Beware of zombie companies.
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Plus a new technique to protect birds from predators – using fake smells. Listen to episode 10 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Scientists think they may have found a new clue about the subatomic world around us.
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Plus why the situation for Rohingya Muslims living in Bangladesh has gone from bad to worse. Listen to episode 9 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Ready to go back to the office?
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Plus why your genes determine how you deal with cold temperatures. Listen to episode 8 of The Conversation Weekly.
Deserted: a highway in Dubai during lockdown in 2020.
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A transcript of episode 7 of The Conversation Weekly pocast, including an extra from Don’t Call Me Resilient on the treatment of migrant workers in Canada.
Grounded.
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Plus we hear about the hardships faced by migrant workers in Canada. Listen to episode 7 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Where next for the WHO?
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Plus a round-up of the coronavirus situation around the world marking one year since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. Listen to Episode 6 of The Conversation Weekly.
The polar night can last for weeks and even months in the high Arctic.
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A transcript of episode 5 of The Conversation Weekly podcast, including stories on the Arctic Ocean and new archaeological finds in Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge.
The Arctic is warming two to three times faster than any other place on Earth.
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Plus, new discoveries about early humans in Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge. Listen to episode 5 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Thousands of people protested in Hong Kong in July 2019 against a proposed extradition law.
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A transcript of episode 4 of The Conversation Weekly podcast. Including a story on how scientists are speeding up the hunt for dark matter.
The name “clubhouse” conveys a sense of exclusivity, belonging and connection.
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Social media platform Clubhouse is a buzzy Silicon Valley darling, but its core attribute – audio chat – is unlikely to be a flash in the pan.
A man is arrested during a protest against Hong Kong’s National Security Law in July 2020.
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Plus new research finds a way to speed up the search for dark matter. Listen to episode 4 of The Conversation Weekly.
The race to make enough coronavirus vaccines is underway.
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A transcript of The Conversation Weekly podcast episode #3.
Access to coronavirus vaccine depends on where in the world you live.
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Plus new research on why China is closing down coal-fired power stations. Listen to episode 3 of The Conversation Weekly.
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The audio version of a long read on the forgotten history of the man who invented Durex condoms.
Protests have rocked Yangon in Myanmar in the wake of a military coup on February 1.
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Plus we talk to an American virologist testing wild animals for COVID-19. Listen to episode 2 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.
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An artist’s illustration of the aeroshell containing NASA’s Perseverance rover guiding itself towards the surface of Mars.
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Plus what protesters in Belarus want to happen next. Episode 1 of The Conversation’s new weekly podcast.
🎧 Listen to the trailer for The Conversation Weekly, a new podcast.
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Hospitals have been squeezed and lack adequate government support.
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🎧 PODCAST: An audio version of an in depth article by two doctors on what it’s like fighting COVID-19 the second time around.