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  • NVIDIA: At the Heart of the AI Boom

    In the past few years,  NVIDIA has become one of the most valuable and important companies in the world by making GPUs, the chips powering the AI boom. But where did the company come from,…

  • What Claude Shannon Figured Out

     Claude Shannon is a major figure in the history of technology. Known as the father of information theory, Shannon spent decades at Bell Labs and MIT. But what exactly did Claude Shannon figure out, and…

  • Measles: The Cancer Killer?… from Incubation

    We thought we knew everything there was to know about measles. But in recent years, new research has revealed that the virus attacks the immune system and creates effects far more dramatic than a rash…

  • RoboPod and the Perpetual Money Machine – Cautionary Questions 2… from Cautionary Tales

    What really drove the 2008 financial crash? What’s a shadow bank? And what’s the connection between NIMBYs and BANANAs? Tim Harford and Jacob Goldstein answer more of your questions. Enjoy this episode from Cautionary Tales,…

  • Turning Solar Energy Into Fuel (The Solar Era, Part 3)

    Solar power and batteries are becoming cheap and ubiquitous. Great. But there are problems batteries can’t solve – like fueling ships and planes. One way to solve those problems: Use solar power to create hydrogen,…

  • Get Happier, Help Others: Some Good Ideas About Giving

    It’s the season of giving: colorful paper and shiny bows, sure, and charitable giving, too. In this special episode, Jacob Goldstein, the host of What’s Your Problem, gets smart about donating. Did you know that…

  • Can Hot Bricks Save the World? (The Solar Era, Part 2)

    This is the second of three episodes about the solar-power revolution. Last week, we talked about how solar power got so cheap. This week, we’re talking with someone who is building giant plants around the…

  • How the Sun Won (The Solar Era, Part 1)

    In the past 20 years, the price of solar panels has fallen by more than 97 percent. This extraordinary decline is good news for the world – and it’s transforming the way energy is produced…

  • Drugs in Space

    Paul Reichert is a research scientist at Merck, working on improvements to how we administer drugs to patients. Paul’s problem is this: How can you run experiments in space to learn how to make better…

  • The World Is Getting Better (Really)

    Hannah Ritchie is a data scientist and the deputy editor of Our World in Data. She is also the author of Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to…

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