SciFri Radio: Online Culture

SciFri Radio: Some Projects to Try on Your Summer Vacation (Or Perhaps Not)
We'll give you some ideas for safe -- and not so safe -- science experiments that you may be tempted to try at home.

SciFri Radio: What's Next In Web Searching
Developers are set to unveil WolframAlpha, a new type of search engine - and Google is responding with new tricks of its own. We'll look at what's...

SciFri Radio: Tweets from Frolleagues
Cowpooling? Frolleagues? Wired magazine's "Jargon Watch" columnist runs down the top tech jargon terms of 2008.

SciFri Radio: 2008 In Social Media
In this segment, Ira talks with with tech guru Tim O'Reilly about the year in social media -- and what comes next.

SciFri Radio: Computing Consumer Preferences
From stores to online radio stations, giving you suggestions for what you MIGHT like based on what you DO like is big business. We'll talk with...

SciFri Radio: Smiling In Groups
Smile, smile, smile. Happiness may be catching.

SciFri Radio: Ig Nobel Awards
In this hour, it's our post-Thanksgiving selection of highlights from the 18th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, recognizing the strange,...

SciFri Radio: E-Voting Update
Early voting has started in some parts of the country leading up to the November 4 elections. We'll find out how new voting machines and methods...

SciFri Radio: Spore and Evolution
How close is the new computer game Spore to the way evolution really works?

SciFri Radio: Inventing the Movies: Edison to the iPod
We'll look at how Hollywood became a driving force in the invention of new technologies.

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SciFri Newsbriefs: Online Culture

Newsbrief: Ask Ira: Science of Wiretapping
A new law extends the government's authority to wiretap without a warrant. We look at the technology of tapping.

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