Brave New Planet
Pushkin Industries
Utopia or dystopia? It’s up to us.In the 21st century, powerful technologies have been appearing at a breathtaking pace—related to the internet, artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, and more. They have amazing potential upsides, but we can’t ignore the serious risks that come with them.Brave New Planet is a podcast that delves deep into the most exciting and challenging scientific frontiers, helping us understand them and grapple with their implications. Dr. Eric Lander, president and founding director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, is a geneticist, molecular biologist, and mathematician who was a leader of the Human Genome Project and for eight years served as a science advisor to the White House for President Obama. He’s also the host of Brave New Planet, and he’s talked to leading researchers, journalists, doctors, policy makers, activists, and legal experts to illuminate how this generation’s choices will shape the future as never before.Brave New Planet is a partnership between the Broad Institute, Pushkin Industries, and The Boston Globe's Opinion team.
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What is ‘structure-based’ vaccine design? Before scientists used these techniques to design vaccines against Covid, they were testing them in the lab to combat RSV. Keren Landman joins the show to talk about how this respiratory virus endangers the lives of babies and the elderly. Then, we hear about an early RSV vaccine trial that cast a shadow over modern research, and how scientists, including our guests Jason McLellan and Barney Graham, later figured out how to create and stabilize a viral antigen’s spike protein to fight RSV.
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21 - RSV: The Quest for a New Vaccine Thu, 21 Sep 2023
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10 - Pushkin Honors Juneteenth Thu, 17 Jun 2021
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8 - What Will It Take? Mon, 23 Nov 2020
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7 - Reshaping Nature Through Gene Drives Mon, 09 Nov 2020
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6 - What Algorithms Say About You Mon, 02 Nov 2020
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5 - Killer Robots and the Future of War Mon, 26 Oct 2020
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4 - A Radical Approach to Climate Change Mon, 19 Oct 2020
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3 - Deepfakes and the Future of Truth Mon, 12 Oct 2020
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2 - What’s at Stake Mon, 12 Oct 2020
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1 - Introducing Brave New Planet Mon, 28 Sep 2020