Emerging technologies promise to give us the power to take over some of Nature's most basic operations. It is not just that we are exiting the Holocene and entering the Anthropocene; it is that we are leaving behind the time in which planetary change is just the unintended consequence of unbridled industrialism. A world designed by engineers and technicians means the birth of the planet's first Synthetic Age.
Sarah Aronson:
As opposed to the Anthropocene, what is the Manthropocene?
The Manthropocene is a label feminists have concocted in order to point the finger at masculinity as being the cause of a lot of environmental problems.
So if you call it the Anthropocene it suggests that the whole of humanity is equally implicated in the kinds of destruction that we’ve caused.
If you call it the Manthropocene, you’re pointing your finger.
So if you call it the Anthropocene it suggests that the whole of humanity is equally implicated in the kinds of destruction that we’ve caused.
If you call it the Manthropocene, you’re pointing your finger.
A group of retiring Mexican nuns have become the most adept and successful breeders of the Achoque axolotl
a critically endangered species
with unique regenerative abilities.
a critically endangered species
with unique regenerative abilities.
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The nuns breed a large, genetically diverse collection of animals to produce the secret ingredient in their cough syrup.
Science Correspondent Victoria Gill has been to Mexico to visit this unique conservation convent.
You can hear more from Victoria Gill’s journey to Mexico to meet the sisters on The Sisters of the Sacred Salamander on Radio 4.
