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Balancing The Future

Technology EN ↓ 28 episodes

Science and technology play a key role in solving many of the world’s toughest problems. Balancing the Future introduces listeners to the people and innovations addressing these challenges. We explore wide-ranging creative solutions that are changing our world for the better. You will hear directly from people making an impact in science and technology. Like how cultivated foods could shake up both our diets and traditional agriculture, the ways AI could help us find a cure for Alzheimer's, and how tiny 3D ‘organoids’ are already changing the way we test new drugs. Each episode offers hopeful...

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How Are 3D Cell Cultures Revolutionizing Drug Testing? 28.10.2024 29:31

The use of 3D cell cultures is revolutionizing the drug testing industry, improving safety, accuracy and shaking up traditional methods. Could this technology take us into a future where we are able to fully personalize medicine, and maybe, even grow replacement organs? In this episode of Balancing the Future, Dr. Jan Lichtenberg joins Dana and Micah to explore how 3D cell cultures are changing...

Could Cultivated Meat Revolutionize Diets of the Future? 14.10.2024 31:55

As diets evolve and arable farmland becomes increasingly less viable, could cultivated or lab-grown meat provide a solution to the pressing challenges we face on Earth and beyond? In this episode of Balancing the Future, biotechnologist Steven Lang joins Dana and Micah to discuss the current landscape of cultivated meat. He delves into the significant environmental and social issues this techno...

Introducing Balancing The Future 09.09.2024 1:43

For hundreds of thousands of years, humans have pursued more effective, efficient ways of living and working. It’s our constant pursuit of better ways to do things. Better ways to solve problems. Better ways to communicate. Better ways to live and thrive. Throughout history, we have made countless innovations that have propelled our society toward new horizons. Those innovations have adapted acros...