Science, Spoken

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Science, Spoken episodes

June 27, 2024 With AI Tools, Scientists Can Crack the Code of Life
Google’s AI research lab DeepMind is steadily building knowledge of how genes and their products work inside the body—and how and why they sometimes go wrong.

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7 min
June 26, 2024 Boring Architecture Is Starving Your Brain
Thomas Heatherwick believes architecture has a “nutritional value” to society—and that the public desperately deserve a better offering.

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7 min
June 25, 2024 Revolutionary Alzheimer’s Treatments Can’t Help Patients Who Go Undiagnosed
It’s a question of when, not if, highly effective treatments become available, says the CEO of Alzheimer’s Research UK. But that doesn’t solve the problem of one-third of dementia patients still going undiagnosed.

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8 min
June 24, 2024 Science Is Full of Errors. Bounty Hunters Are Here to Find Them
A new project is paying researchers to find errors in other scientists’ work. The only problem? Even error hunters make mistakes.

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12 min
June 21, 2024 Europe Scrambles for Relevance in the Age of AI
With chatbot and AI development largely coming from the US, some EU entrepreneurs and politicians say local champions are needed to prevent a cultural flattening.

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13 min
June 20, 2024 How to Take the Perfect Soccer Penalty
To understand how to take a match-winning penalty, you’ve got to understand the physics behind the perfect kick.

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10 min
June 19, 2024 Starship’s Successful Test Moves SpaceX One Step Closer to Mars
The vehicle mostly survived launch and reentry—key stepping stones toward operational flights of the largest rocket in history.

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10 min
June 18, 2024 Banks Are Finally Realizing What Climate Change Will Do to Housing
Extreme weather threatens the investment value of many properties, but financing for climate mitigation efforts are only just getting going.

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13 min
June 17, 2024 Sellers Call Amazon’s Buy Box ‘Abusive.’ Now They’re Suing
UK retailers have accused Amazon of using its Buy Box section to choke their businesses, reigniting a years-long debate over whether there was foul play.

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10 min
June 14, 2024 From the Archives: Generative AI Is Coming for Sales Execs’ Jobs—and They’re Celebrating
Generative AI Is Coming for Sales Execs’ Jobs—and They’re Celebrating

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13 min

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