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Exploring Global Problems

By Swansea University

A podcast about the ground breaking research by Swansea University into global challenges. We explore topics from health innovation and climate change, to clean energy and human-centred digital technologies.

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    1. Climate change - reading the past in tree ring data10/31/2019
    51:40
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    2. The truth about antibiotics: will maggots save the human race?10/31/2019
    47:21
  3. 3.
    3. Is there a ‘digital darkness’ descending?10/31/2019
    55:25
  4. 4.
    4. The devastating effects of “legal highs”11/13/2019
    53:20
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    5. There’s more to life than money: how do we measure happiness?11/20/2019
    50:23
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    6. Circular economy: discouraging the throwaway culture11/26/2019
    56:56
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    7. Preserving heritage sites in conflict zones: does this help communities to recover?12/04/2019
    53:02
  8. 8.
    8. Burn injuries are a disease of poverty: how do we tackle this global public health crisis?12/11/2019
    51:42
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    9. The gig economy - think you know the benefits? Think again.12/18/2019
    48:41
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    10. Clean energy: revolutionary research to generate, store and use renewable energy01/08/2020
    57:22
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    11. Reducing carbon emissions: using algae to clean up industry waste fumes01/16/2020
    36:41
  4. 12.
    12. Cancer treatment and eradicating malaria: what role can microbes play?01/22/2020
    43:30
  5. 13.
    13. Online Child Sexual Grooming: How can we develop social resilience to combat it?01/29/2020
    47:41
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    14. Protecting endangered species - using tracking data to prevent poaching02/05/2020
    52:11

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