Episodes

  • How Antarctica’s history of isolation is ending—thanks to Starlink

    How Antarctica’s history of isolation is ending—thanks to Starlink
    Oct 22 2025
    The seventh continent has always been a bleak, unconnected place. Elon Musk’s satellite internet is changing that, and people want to see what life is like there. This story was written by Allegra Rosenberg and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com.
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    21 mins
  • Inside the strange limbo facing millions of IVF embryos

    Inside the strange limbo facing millions of IVF embryos
    Oct 15 2025
    Frozen embryos are filling storage banks around the world. It's a struggle to know what to do with them. This story was written by Jessica Hamzelou and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com.
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    31 mins
  • How to measure the returns on R&D spending

    How to measure the returns on R&D spending
    Oct 8 2025
    Forget the glorious successes of past breakthroughs—the real justification for research investment is what we get for our money. Here’s what economists say. This story was written by David Rotman and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com.
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    16 mins
  • How do AI models generate videos?

    How do AI models generate videos?
    Oct 1 2025
    With powerful video generation tools now in the hands of more people than ever, let's take a look at how they work. This story was written by Will Douglas Heaven and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com.
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    13 mins
  • What’s next for AI and math

    What’s next for AI and math
    Sep 24 2025
    The last year has seen rapid progress in the ability of large language models to tackle math at high school level and beyond. Is AI closing in on human mathematicians? This story was written by Will Douglas Heaven and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com.
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    18 mins
  • How AI can help supercharge creativity

    How AI can help supercharge creativity
    Sep 17 2025
    Forget one-click creativity. These artists and musicians are finding new ways to make art using AI, by injecting friction, challenge, and serendipity into the process. This story was written by Will Douglas Heaven and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com.
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    22 mins
  • Google DeepMind has a new way to look inside an AI’s “mind”

    Google DeepMind has a new way to look inside an AI’s “mind”
    Sep 10 2025
    Autoencoders are letting us peer into the black box of artificial intelligence. They could help us create AI that is better understood, and more easily controlled. This story was written by Scott J Mulligan and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com.
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    14 mins
  • How a top Chinese AI model overcame US sanctions

    How a top Chinese AI model overcame US sanctions
    Sep 3 2025
    With a new reasoning model that matches the performance of ChatGPT o1, DeepSeek managed to turn restrictions into innovation. This story was written by Caiwei Chen and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com.
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    11 mins