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303 - Dead Planets Society: How Many Moons Could Earth Have?

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278 - Weekly: Gaza’s impending long-term health crisis

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Fri, 26 Jan 2024
263 - Escape Pod: #3 Music: the jazz swing of birdsong and the sonification of the orbits of planets

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Fri, 19 Jan 2024
261 - CultureLab: Breaking space records, human bowling and a trip to the Moon with astronaut Christina Koch

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Fri, 12 Jan 2024
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258 - Weekly: What’s next for science in 2024? A year of moons; weight-loss drugs; and a massive new supercomputer for Europe

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255 - CultureLab: The best books of 2023, from joyful escapism to sobering reads

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