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Mondays 122: Tastes Like Purple!

December 5, 2022
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This week we’re talking about the big stories of the last few weeks! Why LED lights suddenly turn purple, what walking does to our brains, and the strange city of Lusail in Qatar.

Below are a list of news items from the show:

News Items

LED lights turning purple – Business Insider

How walking helps us think – New Yorker

The strange city of Lusail Qatar – Guardian

The urban drug store decline – Slate

European cities getting crowded – Wired Magazine

Amsterdam circular economy – Fast Company

South Korea zero food waste – Guardian

Great Salt Lake collapse – Salt Lake Tribune

Solarpunk – Public Books

Will casual carpool come back? – Berkeleyside

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