187: The Most Complicated Thing You Could Possibly Imagine
Plus, human hibernation, the Pillars of Creation, landmine-detecting rats, and good news on malaria vaccines, poverty in India, rewilding in Spain, ocean conservation in Congo, fossil fuel insurance markets, and electric trucks.
186: Silphion
Plus, magnet-grown meat, why parody matters, old-fashioned sobriety, and good news on global inequality, women's rights in India, wetland conservation in Argentina, an ICE ban in New York, and industrial decarbonization in Europe.
185: Disconnection Event
Plus, planetary defence systems, Roger Federer, The Queue, autonomous driving, and good news on US cancer deaths, gay marriage in Cuba, mammal recoveries in Europe, coal closures in Australia, and EV sales in Germany.
184: Stone Skipper
Plus, a new comments section, solving Saturn's mysteries, the greatest jump of all time, and good news on AIDS, youth crime in the US, ocean conservation in Indonesia, river restoration in Europe and Canada, clean air zones in Spain and an electric truck from Mercedes.
183: Middle Out Economics
Plus, a new charity partner, liberating your mama in Ukraine, 3D-printed houses, and good news on leprosy, child poverty in the US, ospreys in the UK, animal rights in Italy, rooftop solar in Spain, and global clean energy jobs.
182: Barreleye
Plus, Vitalik, AOC and the Sun, and good news on a new malaria vaccine, literacy in Iran and Cambodia, social attitudes in the US, global solar manufacturing and ocean conservation in Thailand.
181: Scruffy Hospitality
Plus, the largest artwork ever made, LLMs meet the robots, one of the best life advice essays ever, and good news on tropical diseases in Togo, conservation funding in the United States, a combustion engine ban in California, and puffins in Maine.
180: Pepper Shepherd
Plus, the grandmother hypothesis, digital twins, celebrating the grind, and good news on cervical cancer in Rwanda, steel emissions in China, a new Indigenous protected area in Canada, and saiga antelope in Kazakhstan.
179: The Scent of God
Plus, why the medium really is the message, a new flying car, planetary nervous systems, and good news on climate politics in the US, life expectancy in Africa, teenage pregnancy around the world, and wolves in the Alps.
178: The Dawn of Everything
Plus, exaflop computing, Neil Gaiman, Merlin Sheldrake, the Ethereum merge, and good news on poverty in Cambodia, womens rights in Kansas, global coal plant construction, and sacred groves in India.