Early in the pandemic, contact tracing was viewed as one of the best options to quell the spread of coronavirus infections. The idea was to have public health workers track down people who tested positive, figure out whom they'd been in touch with and quickly get those people to quarantine. Places like Hong Kong and Singapore made headlines for their success stories. The U.S. aimed to replicate this, but came up short. Today, health reporter Selena Simmons-Duffin explains what went awry and the lessons learned.
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30 Animals That Made Us Smarter - Elephant and robotic arm
An elephant’s trunk is amazing. Imagine a robotic arm with the same capabilities. Not only does a trunk have the strength to topple trees and lift hundreds of kilograms in weight, it can also perform precise and delicate movements. These unique capabilities inspired engineers to create a ‘bionic handling assistant’, which can be used for all sorts of complex tasks. Thank you to Pranav, a 7-year-old listener from India, for suggesting the first story of the new season.
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Consider This from NPR - BONUS: Battle Rattle
Alicia Argelia met Army veteran Matt Lammers when he rolled into the store where she worked. Matt had lost both legs and one arm during a deployment to Iraq. Strangers often approached him to awkwardly thank him for his service or ask him what happened; his physical injuries made him a living reminder of the cost of war. But Alicia was different. She offered friendship without pity, and he was charmed by her from the start.
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Audio Poem of the Day - Of Late
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: The Great Western Hashrate Migration Is Real
A recent essay dives into China’s motivations for its recent bitcoin mining ban.
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On this week’s “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads Nic Carter’s latest essay for CoinDesk “Go West, Bitcoin! Unpacking the Great Hashrate Migration.”
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Everything Everywhere Daily - Did We Already Find Life On Mars?
On July 20, 1976, Viking 1 became the first robotic lander to land on Mars. On September 3, its sister Viking 2 followed suit.
Both of them carried experiments to test for biology on Mars, something which no subsequent Mars lander since has replicated.
The results from these chemical experiments have divided researchers for decades and have been the cause of one of the greatest debates in planetary science.
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Honestly with Bari Weiss - When a Free Society Becomes a Police State
For 26 years, the swash-buckling, pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily was a thorn in the side of the Chinese Communist Party. This week, after its offices were ransacked, its founder was jailed ,and five of its executives were arrested, it printed its very last edition. The paper's death marks the death of Hong Kong's free press.We hear from a dogged young reporter who takes us inside the newsroom to the last days of Apple Daily, and hear her explain why what is happening to her and her colleagues is not only a threat to them, but to us all.
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Audio Poem of the Day - Falling Leaves and Early Snow
By Kenneth Rexroth
CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: Even in an Off Week, Bitcoin Had Quietly Massive Institutional Adoption News
18 million more Americans will soon be able to buy, sell and hold bitcoin directly from their bank accounts.
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On this edition of “The Breakdown’s Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at:
- Two more massive fundraises
- A set of positive regulatory news
- A new partnership that will bring bitcoin directly to bank accounts and credit unions around America
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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille
In 1990, filmmaker Peter Brosnan set out to find a legendary Egyptian city that was lost to time and buried by sand dunes. After years of battling local officials, he finally was given the approval to begin an archeological dig.
What he found were 35-foot tall statues of the Pharoah Ramses II and enormous sphinxes weighing over 5 tons.
Where did they make this discovery? Near Santa Barbara.
Learn more about the lost city of Cecil B. DeMille on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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