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  • 137 Radical Changes to How We Work

    137 Radical Changes to How We Work
    2020/12/18
    For decades, office workers were told they had to be in the office. They couldn’t work remotely. Then, suddenly, the COVID pandemic required working from home. Now companies are contemplating when and if they will call employees back into office. In this episode we delve into the thinking behind where and when we work as well as how our productivity is measured.
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    34 分
  • 136 Ingestibles

    136 Ingestibles
    2020/12/11
    Medical technology has taken a big leap forward with ingestibles. Ingestible medical devices stand to change the face of medicine and we're just on the tip of the iceberg!
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    33 分
  • 135 Lincoln's Cabinet of Rivals

    135 Lincoln's Cabinet of Rivals
    2020/12/04
    Abraham Lincoln is often regarded as the greatest American president. He violated one of the oldest leadership practices by bringing his political opponents into his cabinet. Why would a leader do that? Wouldn’t that set him up for internal sabotage? In this episode we explore the man and his thinking.
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    27 分
  • 134 The Underground City

    134 The Underground City
    2020/11/27
    We're going down under, underground that is. Coober Pedy is a mining town that discovered the value of staying out of the elements by digging into the earth. Not just houses, but museums, churches and many other businesses.
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    30 分
  • 133 Compulsory Eduction in the US

    133 Compulsory Eduction in the US
    2020/11/20
    Compulsory education laws require children to attend a public or state-accredited private school for a certain period of time. We'll be talking about the history and significance of this disruptive idea for the betterment of society
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    31 分
  • 132 Nautilus Travels Under the North Pole

    132 Nautilus Travels Under the North Pole
    2020/11/13
    We're headed to the North Pole. Well, actually, the USS Nautilus made the trip, but they didn't go to the North Pole, they went UNDER the North Pole.
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    31 分
  • 131 Human Genome Project

    131 Human Genome Project
    2020/11/06
    With the goal of determining the base pairs that make up human DNA and identifying and mapping of every gene in the human body, the Human Genome Project was finished under time and under budget. The value and possibilities are priceless!
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    32 分
  • 130 Ice Block Expedition of 1959

    130 Ice Block Expedition of 1959
    2020/10/30
    It started as a publicity stunt for a radio station. It ended with a 3-ton block of ice traveling from the Arctic Circle to the Equator, and was followed by worldwide press corp, crowds of spectators and was called "the world's greatest publicity stunt".
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    31 分