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Although we paused on publishing narrated versions of WIRED articles in this feed, you will still hear the latest in tech from the WIRED team.On WIRED's Gadget Lab, you'll find hosts Lauren Goode and Michael Calore tackling the biggest questions in the world of tech with knowledg ... Show More

DC went to YC to talk OS. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices 

At the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, Trump told crypto enthusiasts exactly what they want to hear. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices 

Advances in robotics and seabed electrification have enabled a trio of startups to pursue deep sea reverse osmosis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

A little over a year ago, a group called The Ocean Cleanup launched an unprecedented campaign to rid the seas of plastic, complete with an unprecedented device: a 600-meter-long, U-shaped tube that was meant to passively gather debris in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch for a ship ... Show More

Kenneth Leong joins Karyn to discuss a nationwide recycling initiative to stop thousands of discarded used facemasks from entering the marine environment and landfill. 

The city’s rapid growth and increasingly drier years has us wondering: could recycled water be in Boise’s future? Executive producer Frankie Barnhill’s finding out with Environmental Division Manager Haley Falconer and Recycled Water Program Manager Royce Davis, two of the people ... Show More

Just ahead of Zero Waste Day, this episode of The Weekly Tradecast talks trash with UNCTAD economist Henrique Silva Pacini Costa. From plastic packaging to fast fashion to car batteries, we have been creating mountains of waste for decades. It’s everywhere – in landfills, in the ... Show More

Trash. Garbage. Refuse. Waste. Call it whatever you like, this is the stuff we deal with everyday that we no longer want in our lives. It’s not that it has no value; it actually has negative value. That’s why we’re getting rid of it! And apart from remembering when to drag out th ... Show More

Electra has raised $76.3 million to clean up the dirty ironmaking industry, TechCrunch has learned. The startup has developed a novel method of using electricity to coax pure iron out of low-grade ores, opening the door to cleaner steel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po ... Show More

This is an attempt to save platforms "from billionaire capture.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Wade says Ryan needs to "grow a pair," and Rod's sick of seeing "bullshit corporate delay tactics" with toxic tailings ponds near Ft. McMurray. Both take centre stage in this week's Trash Talk presented by Local Environmental Services. KEEP IT LOCAL: https://localenvironmental.ca ... Show More

Experts say cleaning up rivers in high density areas or redesigning storm water drains might make city rivers "swimmable" again.