On Sunday, June 25, WORT will be holding its annual meeting. The meeting will beheld at the Art In Gallery at 1444 East Washington Avenue in Madison from 3-7 pm. Parking and the entrance are at the rear of the building. On the agenda: voting for eight new members of the station’s Board of Directors […]
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Julie Rehmeyer is a contributing editor at Discover magazine, and as a freelance journalist, has written for the New York Times, Science News, and Wired, among many others. She’s also the author of her memoir Through the Shadowlands: A Science Writer’s Odyssey into an Illness Science Doesn’t Understand, about her battle with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. […]
Biotech Programs at MATC
In tonight’s episode of the Perpetual Notion Machine, we look into the biotechnology programs at Madison Area Technical College (MATC), otherwise known as Madison College. PNM’s Lincoln Tice talks with Dr. Joe Lowndes, an instructor in biotechnology and chemistry at MATC. As a technical school, the programs and courses are geared toward learning the specific […]
Storm Water Management
Since late last year, the Perpetual Notion Machine’s Lincoln Tice has produced a series of shows related to water, from the lakes to groundwater. Tonight, Lincoln continues the trend by discussing the elements of storm water management. His guests are Ken Potter, Emeritus Professor in civil and environmental engineering at UW-Madison, and Greg Fries, a […]
UW-Madison Researchers Target Radiation Therapy
Volunteer Lincoln Tice speaks with Akire Trestrail and Dr. Bruce Thomadsen, researchers in the Medical Physics Dept. at the UW-Madison’s School of Medicine and Public Health, about their research on “directional brachytherapy” radiation therapy.
Bioethics and Henrietta Lacks
Happy New Year! For the first episode of the Perpetual Notion Machine in 2017, we look into the topic of medical bioethics with a specific reference to the case of Henrietta Lacks. PNM’s Lincoln Tice learned about Henrietta Lacks from a recently published biography by Rebecca Skoot called The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Lacks […]