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Why is Blight so far?

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They had no idea.

But now the data's...

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

Nature. Welcome back to the nature. Nature

Welcome back to the Nature podcast.

This week we're learning about the multitude of applications for muons, finding out about the minimal fleet problem

plus estimating the cost of climate change. This is the Nature Podcast for the 24th of May 2018. I'm Adam Levy.

And I'm Benjamin Thompson.

Now, we all know how frustrating it can be to wait ages for a taxi,

and we all know about the traffic problems in a lot of cities.

What if there was a solution to both?

Ellie Mackay has been finding out about the latest research into optimising city vehicle networks.

I'm standing outside Kingscross train station here in the heart of London.

It's a busy morning, and as I'm sure sure you can hear there is a lot of traffic about. I can see a fair few taxi cabs too and no doubt many of the people who've ordered them have done so via an app on their phone.

Now waiting for a taxi to pick us up is a minor inconvenience.

But how do the dispatch systems calculate how many

vehicles are needed at any given time? And how do taxi company owners juggle the demand for rides

with the cost of keeping countless cars and drivers on the road? Their daily challenge is to make sure

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