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Satellite smartphones, radiation detecting snakes, desert battling gardens, contraceptive vaccines and accent morphing AI are just some of the stories in this week’s Weird Science selection. 

Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury 

Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9

Episode Sources:

• https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/29/22647252/the-iphone-13-5g-leo-satellite    
• https://www.wired.com/story/radioactive-rat-snakes-could-help-monitor-fukushima-fallout/?utm_campaign=RSS&utm_medium=Sendible&utm_source=rss
• https://www.wired.com/story/a-plan-to-slow-the-creep-of-the-sahara-by-planting-gardens/?utm_campaign=RSS&utm_medium=Sendible&utm_source=rss
• https://www.wired.com/story/an-experimental-birth-control-attacks-sperm-like-a-virus/
• https://www.wired.com/story/el-salvador-bitcoin-rocky-start/?utm_campaign=RSS&utm_medium=Sendible&utm_source=rss
• https://www.newscientist.com/article/2289171-men-fart-more-when-eating-a-plant-based-diet-due-to-good-gut-bacteria/
• https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/06/china-cracks-down-on-crypto-related-services-in-ongoing-war-on-bitcoin.html
• https://www.wired.com/story/el-salvador-bitcoin-rocky-start/?utm_campaign=RSS&utm_medium=Sendible&utm_source=rss
• https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/7/22661452/twitter-follower-remove-soft-block-test
• https://www.newscientist.com/article/2288976-call-centre-workers-can-use-ai-to-mimic-your-accent-on-the-phone/

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What will it take to get us back to work? How many of us are confident that employers will keep offices safe and COVID-free? Today we look at some of the hybrid models that aim to have us back in the office, at least some of the time.

Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury 

Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9

Episode Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/aug/03/lost-history-electric-car-future-transport 

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2021/aug/21/covid-free-office-h3-bucharest-disinfection-robots-thermal-body-cameras

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jul/05/amazon-worker-fired-app-dystopia

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/20/1029846068/two-indicators-will-remote-work-kill-the-office

https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/14/22624669/wall-street-journal-tech-workers-multiple-remote-jobs

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The battle for control of the metaverse is pitting companies that want to create a corporate-curated Ready Player One experience against those who want it to develop with the organic chaos of the current Internet. And no one has even built it yet. 

Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury 

Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9

Episode Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/10/style/metaverse-virtual-worlds.html

https://www.theverge.com/22588022/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-ceo-metaverse-interview

https://www.matthewball.vc/all/themetaverse

https://www.matthewball.vc/the-metaverse-primer

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/05/move-over-space-tech-billionaires-have-a-new-utopian-boondoggle-the-metaverse

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/10/techies-think-were-on-the-cusp-of-a-virtual-world-called-the-metaverse-im-skeptical

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120 years ago the best-selling car in the world was electric. An electric car was the first to break the 100kmh barrier. Henry Ford teamed up with Thomas Edison to create an electric powered vehicle. This is the secret history of electric cars. 

Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury 

Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9

Episode Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/aug/03/lost-history-electric-car-future-transport

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Dumpster-diving cockatoos, DNA vacuums, aromatherapy insecticides, truth-sniffing dogs and dolphin calls recoded on a Mattsplained animal special. 

Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury

Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2285158-termite-gut-microbes-can-help-turn-toxic-wood-into-biofuels/

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2285012-vacuuming-dna-from-air-can-reveal-which-animals-are-present-in-an-area/

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2285092-essential-oils-help-to-stop-invasive-beetles-from-eating-palm-trees/

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2284984-cockatoos-are-figuring-out-how-to-open-bins-by-copying-each-other/

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2285017-who-counts-as-an-astronaut-not-jeff-bezos-say-new-us-rules

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2284824-virtual-roller-coaster-rides-may-help-unravel-causes-of-migraine/

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2284611-dogs-will-ignore-you-if-they-know-you-are-lying-unlike-young-children/

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2284426-tomatoes-have-a-kind-of-nervous-system-that-warns-about-attacks/

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It’s what you’ve been waiting for. The robot cockroach episode. 3D-printed smart bridges, billionaires in space, innovative EV tech. Nothing can compete with the robot cockroach. 

Hosts: Matt Armitage and Rich Bradbury

Produced: Rich Bradbury for BFM89.9.

Episode Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jul/18/lightbulb-moment-the-battery-technology-invented-in-a-brisbane-garage-that-is-going-global

https://www.sciencealert.com/engineers-built-a-cockroach-inspired-robot-that-can-t-be-squashed

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Chips designing chips, a self-determining excavator, team building soccer simulations and injectable spinal implants. Science is slick.

Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury 

Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9

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After only 100 years of failed efforts, dubious attempts and breezeblocks with wings, it look as though the age of the flying car may finally be with us.

Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury 

Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9

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The Quantum Internet. No, don’t go away. The launch of mesh networks like Amazon’s Sidewalk are highlighting a need for ever greater levels of encryption and security in our communications. The Quantum Internet may hold the key. 

Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury 

Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9

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We take a look at the science of motivation and the latest thinking around mindfulness as we ask why some people are better at getting on with things.

Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury 

Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9

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