Nature

In a experiment, I have no yet.

Why is blight so far?

Like, it sounds so simple.

They had no idea.

But now the data's people.

I find this not only refreshing, but at some level astounding.

Nature.

Welcome back to the nature podcast. This week we'll be hearing about mysterious radio signals from across the universe.

And finding out what science has in store for 2019.

I'm Noah Baker.

And I'm Benjamin Thompson.

Noah, we made it.

The far distant future.

I mean, it really hasn't been that long since our last podcast.

I know, but look where we are.

It's the year the Blade Runner was set and the running man and Akira.

Well, so you're really leaning heavily into this dystopian future or present thing, aren't you?

Well, I am pretty sure that science hasn't developed indistinguishable robotic replicants just yet, or have they?

No, Ben. No, they haven't done that. Well, anyway, listeners, I'd like to start 2019 with a bit of a mystery that's had astronomers

scratching their heads for quite some time.

This mystery centres on cosmic phenomena known as fast radio bursts, which we've covered on the podcast before. Now, their name might give you

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