Podcast Transcript July 31st, 2026 - Liquid air batteries, dolphins saved by plastic bottles, and an empty weekend a month
Episode Description: Dolphins fatally swim into fishing nets because the nylon is acoustically too similar to water for their echolocation to pick up. A researcher at Newcastle University wondered if attaching something that does produce an echo might change that. The dolphin-saving solution may surprise you. Ten solutions this week with Arielle and Karissa. Also in the episode: energy storage technologies that sound like science fiction but are getting serious investment, India’s first domestic
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