Science & Technology: September 2012 Archives

Monday September 24, 2012

Matt Stambaugh - Laboratory leather

Our science and technology contributor Matt Stambaugh explains how - and why - scientists plan to "grow" real leather in a laboratory.

LISTEN: Lab-grown leather

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Monday September 17, 2012

Matt Stambaugh - How reading helps your brain

Researchers have figured out why reading is good for your brain. Our science and technology contributor Matt Stambaugh joins us to explain.

LISTEN: Why reading helps the brain

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Tuesday September 11, 2012

Matt Stambaugh - Voyager 1

It's been 35 years since the Voyager space probe was launched - and now, it's on the verge of being the first man-made object to leave the solar system. Our science and technology contributor Matt Stambaugh joins us with more.

LISTEN: Matt Stambaugh on Voyager

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• December 2012
  • Mon., 3 – Matt Stambaugh - Floating houses
     
• October 2012
  • Mon., 22 – Matt Stambaugh - Nuclear rod concern
     
• September 2012
  • Mon., 24 – Matt Stambaugh - Laboratory leather
     
  • Mon., 17 – Matt Stambaugh - How reading helps your brain
     
  • Tue., 11 – Matt Stambaugh - Voyager 1
     
• August 2012
  • Mon., 27 – Matt Stambaugh on Nikola Tesla
     
  • Tue., 7 – Matt Stambaugh - Digital pills
     
• July 2012
  • Mon., 30 – Matt Stambaugh - Melting in Greenland
     
  • Mon., 23 – Matt Stambaugh - Solving global warming
     
  • Mon., 16 – Matt Stambaugh - Scanning from a distance
     
  • Mon., 9 – Matt Stambaugh - the drones are coming
     
  • Tue., 3 – Matt Stambaugh - 'spray on battery'
     
• June 2012
  • Wed., 27 – Hot Wheels
     
  • Mon., 11 – Biometrics in India
     
  • Mon., 4 – Curry Power
     
• May 2012
  • Mon., 28 – Bigfoot
     
  • Tue., 22 – USS Enterprise
     
  • Mon., 14 – Floating Tech City
     
  • Mon., 7 – Making water from air
     
• April 2012
  • Mon., 30 – Matt Stambaugh
     
  • Mon., 16 – Matt Stambaugh on mobile power
     
• March 2012
  • Mon., 26 – Matt Stambaugh on "vibrating tattoos"
     
  • Mon., 19 – Matt Stambaugh on alcohol and fruit flies
     
• February 2012
  • Mon., 27 – Russian scientists revive ancient plant
     
  • Mon., 13 – Matt Stambaugh - Lake Vostok
     
  • Mon., 6 – Matt Stambaugh on brainwaves and speech
     
• January 2012
  • Mon., 30 – Matt Stambaugh on potential moon bases
     
  • Mon., 23 – Matt Stambaugh on "augmented reality"
     
  • Mon., 16 – Matt Stambaugh on "exercise pills"
     
• December 2011
  • Mon., 12 – Matt Stambaugh - 3D bone printers
     
  • Mon., 5 – Matt Stambaugh - Computer heat
     
• November 2011
  • Mon., 28 – Matt Stambaugh - Thorium
     
  • Mon., 21 – Matt Stambaugh - 3D projections
     
  • Mon., 14 – Matt Stambaugh - Reprogramming cells
     
  • Mon., 7 – Genetically engineered mosquitoes
     
• October 2011
  • Mon., 31 – Space lasers
     
  • Mon., 24 – X-ray vision?