undersea cable If They Cut The Undersea Cables That Connect Us To The Internet, Will It Crash The Global Economy? By sonsoflibertymedia.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 17:54:06 +0000 The U.S. is accusing Russia of preparing to cut undersea cables which carry Internet traffic all over the world, and Russia is accusing western powers of preparing to do the exact same thing. In some cases, these undersea cables literally stretch from one continent to another, and so it is impossible to guard them. That … Full Article Commentary
undersea cable Double dipping in an NIH loan repayment program, and using undersea cables as seismic sensors By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Thu, 28 Nov 2019 14:00:00 -0500 The National Institutes of Health’s largest loan repayment program was conceived to help scientists pay off school debts without relying on industry funding. But a close examination of the program by investigative correspondent Charles Piller has revealed that many participants are taking money from the government to repay their loans, while at the same time taking payments from pharmaceutical companies. Piller joins Host Sarah Crespi to talk about the steps he took to uncover this double dipping and why ethicists say this a conflict of interest. Sarah also talks with Nate Lindsey, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Berkeley, about turning a 50-kilometer undersea fiber optic cable designed to move data into a sensor for activity in the ocean and the land underneath. During a 4-day test in Monterey Bay, California, the cable detected earthquakes, faults, waves, and even ocean-going storms. For this month’s books segment, Kiki Sandford talks with Dan Hooper about his book At the Edge of Time: Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe’s First Seconds. You can find more books segments on the Books et al. blog. This week’s episode was edited by Podigy. Ads on this week’s show: McDonalds; Salk’s Where Cures Begin podcast Download the transcript (PDF) Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast Full Article Scientific Community