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How can I be a better ancestor? This question has haunted and inspired me since way back in 2019 when I first read the Optimist's Telescope. A beautiful, helpful, inspiring book by Bina Venkataraman. Then I had Bina on the show. I think it's fair to say it reframed and…

Across the front of our website, in big bold letters, is our calling card: “Science for people who give a shit.” You may have seen it and immediately thought “That’s me!” or “You sir, are a child.” Either reaction is well and great. We’re not for everybody. You’re here, though,…

Riley Black is a science writer and amateur paleontologist based in Salt Lake City, Utah, right in the center of dinosaur country, where she chases tales of vanished lives from museum collections to remote badlands. Riley’s published books include Written in Stone, my favorite and critically-acclaimed My Beloved Brontosaurus, When…

Dr. Britt Wray is the author of the fantastic new book “Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis”, an impassioned generational perspective on how to stay sane amid climate disruption. Britt has a Ph.D. in Science Communication from the University of Copenhagen and is the author of…

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We’re taking giving a shit quite literally this week! Our guest is Newsha Ghaeli, the president and co-founder at Biobot Analytics. If you read our newsletter, you’ll have heard me go on and on about Biobot, whose mission is to transform wastewater infrastructure into public health observatories. As an architect…

Johann Hari is the author of three New York Times best-selling books. His TED talks have been viewed more than 80 million times. The first is named ‘Everything You Think You Know About Addiction is Wrong.’ The second is entitled ‘This Could Be Why You Are Depressed or Anxious’. Johann…

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Residential energy use accounts for about 20% of US greenhouse gas emissions, but an electric future awaits us, and now, having passed the IRA, there are a huge variety of rebates to help you electrify your home, to become less dependent on the grid, to save money over time, and…

Rachel E. Gross is an award-winning science journalist based in Brooklyn whose writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, National Geographic, WIRED, New Scientist, Slate, Undark, and NPR, among others. Rachel covers the debates and personalities that shape scientific knowledge, most recently as Digital Science Editor for…

Marcius Extavour is the Chief Scientist & Executive Vice President of Climate and Energy at XPRIZE. He moved to XPRIZE after over a decade of working at the intersection of science, policy, education, and technology development. He served as Director of Government and Corporate Partnerships in the Faculty of Applied…

What’s one big change we can make that can make our food healthier, make farming more lucrative, draw down carbon in the atmosphere, and reduce climate emigration? That’s today’s big question, and my guest is Sasankh Munukutla, another fellow in our series with the 776 Foundation. Sasankh is the Co-Founder…

In this week's news we're covering: 0:00 Intro 0:45 Climate change updates around the world 02:59 Covid vaccination could have saved lives 04:08 Earth is covered with undrinkable water 05:25 Quick PSA 05:48 Still struggling with online safety 07:09 The science AI is here 09:13 10 things from my notebook…

Aluminum. It’s everywhere! And we’re going to need a hell of a lot more of it in the future. Aluminum is a primary ingredient in solar, wind, hydro, concentrated solar, bioenergy, the grid, batteries, hydrogen, and more. And that’s just electricity generation and distribution, to say nothing of consumer goods,…

This week: • Global climate news roundup beyond COP27 • The human cost of vaccine inequity • Water runs dry • Chatbots aren't your friends • Caveats to exciting AI developments Here's What You Can Do: • More Democratic Senators means a greater chance the US can stand by it's…

Joanne Lee Molinaro, also known as the Korean Vegan, is a runner, an attorney, a blogger, a podcast host, and the author of the James Beard-award-winning Korean Vegan Cookbook named one of the best cookbooks of 2021. But you may know her best as the chef and storyteller behind her…

There’s nothing quite like breaking bread with family and friends, old or new. By mid-2020, we’d have all taken the opportunity to break bread with just about anyone. Why are recipes, and the stories behind them, some of the most enduring parts of each of our cultures? How can we…

In this week's news we're covering: 0:00 Intro 0:36 Lacking climate change education in middle schools 02:37 Covid is still here 03:58 Lab meat is coming to markets 05:03 A quick PSA 05:25 How Covid has affected RSV cases 07:00 The creative AI is here 08:38 10 things from my…

Roya Amini-Naieni is the co-founder and CEO of TriloBio, where she’s working on revolutionizing synthetic biology by changing the way synthetic biologists do science. In addition to that, she is also a 776 fellow. Roya’s had an incredible journey so far, the child of Iranian immigrants, the child of engineers,…