Banking on bitcoin: El Salvador announced plans to build a Bitcoin City in November 2021.
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Plus, a philosopher explains the history of the idea that we might all be living in a simulation. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
mRNA vaccines: not just for COVID.
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Experts give us a science preview for 2022, plus what lies in store for global inequality. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
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Three stories from Australia and the UK exploring the role of art in helping people deal with the challenges life throws at them. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
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Plus, the tactics the food industry is using to boost sales of ultra-processed foods in middle-income countries. Listen to The Conversation Weekly.
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Listen to experts discuss the business practices of pharmaceutical companies in The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Waiting for SCOTUS: pro-choice activists outside the US Supreme Court on November 1.
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Plus, a forensic scientist explains how he uncovered the mysteries behind deadly lightning strikes. Listen to The Conversation Weekly.
Huddling: John Kerry, US climate negotiator is surrounding at the COP26 Glasgow summit.
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Listen to the fifth and final episode of a series from The Anthill Podcast, reporting from what happened at the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow.
Alok Sharma, COP26 president at the climate summit in Glasgow.
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Experts from around the world react to the COP26 Glasgow climate summit. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Afraid, sad and anxious: what climate change is doing to young people.
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Experts explain the latest evidence on eco-anxiety in The Conversation Weekly.
Internally displaced people in Tigray in April 2021.
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Plus, why reusable food containers aren’t always better for the environment than disposable ones. Listen to The Conversation Weekly.
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We talk to three experts who argue we governments need to find alternatives for their dependence on economic growth. Listen to episode 39 of The Conversation Weekly.
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Listen to the fourth episode of a new series from The Anthill Podcast ahead of the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow.
Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen speaks on Taiwan’s national day in early October.
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Plus, an extract from the Don’t Call Me Resilient podcast on the damage done when North Americans pretend to have Indigenous identity. Listen to episode 38 of The Conversation Weekly.
How to make sure the shift away from coal is part of a just transition?
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This is a transcript of part 3 of Climate Fight: the world’s biggest negotiation, a series from The Anthill podcast.
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Listen to the third episode of a new series from The Anthill Podcast ahead of the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow.
Our sense of touch is actually lots of different senses rolled into one.
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Listen to The Conversation Weekly as we delve into the achievements behind three of the latest Nobel prizes.
What needs to happen to get the world to net zero?
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This is a transcript of part 2 of Climate Fight: the world’s biggest negotiation, a series from The Anthill podcast.
Boundary Dam coal-fired power station, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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Listen to the second episode of a new series from The Anthill Podcast ahead of the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow.
Solar reflectors in space reflect sunlight.
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The audio version of an in-depth article on how science fiction’s hopes and fears can inspire humanity’s response to the climate crisis.
Scientists are still puzzling over the mystery of what makes us conscious.
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Plus, how a team of musicologists and computer scientists completed Beethoven’s unfinished 10th Symphony using AI. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.