Indoor farm of hens that lay eggs.

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Indoor farm of hens that lay eggs.

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Curiosity Daily Podcast: Healing Hearing Hairs, Sun Phones, Chicken Gods

Hear about a new treatment that may be able to reverse hearing loss, how new solar energy storage technology could eventually power our phones, and the surprisingly grand history of chickens.

August 04, 2022

Episode show notes:

Reversing hearing loss.

Phone charger, but make it the sun.

Chicken breeding.

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