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.


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Spectrum 03/17/2020
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This week on the show: What would you ask a Neanderthal? - We can bring Neanderthals back, a la Jurassic Park, with technologies we have today....

  • Added: Mar 19, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
Spectrum 03/10/2020
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Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: An invisible enemy - Invisible, oderless, and it could be anywhere — the novel coronavirus has the perfect "ingredients" ...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
Spectrum 03/03/2020
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This week on the show: It's here - Forget Wuhan. If a respected virologist is correct, most will Germans get the novel coronavirus at some poin...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
Spectrum 02/25/2020
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This week on the show: You need more sleep - No, you’re not the only one in zombie mode. A sleep deprivation "epidemic" is getting measurably ...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
Spectrum 02/18/2020
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This week on the show: Sex, cats and race - Germans are having less sex. Wherefore? The memories of a dead cat can’t be transferred to a new, cl...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
Spectrum 02/11/2020
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This week on the show: I wish I could remember your phone number - Feeling forgetful? Then join us for a memory master class from a German worl...

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  • Added: Feb 13, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum 02/05/2020
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This week on the show: Do I scare you? - "Careful, he's Chinese." It was a throwaway comment whispered in a German pedestrian zone. But it jo...

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  • Added: Feb 05, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum 01/28/2020
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This week on the show: Sliding into unhappiness - Feeling cynical? Then come slip into the ‘u-shaped’ trough that represents human happiness o...

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum 01/21/2020
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This week on the show: Close your eyes, open your heart, and join our experiment on music and emotions - What do you get when you mix three D...

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum 01/07/2020
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This week on the show: Looking for evidence - Cyborgs are real, they're here already, and we'd love to introduce you to them. Also, if you like ...

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  • Added: Jan 08, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum 12/31/2019
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Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Happiness, fear and our atmosphere - Our boiling hot planetary neighbor, Venus, might have once been similar to Earth...

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  • Added: Jan 01, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum 12/24/2019
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This week on the show: Is this really the place to look back at gravitational waves, AI and gene editing advancements? No, it isn't. Instead, we ...

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  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum 12/17/2019
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This week on the show: Don't open until Christmas - Want to give the perfect gift, but also receive it? There's some surprisingly rich science...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
Spectrum 12/10/2019
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This week on the show: New Peers Review takes on AI - Ever wondered what Sci-Fi movies have to do with AI and robots in real life? Or how AI a...

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  • Added: Dec 12, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum 12/03/2019
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This week on the show: New Peers Review takes on neurodegeneration - The roving science game show returns to challenge two brave neuroscientists...

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  • Added: Dec 04, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum 11/26/2019
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This week on the show: Clean up after yourself - Plug your nose, folks, because "poop streak science" goes well beyond the toilet bowl. Also, w...

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum 11/19/2019
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Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Sat up - As we enter the age of satellite mega-constellations, it’s time to celebrate an unsung satellite hero that’s wa...

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  • Added: Nov 20, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum 11/12/2019
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This week on the show: You be careful out there - Indoor plants aren’t as good for you as you might think, why 12 million seahorses died (and ...

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  • Added: Nov 13, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum 11/05/2019
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This week on the show: Change yourself - A new romantic partner changes everything, doesn’t it? Not according to a study on Germans. Also, a stre...

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  • Added: Nov 06, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum 10/29/2019
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Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Looking for evidence - Cyborgs are real, they're here already, and we'd love to introduce you to them. Also, if you lik...

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1

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