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The Race for the Arctic Has Already Begun. Is America Ready? (opens the original)
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There was a time in American history when everything was about ships. For centuries, power on the seas was necessary for economic success, but US maritime power isn’t what it used to be. That change has never been more important than in the growing territorial tension in the Arctic Circle. Author, columnist, and economic analyst Rana Foroohar joins host Zachary Karabell to talk about her new book Sea Change: America’s New Great Game in the Arctic. They discuss how sea lanes opening across the No
AI Doom Is a Distraction (opens the original)
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Welcome to What Could Go Right?, where we’re welcoming cuffing season, Sunday scaries, looksmaxxing, and many more words to the dictionary.<source type="imag
The Science of Sports Betting: How Gambling Apps Are Changing Our Brains (opens the original)
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Legal betting has exploded in the US. With the phone in your pocket, you can bet on the specific outcome of a game or who will attend the next State of the Union address. But legal betting has plenty of controversy, including how it affects sports fandom and the way it’s marketed to young men. Are the concerns overblown or do we need a real plan to address real harm? Two guests join our host Zachary Karabell for this conversation. Dr. Brendan Dwyer is a professor and the director of research at
The World Map You Grew Up With Is Wrong (opens the original)
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Maps have distorted the true size of the African continent for 500 years, but a new UN resolution is changing that. Progress Network Executive Director Emma Varvaloucas examines this historic shift toward a more accurate projection to correct centuries of cartographic bias. Plus: a biological breakthrough that could prevent premature births, and the wild story of how Neptune was discovered 175 years ago.Watch the full episode below:All episodes of the What Could Go Right? podcast are available <
Mercator’s Big Little Lie (opens the original)
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Welcome to What Could Go Right?, where we’re wondering if scientists have considered that maybe the searobin, a “fish-prawn” hybrid whose special talent is walking backwards, is just an iconoclast.Depending on your age, you likely grew up with images of our world that were based on a 16th-century map. The Mercator projection—long a staple of classroom walls everywhere—was originally created to aid sailors’ navigation. But while it pres
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