 2002.
One of his Boeri’s famed projects is ‘Bosco Verticale’ (Vertical Forest): two residential towers covered with 900 trees and 20,000 plants.
What are gravitational waves, and what can they tell us about our universe? In her first outing as StarTalk All-Star host, cosmologist Janna Levin untangles the astrophysics with help from LIGO co-founder Rainer Weiss and comic co-host Matt Kirshen.
Texting has long become a common way for people to talk with each other. Now text-based messaging is becoming a way for air traffic controllers to communicate with aircraft pilots.
When a loved one dies, laws cover how their houses, cars, and other property are passed on to relatives. But the rules are murkier online.