Month: December 2021

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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Numbers of 2021

A guide to the most concerning, striking and downright extraordinary numbers of 2021. Tim Harford asks three More or Less interviewees about their most significant and memorable figure over the past year. From the excess death toll of Covid-19; to declining total fertility rates, and a spike in the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, we showcase the numbers that tell us something about the year gone by. During this programme, we speak to Hannah Ritchie, head of research at Our World in Data and senior researcher at the University of Oxford; Marina Adshade, Economics Professor at the University of British Columbia; and Heleen De Coninck, professor at Eindhoven University of Technology, and a lead author on several reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Immortal Henrietta Lacks (Encore)

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Henrietta Lacks was a mother of five who died of cervical cancer in 1951 at the age of 31. Before she passed, a tissue sample of her cancer cells was taken.

Those cells have been the basis for decades of cancer and biological research, and have also been at the center of one of the greatest medical ethics controversies in modern times. 

Learn more about the immortal Henrietta Lacks on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - So What Exactly Are Frankincense and Myrrh?

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The bible talks of three wise men who traveled to Bethlehem bringing gifts to the infant Jesus. These gifs were gold, frankincense, and myrrh. 

I think most of you probably have a good conceptual grasp of gold, but what is the deal with frankincense, and myrrh? Were they really that big of a deal that they would bring it as a gift? 

Learn more about frankincense and myrrh, what they are and why they were such a big deal, on the episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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The NewsWorthy - Special Edition: Good News w/ Tank Sinatra

On this Christmas Day,  we are focusing on good news. George Resch is joining me. You may know him as Tank Sinatra on Instagram and the guy behind the well-known account, “Tank’s Good News.”

Today you’ll learn a little more about why he started the page and the positive impact he hopes to make on the world. We’ll also reflect back on some of his most memorable good news stories of 2021.

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