Shouting dolphins and failed rocket launches

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Shouting dolphins and failed rocket launches

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Jan 13, 2023

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The artificial pancreas to turnaround diabetes control, what went wrong with the UK's first space launch, and the Cambridge-born process that can turn CO2 and waste plastic into fuels and valuable chemical raw materials... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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