Posts Tagged 'Audio':

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EV Battery Swapping’s First Real Test

Smartphone owners know all about battery anxiety: Spend too long playing games and the battery icon flashes ”empty” the next time you need to make a call. For drivers of electric cars, the problem is more serious: They can’t just walk over with a 20-liter jug of electricity from the nearest charging station, and even [...]



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ApolloPlus40 Interview with BBC5

A broadcaster doing a Moon package for BBC5′s Pods and Blogs interviewed me about the ApolloPlus40 Twitter feed I’ve been working on for Nature. New experience to be on the receiving end of an interview. The full package is available for 1 week on BBC5′s website: [html] and the segment containing my interview is available [...]



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Nature Internship 10: Final roundup

I completed my reporting internship with Nature near the end of June. My final work on staff there included recording a news chat for the weekly podcast about the ApolloPlus40 Twitter project I mentioned in my last post. I also discussed an ancient bone flute found in Germany. You can download the newschat here [mp3, [...]



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Nature Internship 3: Podcasting & more

Victor Hess first discovered cosmic rays using a Geiger counter and a hot air balloon in 1911. Today physicists are using hundreds of giant water tanks scattered across the Argentine pampas to try to figure out where the mysterious particles come from, I learned in an interview for this week’s Nature’s podcast. The audio segment [...]



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Generation Y Workforce

Generation Y entered the workforce a few years ago now, and many of that generation now have doctorates and are starting their scientific careers in earnest. This week, ScienceCareers takes a look at these new young scientists to make sense of this new workforce and the workplace that Generation Y-ers are entering. Here’s a preview, [...]



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Barcelona Walking Tour Podcast

Bienvenido a Barcelona! This Let’s Go audio walking tour should help you find the gaudiest and finest Barcelona has to offer. You could do it all in one long day, or pick and choose, since each track covers a separate sight or neighborhood. Download the audio files [mp3] or read the story behind the story [...]



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Paris Walking Tour Podcast

Bienvenue a Paris! This Let’s Go audio walking tour should help you find the crème de la crème in the City of Lights. You could do it all in one long day, or pick and choose, since each track covers a separate sight or neighborhood. Download the audio files [mp3] or read the story behind [...]