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Science Friday: How to Keep Data in the Cloud From Evaporating
A discussion of online data storage and how to keep information stored in the Cloud safe. Aired Mar. 4, 2011 [17:40 min]
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Science Friday: Our Daily Diet of Data
How much data does the average American consume in an ordinary day? 34 gigabytes of data and 100,500 words, according to a recent study.
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Science Friday: Data Mining in the Mobile World
We'll talk about the potential benefits offered by real-time mobile data mining, and about the risks to privacy.
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Science Friday: Solving Life"s Everyday Problems, With Data
Data geeks say our digital breadcrumbs can reveal where to eat, who to date, or which bus to take.
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Science Friday: Who Owns Your Digital Data?
From the E-book on your reader to the mp3s on your iPod to your musings on Facebook and Twitter - who owns the bits of data that make up your digital life?
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Science Friday: Genetic Test Reveals Unexpected Data
A reporter who volunteered to have his DNA mapped was surprised to learn that he had some gene variants linked to diseases. He discusses his reaction to the findings, and the risks and benefits of DNA testing. Aired Feb. 24, 2012 [17:56...
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Science Friday: Defining a Data Deluge
Researchers attempt to measure the amount of information humanity can store and transmit.
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Science Friday: Of Email, Data, Graphs and Climate
Two investigations have cleared researchers at a climate research institute of wrongdoing after questions were raised about comments made in email exchanges between the scientists. We'll take a look at the controversy.
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Science Friday: Extracting Data From Photos of Our Eyes
Researchers used photographs to recover reflected images 30,000 times smaller than the actual subject. [8 mins. 27 secs.]
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It Conversations: Future Proofing Your Privacy
This podcast addresses the issue of protecting your privacy today with threats from identity theft, malware, government surveillance, and consumer profiling. Marc Hedlund speaks about how can we best protect our future selves from the...
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Science Friday: Understanding Medical Statistics
Relative risk? Survival rates? In this segment, we'll try to parse the language of medical studies and talk about how researchers and doctors interpret medical data.
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Science Friday: Tracking Privacy and Ownership in an Online World
How much of your personal data is really yours to control?
Curated OER
Kids Health: Body Mass Index
Determine your body mass index using this online calculator. This handy tool will even plot your BMI data on a graph.
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Science Friday: Personal Genome Project
The Personal Genome Project started at Harvard University is a human genetics project that aims to put the personal genomes and health data of participants online to share with other researchers. One goal is to make this type of...
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Science Friday: A Chronicle of a Whale's Life, Captured in Earwax
Researchers say earwax can provide data about pesticide exposures, hormone levels, and even stress levels of the endangered blue whale. [5 min, 31 sec]
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Science Friday: Weaving Around Web Privacy Controls
A discussion of new government regulations about protecting user privacy online. Despite these protections, web browser companies continue to collect information about users, according to Lorrie Cranor, a privacy researcher. She also...
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Nova: Sounds of Titan
Listen to sounds obtained by the Huygens space probe as it descended through Titan's atmosphere. Planetary research scientist Bruce Bretts will explain the meaning of the sounds obtained from the Huygens space probe.
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Science Friday: A Return to Mercury After 33 Years
In this audio lecture, scientists are reviewing data from a flyby of the planet Mercury earlier this week. Learn how the MESSENGER spacecraft is collecting images and other data about the planet. [24:23]
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Science Friday: New (Old) Views of the Lunar Core
Apollo-era astronauts left a seismic experiment on the moon. New analysis of that 30-year-old data may give new insights into the lunar core.
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Science Friday: Science in the Gulf
Are researchers being shut out of gathering valuable data in the wake of the Gulf oil disaster?
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Science Friday: Are Your Gadgets Spying on You?
Can electronics makers collect and share your data without your consent?
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Science Friday: Privacy at Stake as Sites Track Online Preferences
Bit.ly's Hilary Mason talks about services sites hope to provide by collecting online browsing data.
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Science Friday: Flotsametrics
What can floating debris teach researchers about the world's oceans? We'll talk with the author of a new book about the data to be learned from observing shoes, rubber ducks, and other wayward flotsam. [17 mins. 49]
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Science Friday: Mars Rovers, Mars Water
We'll check on the progress of the Mars rover mission. While new data collected by rover Opportunity during its exploration of Victoria Crater was published this week, the Spirit rover appears to be stuck.
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