This week, the lab that hopes to transform our indoor environments.

I'll be very surprised if this lab doesn't actually change health and wellness in the United States and even the world.

Plus, the birds, the bees, and the epigenetics of making a new life.

One area where we don't have a lot of understanding at the moment is the first few events

that lead to the formation of a new individual.

And meet the latest speech synthesizer, WaveNet.

The avocado is a pear-sheaped fruit with leathery skin.

This is the nature podcast for September the 15th, 2016.

I'm Kerry Smith.

And I'm Adam Levy.

First up this week, Adam finds out how researchers are trying to learn about the ideal indoor conditions.

Step inside the well-living lab and you could be forgiven for thinking you've walked into a normal office.

But this isn't a normal office.

This is Brent Bowers' experiment.

We can actually take our 6,000 square feet and change it into a bunch of open offices.

We can create hotel rooms. We can create apartments.

Brent can customize pretty much any aspect of the space.

Take the lighting.

We can manipulate the light intensity.

We can block out natural light with shade.

We can change light color.

He wants to know how changes in the indoor environment affect our health.

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