Month: August 2020

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NBN Book of the Day - Steven Shapin, “The Scientific Revolution” (U Chicago Press, 2018)

“There was no such thing as the Scientific Revolution, and this is a book about it.” With this provocative and apparently paradoxical claim, Steven Shapin begins The Scientific Revolution (University of Chicago Press, 2018), his bold, vibrant exploration of the origins of the modern scientific worldview, now updated with a new bibliographic essay featuring the latest scholarship.

Steven Shapin is the Franklin L. Ford Research Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University. His books include Leviathan and the Air-Pump (with Simon Schaffer), A Social History of Truth: Civility and Science in Seventeenth-Century England, and The Scientific Life: A Moral History of a Late Modern Vocation.

Mark Molloy is the reviews editor at MAKE: A Literary Magazine.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Insecurity services? Alexei Navalny’s poisoning

Doctors believe Russia’s opposition leader was poisoned, and suspicion naturally falls on the Kremlin. Why might the country’s leadership have taken such a risk? For LGBT people coming out is, in many places, far easier and more commonplace than it once was—thanks in part to the internet. And why a younger generation is shunning Laos’s traditional ant-egg soup. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer
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The Best One Yet - “Codename: CIA IPO” — Palantir’s ironic leak. Luminar’s laser stock. Uber/Lyft’s politics.

The secretive tech icon Palantir’s IPO paperwork just un-secretly leaked. Luminar is yet another electric car startup going public through SPAC — except this one shoots laser beams and is run by a 25-year-old CEO. And we’re looking at how the shutdown of Uber and Lyft in California last week didn’t happen, but revealed their unique in-app policy power about the new battle, Prop 22. $UBER $LYFT Want a shoutout on the pod? We got the form for Snackers to fill out right here: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - The U.S. Can Fix Its COVID Testing Failures

Getting tested for the coronavirus has never been as easy as it should be in the U.S. We’ve seen equipment shortages, long delays for test results, and even mixed messages about who should be getting tested.

But there is a way to fix America’s inadequate testing. And experts say it could return some normalcy even before we have a reliable vaccine.

Guest: Robinson Meyer, a staff writer at The Atlantic. Read his latest story, The Plan That Could Give Us Our Lives Back.

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The NewsWorthy - Police Shooting Protests, First Confirmed Reinfection & Zoom Outage – Tuesday, August 25th, 2020

The news to know for Tuesday, August 25th, 2020!

We have updates about:

  • another controversial police shooting, this time in Wisconsin and why protesters are demanding action
  • one man with two cases of COVID-19: the first documented reinfection
  • the latest track of Tropical Storm Laura
  • the outage that made back-to-school especially difficult for some kids
  • how the Powerpuff Girls are being reimagined for a new generation

Those stories and more in just 10 minutes!

Head to www.TheNewsWorthy.com under the section titled 'Episodes' to read more about any of the stories mentioned or see sources below...

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Sources:

Kenosha, WI Shooting: Kenosha News, AP, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Reuters, Axios

Lafayette, LA Police Shooting: Lafayette Daily Advertiser, AP, CNN

COVID-19 Reinfection: Stat, BBC, CNN, AP

RNC Day 2 Preview/Day 1 Recap: AP, WSJ, The Hill

‘Republicans for Biden’ Group Forms: FOX News, Politico, CBS News

Michael Steele Joins Lincoln Project: CNN, Axios, USA Today, Steele Statement

Tropical Storms Update: WSJ, WaPo, AP, Weather Channel, Miami Herald

Fewer U.S. Kids in Foster Care: AP, HHS

Zoom Outage: AP, The Verge, WSJ, Zoom Status, CEO Apology

AA Anti-COVID Surface Coating: Reuters, FW Star Telegram, Fortune, American Airlines

Delta Extra Cabin Cleaners: Reuters, FOX Business, Delta

'Powerpuff Girls' Live-Action Reboot: Variety, Deadline, CNET

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What A Day - Guilfoyle Salesman

Protestors gathered for a second night in Kenosha, Wisconsin following the police shooting of 29-year-old Jacob Blake, who is reportedly still in intensive care. The three cops that participated in Blake’s shooting have been put on administrative leave, and a state investigation is ongoing. 

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The Republican Party officially renominated Trump and Pence on the first day of the RNC. The night’s offerings included speeches given live from the same podium in Washington, DC, Kimberly Guilfoyle projecting her voice, and a version of America where the pandemic is basically solved. 

And in headlines: it’s been 15 years since Hurricane Katrina, Zoom problems on the first day of school, and Jerry Falwell Jr. resigns over a sex scandal.

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Short Wave - Scorpion Vs Mouse: A Mind-Blowing Desert Showdown

Encore episode. This one doesn't end the way you'd expect. Inspired by the Netflix documentary series "Night On Earth," we learn everything we can about a mouse and scorpion who do battle on the regular — from two scientists who study them: Ashlee Rowe at the University of Oklahoma and Lauren Esposito at the California Academy of Sciences.

If you have Netflix, you can watch the critters clash about 18 minutes into the episode 'Moonlit Plains' here.

Read more about Lauren's work with scorpions here, and Ashlee's work with grasshopper mice here. And you can learn more about grasshopper mouse vocalizations from Northern Arizona University's Bret Pasch here.

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