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The challenge of robots and artificial intelligence, a retrospective – with AI pioneer Marvin Minsky

The challenge of robots and artificial intelligence, a retrospective – with AI pioneer Marvin Minsky | Miles O'Brien Productions

Help us improve this podcast: take our short survey. Marvin Minsky is often regarded as the father of modern AI, but when Miles visited him in 2010, Minsky wasn’t a proud father. In fact, Minsky was disappointed with the lack of progress in the field and had reservations about its future. Unfortunately, Minsky is no […]

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How and why we’re sampling asteroid Bennu – with NASA’s OSIRIS-REx team

How and why we’re sampling asteroid Bennu – with NASA’s OSIRIS-REx team | Miles O'Brien Productions

Help us improve this podcast: take our short survey. How did our early solar system form? What are the origins of life? How likely are we to get hit by a dangerous asteroid? A daring NASA mission called OSIRIS-REx hopes to find the answers to these big questions at an asteroid named Bennu. This week, […]

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Why Europa is the most likely spot we’ll find aliens – with NASA’s Kevin Peter Hand

Why Europa is the most likely spot we’ll find aliens – with NASA’s Kevin Peter Hand | Miles O'Brien Productions

Jupiter has many moons, but none are quite like Europa: it has a thick crust of ice and a huge amount of liquid saltwater underneath its surface. In fact, many believe it’s the best place in the Solar System that we could find other lifeforms. To dive deeper into the mysteries of this icy world–and […]

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How Average Americans are Fighting Climate Change – with Clean Air Carolina’s June Blotnick

How average Americans are fighting climate change – with Clean Air Carolina’s June Blotnick | Miles O'Brien Productions

Hurricane Florence was a perfect example of how climate change supercharges extreme weather events. But climate change also affects us in other more subtle, interconnected, and difficult to manage ways. Thankfully, people like June Blotnick, Executive Director of environmental advocacy group Clean Air Carolina, are working on the ground to help communities battle climate change. […]

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Focus: Climate Change

How climate change 'exacerbates' wildfires in the American West | Miles O'Brien Productions

How climate change ‘exacerbates’ wildfires in the American West

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Companies race to mine lithium, a battery essential

A risky expedition to study the ‘doomsday glacier’ | Miles O'Brien Productions

A risky expedition to study the ‘doomsday glacier’

Australian bushfires prompt conversation about land management practices | Miles O'Brien Productions

Australian bushfires prompt conversation about land management practices

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