Some Fascinating Facts That You Should Know

August 4, 2010

Interview with Ken Hair VP Engineering for Water Pik

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Mike Carruthers:
Conserving water is important not because there’s less of it than there used to be; in fact the water supply remains constant.

Ken Hair:
The problem with water (and this is a human geography problem) is the growing population.

July 8, 2010

Interview with Alex Bellos, author of the book Here's Looking at Euclid: A Surprising Excursion Through the Astonishing World of Math

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Mike Carruthers:
When you put your iPod on shuffle it’s supposed to play songs in a random order – but it doesn’t.

Alex Bellos:
True randomness you must have no idea about what’s going to come next on an iPod it’s all done by computer logarithm – so it’s fake randomness.

May 27, 2010

Interview with Hugh Raffels, author of the book Insectopedia

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Mike Carruthers:
You probably consider insects to be nothing more than a nuisance but they can actually be quite interesting – take house flies.

Hugh Raffels:
And if you see slow motion film for instance at the ways that flies can huver and the ways that they can arrange their flights. They’re extraordinarily sophisticated fliers.

March 25, 2010

Interview with Paul Yeager, author of the book Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities

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Mike Carruthers:
Weather can be fascinating there are so many facts, legends and misconceptions about the weather.

Paul Yeager:
I think one of my favorite misconceptions, having been a forecaster for the West Coast  for many, many years is the myth that it always rains in Seattle.