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  • BirdNote Daily

    Where Swallows Go in Winter

    Do they hibernate? Bury themselves in mud? Nope!

    Today · 1 min
  • Curious Machines

    How Smart Grids Actually Work: The Engineering Behind Energy Independence

    Your power bill keeps climbing, but what if the real problem isn't energy costs - it's that our electrical grid was designed in 1882? Alex Romano breaks down how engineers are rebuilding the entire system from scratch, and why smart grids might be the key to both energy independence and actually affordable electricity. 🎯 What You'll Learn: • How smart grids cut energy waste by 20% just by routing power intelligently (and why your current grid can't do this) • Why buildings with embedded sensors slash energy use by 60% compared to traditional construction • The battery breakthrough that dropped storage costs 90% since 2010 and changed everything • How microgrids keep hospitals and schools running when the main grid fails 👤 Perfect for: lifelong learners and anyone passionate about personal growth who wants to understand the engineering solutions reshaping our energy future. 📍 Chapters: [00:00] Alex Romano introduces the 140-year-old grid problem [01:30] Smart grid basics: how electricity learns to think [04:00] Building design revolution: walls that actually save energy [07:00] The battery cost collapse that nobody saw coming [10:00] Microgrids and energy independence in your neighborhood [12:00] What this means for your next power bill Engineers aren't just tweaking the current system - they're building something completely different. And honestly? It's about time. The grid running your house right now was designed when Edison was still arguing with Tesla about AC versus DC power. 🔔 Never miss an episode: Follow Curious Machines on Spotify and Apple Podcasts and turn on notifications. New episodes drop daily - your next favorite insight is one tap away. 🔍 Topics: smart grid technology, energy independence, battery storage, microgrids, building efficiency ---- Keywords: brain science, science storytelling, human cognition, brain psychology, human psychology, mental processes, human behavior podcast, brain research Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Today · 17 min
  • Cool Worlds

    Some Bad News

    Off the cuff immediate reaction… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Today · 11 min
  • PBS Space Time

    Supersymmetric Particle Found?

    PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateSPACE ↓ More info below ↓ With the large hadron collider running out of places to look for clues to a deeper theory of physics, we need a bigger particle accelerator. We have one - the galaxy. Watch Two Cents here! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL8w_A8p8P1HWI3k6PR5Z6w You can further support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetime Get your own Space Time t­-shirt at http://bit.ly/1QlzoBi Tweet at us! @pbsspacetime Facebook: facebook.com/pbsspacetime Email us! pbsspacetime [at] gmail [dot] com Comment on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/pbsspacetime Physics is currently in a weird place. Historically, no matter how crazy our theories got, there were always new ways to test them. Your theory predicts a new particle? Build a particle accelerator big enough to see it. But once your collider spans entire countries – like the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland – there’s only so much larger you can go - at least on the surface of the Earth. The LHC has thoroughly tested the standard model of particle physics. The last component of that model – the Higgs boson – was verified in 2013. But the standard model isn’t the end of the story – there MUST be a more fundamental theory that explains the origins of this rich family of particles. Proposals for such grand unified theories proliferate, unconstrained by even the tiniest hint of new physics from the LHC. Help translate our videos! https://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_... Previous Episode: Why String Theory is Right | Space Time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTTa9YcTe1k Hosted by Matt O'Dowd Written by Matt O'Dowd Graphics by Luke Maroldi Assistant Editing and Sound Design by Mike Petrow Made by Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com) Special thanks to our Patreon Big Bang, Quasar and Hypernova Supporters: Big Bang David Nicklas CoolAsCats Anton Lifshits Fabrice Eap Justin Lloyd Juan Benet Quasar Tambe Barsbay Mark Rosenthal Dean Fuqua James Flowers Vinnie Falco Hypernova Chuck Zegar Jordan Young Joseph Salomone John Hofmann Martha Hunt Matthew O’Connor Ratfeast Brent Mullins Donal Botkin Edmund Fokschaner Max Levine Thanks to our Patreon Gamma Ray Burst Supporters: Alexander Rodriguez Alexey Eromenko Brandon Cook Brandon Labonte Daniel Lyons David Crane Fabian Olesen Fauzan Ardhana Greg Allen Greg Weiss Jack Frosch James Hughes JJ Bagnell Jon Folks Joseph Emison Josh Thomas Kevin Warne Malte Ubl Mark Vasile Nathan Leniz Nicholas Rose Nick Virtue Scott Gossett Shannan Catalano Shawn Azman Tommy Mogensen سلطان الخليفي Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Today · 21 min

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