219: Glimmers
Plus, modern day doom machine, back-of-the-pack running, CRISPR crops, thanobots, and good news on global breast-feeding rates, healthcare in India, serial killers, conservation in Gabon and wind energy in the UK.
Plus, modern day doom machine, back-of-the-pack running, CRISPR crops, thanobots, and good news on global breast-feeding rates, healthcare in India, serial killers, conservation in Gabon and wind energy in the UK.
Plus, heavy metal, Miyazaki food, a golden age for palaeontology, and good news on poverty in India, hepatitis in Egypt, democracy in the United States, electric vehicle sales in Europe, and tigers in Nepal
Plus, connectomes, bioreactors, psychedelics for anorexia, why we're all night animals, and good news on AIDS, poverty in Cambodia, offshore wind in the United States and conservation in Borneo.
Plus, extended childhoods, jetpack racing, bionic hands, and good news on trachoma, human rights in Mexico, domestic violence in South Korea, clean energy in Denmark, and river restoration in Madrid.
Plus, interstellar methenium, Korean sci-fi, neuroprotective CPR, and good news on global water, sanitation and hygiene, animal comebacks, rewilding in Spain and rock-weathering for carbon removal.
Plus, the myth of the lizard brain, airships, psychedelic first responders, and good news on funding for a new TB vaccine, crime in Mexico City, deforestation in Malaysia and Indonesia, and electric vehicles in Canada.
Plus, cosmic ray muons, industrial stem cell engineering, new sci-fi recommendations, and good news on rubella in southeast Asia, breast cancer in the UK, blue whales in California, food waste in South Korea, and industrial clean energy policy in the US and Japan.
Plus, a cloning milestone, mapping the planet's seabed, eavesdropping on animals, and good news on poverty (and deforestation) in Indonesia, press freedom in Fiji, debt for nature in Ecuador, shade in American cities, and wind power in the United Kingdom.
Plus, the oldest living thing on Earth, hiking in heels, sperm-injecting robots, Toyota enters the ring, and good news on respiratory diseases, smoking in the US, a new conservation area in Bolivia, snail restoration in Tahiti, and clean energy policy in Canada.
Plus, superalloys, figure-skating, hope for liberal arts grads, and good news on the R21 malaria vaccine, breast cancer in Canada, women's rights in Uzbekistan, conservation in Colombia, and China's electric vehicle market.
Plus, making astronauts great again, clever bees, journalism for flourishing, and good news on heart disease in the United States, teen pregnancy in the Philippines, climate legislation in Australia, and cleaner vehicle standards in China.
Plus, unreal motion capture, unreal lightning capture, amazing mathematicians, and good news on population growth, malaria vaccines in Kenya, global river restoration, private conservation in South America and rooftop solar in China.