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The episode discusses various scientific breakthroughs inspired by nature that have potential applications in medicine and environmental protection.

We follow a chain of hopeful breakthroughs where nature’s ideas drive real gains: boiling hard water to trap microplastics, stabilizing fusion plasma, upgrading biomass into hydrogen, flipping CRISPR with caffeine, exposing bacteria in kidney stones, unmasking pancreatic tumors, and gluing bones like oysters cling to rock. We connect the science to daily life and underscore why protecting biodiversity protects future cures. • boiling hard water co-precipitating nanoplastics with calcium carb...

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