Who pays for AI’s environmental impact?
Joe’s Be Smart episode investigates AI’s environmental costs, including electricity use and the effects on communities near data centers.
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Joe Hanson
Joe Hanson is a biologist and science storyteller who creates and hosts PBS’s Be Smart, turning everyday questions into journeys through science.
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Joe hosts a SUBSTANCE episode about bioluminescent glow sticks and display technology, with guests Paige Whitehead and Richard Frantz.
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A tiny twist changes a material
On Be Smart, Joe explores magic-angle graphene and how twisting layers of carbon can change their electrical and magnetic properties.
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The puzzle of hot water freezing faster
Joe explores the Mpemba effect, starting with hot water and following the mystery into materials, magnets and quantum systems.
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Tracing HIV’s origins
A Be Smart episode follows the scientific investigation into HIV’s origins and how researchers reconstructed the virus’s history.
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