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2024-01-25

It’s really hard to kill cockroaches. Stamping on them, chopping off their head and even flushing them down the toilet won’t work. Much like cryptocurrency—an industry which, despite some recent setbacks, seems able to bounce back when you least expect it.

00:00 Why crypto is like cockroaches
00:25 Crypto is soaring
00:48 Why is crypto so hard to kill?

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More on our cockroach theory of crypto: https://econ.st/3OeZqxb

Decoding Sam Bankman-Fried: https://econ.st/3HwCzcP

More on the fall of crypto bosses: https://econ.st/3HyebHG

2024-01-17

Sam Altman, chief executive of OpenAI, talks to The Economist’s Editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, about how he navigates the risks raised by artificial intelligence.
Click here to view the full interview: https://econ.st/3RUSgzm

2023-12-14

Fusion is a kind of nuclear power, which could revolutionise how clean energy is produced. As a new wave of experiments heats up, can fusion live up to the hype?

00:33 The future of green energy
02:00 What is nuclear fusion and how does it work?
03:17 Is it achievable?

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Energy security gives climate-friendly nuclear-power plants a new appeal: https://econ.st/3QHgdd1

Listen to our podcast about the importance of private companies in advancing nuclear fusion https://econ.st/49n7aqa

Fusion power is coming back into fashion: https://econ.st/49jPwDu

Watch our film about the transition to green energy: https://econ.st/473WDNT

The race to build a commercial fusion reactor hots up: https://econ.st/47kpfDn

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2023-12-13

To save the Amazon rainforest, Brazil’s President Lula must work out who owns it. But with 22 different agencies registering land claims–and many of them overlapping–it’s not an easy task.

00:00 – How is Amazonian land distributed?
00:27 – How do land claims conflict?
01:15 – How is Lula helping?

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Read our coverage on the Brazilian Amazon: https://econ.st/3NnFA2l

Why the world should pay to conserve rainforests: https://econ.st/48gfnuW

Latin America could lead the way on green power: https://econ.st/41hWHbA

2023-11-02

As the most complex organ in your body, your brain changes radically throughout your life. Starting from before birth and continuing even after you’ve died. This is what happens to your brain as you age.

00:00 – What happens to your brain when you age?
00:32 – In the womb
01:03 – Childhood
03:19 – Teenage years
04:48 – Early adulthood
05:27 – Middle age
07:04 – Later life
07:36 – Death

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Is there a genetic link between endometriosis and the brain?: https://econ.st/46u9Q31

Even doctors can struggle to diagnose concussions: https://econ.st/3RlFfQP

Artificial brains are helping scientists study the real thing: https://econ.st/3Plo6UN

A big advance in mapping the structure of the brain: https://econ.st/48sx6jJ

2023-10-27

Hizbullah has been shooting rockets across the Israel-Lebanon border. If it intervenes in the Israel-Hamas conflict, it could lead to serious escalation.

00:00 – The origins of Hizbullah
01:06 – Its political rise
02:00 – How big a threat is it?

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Why has Israel’s ground invasion been delayed?: https://econ.st/3tFIlFi

The firepower of Iran-backed militias: https://econ.st/3tLoK6K

Israel faces the danger of fighting a war on two fronts: https://econ.st/45LenNA

What is Hizbullah?: https://econ.st/479FOBT

Watch: What is Hamas?:https://econ.st/3SkFk7T

What is the Palestinian Islamic Jihad?: https://econ.st/3tTzvUs

A short history of the Arab-Israeli conflict: https://econ.st/3Qa80xr

A short history of Gaza: