Radiolab

A robot submarine stumbled across an octopus settling in to brood her eggs. It seemed like a small moment, but month after month, what began as a simple act of motherhood became a heroic feat that has never been equaled by any known species on Earth.

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Throughout human history, there’s been one element we’ve always associated with death. Just the smell of it is an alarm bell that says, “something here is dangerous.” But what if our noses have been wrong all along?

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Mathematician Steve Strogatz watched AI go from flailing at basic arithmetic to solving problems that baffle the best mathematicians. Steve grapples with the idea that the window might be closing on humanity’s effort to unpuzzle the world around us.

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When you think about grass, what do you think of? Pool parties? Suburbs? Allergies?

It turns out, unassuming grass has an epic story to tell. One of transforming the planet, changing what we eat, and altering the ways we perceive the world.

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What is the sweetest thing in the world?

Is it a West African Katemfe berry? Or an industrial sugar substitute cooked up in a lab? Or an ingredient hiding in plain sight in all of our pantries?

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