The Current, Canada’s Most Listened to Radio Show
Here are some of the stories I got to work on for The Current. “GMO pigs’ cautionary tale of genetically modified food research” aired November 2, 2015. (Pitched and produced it) “Electrical brain stimulation moves from lab to home, experts wary” aired October 13, 2015. (Pitched and helped produce it) “Deep sea mining’s new frontier…
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King Tut’s gold couldn’t save him, but it saved his DNA
Everything the world knew about King Tut since Howard Carter discovered his tomb in 1922 was turned upside down when scientists applied today’s forensic science methods to the most famous mummy in the world.
King Tut was not a strong pharaoh riding chariots or murdered by some rival. Instead, he was a sick and frail king, born of incest, who needed walking sticks to get around.
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A High Temperature Superconducting Future
It’s hard to imagine a world where scientists have figured out how to get superconductors to work at room temperature.
Why superconductors are so cool is they can transmit electricity with virtually no resistance. If your laptop could do that, it would never heat up as it does now. Electronics waste energy.
The most practical use for superconductors that don’t have to be cooled to below -100 degrees Celsius would be to distribute energy. They could easily and efficiently transmit electricity from a windmill in Kansas to downtown San Francisco.
Other applications would be a little more difficult for us to get our minds around if it weren’t for the Jetsons.
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