A World Gone Right, Best of TWT

Published: July 13, 2017, 11:30 p.m.

b'Topics:\\nBreaking News! About an hour-and-a-half prior to the show SpaceX put the Falcon 1\\xa0into orbit.The Chinese got into orbit and performed a\\xa0space walk.\\xa0Another "Long Shot Future." The Chinese think that they can get the\\xa0Emdrive operational.\\xa0The adoption of\\xa0cell phones\\xa0in developing countries. In some places laying phone lines is prohibitively expensive. Cell towers are much cheaper.New way to control protein activity could lead to cancer therapies12-year-old William Yuan has made a\\xa0revolutionary improvement\\xa0in 3D solar cells.The Japanese are giving\\xa0serious attention\\xa0to the idea of a space elevator.\\n\\t\\n[First aired Sept 28, 2008]'