Close All Tabs

By KQED

Ever wonder where the internet stops and IRL begins? Close All Tabs breaks down how digital culture shapes our world through thoughtful insights and irreverent humor. From internet trends to AI slop t... more

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The podcast currently has 575 episodes available.

Close All Tabs episodes:

November 07, 2016 Let It Burn: The Forest Service Wants to Stop Putting Out Some Fires
Fires aren't all bad. Some fires help forests become healthier, but scientists say they're sorely lacking in California.
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October 31, 2016 Desalination: Why Tapping Seawater Has Slowed to a Trickle in California
Even after six years of drought, tapping the sea for drinking water is proving to be a tough sell. Cost is a major obstacle.
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October 24, 2016 Can Ecstasy Help Relieve the Epidemic of Social Anxiety Among Autistic People?
Daniel Au Valencia had always gotten the message she talked wrong, stood wrong, looked at people wrong. So she signed up for an experimental trial on the efficacy of MDMA on social anxiety.
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October 17, 2016 Your Devices Are Probably Eroding Your Productivity. Here's Why.
UCSF neuroscientist Adam Gazzaley says our brains can't multitask, and when we try to force them to, we lose focus.
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October 10, 2016 New Stem Cell Technology Could Make Life Easier for Kidney Disease Patients
California's stem cell agency is funding a clinical trial of a technology that relies on a patient's own stem cells to work effectively.
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October 03, 2016 How Safe Is Safe Enough for a Self-Driving Car?
Self-driving cars are close enough to reality that federal regulators are sketching out policies for them, in areas from cyber-security to ethics.
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September 26, 2016 10 Years in, Has California's Climate Law Really Lowered Emissions?
Emissions are dropping, but it's hard to pin down who—or what—gets the credit.
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September 19, 2016 Lipedema: The Fat Disorder That Millions Have But No One Has Heard Of
Millions of women are suffering from a disease that poses as obesity. Most patients don’t know they have it, and doctors haven’t heard of it.
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September 12, 2016 When Doctors Dump Insurance for Subscription Model, Who Benefits?
Many primary care physicians have had enough of the traditional health care system, so they've broken away to create their own practices, where they don't take insurance and charge a monthly fee.
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September 06, 2016 Can a New 'Vaccine' Stem the Frog Apocalypse?
A deadly fungus is devastating frogs, but California scientists are trying out an experimental treatment against it.
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The podcast currently has 575 episodes available.

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