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P is for Power
Episode 313
A team of researchers based at the University of the West of England in Bristol has developed a method for turning human effluent into electricity. U…
9 years, 7 months ago
The Last 10%
Episode 312
A 44-year-old French father of two who found out one day that he had most of his brain missing. Instead his skull is mostly full of liquid, with only…
9 years, 7 months ago
City Hall of Mirrors
Episode 311
With the rise of autonomous machines and the possibility of an invading army comprised of robots, scientists are starting to think about designing sp…
9 years, 7 months ago
Those Lion Eyes
Episode 310
Scientists in Botswana are painting intimidating eyes onto the rumps of cattle that graze near wildlife areas to prevent them from being preyed upon …
9 years, 8 months ago
A Growing Smile
Episode 309
A team of scientists from the University of Nottingham and Harvard University have developed a method of regrowing damaged teeth using a filling-like…
9 years, 8 months ago
Skin Vogue
Episode 308
Tina Gorjanc has sourced the late designer Alexander McQueen’s DNA to harvest into skin tissue, which she’ll then tan and turn into human leather. In…
9 years, 8 months ago
Plate and Switch
Episode 307
A new book called Real Food Fake Food: Why You Don't Know What You're Eating and What You Can Do About It, by Larry Olmsted, has caught Anthony's eye…
9 years, 8 months ago
Me Grow Horny
Episode 306
With Rhinos on the brink of extinction, some bioengineers are 3D printing horns to flood the market with fakes, in an attempt to stop the decline. J…
9 years, 8 months ago
Animal Magnetism
Episode 305
A researcher in US thinks he might have finally found evidence of humanity's sixth sense - the ability to detect, in some subconscious way, Earth's m…
9 years, 8 months ago
Manifestingray
Episode 304
Scientists have built a robotic stingray made of heart muscle cells from a rat, a skeleton of gold, plastic fins, and light-activated algae proteins.…
9 years, 8 months ago