A Whole Big Bag of Good News

Published: Dec. 22, 2017, 12:30 a.m.

b"What kinds of things do we discuss on The World Transformed? Sending cars into orbit, curing horrible diseases, why kids are from a different planet, communists in space, super-antibiotics, machines that suck carbon from the air, lightsail-powered interstellar spacecraft, and why we should all be more optimistic.\\n\\nTo name just a few topics!\\n\\nIn part two of a four-part series (here's part one), Stephen outlines some of the positive developments in the first half of the year that speak to very bright future to come. 2017 podcasts referenced include:\\n\\nGetting Closer to the Final Frontier: On to Mars and the Stars\\n\\nThe Golden Age: Why Don\\u2019t We See It?\\n\\nEngines of Disruption: How Data Is Changing Everything\\n\\nA Cure for Multiple Sclerosis?\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nWT 384-695"