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Short documentaries, explainers and original series for people who care about the world’s biggest challenges. We publish videos that contextualize how critical issues and events affect ordinary people, society and the environment. Context is anchored around three of the most significant and interdependent issues of our time: climate change, the impact of technology on society and inclusive economies.
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We stored this dog photo in DNA
Correction: At 5:40, we say each gigabyte of data in DNA would cost $1300 US to synthesize right now. The number is from a 2021 study, which is the most up to date number we could locate.
Our data hoarding habit is becoming unmanageable. We’re expected to hit 175 zettabytes of data being stored by next year - that’s 175 trillion gigabytes. This will require a lot more energy- and water-hungry data centres in a rapidly warming climate. But teams of biologists and computer scientists think they have the answer - storing data in DNA, or what some call ‘nature’s storage device.’
Software translates binary code into a string of DNA, which is synthesised into a vial of material. This can then be read again and translated back into binary when needed. Backers of this process say its storage potential is vast - a whole stadium’s worth of binary data could fit into a shoebox, theoretically. DNA can last for hundreds of years, compared with the five-year shelf life of disk storage, and it can be stored in a cool, dry place with little upkeep.
Transposing the world’s data from 1s and 0s to DNA is a work-in-progress, so we set out to test the limits of where we are right now. Could this new tech take a photo of a cute dog off our correspondent’s overpacked phone library, put it into DNA, and retrieve it again?
0:00 Intro
0:53 Too much data
2:02 Why use DNA?
4:00 Putting DNA to the test
4:27 Writing
5:06 Synthesis
6:32 How far off?
7:32 Reading, the final test
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We make short documentaries, explainers and original series for people who care about the world’s biggest challenges. Context is anchored around three of the most significant and interdependent issues of our time: climate change, the impact of technology on society and inclusive economies. We contextualize how critical issues and events affect ordinary people, society and the environment.
Context is a media platform brought to you by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the corporate foundation of Thomson Reuters, the global news and information services company. Through journalism, media development, free legal assistance, and convening initiatives, we combine our unique services to drive systemic change.
Our data hoarding habit is becoming unmanageable. We’re expected to hit 175 zettabytes of data being stored by next year - that’s 175 trillion gigabytes. This will require a lot more energy- and water-hungry data centres in a rapidly warming climate. But teams of biologists and computer scientists think they have the answer - storing data in DNA, or what some call ‘nature’s storage device.’
Software translates binary code into a string of DNA, which is synthesised into a vial of material. This can then be read again and translated back into binary when needed. Backers of this process say its storage potential is vast - a whole stadium’s worth of binary data could fit into a shoebox, theoretically. DNA can last for hundreds of years, compared with the five-year shelf life of disk storage, and it can be stored in a cool, dry place with little upkeep.
Transposing the world’s data from 1s and 0s to DNA is a work-in-progress, so we set out to test the limits of where we are right now. Could this new tech take a photo of a cute dog off our correspondent’s overpacked phone library, put it into DNA, and retrieve it again?
0:00 Intro
0:53 Too much data
2:02 Why use DNA?
4:00 Putting DNA to the test
4:27 Writing
5:06 Synthesis
6:32 How far off?
7:32 Reading, the final test
Subscribe: www.bit.ly/3L0j2Ro
Watch more videos: www.bit.ly/3FPmblU
Visit our site: www.context.news/
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We make short documentaries, explainers and original series for people who care about the world’s biggest challenges. Context is anchored around three of the most significant and interdependent issues of our time: climate change, the impact of technology on society and inclusive economies. We contextualize how critical issues and events affect ordinary people, society and the environment.
Context is a media platform brought to you by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the corporate foundation of Thomson Reuters, the global news and information services company. Through journalism, media development, free legal assistance, and convening initiatives, we combine our unique services to drive systemic change.
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Villainising the "other"
zhlédnutí 14Před 17 hodinami
In this episode, we explore the deep religious fractures that have long been exploited by Lebanon's political elites to further their own power. Our guests tackle the notion that competing religious sects are doomed to clash, arguing instead that these divisions are often manufactured and mask a wider sense of unity. We hear from farmer Ahmad Jaafar, architect and activist Nahida Al Khalil, and...
شيطنة "الآخر"
zhlédnutí 67Před 17 hodinami
لا يزال شبح الحرب الأهليّة يخيّم على الحياة في لبنان، فالانقسامات الطائفيّة والحزبيّة تحدّد مصير البلد ومواطنيه. ومع تزايد الضغوط الاجتماعيّة والاقتصاديّة، يتزايد كذلك الاستقطاب الاجتماعي والسياسي. تناقش هذه الحلقة الانقسامات العميقة التي باتت تسم لبنان، ودورها في إبقاء المجتمع رهينة الفتنة المزمنة والتخلّف التنموي. لفهم مظاهر هذا الصراع الطائفي، نستمع إلى المزارع حسن جعفر، والمهندسة المعمارية ...
العبء على قطاع التعليم
zhlédnutí 29Před dnem
مع استمرار تدهور الوضع الاقتصادي والمعيشي، يدفع الطلّاب اللبنانيّون في المدارس والجامعات ثمنًا باهظًا يهدّد حقّهم الأساسي في التعليم. نصغي إلى تجربة الطالبتيْن الجامعيّتيْن ميشيل وفاطمة، ثم نفهم منظور الهيئة التعليميّة عبر حوار مع حسن جعفر، وهو مدير رسميّة في منطقة البقاع، وبشرى صعب، معلّمة سابقة لمادّة الفلسفة. «لبنان: البقاء أم الرحيل؟» بودكاست من إنتاج «صوت»، تقدّمه ""كونتكست""، منصّة الأخبا...
The toll on education
zhlédnutí 37Před dnem
In this episode we tackle education, and find out how the economic crisis is affecting students. We speak to Michelle and Fatima, students at the Lebanese University. We also hear from Hassan Jaafar, the headmaster of a public school in the Bekaa Valley, who tells us why he feels he failed his students. And philosophy teacher Boushra Saab talks about the mental health crisis she has witnessed i...
How to save the banana? Eat more that look like this
zhlédnutí 3,7KPřed 14 dny
Globally, there are around 1,000 varieties of bananas but most of us will only ever come across one: the Cavendish. And the Cavendish is in trouble. A fungus known as fusarium wilt is spreading across multiple countries and infecting Cavendish plantations from the Philippines to Peru. The disease has no cure and because Cavendish plants are genetic clones of each other, when one falls, the rest...
قطاع صحّي مُرهَق
zhlédnutí 38Před 14 dny
"يشهد قطاع الرعاية الصحيّة في لبنان تدهورًا غير مسبوق نتيجة للاضطرابات الاقتصاديّة على مدى السنوات الماضية. لفهم معاناة المرضى وتحدّيات الطاقم الطبي، نستضيف الدكتور أنيس جرماني والناشطة ريما حمادة. نستمع أيضًا لتجربة وسام، كمريض كلى يعاني من ضعف المناعة. «لبنان: البقاء أم الرحيل؟» بودكاست من إنتاج «صوت»، تقدّمه ""كونتكست""، منصّة الأخبار الرقميّة لمؤسسة تومسون رويترز، وهو مساحة آمنة لتشارك مختل...
An exhausted healthcare sector
zhlédnutí 19Před 14 dny
In this episode, we put Lebanon’s healthcare sector under the microscope and find out how corruption and mismanagement made the effects of the wider economic collapse even worse and left the sector on its deathbed. Our guests are Dr. Anis Germany, a public health expert, and Nibal Dahouk, a health sector activist. We also hear from 46- year-old Wissam al-Nahhas who works at a grocery store and ...
على هامش المجتمع
zhlédnutí 49Před 21 dnem
في هذه الحلقة نبتعد عن العاصمة بيروت، ونتوجّه إلى شمال لبنان. نبدأ من طرابلس، ونقصد حي التنك، الذي وفقاً لتقرير تابع لبرنامج الأمم المتحدة للمستوطنات البشرية يعد "المدينة الأكثر فقراً في لبنان وعلى البحر الأبيض المتوسط". ثم نتوجّه شرقًا إلى منطقة الهرمل المهمَلة، التي يعتبرها البعض ملاذًا للخارجين عن القانون اللبناني. يشاركنا سكّان المنطقتيْن تفاصيل حياتهم الشاقّة في ظل سياسة تهميش الأطراف من ا...
We made this podcast in 2023. Why did we wait to release it?
zhlédnutí 73Před měsícem
We made this podcast in 2023. Why did we wait to release it?
Trailer - Lebanon: Should I stay or should I go?
zhlédnutí 29Před měsícem
Trailer - Lebanon: Should I stay or should I go?
مؤسّسة تومسون رويترز تقدّم بودكاست جديد من لبنان
zhlédnutí 12Před měsícem
مؤسّسة تومسون رويترز تقدّم بودكاست جديد من لبنان
The spray that makes mangoes last longer
zhlédnutí 3,1KPřed 2 měsíci
The spray that makes mangoes last longer
The Senegalese strategy to bring rice production home
zhlédnutí 4,8KPřed 3 měsíci
The Senegalese strategy to bring rice production home
Our hoards of data are costing the climate
zhlédnutí 680Před 3 měsíci
Our hoards of data are costing the climate
The bean that could save coffee from climate change
zhlédnutí 3,1KPřed 4 měsíci
The bean that could save coffee from climate change
Why the world’s biggest beef exporter can’t quit its cattle habit
zhlédnutí 1,5KPřed 6 měsíci
Why the world’s biggest beef exporter can’t quit its cattle habit
Should beaches be private? In Lebanon, most are
zhlédnutí 37KPřed 9 měsíci
Should beaches be private? In Lebanon, most are
What happens when a country runs out of water?
zhlédnutí 93KPřed 9 měsíci
What happens when a country runs out of water?
The Amazon drivers striking over extreme heat
zhlédnutí 57KPřed 9 měsíci
The Amazon drivers striking over extreme heat
Roundabouts are good for the planet. Why don’t we see more in America?
zhlédnutí 2,7KPřed 10 měsíci
Roundabouts are good for the planet. Why don’t we see more in America?
This grocery store wants to fix capitalism
zhlédnutí 864Před 10 měsíci
This grocery store wants to fix capitalism
Everest is melting. What does it tell us about climate change?
zhlédnutí 1,9KPřed 11 měsíci
Everest is melting. What does it tell us about climate change?
Seaweed can do lots of things. Can it survive climate change?
zhlédnutí 59KPřed rokem
Seaweed can do lots of things. Can it survive climate change?
Why the fastest warming place on earth can’t quit coal
zhlédnutí 85KPřed rokem
Why the fastest warming place on earth can’t quit coal
Just manage the population like we do here with gators in America. Get the hunting season in give a certain amount of tags to a certain amount of people who can obviously hunt Crocs it's a win-win for the crocodile population and it's a win for the people. That's how we do it here in America. We hunt them but we do it to keep the population in check and make sure we can limit incidents between us and wild animals.
Don't put them in croc farms that's just cruel 😢
No it's not always cruel. Some people do it truly not every human being is cruel. We have Gator farms in America. And it's okay here it just depends on the person and the regulations and all that other bull. If you don't want croc farms then do what America does let people hunt them but put regulations and stuff on it. That's literally all we do with our Gators we have alligators all around the southern coast of the United States and we hunt them but we do it responsibly.
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Developers in their greed stealing legally the water rights of original people and farmers. All so those in Anaheim to Hollywood could have lawns and flush their toilets.
How do you think the slaves felt.
لله يحفظك
How are the great resigners going to live, besides living with their parents. Most of us worked all our lives , mostly jobs we didn't like much. Before the industrial revolution, everyone worked sunup to sundown. Factories, 10 hours weekdays, 6 on Saturday. 20 years after world W W 2 it went down to 42.5 hours a week. Youngsters only want to work 16 hours. That means three times the employees. How can the U S compete when the rest of the world works 42.5 hours or more? Employers will eventually get mean and only keep willing workers.
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Straight goofy looking
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Don't worry if bullshark populations keep rising they make an end to the crocodiles
That’s there home. They only occupy the top end of Australia so all the city dwellers are safe Just make sure your aware when you enter croc territory
Train the Crocodiles to break up just stop oil idiots.
All good until the Dr adds experimental drugs and surgeries to the mix. Get ready for future lawsuits, Doc.
Pdf of the document
Good hearted.
Stop acting like the only opposition are conspiracy theorists. Why do you all focus on paris and act like its a 16 min city when it isnt. Yes pockets of it are, not all of it. Its a disaster in Paris for small business, ripe for chains and corporations. Its such a time waster......15 min walk to school, 10 mins to gym, could be 20 mims back home then 30 mins ro work, 75 minutes travelling or 20 mins? Its really a no brainer. Do shopping once a week in 30 mins or take 45 mins every two days.........basically you wont have free time, relationships amd friendshìps wull be destoyed, but at least you live near starbucks. There are loads of genuine opposition to it but the truth is outside of propaganda videos like this, you lot have nothing to say and cant debate the topic. Youve been brainwashed
You're very good, your photo images are inspiring. Ex-Reuters Freelance LIAU 2014 HK
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Any updates??
support all the way from Nothern Philippines to our forefather austronasian Family all over Pacific Regions
Love and respect from Aotearoa
Would you try other varieties of bananas, and how much more would you be willing to pay for them? Let us know in the comments. Thanks for watching! - Albert
It's going to happen in the US as well soon.
Taiwan is not China
indigeneous here fro northern part of the phillipines
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Incredible - what a beautiful journey for all of you! My prayers are with anyone feeling like they need a place like this <3
@8:07 I ckuld be wrong but I believe you mean "Puritan", they were the ones who were obsessed with work. The exact opposite of the ancient Greeks, who saw work as beneath them & only permitted slaves to perform it.
Maman kunem…..
U forget....someone is going to get some big time inheritance
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Misspelled baby come on now
How bout you worry about the Economy in your own country
Judgemental much?
Inspirational piece
Excellent and concise.
India:- cows are sacred Also india:- second largest beef exporter 💀
Cool video
India don't do it!!!
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In Uganda 🇺🇬 we have three major coffee types - arabica, robusta and clonal coffee. Y’all should come check out our amazing coffee 😌
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What about all the people that just don't want to live in an urban community next to all the liberals that are entertaining the idea of 15 minute cities?
What you are proposing sounds like a prison to me and I would choose to die rather than relegate myself to that way of life. You have placed yourself in the box they want you in and sadly you you don't even see it.
The Homeland Austronesian People
Everyone has gotten their land taken from them. Get jobs like the rest of us!!!!
The one gentleman Dawa Steve Sherpa says, "People come here to have a good time and not put themselves in harm's way!". What! You are in harm's way from day one. Asked those seventeen people who died in 2023. It's amazing that the most dangerous part is coming down the mountain.
Ինչ զզվելիբեք
Meanwhile, The US is still recounting the 2016 election so they dont have to count 2020's election.
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