Name: A Limit to Lifespan, Genetic Preference for Flavors, and the Power of Hurricane Matthew by SciFri in talk
Duration: 7 min 16 s
Description: A new look at mortality suggests that even as average lifespan increases, there is still a hard cap on how long we can live.

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Ryan Rykaczewski describes one of the most massive migrations on the planet, driven by the sun. Image by Tintinnidguy (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons 

#ExplainTheSun  - The Largest Migration on The Planet

Once, there was the ordinary incandescent light bulb. It shone brightly, but wasted much of the energy put into it as heat. Then came the compact fluorescent. And as costs have dropped, consumers have increasingly been switching to light-emitting diode (LED) technology for many lighting applications, in an ongoing search for a more efficient bulb. Now, in work published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, researchers report that nanophotonic devices may be able to breathe new life into old incandescent technology. Marin Soljačić and Ognjen Ilic, two authors of the study, explain how they’ve been able to “recycle” some of the incandescent bulb’s wasted heat and re-emit it as visible light, boosting efficiency.

For the Lowly Incandescent Bulb, a Ray of Hope

The redwood trees of the northern California coastline depend on fog as a seasonal water source.

The Fog and the Redwood

Homo sapiens worldwide may have descended from a single migration event out of Africa more than 50,00 years ago.

Ancient Migrations, Summer Sea Ice, and Archaeological Algorithms

A new look at mortality suggests that even as average lifespan increases, there is still a hard cap on how long we can live.

A Limit to Lifespan, Genetic Preference for Flavors, and the Power of Hurricane Matthew

Science, technology, and other cool stuff from public radio's Science Friday. It's brain fun, for curious people. From WNYC Studios.

A Limit to Lifespan, Genetic Preference for Flavors, and the Power of Hurricane Matthew

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