Conversations With Joe

People have been talking about Hyperloop for years now, but what's actually happening with this proposed 5th form of transportation? Turns out there's a lot. And... not much. I'll explain.

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A team of researchers have figured out how to turn the Sahara desert into lush, green farmland. It could save the world... But it is insane.

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Dyson spheres come up a lot in science fiction, as well as in discussions around alien civilizations. But what are they? Do they exist and the even bigger question... Could humans ever make one?

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Animal intelligence is a subject of much debate, but new studies have shown that in many ways, animals are much smarter than we give them credit for, and have entirely different kind of intelligence than we understand.

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Water covers 71% of the Earth's surface. We are a water planet, it makes life possible. But where exactly it came from is still a bit of a mystery. Some new studies have shared some light on this question, and it may require us to think about water in a whole new way.

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Mars is far away. So far, it takes light anywhere from 3 to 22 minutes to travel there. This means the way we communicate is going to be very, very different - and will have long-term effects we can't really know right now.

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We've heard a lot about electric cars lately, but what about electric airplanes? The air transportation industry is a huge contributor to greenhouse gasses. Could we electrify our air fleet as well? Turns out... it might be next to impossible.

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Cognitive biases. We all have them. But we only seem to notice them in other people. Today we're looking at 3 of the most prevalent and destructive cognitive biases that we all have, and what we can do to prevent them from negatively impacting ourselves and our society.

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The funeral industry is a $16 billion industry that has an enormous environmental footprint. The numbers are staggering, really. But there are options that we can make that can change that. It just requires us to think about some pretty heavy stuff.

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The Bermuda Triangle has held our collective attention for decades. This area of the ocean is blamed for countless missing ships and planes, spawning theories as wide-ranging as time/space vortexes, methane bubbles, the City of Atlantis, and, of course, aliens.

But is there a rational explanation for all the weird phenomena reported in the Bermuda Triangle, or is it more of a pop culture phenomenon? Let's take a look.

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