Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW

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Spectrum: The fascinating world of science and technology

Spectrum is a half-hour weekly with developments in the fields of science and technology.

From advances that will change our lives to offbeat oddities, our team of reporters around the world keeps you up to date.

Meet Nobel Prize-winning inventors, be the first to know about innovations in technology or discover the meaning of research in everyday life. Background to science as it appears in the headlines and discoveries you probably never heard about.


309 Pieces

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Weekly roundup — Pretty much entirely about animals

  • Added: Jun 02, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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Weekly roundup - What's that gorgeous noise?

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  • Added: Jun 07, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: ‘Ouch!’ — Physical pain rises with envy

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  • Added: Jun 16, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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Weekly roundup — Young, alone & happier for it

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  • Added: Jun 23, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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  • Added: Aug 18, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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A German urologist debunks a listener email about a ‘rush of blood to the penis’ that causes fainting, and why a prominent doctor thinks taurine wo...

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: A study about why sexual harassment tends to go underreported.

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  • Added: Jul 07, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: The 'Dusseldorf patient' — or the search for a safe HIV cure

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  • Added: Jul 13, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Creating a 'super virus' (with gain of function research)

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  • Added: Jul 20, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Why are so many people scared of clowns?

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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  • Added: Aug 04, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: When (if ever) do you stop the exchange of basic research?

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  • Added: Aug 11, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: We’re back (after never really leaving). Through the fog of jet lag, Gabe deciphers a song derived from human brain scans.

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  • Added: Aug 24, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: How to avoid getting a brain parasite from a snake

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  • Added: Sep 01, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Deep inside the toxically masculine mind.

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  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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  • Added: Sep 15, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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  • Added: Sep 28, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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  • Added: Oct 05, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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On this week's show, why are birds and the noise they make so good for us? Also, we learn why the response to sexual harrassment is so much differe...

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  • Added: Oct 13, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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