IQ Learning on GigaDial Public: Recent Episodes
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Dave Shepherd, Howard Shepherd, and Howard Chang discuss the rules, etiquette, and media of everyday conversations.
Humorous survival tips you will probably never need!!!Back from break, GSG explains how to survive a typical werewolf infestation. Also, we introduce a new segment, Ask GSG, and our first question takes us back to basics as we discuss geek survival bunkers. If you have questions or comments, feel free to leave a comment here, or e-mail us at gsguide at gmail dot com. Meanwhile, the show notes are found at this Google Notebook. Enjoy!Download GSG06.mp3
This week: the melting Alps, new dinosaur-era sea monster, Star Trek-style sensor, T. rex puberty, the story behind a new "living fossil" photo, and more.
Dave Shepherd and Howard Chang welcome a voicemail on the Nerd Number from Hillary Israeli, on modern Hebrew as an invented language. (2:06) Dave and Howard discuss racial labels and epithets, and the boundaries of acceptability. (4:35) Music bumper from Nada by Jaime Beauchamp (16:24) Race and identity: what is race? (17:01) Song: Black Madonna, by Sophia Ramos (25:54) Rude [...]
In our last show before the summer, Dr Chris, Dave and Derek answer all your questions on science, technology and medicine including why paintings fade in sunlight, why body hair grows at different rates, whether UV light poses a danger at the disco, how weightlessness can be experienced on Earth, and sticking with space, Steve Miller explains the origin of Jupiter's giant red spot and its smaller relative red spot junior. We will also be repeating a famous experiment to see if people can accurately estimate physical attributes from the sound of someone's voice, and in Kitchen Science, Derek and Dave dice with death as they calculate the drag on a flag at 70 miles per hour...
After crossing the Mediterranean we are now looking at tuna ranching in its south eastern regions. And why exactly is tuna farming such a bad idea? And as World Oceans Day is nearly upon us, we take a look at important events on the oceans agenda this month.
The internal, infernal, combustion engine, and the family car that it powers, has impacted our lives more than any other single invention. It?s ubiquitous.
It?s also destroying the planet. It?s high time we made a stand and said, ?I won?t drive a car that isn?t as smart, or as environmentally aware, or as creative as I am.?
To read more, please go to the Your Earth Website
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