Best Machine Learning Bias Podcasts (2025)

In one of the poorest neighbourhoods of Mumbai, a quiet transformation is underway. Govandi has long been associated with poverty and poor health outcomes. But with the help of a civic organisation, the community has built vibrant spaces with children and women in mind— libraries, workshops, and leisure zones—defying the norms of city planning that…

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The power of play 23:24

Play Pause

23d ago23:24

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Play is essential to children’s development – kids learn about themselves and the world around them by having fun and taking risks. In some countries scientists have linked a decline in free play with a rise in children’s mental health problems. In this programme we visit a playground called “the land” where no parents are allowed in! This highly-r…

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Digging deep to help farmers 23:20

30d ago23:20

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A new farming method is having a dramatic effect on maize crops in Malawi. And assistance is coming from a solar-powered tractor. In the last of her visits to Malawi, Myra goes to a village where they are using a new method called Deep Bed Farming. It’s more than doubled the yield of some of the farmers and improved their standards of living. The m…

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Flower Power 23:01

1M ago23:01

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In India, how can gorgeous flowers offered in a temple or gathered to decorate a wedding be an environmental problem? Chhavi Sachdev discovers that the practice of disposing of the spent flowers, thousands of tonnes of the them daily, into rivers and lakes causes major pollution and literally suffocates waterborne life. The problem is made worse by…

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Conversational AI meets cognitive bias: Re-engineering search strategy for the human brain 50:02

1M ago50:02

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Join Garrett Sussman, Director of Marketing at iPullRank, as he explores how conversational AI and cognitive bias are reshaping search strategy in 2025. In this episode, Garrett breaks down how chat-style answer engines—like Google’s AI Overviews and AI Mode, and OpenAI’s ChatGPT—tap into psychological shortcuts that influence how people discover a…

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Front Yard Floods 24:40

1M ago24:40

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Frequent floods blight the poorest neighbourhoods of New Orleans but the residents are fighting back, one yard at a time. Physicist Helen Czerski joins the team behind the Front Yard Initiative as they strive to keep the Big Easy safe and dry, 20 years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. When Katrina hit New Orleans in August 2005, the leve…

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A Washing Machine Solution 22:59

2M ago22:59

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British Sikh engineer, Navjot Sawhney gave up his lucrative career to go and work in India, to use his skills to help solve problems for rural communities. While there, he became fascinated with the problems his neighbour, Divya, was facing while handwashing clothes, sometimes for up to three hours a day. Broadcaster and journalist Nkem Ifejika fin…

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Speaking out 22:59

2M ago22:59

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Communication is a human right - but what happens when someone can’t speak for themselves? Sean Allsop struggled to talk until he was eight years old, when he began to speak thanks to years of speech therapy. He explores the technologies and innovations helping people around the world who struggle to communicate. We meet Richard Cave, National Advi…

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Safer streets in Cairo 23:00

2M ago23:00

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What if reimagining how cities are designed could make women safer? In Cairo, sexual harassment and violence against women on the streets has been endemic. Women don't feel safe enough to walk or take public transport. A pioneering programme called Safer Cities, is hoping to find the solution through radical urban redesigns, women friendly spaces a…

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How seaweed is surprisingly useful 23:17

2M ago23:17

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From powering cars to feeding farm animals, how using seaweed more can help the planet. We hear how a local business in Barbados is using sargassum seaweed to power cars, providing an eco-friendly alternative for islanders and potentially helping to clear the beaches of smelly seaweed. Also we visit the European company aiming to replace single-use…

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AI-ready schema: Feeding Google’s answer engines with structured data 37:08

3M ago37:08

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Join Alex Moss, Principal SEO at Yoast and co-founder of FireCask, as he dives into the world of AI-ready schema and structured data, sharing insights from his 20+ years of experience in technical SEO. In this episode, Alex walks us through how schema has evolved to support Google’s AI-driven answer engines, and why it’s more important than ever to…

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Being better citizens 23:23

3M ago23:23

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Citizenship is a kind of social contract that exists in democracies. To function effectively, members of society need to feel like they can engage with and improve their communities. We take a look at two projects helping people do just that in Portugal. We explore a scheme that has helped 30,000 teenagers team up with politicians to transform thei…

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Saving mothers and babies 23:17

3M ago23:17

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In 2017, Spanish engineer Pablo Bergasa began an unusual hobby: to design a new incubator for use in African hospitals. Eight years on, he has sent 200 of his machines around the world, and he estimates they have saved the lives of 5,000 babies. Pablo’s incubator costs a small proportion of the price of a regular machine and can run on a battery an…

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Cutting food waste 23:24

3M ago23:24

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Food waste is one of the biggest environmental and economic challenges we face — and much of it happens long before the food reaches our plates. In this episode, we meet the people working to tackle the problem in different ways. We hear about the smart sensors which could help cut down waste by measuring when food has actually gone bad rather than…

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The traffic lights tackling poverty 23:17

3M ago23:17

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Despite a lot of progress in the last few decades, more than a billion people still live in acute poverty, according to the UN. Many don’t have access to basic needs like food, water, shelter and clothing. We look at an innovative project in Paraguay where people identify their own needs using a traffic light system and are then linked up with busi…

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What to do with stray animals 23:23

4M ago23:23

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How the numbers of stray dogs - and feral pigeons - can be kept down kindly in urban areas. From street dogs to feral pigeons, many towns and cities are having to deal with exploding bird and animal populations which can pose risks to health and safety. This week we take a look at ways we can control numbers in an effective and humane way. We visit…

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Making hospitals kinder for kids 23:20

4M ago23:20

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Being in hospital can be frightening and lonely for children — but playful ideas are helping make the experience a little easier. In Scotland, professionally trained clowns are visiting paediatric wards to bring joy and distraction, while in the US, immersive video games are helping young patients come to terms with illness and long stays. We meet …

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The AI reality: Navigating strategic shifts in SEO 37:12

4M ago37:12

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Join Barry Schwartz, President at RustyBrick, Thomas Phillips, Co-Founder of DTC SEO Agency, and Janna Pugh, SEO Specialist at Five9, as they discuss how AI-driven search is rewriting the SEO rulebook. Discover where generative tools like ChatGPT and Gemini genuinely speed up competitor research, interlinking, and product categorization—and where u…

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Making life easier for older people 23:13

4M ago23:13

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Barcelona in Spain is famous for its beautiful streets, lined with tall apartment buildings. But the architecture is a problem for many people who have lived for years in upstairs apartments but who now find the stairs unmanageable. In 2008, a survey found that in one district there were 300 people who could not leave their homes alone. A group of …

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Shipping containers fixing the world 23:26

4M ago23:26

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Shipping containers are a staple of global trade, helping in the transport of all sorts of goods by sea across the world. But their relatively cheap cost and sturdy structure lends them to many other purposes. In this episode we look at a start-up business in the UK that uses shipping containers to store carbon captured from the air in the producti…

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Building a Sustainable SEO Strategy for Local Businesses 30:02

4M ago30:02

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In this episode, John Reinesch, Founder of Asset Growth, shares key insights into building and sustaining effective local SEO strategies. Learn about long-term versus short-term tactics, foundational SEO elements, adapting to algorithm changes, and the importance of leveraging content. John also covers community-focused backlink building, mobile op…

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Malawi's waste warriors 23:18

4M ago23:18

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What do you do with your waste if you live somewhere that doesn’t have the infrastructure to deal with it? Turns out there are some really simple solutions. Presenter Myra Anubi is in Malawi where she meets the cafe owner in the capital Lilongwe who has set up a recycling hub as well as the women making valuable compost from food scraps and animal …

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Working with our minds 24:13

5M ago24:13

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Mindfulness meditation, which involves becoming aware of the breath in the present moment, has been a core part of Eastern contemplative practices for thousands of years. Over recent decades however, it’s ‘exploded’ throughout the West as scientists have sought to prove the physical and mental benefits of regular practice - like feeling calmer, les…

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Helping Chile's stolen children 23:51

5M ago23:51

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During the 1970s and 80s, thousands of Chilean babies were illegally kidnapped, trafficked and adopted. The practice was widespread during the rule of General Augusto Pinochet. Today many of Chile’s ‘stolen children’ are trying to trace their birth families - and their mothers are also looking for them. Hundreds of them have been successfully reuni…

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The classroom tablet revolution 23:25

5M ago23:25

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From Malawi, Myra Anubi takes a look at ways that technology is improving children’s education. Malawi has free primary schools - but almost 90% of 10 year olds are unable to read properly. So the government is distributing tablets to schools up and down the country. They use software that helps kids to learn maths and reading at their own speed an…

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Tackling bias in health 23:18

5M ago23:18

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Bias in the way medical research is carried out means that new medicines for diseases such as cancer – as well as the tools used to diagnose patients with some conditions – are disproportionally tested on people of European heritage. This can lead to those not represented in the data being misdiagnosed as well as some treatments not working as well…

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Driving Real Revenue with SEO: Unpacking Demand Generation, Attribution & AI 28:05

6M ago28:05

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In this episode, Marketing Director at edays, Lewis Rennison, dives into how AI-driven search tools are reshaping SEO—highlighting which strategies are becoming obsolete and which core practices remain essential. Discover how to leverage AI to enhance demand generation, accurately attribute revenue to SEO efforts, and build an effective multi-chan…

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Gadgets for blind people 23:32

6M ago23:32

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Myra Anubi is joined by BBC Access All presenter Emma Tracey to look at new technology that could help blind people in their everyday lives. Glide is a new mobility aid – it’s a device with wheels and cameras that aims to provide blind people with an alternative to white canes and guide dogs, while using AI to give them more information about their…

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How sport can bring outsiders in 23:26

6M ago23:26

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This week we look at two projects that show how sport can be a powerful tool for social inclusion. We go rowing with some refugees in Seville, Spain, and discover how being part of a crew has helped both adults and kids feel part of their new community. And we join a special scheme in southern England that uses football coaching to break down barri…

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Recovery for all 23:16

6M ago23:16

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There are more people alive and living for longer - but with that comes more people experiencing failing health. While some of this is inevitable, some can be reversible through rehabilitation. The WHO says 2.6 billion people could benefit from rehabilitation services but in low and middle income countries fewer than half receive these services. We…

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Radioactive rhinos 23:18

6M ago23:18

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The global rhino population has fallen by 95% since 1900, mainly due to poaching. Now an atomic approach is being used to stop the poachers in South Africa by placing radioactive material into the horns of rhinos. We journey to the South African bush to meet the scientists - as well as the rhinos being protected. People Fixing The World from the BB…

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Local SEO & Google Business Profiles: Future Trends 23:00

7M ago23:00

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In this episode, local SEO expert and Platinum Google Product Expert, Claudia Tomina, discusses how AI-driven search tools are reshaping local SEO—highlighting which strategies are becoming obsolete and which core practices remain essential. Discover how to leverage AI to optimize Google Business Profiles, enhance local search visibility, and build…

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Building a clinic to save a forest 23:25

7M ago23:25

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How do you stop people chopping down precious rainforest? In the Indonesian part of Borneo, researchers for a conservation charity discovered that local people were chopping down the rainforest around them for an incredibly understandable reason – they needed to pay for medical treatment for themselves and their children. So they started a project …

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Helping the children of sex workers 23:43

7M ago23:43

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In the red light districts of Kolkata, India, there exists an extraordinary youth club. DIKSHA, as it’s known, looks after the children of sex workers when their mothers are working. While they’re at the youth club, girls and boys learn about their rights and are empowered to take control of their futures. Since the club started in 2001 it has work…

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Fishing trash from our oceans 23:13

7M ago23:13

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Around the world, rubbish is collecting in our gutters and waterways, with millions of tonnes being washed out to sea every year. As the soup of ocean debris kills and injures millions of marine animals, we look at two projects trying to make a dent in the problem. We discover a Greek project which has enlisted thousands of fishermen around the Med…

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Renewable kids on the block 23:17

7M ago23:17

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Globally, energy production and use is responsible for around 75% of the world’s carbon emissions, with around a third of that on electricity and heat alone. To tackle climate change, we need to get more energy from renewable sources, so this week we’re taking a look at some of the more surprising ways people have come up with to harness clean ener…

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How SEO Copywriting Has Evolved With GenAI Search — What Works, What’s Dead, and How to Stay Ahead 37:05

7M ago37:05

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In this episode, the pioneer of SEO copywriting, Heather Lloyd-Martin, discusses how generative AI tools are reshaping SEO copywriting—highlighting which tactics are losing relevance and which foundational principles still stand. Discover strategies for leveraging AI to enhance content quality, maintain brand authenticity, and meet evolving search …

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The artificial limbs bringing hope in Gaza 24:33

8M ago24:33

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The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that one in every 100 people in Gaza have a life-changing injury because of the conflict. It’s currently impossible for most to leave the strip and get medical treatment but a team of Jordanian medics has been able to enter Gaza and fit war victims with cutting-edge prosthetics which clip on quickly and…

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How to have better sex 23:23

8M ago23:23

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Sex is one of the few things in life that is available to everyone and is free. But achieving enjoyable sex is not possible for many. Some people are held back by fear, ignorance or culture - others don’t know or understand their rights around sex. For years public health campaigns focused on warning people about the downsides of sex - danger, dise…

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Making money go further 23:17

8M ago23:17

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Billions of people struggle to make ends meet a lot of the time. We look at ways in which people who don’t have much money or are in financial distress can make what they do have go further. We visit savings and credit groups which are helping women to start businesses in Guatemala and see how a cooking at home scheme is helping to save cash - and …

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Improving our eyesight 23:22

8M ago23:22

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Many agricultural workers don’t have the eyesight they need for the work they do, affecting both their comfort and their ability to earn more money. They're among the billion plus people who have visual impairments but can't get the assistance they need. We visit a coffee plantation in southern India where workers are being given glasses on the spo…

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Adapting SEO for Generative AI: Creating Content That Serves AI-Powered Search Experiences 38:44

8M ago38:44

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In this episode, Rejoice Ojiaku discusses SEO strategies that serve AI-driven search experiences like AI Overviews and ChatGPT. Discover how generative AI is transforming SEO, the challenges and opportunities it presents for content creators, and actionable tips for optimizing content. Rejoice also talks about preserving brand voice in AI-generated…

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Sharing the river 23:24

8M ago23:24

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In the farming community of Los Negros in rural Bolivia, the river is their life and livelihood. So when that river started to dry up, it made life very hard. They blamed the villages upstream for not looking after their precious water. This conflict could have turned ugly. But with the support of a local charity, what came out of it instead was a …

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We're coming back for 2025! 1:37

9M ago1:37

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A quick hello and happy new year from Myra and a preview of some of the great solutions coming up on People Fixing The World. Share our podcast with your friends and family and give them something to cheer about as we look ahead to 2025. People Fixing The World from the BBC is about brilliant solutions to the world's problems. We'd love you to let …

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Restoring nature for all 22:58

9M ago22:58

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Myra Anubi visits a major project in the north of England that’s restoring a damaged landscape. Haweswater in the Lake District is an area of stunning natural beauty but over the years it’s been degraded by humans and livestock. This has created flood risks and reduced biodiversity. But now work is underway to restore the site to benefit both peopl…

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Our favourite solutions 22:59

10M ago22:59

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Presenter Myra Anubi and the team chat about some of their favourite projects that have been covered on People Fixing The World over the last twelve months. We’ll be returning to Thailand and the school run by kids; checking in with a family of beavers which are part of an urban rewilding project in the UK and hear more about saving kelp forests in…

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The State of AI Overviews in 2024 – Research Insights and Future Forecasts 31:08

10M ago31:08

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Join industry-leading SEO experts for an exclusive panel discussion on Google's AI Overviews. Barry Schwartz, Itamar Blauer, Erin Sparks and Anastasia K. are discussing the evolution of AI-driven search features and examining their impact on search visibility and ranking dynamics. Get thought-provoking insights and strategies from the brightest in …

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The cows fighting wildfires 22:57

10M ago22:57

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This summer, deadly wildfires raged in countries like Spain, Canada, and Greece. And as the earth warms up, they’re becoming increasingly common and harder to deal with. Today, we will hear about a special herd of cows which are helping to keep some of the flames under control. And we find out how cutting edge space technology could be used to quic…