Popular Science Magazine
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R.J. Amador reads you articles from Popular Science, a magazine specifically for the general reader interested in science and technology subjects. It has won over 50 awards, including the ASME awards for journalistic excellence in both 2003 (for General Excellence) and 2004 (for Best Magazine Section). It has been translated into over 30 languages and is sent to at least 45 countries.
| Title | Podcast Description | Author/Reader | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stealth Technology - January, 2012 | "Next-Generation Stealth Technology. Stealthy new B-2 bombers and submarines." by David Hemling. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:07:26 |
| Innovations: 2011 - December, 2011 | "Four Innovations from 2011 that continue to benefit our lives." by Popular Science Staff Writers. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:18:33 |
| The Glory of Big Data - November, 2011 | "The Glory of Big Data. Knowing and re-programming the world we live in." by Juan Enriquez. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:12:32 |
| The Search For Alien Life - October, 2011 | "The Search For Alien Life is On. Explorations into life beyond our world." by Jennifer Abassi. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:16:40 |
| Extremely Mobile Devices - September 2011 | "Extremely Mobile Devices. Very smart, very fast, Silicon Valley-inspired automobiles of the future." by Josh Dean. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:21:42 |
| Big Science - August, 2011 | "Big Science. The Universe's ten most epic projects." by Popular Science Staff Writers. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:20:27 |
| Energy Easy as Waste - July, 2011 | "Energy Easy as Waste. Are we ignoring the small innovations that can bridge the energy gap?" by Hillary Rosner. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:13:27 |
| 29 Clean Energy Elements - June, 2011 | "29 Clean Energy Elements. They are rare, but they are necessary for the green revolution." by Seth Fletcher. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:24:44 |
| Saving the Seas - May, 2011 | "Saving the Seas. Seven ways we can (and must) reduce damage to our oceans." by PS Staff writers. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:17:36 |
| Cancer, Migrations, & Aliens - April, 2011 | Assorted Articles: "Cancer-fighting beads", "Winged migrations" and "Aliens in meteorites" by Popular Science staff writers. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:11:43 |
| "After Earth" - March, 2011 | "After Earth. Why, where, how, and when we might leave our home planet." by Ben Austen | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:22:07 |
| What Could Go Wrong? - February, 2011 | "What could possibly go wrong? Seven scientific screwups and how we can do better." by Popular Science Staff Writers. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:25:03 |
| The Terminator Scenario - January, 2011 | "The Terminator Scenario. Robots, artificial intelligence and the future of warfare." by Ben Austen. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:24:20 |
| Three Assorted Articles - December, 2010 | Assorted Articles by Popular Science Staff Writers. Three articles to keep you informed for the new year. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:10:46 |
| Plasma-Powered Spacecraft - November, 2010 | "The 123,000 Mile-per-hour Plasma Engine that could finally take us to Mars. Rocket fuel is slow by comparison." By Sam Howe Verhovek. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:18:16 |
| The Most Ambitious Weather Experiment - October, 2010 | "The Most Ambitious Weather Experiment. A one thousand square mile tornado trap." By Corey Binns. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:17:41 |
| Black Ops - September, 2010 | "Black Ops. Secret military technology in the age of terrorism." By Sharon Weinberger. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:18:13 |
| Science Confirms the Obvious - August 2010 | "Science Confirms the Obvious. Ten studies that make you say, "Duh!" The year's most outwardly obvious studies - but what about inwardly?" by Jason Daly | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:16:40 |
| Environmental Visionaries - July 2010 | "Environmental Visionaries. Check out what these guys are doing!" By Popular Science Staff Writers | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:21:42 |
| Invention Awards - June 2010 | 2010 Popular Science Invention Awards: "What will they think of next?" by Staff Writers. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:32:50 |
| Internal Combustion - May 2010 | "The Internal Combustion Engine is Not Dead." by Lawrence Ulrich; "The Future of the Car: Urban Commute 2020" by Popular Science staff writers. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:10:58 |
| 10 Worst Jobs In Science - April 2010 | "The Ten Worst Jobs in Science. Be grateful that someone else handles these grody tasks." by Nigel Buchanan | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:16:25 |
| Allergic to Radio Waves - March 2010 | "The man who was allergic to radio waves. Science attempts to navigate the sea of radiation all around us." by James Geary | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:36:50 |
| Reading the Human Mind - February 2010 | "The quest to read the human mind. Science can pluck pictures - and maybe one day even thoughts - directly from your brain." by Lisa Katayama | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:18:12 |
| Civilian Space Industry - January 2010 | "In 2010, the Civilian Space Industry takes off: Who needs the space shuttle?" by Sam Howe Verhovek | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:19:48 |
| Best of 2009 - December 2009 | "Best of 2009 from the Popular Science Staff writers: Hybrid Cars, stethoscopes, green energy and more!" | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:13:33 |
| Inside Astronaut Boot Camp - November 2009 | "Inside Astronaut Boot Camp: What does it take to prep humans for a trip to an asteroid or a Martian moon?" by Dawn Stover | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:15:47 |
| The Race to 1,000 MPH- October 2009 | "The Race to 1,000 miles per hour: British and American teams try to break the land speed record" by Mike Spinelli | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:23:15 |
| World's Biggest Laser & Gone In A Flash - Sept 2009 | "The World's Biggest Laser: Nuclear fusion, endless energy and homemade stars might become possible with the DOE's new machine" by Brooke Borel; "Gone in a Flash: Diamonds are for - well - a couple of seconds" by Theodore Gray | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:07:24 |
| Planes, Trains and Space Ships - May 2009 | Planes, Trains and Space Ships: A vision for making travel faster and more fun. | Reader: R.J. Amador, Author: Cliff Kuang | 00:13:00 |
| The Next Phage - April 2009 | Miracle cures may be brewing in a vat in Eastern Europe. Will these bacteria-eating viruses, called phages, save us when antibiotics fail? | Reader: R.J. Amador, Author: Elizabeth Svoboda | 00:21:45 |
| Who Protects the Internet - April 2009 | Pull up the wrong undersea cable, and the internet goes dark in Berlin or Dubai. Meet the people who stand guard over the world wide web. | Reader: R.J. Amador, Author: James Geary | 00:21:30 |
| Hunting the Elusive Fat Pill - March 2009 | Obesity is booming, yet there are only two medications approved for long-term weight loss. Why is it so hard to make a diet pill that works? For one thing, evolution hates diets. | Reader: R.J. Amador, Author: Eric Hagerman | 00:21:02 |
| Extreme Engineering - March 2009 2009 | Building half-mile-high towers, drilling for oil 16,000 feet under the sea, and four more of the world's most audacious construction projects. | Reader: R.J. Amador, Author: Rena Marie Pacella | 00:14:30 |
| Flying the Coal-Fired Skies - February 2009 | The Air Force has an ambitious plan to wean American aviation off of oil. But will the cure be worse than the disease? | Reader: R.J. Amador, Author: Catherine Price | 00:09:36 |
| The Worst Jobs in Science - February 2009 | It might seem sad, after years of study, to wind up gathering sewer rats or burning great, stinking heaps of urine samples and bloody gauze. But that's the path some professionals choose - and you're lucky they did. | Reader: R.J. Amador, Author: Jason Daley | 00:17:11 |
| The Machine Might Save the World - Jan 2009 | Two desktop-printer engineers quit their jobs to search for the ultimate source of endless energy - nuclear fusion. Could this highly improbable enterprise actually succeed? | Reader: R.J. Amador, Author: Josh Dean | 00:24:44 |
| PopSci Predicts - Jan 2009 | Airborne lasers, the cellphone-cancer link, big bucks for x prize winners... Popular Science gives you a peek at what promises to be a revelatory year of science. | Reader: R.J. Amador, Authors: Melinda Wenner, Melinda Dodd, Corey Binns, Amanda Schupak | 00:17:48 |
| Stealth Reborn - Jan 2009 | The Air Force wants a new bomber equipped with 21st-century technology. That could mean stealthier surface materials and laser weapons - and it might even skip the pilot. | Reader: R.J. Amador, Author: Dawn Stover | 00:06:05 |
| Power Struggle Part 2 - Nov 2008 | A 21st century electric-car revival is under way. But the first challenge - building a cheap, safe, powerful battery - is the hardest. | Reader: R.J. Amador, Author: Seth Fletcher | 00:15:10 |
| Power Struggle Part 1 - Nov 2008 | A 21st century electric-car revival is under way. But the first challenge - building a cheap, safe, powerful battery - is the hardest. | Reader: R.J. Amador, Author: Seth Fletcher | 00:07:32 |
| Three Mini-Articles - Nov 2008 | American Power, The New Space Race, Research Development | Reader: R.J. Amador, Authors: Michael Moyer and Amanda Schupak | 00:10:54 |
| The Flying Car Gets Real - Oct 2008 | The team at Terrafugia is about to fulfill the fantasy of every pilot-driver: a consumer vehicle that can take to the highways and the skies. All they have to do is finish the first one. | Reader: R.J. Amador, Author: Gregory Mone | 00:15:31 |
| Breaking Open the Unknown Universe - Oct 2008 | The most powerful and complex science experiment in the history of the universe is finally - after 14 years and $10 billion - about to begin. There's no telling what it may find, and that's entirely the point. | Reader: R.J. Amador, Author: Michael Moyer | 00:16:49 |
| Instant Expert - Oct 2008 | "Your Quick and Easy Primer on Just About Everything": Quick, pertinent science facts and developments. | Reader: R.J. Amador, Authors: Melinda Dodd et. al. | 00:21:14 |
| Burning the Tide - Oct 2008 | Alan Burns made a fortune in the oil business. But as oil wanes, he's convinced that clean energy will be - must be - the next big thing. | Reader: R.J. Amador, Author: Kalee Thompson | 00:19:21 |
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