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Get in-depth coverage of current and future trends in technology, and how they are shaping business, entertainment, communications, science, politics, and society.
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As Kenya’s Crops Fail, a Fight Over GMOs Rages 07.03.2023 9:38
Faced with extreme drought, Kenya’s president approved a controversial new crop for farmers. Then the legal backlash began. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How Old Are You, Really? New Tests Want to Tell You 06.03.2023 12:32
About a dozen such consumer tests are now on the market, but the science of reading DNA for insights about longevity is still young. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Disruptors Who Want to Make Death Greener 03.03.2023 13:01
Startups rush to gain a foothold in a burgeoning industry as New York and California move to legalize human composting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Cute Animals Are Overrated. Let’s Save the Weird Ones 02.03.2023 9:56
One million species are at risk of extinction, but a handful of charismatic creatures get all the hype. A new conservation strategy has a different focus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
You Can Turn Your Backyard Into a Biodiversity Hotspot 01.03.2023 10:36
New research shows that if done right, urban farms and gardens can support all kinds of species—for the good of people and the environment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
No One Knows If Decades-Old Nukes Would Actually Work 28.02.2023 11:17
Atomic weapons are complex, sensitive, and often pretty old. With testing banned, countries have to rely on good simulations to trust their weapons work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On-Demand Rocket Launches Are Coming 27.02.2023 9:42
In a factory on the outskirts of Glasgow, aerospace manufacturer Skyrora is building rockets for a space-bound taxi service for satellites. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A Stroke Paralyzed Her Arm. This Implant Let Her Use It Again 24.02.2023 11:51
Electrical stimulation applied to the spinal cord temporarily restored arm and hand movement in two patients. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Rovers Are So Yesterday. It’s Time to Send a Snakebot to Space 23.02.2023 11:39
The student winners of a NASA competition designed a serpentine bot that could sidewind across lunar regolith or roll down hills. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why Bother Bringing Back the Dodo? 22.02.2023 10:35
Audacious plans to resurrect the long-extinct bird could be lucrative. But the moonshot raises thorny philosophical questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A Bold Plan to Beam Solar Energy Down From Space 21.02.2023 10:59
The European Space Agency is exploring a unique way to dramatically cut carbon emissions by tapping sunlight closer to the source. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
MDMA and Psilocybin Are Approved as Medicines for the First Time 20.02.2023 8:06
Many are celebrating Australia’s decision to pave the way for these psychedelic therapies, but questions around accessibility remain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Secret to Making Concrete That Lasts 1,000 Years 17.02.2023 11:05
Scientists have uncovered the Roman recipe for self-repairing cement—which could massively reduce the carbon footprint of the material today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Did the Seeds of Life Ride to Earth Inside an Asteroid? 16.02.2023 12:56
Biological amino acids could have celestial or terrestrial roots. An experiment simulated their formation in deep space—but the mystery isn’t solved yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How Sensor-Dangling Helicopters Can Help Beat the Water Crisis 15.02.2023 12:11
A simultaneous solution to California’s extreme drought and flooding is to bank more water underground. Send in the choppers (and a few ATVs). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A Looming El Niño Could Dry the Amazon 14.02.2023 11:39
When a warm band of water develops in the Pacific, drought grips the rainforest. The Amazon, devastated by deforestation and fires, is especially vulnerable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Scientists Grew Mini Human Guts Inside Mice 13.02.2023 8:36
These tiny organoids with working immune systems mimic the function of the GI tract and could be used to study intestinal diseases and drugs to treat them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
At Last, the Milky Way Gets a Better Close Up 10.02.2023 11:12
The largest catalog ever collected by a single telescope maps Earth’s 3 billion stellar neighbors—and helps track the dust that warps how we see them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The World’s Farms Are Hooked on Phosphorus. It’s a Problem 09.02.2023 12:27
Half of the globe’s crop productivity comes from a key fertilizer ingredient that’s non-renewable—and literally washing away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why Not Cover Ugly Parking Lots With Solar Panels? 08.02.2023 11:02
In France, a plan to cover swaths of asphalt with photovoltaics will bring renewable energy even closer to urban areas where it’s needed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey EV Owners: It’d Take a Fraction of You to Prop Up the Grid 07.02.2023 10:31
If you agree to provide some of your car’s battery power in times of high energy demand, you’ll get paid, and help make the grid more stable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It’s Not Sci-Fi—NASA Is Funding These Mind-Blowing Projects 06.02.2023 11:55
The space agency gave money to researchers working on liquid telescope mirrors, a lunar oxygen pipeline, and Martian building blocks made of fungi. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Medieval monks were, in many ways, the original LinkedIn power users 03.02.2023 11:05
Focusing wasn’t much easier in the time before electricity or on-demand TV. In fact, you probably have a lot in common with these super-distracted monks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Scientific Fraud Is Slippery to Catch—but Easier to Combat 02.02.2023 13:06
Fakery spans “beautified” data, photoshopped images, and “paper mills.” Experts and institutions are employing tools to spot deceptive research and mitigate its reach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Lasers Are Mapping Scotland’s Mysterious Iron Age Passages 01.02.2023 6:28
Digitized archaeology is making souterrains—subterranean passages in the Highlands—accessible in a way Indiana Jones could only dream of. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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