Summary: What is a 'connected car'? What might it mean for our universe if life is discovered on Mars? And what is Space Resource Exploration and Utilization Act? Find out this week! | <a href="http://ern-wp-content.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/PS_080616.mp3" target="_blank">Download Full Episode #324</a> <strong><a href="http://www.ernlive.com/show/popular-science-radio/57/episodes/learning-computers-learning-cars-segment-1-324" target="_blank">Segment 1: Learning Computers = Learning Cars</a> </strong>| <a href="http://ern-wp-content.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/PS_080616_IHEART_01.mp3" target="_blank">Download Segment 1</a> 53-54% of people don't know what the term 'connected car' refers to. John Ellis explains connectivity in cars going all the way back to the 1920's, and what it means for cars today. <strong><a href="http://www.ernlive.com/show/popular-science-radio/57/episodes/a-better-safer-world-segment-2-324" target="_blank">Segment 2: A Better, Safer World</a> </strong>| <a href="http://ern-wp-content.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/PS_080616_IHEART_02.mp3" target="_blank">Download Segment 2</a> The connected car is pushing the technology of our daily commutes forward and changing the world. John Ellis fills us in on the safety and efficiency that car connectivity brings. <strong><a href="http://www.ernlive.com/show/popular-science-radio/57/episodes/expedition-unknown-segment-3-324" target="_blank">Segment 3: Expedition Unknown</a> </strong>| <a href="http://ern-wp-content.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/PS_080616_IHEART_03.mp3" target="_blank">Download Segment 3</a> Who wouldn't want to explore old monasteries, temples, or historic mysteries like a modern day Indiana Jones? <a href="http://www.travelchannel.com/shows/expedition-unknown" target="_blank">Expedition Unknown's</a> Josh Gates (<a href="https://twitter.com/joshuagates" target="_blank">@JoshuaGates</a>) details his trip to Kathmandu and gives us a preview of upcoming episodes. <strong><a href="http://www.ernlive.com/show/popular-science-radio/57/episodes/stake-your-claim-segment-4-324" target="_blank">Segment 4: Stake Your Claim</a> </strong>| <a href="http://ern-wp-content.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/PS_080616_IHEART_04.mp3" target="_blank">Download Segment 4</a> What is the Space Resource Exploration and Utilization Act? NASA Solar System Ambassador, Matt Funke (<a href="https://twitter.com/turnleftatmars" target="_blank">@Turnleftatmars</a>), fills us in on Congress' new bill that allows private companies to lay claim to places and objects in outer space. <strong><a href="http://www.ernlive.com/show/popular-science-radio/57/episodes/xploration-outer-space-segment-5-324" target="_blank">Segment 5: Xploration Outer Space</a> </strong>| <a href="http://ern-wp-content.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/PS_080616_IHEART_05.mp3" target="_blank">Download Segment 5</a> Science and technology are essential (and very interesting) fields of study, but not all people understand that. Xploration Outer Space Host, Emily Calandrelli (<a href="https://twitter.com/thespacegal" target="_blank">@Thespacegal</a>), has made that her mission! Find out what started Emily's love affair with outer space and science. <strong><a href="http://www.ernlive.com/show/popular-science-radio/57/episodes/is-life-common-segment-6-324" target="_blank">Segment 6: Is Life Common?</a> </strong>| <a href="http://ern-wp-content.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/PS_080616_IHEART_06.mp3" target="_blank">Download Segment 6</a> So there's water on Mars - what's all the hype about? Xploration Outer Space Host, Emily Calandrelli (<a href="https://twitter.com/thespacegal" target="_blank">@Thespacegal</a>), explains that water could point to microbial life, and microbial life on one of our closest neighbors could mean life is common in the universe!
