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The Feds Are Trying to Get Plants to Mine Metal Through Their Roots
Mar 22, 2024Some species can absorb extreme amounts of nickel from soils. Such “phytomining” could help provide batteries essential for the renewable revolution. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next ti...
The World Needs to Crack Battery Recycling, Fast
Mar 21, 2024The shift to electric vehicles is exciting, but it will leave us with thousands of tonnes of spent batteries. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and r...
Why Is the Slack Hold Music So Haunted and So Good?
Mar 20, 2024Those sounds you hear when you’re alone in a Huddle aren’t canned. They’re uncanny. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here. L...
The Designer Who’s Trying to Transform Your City Into a Sponge
Mar 19, 2024Kongjian Yu pioneered China’s “sponge city” concept—less concrete and more green spaces to exploit stormwater instead of fighting it. Metropolises all over the world are following suit. Thanks for lis...
States Are Lining Up to Outlaw Lab-Grown Meat
Mar 18, 2024Around 46 million Americans live in states that have introduced bills to ban cultivated meat, the latest escalation in a surprising culture war. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time fo...
Regulators Need AI Expertise. They Can’t Afford It
Mar 15, 2024The European AI Office and the UK government are trying to hire experts to study and regulate the AI boom—but are offering salaries far short of industry compensation. Thanks for listening to WIRED. T...
Ageism Haunts Some Tech Workers in the Race to Get Hired
Mar 14, 2024Hundreds of thousands of tech workers have been laid off since 2022. Some who don’t fit the young coder archetype say being more experienced can feel like a disadvantage. Thanks for listening to WIRED...
Rampant Wildfires Are Threatening a Collapse of the Amazon Rainforest
Mar 13, 2024Rainforests in South America are burning this year faster than ever before, setting the course for a collapse of the Amazon in the coming decades. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time ...
The Quest to Give AI Chatbots a Hand—and an Arm
Mar 12, 2024Robotics startup Covariant is experimenting with a ChatGPT-style chatbot that can control a robotic arm, as a way to create machines that can be more helpful in the physical world. Thanks for listenin...
Apple Could Be the First Target of Europe's Tough New Tech Law
Mar 11, 2024An architect of the EU's tough new Digital Markets Acts says Apple would be a logical first candidate for investigation under the law, which aims to “break open” tech platforms. Thanks for listening t...