Back From the Dead: the Future of De-Extinction
As the world struggles through an ongoing mass extinction, scientists across the planet are getting closer and closer to bringing entire species back from the dead -- a process known as de-extinction....
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Listener Mail: The Government's 'Secret Internet,' Night Drones, Sonic Booms and Sky Trumpets
Does the US government have a secret internet? Who's out there flying drones at night? How can we explain sonic booms and sky trumpets? All this and more in this week's listener mail. Learn more abou...
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The Hunt For the Tasmanian Tiger
The last known thylacines, or Tasmanian tigers, passed away in captivity in the 1930s. Yet ever since that time, people in Tasmania and the Australian mainland have reported seeing these distinct, dog...
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CLASSIC: Flat Earth Update
In ancient days civilizations across the world believed Earth was some sort of plane, a flat space in the absolute center of the universe. In recent days some celebrities have revived the concept, all...
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Strange News: De-Extinction, AI Avatars in Politics, and Digging the World's Deepest Hole
Humanity is closer than ever before to bringing back extinct species, from the mammoth to the dodo and the Tasmanian Tiger. In South Korea, the President-elect made waves by openly using an AI avatar ...
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CLASSIC: The Rise of the Superbug
It's true - scientists around the world are increasingly concerned that antibiotics are losing their effectiveness, leading to a future filled with unstoppable bacteria. But could it actually happen? ...
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Listener Mail: The Center of the Universe, The Fraud Triangle, and the Tricky Business of Counting Nukes
What's going on at the Center of the Universe in Tulsa, OK? How does the fraud triangle help us understand when people are likely to commit crime? What makes counting nuclear weapons so tricky? All th...
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The Future of Digital ID
Most people can agree that identification is important. But what happens when you have a single ID for everything? And not just a physical ID, but an intangible, virtual one -- a form of identificatio...
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