Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what actually issues from the previous seven days.
In this week’s episode, we talk about:
Too scorching to deal with
The Pakistani metropolis of Jacobabad has lengthy been famed for its blisteringly excessive temperatures. But new analysis has solid its local weather into a brand new gentle after it was discovered that it’s certainly one of solely two locations on earth to have reached temperatures too excessive for the human physique to manage. So what does the invention inform us in regards to the local weather disaster – and is it an indication of issues to come back?
Powerful progress
Nuclear fusion is a means of producing energy that would probably present us with an infinite quantity of electrical energy with zero carbon emissions. It’s been a dream of physicists for a very long time however is extremely difficult work; a world venture bringing collectively 20 governments gained’t see outcomes till round 2050. But now, a non-public Canadian firm known as General Fusion is saying it could actually get nuclear fusion onto the grid by the tip of the 2020s – and so they’re constructing their experimental reactor within the UK. What does this imply for native residents in Oxfordshire – and may we be feeling sceptical or optimistic?
Jaw-locking machine
A tool that magnetises sufferers’ mouths nearly fully shut has been slammed by social media commentators this week, with some evaluating the Dental Slim Diet Control to a “medieval torture machine”. The crew behind the expertise say it supplies a non-invasive and momentary resolution for sufferers who might face medical problems from weight problems, with examine members dropping a mean of 6.36kg throughout the two week trial. But is the machine a step too far?
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