How Venus went to hell

Unexplainable

Vox

Life Sciences, Science, Natural Sciences

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Venus is the hottest, scariest planet in the solar system, but billions of years ago it may have been a lot like Earth, complete with an ocean of water. So, what killed Venus? And could Earth be next? For more, go to http://vox.com/unexplainable It’s a great place to view show transcripts and read more about the topics on our show. Also, email us! unexplainable@vox.com We read every email. Support Unexplainable by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Support for this week's episode of Unexplainable comes from UC San Diego.
0:05.0	UC San Diego is working with artificial intelligence to try to get
0:08.6	closer to answering some enormous challenges.
0:11.7	Whether they're using AI to inform the development of complicated
0:15.2	cures or creating predictive models that could help fight wildfires,
0:19.5	researchers at UC San Diego want to help move us forward,
0:23.1	improve our communities, and shape our future.
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1:18.7	It's Unexplainable.
1:19.6	I'm Noah Massenfeld, and this week an enormous apocalyptic
1:24.6	unanswered question.
1:25.9	I think it's the greatest question in planetary science.
1:28.7	Robin George Andrews, volcanologist, journalist, obsessed with this question.
1:33.2	I've been convinced of this by scientists just because it is kind of like a murder mystery.
1:39.0	We know the victim, Venus, second planet from the Sun.
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