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Future Tense

Future Tense

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Recent episodes

  • Dec 11, 2025 — This is the program’s final episode and, as such, we look back over the past 17 years. What did the future look like back in 2009 when the show first aired? What have been the major trends during that time? Which predictions came to fruition and which...

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    A Future Tense retrospective
  • Dec 04, 2025 — How many of the articles you see on the internet are actually written by AI, not by humans? We'll give you a figure based on the latest research. Also, why is Google moving away from its well-established search-engine algorithm in favour of...

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    Is AI really taking over the internet?
  • Nov 27, 2025 — Designing a futuristic city is a fraught task — a mixture of ambition, state of the art technology, inevitable budget blowouts and the need to not just inspire, but awe. We get an update on the progress of two mega metropolises — Xiongan in China and...

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    A tale of two futuristic cities
  • Nov 20, 2025 — The global Covid 19 lockdown may seem like an eternity ago, but the threat of another full-scale pandemic has never resided. Scientists warn that as the Arctic permafrost continues to melt ancient viruses and bacteria are gradually being freed from the...

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    Ancient viruses, new threats
  • Nov 13, 2025 — Negotiations over a global treaty on microplastics have broken down. So, where to from here for one of the world's biggest environmental threats? We also get an update on new efforts to clean-up the cement production industry; and we look at AI...

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    Microplastic removal and decarbonising cement

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