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Hi, I'm Scientific American Podcast editor Steve Merski, and here's a short piece from the November 2018 issue of the magazine in the section called advances, dispatches from the frontiers of science, technology, and medicine.

The article is titled Quick Hits, and it's a rundown of some science and technology stories from around the globe,

compiled by editorial contributor Ankur Paloal.

From Indonesia, Jakarta is sinking fast.

Indonesia's capital is built on ground that's subsiding as a result of flooding and sea level rise,

and about 95% of North Jakarta could be underwater by 2050.

The government is now building a 32-kilometer seawall to protect the city.

From the Netherlands, the world's first offshore dairy farm is expected to open near the port of Rotterdam by the end of the year.

The idea is to produce food closer to

urban areas where two-thirds of people will live by 2050 and to reduce pollution caused by

transporting food over long distances. From South Africa, the country has completed

Mirkat, the largest and most powerful radio telescope in the southern hemisphere.

The telescope, part of the multi-continent square kilometer array, will study how hydrogen gas

moves into galaxies to fuel star formation. The cat, in Mirkat, stands for Karoo Array telescope.

From Nigeria, the nation has launched its first renewable energy association with the goal

of generating about 40% of the country's total energy from green sources by 2030. More than 50%

...