Emma Nelson and guests cover the weekend’s biggest discussion topics from London and Zurich.
Sunday Morning Podcast: World News From London And Zurich (Monocle 24)
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Travel & Nature: ‘Winter In Grand Portage State Park’ In Minnesota (Video)
“Sunday Morning” takes us to the Canadian border, at Minnesota’s Grand Portage State Park. Videographer: Scot Miller.
Sunday Morning Podcast: News From Zurich, Tokyo, London & Hong Kong
The weekend’s top news comes under scrutiny from Monocle’s Tyler Brûlé, Marcus Schögel and Chandra Kurt, with commentary from our editors in London, Hong Kong and Tokyo.
Plus: Christoph Amend of ‘ZEITmagazin’.
Sunday Morning Podcast: World News From Zurich, London And Stockholm
Monocle’s Emma Nelson covers the weekend’s top stories with Vincent McAviney, Florian Egli, Guy DeLauney – and Tyler Brûlé.
Food & Culture: ‘Demise Of The Traditional Sushi Restaurant’ In Japan
Even before coronavirus, soaring fish prices and competition from big chains had wiped out more than half of Japan’s traditional sushi restaurants. With most owners at or near retirement, the pandemic is accelerating the demise of neighborhood sushi. Correspondent Lucy Craft looks at how fast-food sushi is remaking a dining tradition.
Sunday Morning Podcast: World News From Zurich, London & Iceland (2020)
Monocle’s editor in chief Tyler Brûlé is joined by guests Christoph Lenz, Rob Cox and Chandra Kurt to discuss the weekend’s top stories. Plus: we check in with the newsroom of Iceland’s morgunblaðið newspaper.
Sunday Morning Podcast: Latest News From Zurich, Tokyo And London
The weekend’s defining discussion topics with Tyler Brûlé, Christof Münger, Eemeli Isoaho, Mark Dittli and our Tokyo bureau chief Fiona Wilson. Plus, Monocle’s style director Marcela Palek’s Christmas gift tips.
From Milan: Salone highlights, interviews and a daily running guide.
Science: CNO Neutrinos At The Sun’s Core, Covid-19 & Contraception (Podcast)
Scientists have finally confirmed the existence of a CNO cycle fusion reaction in the Sun, and why women’s contraception research needs a reboot.
In this episode:
00:47 Detection of CNO neutrinos
Since the 1930s it has been theorised that stars have a specific fusion reaction known as the CNO cycle, but proof has been elusive. Now, a collaboration in Italy report detection of neutrinos that show that the CNO cycle exists.
Research article: The Borexino Collaboration
News and Views: Neutrino detection gets to the core of the Sun
08:48 Coronapod
We discuss the search for the animal origin of SARS-CoV-2, with researchers raiding their freezer draws to see if any animals carry similar viruses, and the latest vaccine results.
News: Coronaviruses closely related to the pandemic virus discovered in Japan and Cambodia
News: Why Oxford’s positive COVID vaccine results are puzzling scientists
19:32 Research Highlights
How sleep patterns relate to ageing, and a solar-powered steam sterilizer.
Research Highlight: For better health, don’t sleep your age
Research Highlight: Technology for sterilizing medical instruments goes solar
21:50 Getting women’s contraception research unstuck
Since the 1960s there has been little progress on research into women’s contraceptives. This week in Nature, researchers argue that this needs to change.
Comment: Reboot contraceptives research — it has been stuck for decades
29:35 Briefing Chat
We discuss a highlight from the Nature Briefing. This time, a tool to summarise papers.
Nature News: tl;dr: this AI sums up research papers in a sentence
Scents & Flavors: ‘Mint – Extracting Its Essence In Washington State’ (Video)
Washington State is the country’s largest producer of mint, the oil of which can be worth thousands of dollars more per barrel than crude oil. Correspondent Conor Knighton visits family farmers, and the processing company Labbeemint, whose extracts of peppermint, spearmint and other varieties are used in everything from candy and gum to toothpaste and mouthwash.
Sunday Morning Podcast News: Zurich, Madrid, London & Melbourne
Monocle’s editor in chief, Tyler Brûlé, rounds up the weekend’s news with Eemeli Isoaho, Urs Bühler and Florian Egli. Plus, a check-in with our Latin America affairs correspondent, Lucinda Elliott. From Milan: Salone highlights, interviews and a daily running guide.
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