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In this issue: "Why Tesla Is Worth More than GM" by James Surowiecki; "Help from Above" by Jonathan W. Rosen; "Carbon" by Katherine Bourzac; "Oxford Nanopore" by Antonio Regalado; "IBM" by David H. Freedman; "General Electric" by Elizabeth Woyke; "Why Bad Things Happen to Clean-Energy Startups" by James Temple.

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Technology Review is the United State's oldest technology magazine. And in the last few years, TR has undergone a dramatic transformation, shifting its focus to innovation - the process by which humanity continuously upgrades its tools and techniques. Each issue concentrates on four major fields of innovation: biotechnology, information technology, material science, and nanotechnology.

In this issue, you’ll hear how researchers can investigate the source of emotions, memory, and consciousness for the first time. You’ll learn how better research tools and new insights into the genetics of brain disorders could revive the moribund effort to improve treatments. You’ll hear how a better understanding of the complex systems the brain uses to relay information could lead to massive breakthroughs in memory and computing. You’ll learn about a remarkable experiment where a paralyzed woman used her mind to control a robotic arm. And you’ll hear how Gabriel Kreiman’s single-neuron measurements of unconscious decision-making could someday point to ways we can learn to control ourselves.

In this issue: "Who Will Own the Robots?" by David Rotman. "Biotech's Coming Cancer Cure" by Antonio Regalado. "Cyber-Espionage Nightmare" by David Talbot. "Rebooting the Automobile" by Will Knight.

In this issue: "Basic Income: A Sellout of the American Dream" by David H. Freedman. "The All-American iPhone" by Konstantin Kakaes. "Dear Silicon Valley: Forget Flying Cars, Give Us Economic Growth" by David Rotman. "50 Smartest Companies 2016" by Ryan Bradley. "23andMe" by Antonio Regalado. "Toyota" by George Anders.

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The Commerce Department is spending more than $570 million to make communities along the Great Lakes more climate resilient, and a new study shows 90 percent of the world’s fishing industries are at risk of human-caused stressors. Stevin Westcott, with Environmental Radio News, has more.(Length 3:58)

We in the West appear to be at a year zero, with the seeming end of the relative peace and prosperity we took for granted. The pandemic, Putin's invasion of Ukraine, growing tension with China, a rolling back of globalisation, Brexit, the return of inflation and painful interest rates - all these have shattered the illusions of the world as we knew it. For years our politicians have said they were going for growth and would ensure that those with least would benefit disproportionately from the proceeds of that growth. They've failed.