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Weekly: How to measure consciousness; Nature-made graphene; New sabretooth cats

The world, the universe and us

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The Evolution of a Famous Cat

New scientist is launching not one but two cruises to our planets icy extremes. In March 2024 join expert guides in following the footsteps of Ernest Shackleton to Antarctica. Or if your heart yearns for northerly seas join us in June of 2024 in the Arctic we'll visit the glaciers of Svalbard Norway along with other Arctic treats. The odds are good of seeing polar bears beluga whales and even our long lost podcast host Rowan Hooper. You've got a fossil life form of the week up next wildlife reporter Corinne Wetzel is here with fossil findings that may reshape our understanding of the evolution of a very famous feline the saber tooth cat.

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