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    <description><![CDATA[Battery innovation is moving beyond chemistry alone. Thomas Bishop, founder and CEO of Park City-based Paleblue Batteries, explains how advances across battery systems, from cells to management electronics to device design, are shaping the future of portable power.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:52:33 -0700</pubDate>
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    <description><![CDATA[Dr. Catriona Wallace discusses the ideas in her new book, “Rapid Transformation,” which outlines a science based framework for accelerating leadership development. Wallace explains how ritual, awakened thinking and emerging technology can help leaders adapt more quickly to social and technological change.]]></description>
    
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    <title>Neuroscience, DNA and the making of modern biology</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Author Matthew Cobb discusses his forthcoming book, “Crick: A Mind in Motion,” which explores the life, collaborations and the scientific breakthroughs of Nobel laureate Francis Crick.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:43:00 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title>How hibernating animals can transform medicine</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Christopher Gregg explores the surprising genetic links between humans and hibernating animals, what these discoveries reveal about resilience and how this emerging science could transform medicine.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:43:09 -0700</pubDate>
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<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Christopher Gregg explores the surprising genetic links between humans and…]]></itunes:subtitle>
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    <title>Seismology of the Sonoran giant cactus</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Geologist Jeff Moore explains how vibration analysis, usually used on natural arches and rock formations, is revealing the hidden biomechanics of the saguaro cactus.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:40:17 -0700</pubDate>
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<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Geologist Jeff Moore explains how vibration analysis, usually used on natural…]]></itunes:subtitle>
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    <title>Solving rooftop heat cable energy waste</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Powder Watts founders Thomas Clardy and Kai Kuck discuss how rooftop heat cables became one of the largest hidden sources of winter energy waste and why computer vision and automated control can turn a long-ignored system into a valuable tool for grid stability.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:24:59 -0700</pubDate>
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<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Powder Watts founders Thomas Clardy and Kai Kuck discuss how rooftop heat…]]></itunes:subtitle>
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    <title>Why tech needs a human connection</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Author Alex Pentland discusses how modern technology often overlooks community, why shared stories drive human behavior and how AI can be redesigned to strengthen collective understanding instead of eroding it.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:21:34 -0700</pubDate>
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    <itunes:title>Why tech needs a human connection</itunes:title>
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<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Author Alex Pentland discusses how modern technology often overlooks community,…]]></itunes:subtitle>
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