IEEE Spectrum Podcast

In several communities, Verizon has not restored landline phone service in seven months—and may never

The assembly line was invented 100 years ago. It’s time to invent the disassembly line

A new book argues for the environmental advantages of urban density

Canadian start-up ePACT’s dedicated system keeps organizations connected in emergencies

Manufacturers are still not putting security first when designing implantable medical devices

When advanced telecommunications is the only way to get you to the church on time

The U.S. Army knows more about countering IEDs than any other organization

The U.S. BRAIN initiative will build the tools needed to model the human brain

And gossip is more memorable than the evening news, according to a new study

Canadian start-up Urbee takes 2500 hours to print a car body that has only 40 parts

In a timely new memoir, a geologist chronicles his journey from shooting model rockets to becoming one of Curiosity’s lead scientists

A Georgia Tech professor of robotics argues automation is still creating more jobs than it destroys

Aereo takes broadcast TV signals and puts them on your computer, tablet, and smartphone—for a fee

Researchers hope to one day be able to print out an entire human liver

A look at the top tech cars of 2013 with car critic Lawrence Ulrich