Il podcast di Antonino Privitera

What Science Has Learned about the Coronavirus One Year On 11.12.2020 30:51 ↓

About a year ago, SARS-CoV-2 (which wasn’t called that yet) was just beginning to emerge in a cluster of cases inside China . We know what has happened since then, but it bears repeating: there have been  69 million cases and more than 1.5 million deaths  globally as of December 10, 2020, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. And as the virus raced around the world, science h...

WT493 – Don’t Trust Hand Tools 09.12.2020 57:50 ↓

We're talking about precision and accuracy.

2020's Top 10 Tech Innovations 09.12.2020 48:10 ↓

Scientific American  and the World Economic Forum sifted through more than 75 nominations for the most innovative and potentially game-changing technologies in 2020. The final top 10 span the fields of medicine, engineering, environmental sciences and chemistry. And to win the nod, the technologies must have the potential to spur progress in societies and economies by outperforming established way...

Inventing Us: How Inventions Shaped Humanity 03.12.2020 25:56 ↓

Materials scientist and science writer Ainissa Ramirez talks about her latest book The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another .

WT492 – Thanks for Nothing 02.12.2020 44:14 ↓

We're talking about what we're thankful for!

WT491 – Get Better Friends 18.11.2020 25:46 ↓

Q&A email bag round up.

WT490 – Tool Upgrades We Refuse to Make 11.11.2020 46:14 ↓

We’re talking about things we specifically don’t upgrade and why!

WT490 – Crushing Domestic Bliss 04.11.2020 56:41 ↓

We’re talking about Matt. Seriously, it’s all about Matt and his new house and new shop.

WT489 – Get Your T-Shirts 31.10.2020 1:04 ↓

Get your hot fresh Wood Talk T-Shirts!

WT488 – The Hairy Palm Episode 21.10.2020 45:49 ↓

Today we doing a Q&A show to clean out our inbox...and to answer your questions.

WT487 – Crappy Handmade Gifts for Me 14.10.2020 31:34 ↓

With the holiday season soon upon us we are talking about gifts for the woodworker.

WT486 – Crappy Handmade Gifts for You 07.10.2020 56:34 ↓

With the holiday season soon upon us, we are talking about making gifts for others.

WT485 – Marc Likes a Sticky Shaft 24.09.2020 32:52 ↓

Hooray for Q&A!

WT484 – Wiener Dreams 16.09.2020 43:06 ↓

We're talking about what you do after you have your design.

WT483 – Drunk on Design 09.09.2020 45:01 ↓

Today we are talking about how we design our projects

175 Years of Scientific American: The Good, the Bad and the Debunking 29.08.2020 32:30 ↓

We look back at some highlights, midlights and lowlights of the history of Scientific American, featuring former editor in chief John Rennie. Astrophysicist Alan Guth also appears in a sponsored segment.

WT482 – Premium Thong Oil 26.08.2020 39:48 ↓

Cleaning out our inbox with a Q&A show.

Bread Science: A Yeasty Conversation 24.08.2020 46:41 ↓

“Baking is applied microbiology,” according to the book Modernist Bread . During pandemic lockdowns, many people started baking their own bread. Scientific American contributing editor W. Wayt Gibbs talks about Modernist Bread, for which he was a writer and editor.

WT481 – Pinch that Thing 20.08.2020 59:10 ↓

Today we are talking about workbench vises and workbench alternatives.

The Coming or Possibly Nearly Here Storm 14.08.2020 28:40 ↓

Former Scientific American editor Mark Alpert talks about his latest sci-fi thriller The Coming Storm, which warns about the consequences of unethical scientific research and of ignoring the scientific findings you don’t like.  

WT480 – Matt Cavernous Waste of Space 11.08.2020 1:09:53 ↓

It's all about workbenches!

COVID-19 Vaccine Ethics: Who Gets It First and Other Issues 07.08.2020 25:49 ↓

Contributing editor W. Wayt Gibbs spoke with Arthur Caplan , head of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine’s division of medical ethics, about some of the ethical issues that researchers have to consider in testing and distributing vaccines against COVID-19.

How Your Homes and Buildings Affect You 30.07.2020 35:32 ↓

Journalist and author Emily Anthes talks about her book The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness .

WT479 – The Right Amount of Bulge 29.07.2020 58:39 ↓

Assembly mistakes!

WT478 – I Meant To Do That 22.07.2020 43:56 ↓

Our joinery mistakes and how we fixed them.