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The Speculative Evolution of Future Bats

This video explores speculative evolution concepts by examining future versions of bats featured in various projects such as After Man, The Future is Wild, Primeval, and Demain les Animaux du Futur.

How one startup is using probiotics to try and ease the copper shortage | TechCrunch

Transition Metal Solutions, a startup, has developed a method to increase copper production by 20% to 30% using additives to enhance microbial performance, aiming to mitigate the impending copper shortage. The company has raised a $6 million seed round led by Transition Ventures, with participation from several other investors. Transition Metal Solutions' approach involves applying a proprietary cocktail of low-cost, inorganic compounds to boost the entire microbial community, rather than focusing on a few strains, which has shown to increase copper extraction from ore by up to 90% in lab samples.

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Why You Should Build ONE World for the Rest of Your Life

This video discusses the benefits of engaging in a lifelong worldbuilding project, emphasizing the importance of a deep world as a nurturing space for ideas. It explores how such a project can evolve with your skills and worldview, how unfinished worlds can feel more alive, and how long-term worldbuilding enhances systems thinking and creativity. The focus is on giving curiosity a home that develops over years, making it ideal for those passionate about fantasy maps, magic systems, lore, and long-term creative endeavors.

'The Cluster' Explained | Speculative Biology

This video explores Charlotte Veldhuizen's speculative biology project 'The Cluster,' which imagines life on extreme alien worlds within a vast star system.

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