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Hear the untold stories of mind-blowing achievements in science and tech. “CBS Sunday Morning” corre

Episodes

Total: 47

In 1915, British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s historic expedition to Antarctica stalled when flo

Deepfakes, those computer-generated videos of well-known people saying things they never actually sa

The star attraction of NASA’s Mars 2020 mission is the Perseverance rover. But bolted to its undersi

In early 2023 ChatGPT blew up the internet. It’s an AI app that can create any piece of writing you

From NASA helicopters in space to robot bouys at sea, “CBS Sunday Morning” correspondent David Pogue

Back to Titanic Part 2

2022/12/19

In “Back to Titanic” Part 1, David Pogue told of his invitation to join an expedition to visit the w

Back to Titanic Part 1

2022/11/27

The wreck of the Titanic lies about 2.4 miles below sea level. Only five submersibles in the world c

The Secret of Baby Carrots

2022/11/20

If you type the word “carrot” into Google Images, you get thousands of photos of the classic root ve

People talk about greenhouse-gas emissions from cars, planes, and factories, but one source out-poll

By the year 2000, the internet was already becoming a cesspool. The bad guys used software bots to s

Where Emoji Come From

2022/1/28

Each year, the powers that be endow our phones with about 70 new emoji. For 2022, you’ll be getting

Over the last decade, a group of California scientists has quietly amassed the biggest sleep databas

Subtitles for the Blind

2022/1/14

You already knew that you can turn on subtitles for your TV show or movie—handy if you’re hearing im

In 2018, following a historic three-year drought, the water sources in Cape Town, South Africa ran d

You’ve survived 2021—thanks, no doubt, to the science and tech that made your medical care, your int

It’s the night before Christmas—and many podcasters (and listeners) are nestled all snug in their be

The earth’s spinning is slowing down. Any clocks pegged to the earth’s rotation are therefore drifti

In the early 1970s, “mobile phones” were car phones: Permanently installed monstrosities that filled

Your smartphone can see, hear, and speak—even if you can’t. So it occurred to the engineers at Apple

It's Thanksgiving weekend, and for many podcasts, a week off. But we didn't want to sock you with so