Babbage from The Economist (subscriber edition)
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Episodes
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Dec 2, 2015 • 15min
Babbage: Materials for making and cleaning
New materials are changing the way we make things from light bulbs to cars and aircraft, and there's a better way to capture carbon from fossil fuels before it is burned
Nov 25, 2015 • 13min
Babbage: Relativity's revelations
Our correspondents discuss the importance of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity and how it is still revealing the secrets of our cosmos
Nov 18, 2015 • 12min
Babbage: The rise of the drone-selfie
Google makes its core machine-learning system, TensorFlow, open-source and the Flying Robot International Film Festival kicks off in San Francisco
Nov 11, 2015 • 13min
Babbage: Things visible and invisible
How satellites can save lives in the aftermath of an earthquake and a tantalising signal looks increasingly like it could be from dark matter
Nov 4, 2015 • 11min
Babbage: The big chill
Hypersonic air-breathing engines may at least be a reality and the Cassini spacecraft has a close encounter with Saturn's icy moon
Oct 28, 2015 • 12min
Babbage: Time and energy
Why stock traders will soon need atomic clocks and Dupont finally tries to crack cellulosic biofuel
Oct 21, 2015 • 12min
Babbage: Fusion and confusion
Fusion energy gets a new star player and an unusual find in our galaxy both perplexes astronomers and gives hope to alien hunters
Oct 14, 2015 • 11min
Babbage: Swine lifelines
Dell makes a $67 billion bet in the form of the technology industry's largest ever merger and scientists prepare pig organs for human transplants
Oct 7, 2015 • 14min
Babbage: Nobel's neutrinos
A data transfer pact between the EU and America is struck down in Europe and two scientists working on the changing identities of neutrinos receive the Nobel Prize in Physics
Sep 30, 2015 • 12min
Babbage: Opportunity and curiosity
Countries pledge to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions ahead of the UN climate summit in Paris and NASA discovers water on Mars reigniting hopes for life on the red planet
