Episode: 1175 The collapse of the Elizabethan renaissance. Today, we visit a 400-year-old revolution.
Episode: 2040 The envelope game: a common-sense-defying selection problem. Today, guest scientist Andrew Boyd defies common sense.
Episode: 1947 Physiological Synchronicity: mirroring emotions. Today, actor Megan Cole talks about faces and feelings.
Episode: 3048 Juba II. Today, a scholar king of Africa.
Episode: 1174 Nature or nurture, explaining intellectual dynasties. Today, more on the matter of heredity or environment.
Episode: 1173 A sinking Automobile. Today, thoughts about thinking while I'm drowning.
Episode: 1171 The IgNobel Prizes: At what point does satire go wrong? Today, a concern about satire.
Episode: 1170 A visit to an iatros -- a doctor -- in a 400 BC clinic. Today, we visit a 2400-year-old clinic.
Episode: 2006 Sequim's strange blue hole in the midst of rain. Today, guest scientist Andrew Boyd stays dry.
Episode: 2243 Organizing for disaster: One place where New Orleans did it right. Today, our guest, UH journalist Michael Berryhill, prepares for a rainy day.
Episode: 2693 On the Nature of Ships, and a Fond Farewell to the Shuttle Discovery. Greetings from the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery, where today we celebrate our ships.
Episode: 1169 From stacked stone to steel: a shift in structural concept. Today, we make buildings by stacking stone.
Episode: 1168 Voltaire, Newton, science, and the French Revolution. Today, Newton, Voltaire, and the French Revolution.
Episode: 1167 Machiavelli's attempt to make objective science of statecraft. Today, thoughts about Machiavelli and immature science.
Episode: 1166 Searching for the historical Josquin Desprez. Today, academic detectives look for the real Josquin.
Episode: 1994 Encryption: abstraction in the world of practical business. Today, guest scientist Andrew Boyd sends secret messages.
Episode: 2897 A (Very) Short History of Privacy and Technology. Today, privacy and technology.
Episode: 2779 Smartphones/Wise Phones, our changing relationship with phones over the last century. Today, smartphones vs. wise phones.
Episode: 1165 Benjamin Thompson/Count Rumford and the conservation of energy. Today, we meet a Bavarian count who was born in colonial Massachusetts.
Episode: 1164 Why Things Bite Back: The Revenge Effect. Today, nature takes revenge.