Cocktail Party Science

Cocktail Party Science

Inside Planktos' Failed Iron Seeding Mission

The editors and writer behind Carbon Discredit share the inside dope

In this episode of Cocktail Party Science, host Chuck Cage sits down with Michael Moyer and Kalee Thompson--the editor and writer of Carbon Discredit. Learn more about how one of the most elaborate missions to reverse climate change was felled by environmentalists, and how the story took the shape it did.

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Visiting the Green Megalopolis

An audio tour of the ultra-green megacity of tomorrow

Chuck Cage sits down with editor Nicole Dyer and writer Cliff Kuang to get the inside scoop on the future of the environment. In this episode of Cocktail Party Science, the three tear open the eco-friendly green megalopolis to learn more about the pod cars, maglevs, energy-generating sidewalks and more.

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Tearing Open Those Audacious Ideas

The inside scoop on 10 crazy ideas that just may save our planet

Tiny nukes to power towns, a hair club for plants and gasoline that can be pulled from thin air. On this episode of Cocktail Party Science, host Chuck Cage sits down with the editors and writers of "10 Audacious Ideas to Save the Planet" and discusses how science's most outlandish ideas could prove to be our salvation.

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Inside the Invention Awards

The stories behind the zero-emissions motor unicycle, the machine that kills tumors and more

On this week's podcast, host Chuck Cage leads the Invention Awards roundup. The editors and writers of the special feature join the party to discuss the seemingly-impossible tumor killing machine, the mold-breaking rocket engine, the zero-emissions motor unicycle and more.

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The Past From 200 Miles Up

Listen to tales of archeology on high on this Cocktail Party Science

On this week's episode of Cocktail Party Science, host Chuck Cage and articles editor Michael Moyer sit down with Mara Hvistendahl, author of "The Space Archaeologists" to find out why archeology has gone high-tech and how the future might save the past.

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The Science of Speed Racer

On this week's podcast, we cover the high-tech behind the summer's hottest movies

They're not just chock-a-block with action. This summer's biggest blockbusters are backed by some of the most advanced technology on the planet. On this week's Cocktail Party Science, Chuck Cage sits down with writer Corey Binns and editor Martha Harbison to discuss the art and science of Speed Racer and its implications for the future of film.

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