Science, Spoken

Science, Spoken

SpokenLayer

6 minutes 44 seconds

Sell Lab-Grown Meat in Alabama and You Could Go to Jail

Anyone found guilty of selling or manufacturing cultivated meat in Alabama will face up to a three-month jail sentence and $500 fine.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

10 May 2024, 10:00 am
10 minutes 48 seconds

The One Thing That’s Holding Back the Heat Pump

It’s not the technology itself. It’s that we don’t yet have enough trained workers to install heat pumps for full-tilt decarbonization.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

9 May 2024, 10:00 am
8 minutes 58 seconds

Boeing's Starliner Is Finally Ready to Launch a NASA Crew Into Space

Seven years behind schedule, on Monday Starliner will send two astronauts to space on a mission for NASA. The troubled company still has lots of catching up to do.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

8 May 2024, 10:00 am
6 minutes 59 seconds

The US Is Cracking Down on Synthetic DNA

Synthetic DNA could be used to spark a pandemic. A move by President Biden aims to create new standards for the safety and security of mail-order genetic material.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

7 May 2024, 10:00 am
7 minutes 18 seconds

China Has a Controversial Plan for Brain-Computer Interfaces

China's brain-computer interface technology is catching up to the US. But it envisions a very different use case: cognitive enhancement.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2 May 2024, 10:00 am
11 minutes 32 seconds

She Painted a Few Champagne Bottles. Then Came Meta’s Customer Support Hell

A fashion influencer’s struggles to unblock her Instagram account highlight a long-standing problem with Meta’s lackluster customer service. Users and regulators say the company must step up.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1 May 2024, 10:00 am
10 minutes 42 seconds

Can’t Afford a House? Buy a Piece of One Instead

In a chaotic housing market that has shut many buyers out, fractional home ownership and investing trends are taking off.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

30 April 2024, 10:00 am
7 minutes 23 seconds

What’s the Safest Seat on an Airplane?

The back of the plane is safest, according to common wisdom, but that’s not really true. Let us explain.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

29 April 2024, 10:00 am
4 minutes 57 seconds

We Finally Know Where Neuralink’s Brain Implant Trial Is Happening

After months of secrecy, Neuralink revealed that the partner site for its brain implant study is the Barrow Neurological Institute.
Read this story here.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

26 April 2024, 10:00 am
8 minutes 15 seconds

Doctors Combined a Heart Pump and Pig Kidney Transplant in Breakthrough Surgery

In the first procedure of its kind, a 54-year-old New Jersey woman received a genetically engineered pig kidney and thymus after getting a heart pump.
Read this story here.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

25 April 2024, 10:00 am
5 minutes 9 seconds

No, Dubai’s Floods Weren’t Caused By Cloud Seeding

Heavy rain has triggered flash flooding in Dubai. But those pointing the finger at cloud seeding are misguided.
Read this story here.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

24 April 2024, 10:00 am
More Episodes? Get the App

About Science, Spoken

Links

Listeners Also Subscribed To

Your feedback is valuable to us. Should you encounter any bugs, glitches, lack of functionality or other problems, please email us on [email protected] or join Moon.FM Telegram Group where you can talk directly to the dev team who are happy to answer any queries.