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Weekly: Record hurricane season approaches; uncovering the mysteries of a rare earth metal; how to fight in Bronze Age armour
Season 1 Episode 251
#251
Hurricane season in the Atlantic ocean is set to be extremely active, according to forecasts. Expect to see as many as 25 named tropical storms, …
2 years, 3 months ago
CultureLab: Emily H. Wilson celebrates the expansive world of science fiction
From Dune to The Three Body Problem, is science fiction having a moment? Attention to the genre, as well as TV and films based on it, seems to have e…
2 years, 4 months ago
Weekly: Hints of alien life in our galaxy; freezing human brains; solving a mystery of Egypt’s pyramids
Season 1 Episode 250
#250
There are signs that aliens might be harnessing the power of stars in our galaxy to fuel their civilisations. Dyson spheres are structures that s…
2 years, 4 months ago
Dead Planets Society: Giving the Milky Way More Arms
Season 2 Episode 3
Galaxies come in only a few shapes, which are all very round looking. You’ve got spirals and you’ve got blobs. Not content with this boring assortmen…
2 years, 4 months ago
Weekly: Do sperm whales have an alphabet?; Why dark energy is so weird; US bird flu outbreak
Season 1 Episode 249
#249
Do whales have their own alphabet? We’ve long thought the clicking sounds that sperm whales make is their way of chatting to each other, but thos…
2 years, 4 months ago
CultureLab: Elizabeth Kolbert on what we’re missing in the fight against climate change
How do we understand the stakes of climate change, and communicate them? As we’re facing the consequences of climate change and our historical inacti…
2 years, 4 months ago
Weekly: Is climate change accelerating?; Anger vs heart health; New sensory organ
Season 1 Episode 248
#248
Last year marked the hottest on record, shattering previous temperature benchmarks across both land and sea. The rapid escalation – seemingly at …
2 years, 4 months ago
Dead Planets Society: A Neverending Solar Eclipse
Season 2 Episode 2
Did you miss out on the recent total eclipse? Don’t fear, we’ve got the solution. We bring you the constant solar eclipse.
Chelsea Whyte and Leah Cran…
2 years, 4 months ago
Weekly: What India elections mean for climate change; why animals talk; “tree of life” for plants
Season 1 Episode 247
#247
What does India’s election season mean for climate change? Last year India overtook the European Union as the third largest annual emitter of gre…
2 years, 4 months ago
CultureLab: Meredith Broussard on trusting artificial intelligence
How much faith should we be putting in artificial intelligence? As large language models and generative AI have become increasingly powerful in recen…
2 years, 5 months ago