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NPR (http://www.npr.org) website hosts a wide variety of podcasts on current events, science, arts, health and many other topics of interest which are both informative and educational. I chose this particular posting as it discusses a very relevant topic of interest. Tornados this year alone has killed hundreds of people in US and the science to track and forecast its destruction path is relatively new. However, research in this area, particularly in the invention of early warning systems can save numerous lives and minimize property damages. This podcast introduces a new radar system developed and deployed by CASA (Collaborative Adapting Sensing of the Atmosphere). It discusses how this new system is designed in a simple, intuitive manner and gives a firsthand description of how it worked during the recent Tornado events.
While listening to a podcast, the NPR website also lists the related stories and other recent podcasts in the same section. The audio controls are in a pop-up window which also allows you to add the current podcast into your playlist that you can access as a registered member (registration is free).The content of the stories and the convenience of use makes NPR one of my favorite websites.
This is awesome. I have used and followed this site for some time. NPR is a great resources for many reasons, fairly objective journalism, etc.
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