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Podcast: Curiosity Weekly

Episode: Brewer’s Yeast, Constructed Languages, Memory Direction

Description: Today, you’ll learn about a new plan to use waste from beer brewing to clean metal out of our water supply, a study that puts languages like Orc and Klingon to the test, and a discovery about the direction our memories travel in our brains. Brewer’s Yeast “The same beer waste that gives us Vegemite could help us recycle metal waste.” n.a. 2024. “Spent brewer’s yeast as a selective biosorbent for metal recovery from polymetallic waste streams.” by Anna Sieber, et al. 2024. “What Is E-Waste Recycling and How Is it Done?” by Tin Lok Wu. 2...

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