Time to think about changes to the electrical system. When you charge your cell phone you’re charging a DC battery. When you plug that charger into your house, so you are taking AC power and converting it to DC power to charge your phone. Same for your computer and lots of other things. Why can’t […]
Understanding Flu and Vaccines (Likable Science)
Flu presents unique challenges among diseases in terms of evolving rapidly and thus requiring constant revisions of vaccines. What causes the flu? What are symptoms and general prognosis of flu cases? How do these differ among different strains of flu? What was special about the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic? The host for this episode is […]