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Babbage
Babbage is our weekly podcast on science and technology, named after Charles Babbage—a 19th-century polymath and grandfather of computing.
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Our podcast on science and technology. Scientists can design and make novel proteins. One day they may even be able to build entire genomes.
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Our podcast on science and technology. This week, the second of two episodes behind the scenes at the Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile
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Our podcast on science and technology. This week, the first of two episodes behind the scenes at the Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile
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Our podcast on science and technology. Engineers are racing to build devices that can defend against jam-proof drones
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Our podcast on science and technology. This week: a myth-busting tour through immunology
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Our podcast on science and technology. This week, The Economist’s health editor follows the progress toward safe, autonomous medical-AI bots
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Our podcast on science and technology. Why MAGA’s attack on science will do grievous damage to America and the world
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Our podcast on science and technology. We take a tour of Britain’s National Physical Laboratory to find out how, after 150 years, metrology is evolving
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Our podcast on science and technology. The neurologist on how to navigate an era of pervasive screens
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Our podcast on science and technology. Researchers are racing to uncover why rates of cancer have been dramatically increasing in people under the age of 50
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