Oxford Sparks Big Questions
By Oxford Sparks
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'Will my bacon sandwich kill me?', 'Is vaping better than smoking?', 'How do you become an astronaut?' - just some of the Big Questions we ask some of the brightest minds behind Oxford science. Join us in each podcast as we explore a different area of science.
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Why am I killing my house plants?
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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How are volcanoes formed on other planets?
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Can we talk to bees?
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Why are people obsessed with how cute cats are?
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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How freaked out should I be about bed bugs?
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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When did we start kissing?
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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How do you stay warm in your house without central heating?
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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How will climate change affect wine?
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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What are the odds of a white Christmas?
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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How do you reintroduce lions?
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Does banning smoking work?
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Why are deep fakes happening?
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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What's the cool stuff that we've learnt from the James Webb Space Telescope?
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Would you want to meet an alien?
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Could 'Jurassic Park' actually happen?
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May 31, 2023 |
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How can we use sound waves to eliminate infections?
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May 17, 2023 |
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How do you convert CO2 into jet fuel?
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May 03, 2023 |
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How do you use social media to deliver humanitarian aid?
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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How has life expectancy changed after the pandemic?
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Can you make a dengue fever forecast?
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Can my gut health improve my mental health?
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Why do research on research?
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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How could spider sex unlock secrets to engineering?
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Is the metaverse doomed?
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Can you cure jet lag?
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Should I feel guilty eating turkey at my Christmas dinner?
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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How can a simulation help treat kidney stones?
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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How were new craters on Mars discovered?
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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What makes the human brain so special?
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Why is the UK still in a drought?
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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Why is the James Webb Space Telescope a big deal?
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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What is green steel?
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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How do you create autonomous robots that can investigate under the sea?
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May 18, 2022 |
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How do you grow the perfect tomato?
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May 04, 2022 |
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How is misinformation about the war in Ukraine spreading?
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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How does a pandemic end?
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Why do we develop bad habits?
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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Is the energy crisis going to get worse?
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Is ordering a pizza bad for the climate?
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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How do you monitor mosquitoes using their sound?
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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How can we improve endometriosis treatment?
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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Why build a magnetically shielded room?
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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Why is Rudolph's nose red?
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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How do you tackle hate speech one emoji at a time?
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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Umm...Should I be wearing a mask?
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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How can satellites prevent mining disasters?
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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How do you stop megafires?
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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Could chocolate go extinct?
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Should all robots have an ethical black box?
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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Is a snack tax on the horizon?
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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What's an arboretum anyway?
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May 26, 2021 |
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Did the pandemic make us moodier?
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May 12, 2021 |
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Will climate change kill off the great tits?
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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Can we build an eco-friendly aeroplane?
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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Why are we searching for water on the moon?
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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Has lockdown made me bad at sleeping?
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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Do all lions sound the same?
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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When did dogs become our best friends?
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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Who should get the vaccine first?
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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Should we edit genes to make nicer people?
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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Are video games good for my mental health?
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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Should I buy a real or a fake Christmas tree?
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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How do I win Fantasy Football?
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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How is technology being used to track Black Lives Matter protestors?
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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Can celebrities save the pangolin?
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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What does the 'R Rate' really mean?
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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How do you measure pain?
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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How are we using energy in lockdown?
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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Why is Oxford's Botanic Garden Making Gin?
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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How tricky is it to make a COVID-19 tracing app?
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May 20, 2020 |
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How do you fight malaria in the back of a van?
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May 06, 2020 |
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What's in the Indian Ocean?
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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Should we trust scientists?
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Apr 08, 2020 |
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How garlicky is your garlic?
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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What does my family want to know about coronavirus?
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Mar 11, 2020 |
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Can we diagnose heart attacks faster?
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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Can data find me a date?
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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Who was Henrietta Leavitt?
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Jan 29, 2020 |
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Can we stop ageing?
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Jan 15, 2020 |
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Why do diets fail?
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Jan 01, 2020 |
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What's under Lapland?
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Dec 11, 2019 |
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Where is my hoverboard?
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Nov 27, 2019 |
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How do you build a super sewer?
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Nov 13, 2019 |
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Are bats superheroes or villains?
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Oct 30, 2019 |
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Why are athletes using ketones?
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Jun 19, 2019 |
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Why aren't we dead?
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Jun 05, 2019 |
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How big a deal is that picture of a black hole?
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May 22, 2019 |
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Did volcanoes help kill off the dinosaurs?
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May 08, 2019 |
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What do our nerves sound like?
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Apr 24, 2019 |
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How do you turn a plastic bag into fuel?
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Apr 10, 2019 |
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What did Hollywood get right and wrong in these movies?
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Mar 27, 2019 |
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Why do birds lay eggs?
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Mar 13, 2019 |
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Can computers predict crime?
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Feb 27, 2019 |
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Why should we cuddle?
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Feb 13, 2019 |
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Why does Uranus smell like farts?
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Jan 30, 2019 |
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What happens in the field?
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Jan 16, 2019 |
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Should I be a vegan?
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Jan 02, 2019 |
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Can a machine pick a perfect Christmas gift?
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Dec 12, 2018 |
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Can you hack an aeroplane?
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Nov 28, 2018 |
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Why does my phone battery suck?
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Nov 14, 2018 |