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    Introducing WIRED's Gadget Lab!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 0:43


    Although we paused on publishing narrated versions of WIRED articles in this feed, you will still hear the latest in tech from the WIRED team.On WIRED's Gadget Lab, you'll find hosts Lauren Goode and Michael Calore tackling the biggest questions in the world of tech with knowledgeable WIRED reporters.You can expect the best of WIRED's breaking news and tech analysis right here in this feed.Listen to WIRED's Gadget Lab: https://listen.wired.com/YDai_aaZ

    Introducing WIRED Politics Lab!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 0:36


    Although we paused on publishing narrated versions of WIRED articles in this feed, you will still hear the latest in tech and politics from the WIRED team.Join host Leah Feiger and a rotation of guests as they guide you through the exciting, challenging, and sometimes entertaining vortex of internet extremism, conspiracies, and disinformation on WIRED Politics Lab.You can find the information needed to lift the fog of disinformation we find ourselves in everyday right on this feed.Listen to WIRED Politics Lab: https://listen.wired.com/politicslab_feeddrop

    The Bird Flu Threat Keeps Growing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2024 9:46


    Human cases keep ticking up, are very likely to be underreported, and offer the virus the opportunity to learn how to spread from person to person. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Dengue Fever Threatens to Gate-Crash the 2024 Summer Olympics

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 10:58


    Measles, bedbugs, and dengue have all been cited as concerns for tourists and athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, with the tropical virus in particular forcing authorities into action. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    No, You Can't Have a Solar-Powered Passenger Plane

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2024 8:27


    Guilt-free air travel is a beautiful dream, but there's simply no way to get enough solar energy to keep a cabin full of people in the air. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    The Mysterious Discovery of ‘Dark Oxygen' on the Ocean Floor

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2024 6:50


    Researchers believe they have discovered oxygen being produced 4,000 meters below the sea surface, and think polymetallic nodules—the sought-after bounty of deep-sea miners—could be the source. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    The Race for the Next Ozempic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2024 11:31


    The next wave of obesity drugs could help people lose even more weight—and make some pharma companies a fortune. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Abortion Rights Groups Rush to Back Kamala Harris

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2024 8:19


    Activists believe that the vice president, who is already the leading voice for reproductive rights in the Biden administration, will champion their cause. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Hospitals Around the World Are Struggling in the Aftermath of the Great IT Meltdown

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2024 10:59


    Doctors find themselves without critical systems and diagnostic tools—and face the daunting reality that a full recovery could take days—after CrowdStrike's botched deployment of a software update. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Newly Discovered Moon Caves Could One Day House Astronauts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024 4:01


    Analysis of lunar imagery has ended a longstanding debate over whether there are accessible underground areas on the Moon; an emptied lava tube in the Sea of Tranquility is of particular interest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    To Find Alien Life, We Might Have to Kill It

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2024 11:44


    Missions to explore other worlds, like Mars or Saturn's moon Titan, could disrupt or destroy extraterrestrial life in the process of seeking it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    The New UK Government Wants Clean Energy, Sustainable Aviation Fuel, and Public Transport Reform

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2024 8:02


    Legislation in coming years will set up a publicly owned clean power company and leverage the Crown Estate for investment in green infrastructure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    It Will Soon Be Easier for Americans to Recycle Batteries

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2024 6:57


    Improperly discarded batteries leak toxic chemicals and are prone to exploding. A new program funded by the Department of Energy will prop up battery drop-off sites across the US. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Google DeepMind's Chatbot-Powered Robot Is Part of a Bigger Revolution

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2024 6:17


    Robotics researchers are exploring how large language models can give physical machines more smarts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Elon Musk's Neuralink Is Ready to Implant a Second Volunteer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2024 5:44


    In a livestreamed update on X, Elon Musk and Neuralink executives gave an update on the company's next study participant—and its next-generation brain implant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    AI's Energy Demands Are Out of Control. Welcome to the Internet's Hyper-Consumption Era

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 10:57


    Generative artificial intelligence tools, now part of the everyday user experience online, are causing stress on local power grids and mass water evaporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    The $11 Billion Marketplace Enabling the Crypto Scam Economy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2024 10:28


    Deepfake scam services. Victim data. Electrified shackles for human trafficking. Crypto tracing firm Elliptic found all were available for sale on an online marketplace linked to Cambodia's ruling family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    This Ancient Technology Is Helping Millions Stay Cool

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2024 12:57


    Cheap, low-energy evaporative cooling devices are keeping water, food, people, and even whole buildings cool across India. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Health Care Should Be Designed for the Extremes of Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2024 3:38


    Much of health care is designed with the “comfortable middle” of society in mind, says designer Yves Behar, when it should be tailored to children, the elderly, and those with disabilities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    How a Group of Butterflies Managed to Fly 4,200 Kilometers Without Stopping

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2024 5:31


    When butterflies not native to South America appeared on a beach in French Guiana, entomologists started sleuthing to prove where they came from—and how they might have got there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    The UK's NHS Going Digital Would Be Equivalent to Hiring Thousands of New Doctors

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2024 6:49


    More than 30 million Brits have the NHS app. This represents an opportunity to transform the health service, which shadow health secretary Wes Streeting calls “an analog system in a digital age.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Sexist Myths Are a Danger to Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2024 5:49


    To improve outcomes for female patients, all evidence needs to be considered—while outdated myths about the significance of sex differences need to be retired. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Not Everyone Loses Weight on Ozempic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2024 11:20


    For many patients, GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy lead to substantial weight loss. But some see much less benefit, and researchers are trying to figure out why. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    NASA Desperately Needs New Spacesuits. Private Firms Are Struggling to Make Them

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 6:27


    Collins Aerospace is expected to back out of a contract with NASA, while high interest rates and a difficult supply chain environment have affected Axiom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Aging Might Not Be Inevitable

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 7:00


    There are biological underpinnings to aging—and so researchers are investigating cell manipulations, transfusions of young blood, and chemical compounds that can mimic low-calorie diets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    With AI Tools, Scientists Can Crack the Code of Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2024 5:03


    Google's AI research lab DeepMind is steadily building knowledge of how genes and their products work inside the body—and how and why they sometimes go wrong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Boring Architecture Is Starving Your Brain

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2024 6:50


    Thomas Heatherwick believes architecture has a “nutritional value” to society—and that the public desperately deserve a better offering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Revolutionary Alzheimer's Treatments Can't Help Patients Who Go Undiagnosed

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2024 6:59


    It's a question of when, not if, highly effective treatments become available, says the CEO of Alzheimer's Research UK. But that doesn't solve the problem of one-third of dementia patients still going undiagnosed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Science Is Full of Errors. Bounty Hunters Are Here to Find Them

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 11:19


    A new project is paying researchers to find errors in other scientists' work. The only problem? Even error hunters make mistakes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Europe Scrambles for Relevance in the Age of AI

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2024 12:03


    With chatbot and AI development largely coming from the US, some EU entrepreneurs and politicians say local champions are needed to prevent a cultural flattening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    How to Take the Perfect Soccer Penalty

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2024 9:32


    To understand how to take a match-winning penalty, you've got to understand the physics behind the perfect kick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Starship's Successful Test Moves SpaceX One Step Closer to Mars

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2024 9:05


    The vehicle mostly survived launch and reentry—key stepping stones toward operational flights of the largest rocket in history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Banks Are Finally Realizing What Climate Change Will Do to Housing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2024 12:51


    Extreme weather threatens the investment value of many properties, but financing for climate mitigation efforts are only just getting going. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Sellers Call Amazon's Buy Box ‘Abusive.' Now They're Suing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2024 9:53


    UK retailers have accused Amazon of using its Buy Box section to choke their businesses, reigniting a years-long debate over whether there was foul play. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    From the Archives: Generative AI Is Coming for Sales Execs' Jobs—and They're Celebrating

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2024 12:37


    Generative AI Is Coming for Sales Execs' Jobs—and They're Celebrating Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    The 2024 US Open Is Designed to Thwart Golf's Big Hitters

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2024 11:21


    Players, aided by technology, are hitting the ball farther than ever, and courses can't keep getting longer—meaning operators are having to find smarter ways to keep the sport challenging. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Apple Intelligence Will Infuse the iPhone With Generative AI

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 5:09


    At its Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple introduced its first serious foray into generative AI, with a focus on app integrations and data privacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    From the Archives: The Race to Save Yellowknife From Raging Wildfires

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 10:51


    Some residents of Yellowknife are staying behind to fight back wildfires that could soon engulf the Canadian city. Others have shared harrowing stories as they race to escape the flames. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Apple's Biggest AI Challenge? Making It Behave

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 10:43


    Apple Intelligence will make apps and services smarter. But Apple's most notable innovations focus on ensuring the technology doesn't disappoint, annoy, or offend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    AI Tools Are Secretly Training on Real Images of Children

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2024 8:18


    A popular AI training dataset is “stealing and weaponizing” the faces of Brazilian children without their knowledge or consent, human rights activists claim. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    The World's Largest Fungarium May Unlock the Mysteries of Carbon Capture

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2024 7:12


    Research is uncovering the key role that fungi play in getting soils to absorb carbon, and how humanity's actions aboveground are wreaking havoc in the mysterious fungal world below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    From the Archive: How a Firefly Course Is Saving Japan's Favorite Glowing Insect

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2024 10:13


    The fireflies of Moriyama City have long been prized (and hunted) for their yellow-green glow. To bring populations back up, amateur conservationists are hitting the books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    From the Archives: What Do We Owe the Octopus?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2024 10:51


    Mounting research suggests that cephalopods experience pain. Now, the National Institutes of Health is considering new animal welfare rules that would put them in the same category as monkeys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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