The Medicinal Power of Plants, World Record Internet Speed
Learn about how plants could help us solve the superbug crisis; and how engineers set a world record for internet speed.
Curiosity Weekly · Warner Bros. Discovery
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (sphinx.acast.com) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
Learn about how plants could help us solve the superbug crisis; and how engineers set a world record for internet speed.
More from leading medical ethnobotanist Dr. Cassandra Quave:
- Pick up “The Plant Hunter: A Scientist’s Quest for Nature’s Next Medicines” by Dr. Cassandra Leah Quave: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/612171/the-plant-hunter-by-cassandra-leah-quave/
- Quave Research Group: https://etnobotanica.us/
- Follow @QuaveEthnobot on Twitter: https://twitter.com/QuaveEthnobot
- Dr. Cassandra Quave’s website: https://cassandraquave.com/
Japanese engineers achieved a world record internet speed of 319 terabits per second by Briana Brownell
- Houser, K. (2021, November 13). Japan breaks world record for fastest internet speed. Big Think; Big Think. https://bigthink.com/the-present/japan-internet-speed/
- Demonstration of World Record: 319 Tb/s Transmission over 3,001 km with 4-core fiber. (2021, July 12). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/555556
- Demonstration of World Record: 319 Tb/s Transmission over 3,001 km with 4-core optical fiber | 2021 | NICT - National Institute of Information and Communications Technology. (2021). NICT - National Institute of Information and Communications Technology. https://www.nict.go.jp/en/press/2021/07/12-1.html
- Tackling online video speeds and download thresholds. (2022). Giveo.com. https://giveo.com/
Learn more about host Cody Gough on Giveo and at https://academicpodcasts.com. Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.