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CrowdScience listener George is showing Alex Lathbridge around a small, dark, and extremely hot shed, just outside the city of Accra in Ghana. Inside are row after row of shelves, stacked high with bulging grow-bags. And out of some of them, gorgeous cascades of oyster mushrooms ...  Show more

Why is there such a variety of tongues in the animal kingdom? CrowdScience listener Dale has observed that his dog’s tongue is different from his and so is his cat’s. He’d like to know the reason. Caroline Steel visits London Zoo in the UK to find out more about the different typ ...  Show more

There are now a number of biological indicators for the potential development of long covid. Immunologist Onur Boyman of Zurich University Hospital and Claire Steves, Clinical Senior Lecturer at King’s College London strives to tell us how pinpointing these factors is now helping ...  Show more

What’s in store for twitter, now that Elon Musk’s offer has been accepted by the Twitter board? Bill and Gareth discuss.Is video chat tech still listening when you’re muted? Video conferencing technology might still be listening to your voice even when you are on mute. A new stud ...  Show more

Recorded in front of an audience at Bradford’s National Museum of Science and Media, we’re delving into the next 100 years of broadcasting, examining the science and technology behind what we’ll watch and listen to. And what the seismic technological shifts mean for all of us. Vi ...  Show more

Radiosendungen auf Türkisch, Griechisch oder Italienisch waren ab 1964 oft die einzige Informationsquelle für Gastarbeiter in Deutschland. Eine Brücke zwischen alter und neuer Heimat. Von Esther Saoub (SWR 2023/2025) | Manuskript und mehr zur Sendung: http://swr.li/gastarbeiterpr ...  Show more