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Nature Podcast

Nature Podcast: 2 March 2017

Nature Podcast

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News, Science, Technology

4.5893 Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

This week, a migration special: a researcher seeks refuge; smart borders; and climate migration.

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0:00.0

Yes! I just can't believe it.

0:02.4

This Christmas, you could be a millionaire.

0:05.2

Get your lotto ticket for tonight's draw.

0:07.0

The National Lottery.

0:07.9

Rules and procedures apply.

0:08.8

Players must be 18 or over.

0:12.3

We ticketed passengers are permitted beyond the security checkbook.

0:16.7

Thank you for your new operation.

0:19.3

Millions of people cross international borders every day.

0:23.4

This process is often easy, even mundane, but for some, it can be a matter of life and death.

0:30.4

In this week's special show, we bring you three pieces on migration and research.

0:35.1

We meet Kasim al-Said Mahmoud, a Syrian scientist who risked his life leaving his country.

0:40.8

We also ask whether the world's current systems are ready to deal with migration caused by climate change.

0:46.8

Plus we take a look at smart borders and the potential dangers of letting a computer decide who's allowed into a country.

0:53.8

This is a nature podcast for March the 2nd, 2017.

0:57.2

I'm Noah Baker.

0:58.3

And I'm Adam Levy.

1:00.4

Out of 4.8 million Syrian refugees currently estimated to be living outside their home country,

1:06.3

as many as 2,000 are academics.

1:09.3

One of them is Kasemar Sa'aad Mahmoud. Kassam and his family fled Syria in 2012

1:15.1

and went to Turkey. From there, he applied for an academic position in Europe through a

1:19.7

program called Scholars at Risk, which helps academics who are threatened or attacked. A year and a

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