Welcome to the Bird Control Group Podcast, where we delve into the intriguing world of bird behaviors and the challenges they pose in human environments. Despite their beauty, birds can sometimes be nuisances or even dangers. Our discussions focus on humane and effective strategies for coexisting with these winged creatures, aiming to protect both our spaces and the birds themselves. Whether you're a bird enthusiast or simply seeking solutions for bird-related issues, this podcast offers ins ...
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Episode 4 - Taking Flight: Launching Integrated Bird Management in the UK & Ireland
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30:16In this episode, we sit down with Sean Byrne, our trusted partner and the force behind the newly launched Integrated Bird Management—now proudly distributing Bird Control Group’s innovative solutions across the UK and Ireland. Join LJ Greene, Bird Control Group’s marketing lead, as she chats with Sean about his journey, the launch of Integrated Bir…
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Episode 3 - Talking to our Global Technical Support Lead, Noer Abdoel
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23:55Noer Abdoel, our Global Technical Service Lead has visited over 15 different countries and many clients since he boarded our company in 2020. He has extensive, valuable knowledge about bird behaviour, the lasers effectiveness in different environments and during this podcast he shares with us some installation advice, success stories and interestin…
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Episode 2 - A journey in International bird Control with Juliaan Kleinloog
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25:50Juliaan Kleinloog, former Commercial Director at Bird Control Group, shares insights on bird control challenges, technological advancements, and advice for growers and bird control professionals. Whether you’re an industry expert or simply curious, this podcast provides essential knowledge for navigating the bird management landscape. Thanks for li…
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Although we paused on publishing narrated versions of WIRED articles in this feed, you will still hear the latest in tech from the WIRED team. On WIRED's Gadget Lab, you'll find hosts Lauren Goode and Michael Calore tackling the biggest questions in the world of tech with knowledgeable WIRED reporters. You can expect the best of WIRED's breaking ne…
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Although we paused on publishing narrated versions of WIRED articles in this feed, you will still hear the latest in tech and politics from the WIRED team. Join host Leah Feiger and a rotation of guests as they guide you through the exciting, challenging, and sometimes entertaining vortex of internet extremism, conspiracies, and disinformation on W…
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Human cases keep ticking up, are very likely to be underreported, and offer the virus the opportunity to learn how to spread from person to person. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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Dengue Fever Threatens to Gate-Crash the 2024 Summer Olympics
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8:48Measles, bedbugs, and dengue have all been cited as concerns for tourists and athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, with the tropical virus in particular forcing authorities into action. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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No, You Can’t Have a Solar-Powered Passenger Plane
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7:18Guilt-free air travel is a beautiful dream, but there’s simply no way to get enough solar energy to keep a cabin full of people in the air. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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The Mysterious Discovery of ‘Dark Oxygen’ on the Ocean Floor
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4:40Researchers believe they have discovered oxygen being produced 4,000 meters below the sea surface, and think polymetallic nodules—the sought-after bounty of deep-sea miners—could be the source. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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The next wave of obesity drugs could help people lose even more weight—and make some pharma companies a fortune. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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Abortion Rights Groups Rush to Back Kamala Harris
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6:10Activists believe that the vice president, who is already the leading voice for reproductive rights in the Biden administration, will champion their cause. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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Hospitals Around the World Are Struggling in the Aftermath of the Great IT Meltdown
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8:49Doctors find themselves without critical systems and diagnostic tools—and face the daunting reality that a full recovery could take days—after CrowdStrike’s botched deployment of a software update. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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Newly Discovered Moon Caves Could One Day House Astronauts
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2:51Analysis of lunar imagery has ended a longstanding debate over whether there are accessible underground areas on the Moon; an emptied lava tube in the Sea of Tranquility is of particular interest. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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To Find Alien Life, We Might Have to Kill It
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9:34Missions to explore other worlds, like Mars or Saturn’s moon Titan, could disrupt or destroy extraterrestrial life in the process of seeking it. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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The New UK Government Wants Clean Energy, Sustainable Aviation Fuel, and Public Transport Reform
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5:52Legislation in coming years will set up a publicly owned clean power company and leverage the Crown Estate for investment in green infrastructure. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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It Will Soon Be Easier for Americans to Recycle Batteries
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4:47Improperly discarded batteries leak toxic chemicals and are prone to exploding. A new program funded by the Department of Energy will prop up battery drop-off sites across the US. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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Episode 1 - Bird talk with our Australian Partner, Michelle Kerr
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27:14In this episode we are chatting with our valued partner, Michelle Kerr from Bird Beam Australia. We will be talking about the wildlife of Australia, the bird issues and some interesting insights. Thanks for listening. Follow us on our socials. Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn & TikTokBy Bird Control Group
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Google DeepMind's Chatbot-Powered Robot Is Part of a Bigger Revolution
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4:07Robotics researchers are exploring how large language models can give physical machines more smarts. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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Elon Musk’s Neuralink Is Ready to Implant a Second Volunteer
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4:34In a livestreamed update on X, Elon Musk and Neuralink executives gave an update on the company's next study participant—and its next-generation brain implant. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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AI's Energy Demands Are Out of Control. Welcome to the Internet's Hyper-Consumption Era
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8:48Generative artificial intelligence tools, now part of the everyday user experience online, are causing stress on local power grids and mass water evaporation. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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The $11 Billion Marketplace Enabling the Crypto Scam Economy
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8:18Deepfake scam services. Victim data. Electrified shackles for human trafficking. Crypto tracing firm Elliptic found all were available for sale on an online marketplace linked to Cambodia’s ruling family. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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This Ancient Technology Is Helping Millions Stay Cool
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10:48Cheap, low-energy evaporative cooling devices are keeping water, food, people, and even whole buildings cool across India. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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Health Care Should Be Designed for the Extremes of Life
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2:29Much of health care is designed with the “comfortable middle” of society in mind, says designer Yves Behar, when it should be tailored to children, the elderly, and those with disabilities. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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How a Group of Butterflies Managed to Fly 4,200 Kilometers Without Stopping
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4:21When butterflies not native to South America appeared on a beach in French Guiana, entomologists started sleuthing to prove where they came from—and how they might have got there. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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The UK’s NHS Going Digital Would Be Equivalent to Hiring Thousands of New Doctors
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4:40More than 30 million Brits have the NHS app. This represents an opportunity to transform the health service, which shadow health secretary Wes Streeting calls “an analog system in a digital age.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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To improve outcomes for female patients, all evidence needs to be considered—while outdated myths about the significance of sex differences need to be retired. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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For many patients, GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy lead to substantial weight loss. But some see much less benefit, and researchers are trying to figure out why. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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NASA Desperately Needs New Spacesuits. Private Firms Are Struggling to Make Them
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5:17Collins Aerospace is expected to back out of a contract with NASA, while high interest rates and a difficult supply chain environment have affected Axiom. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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There are biological underpinnings to aging—and so researchers are investigating cell manipulations, transfusions of young blood, and chemical compounds that can mimic low-calorie diets. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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With AI Tools, Scientists Can Crack the Code of Life
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3:54Google’s AI research lab DeepMind is steadily building knowledge of how genes and their products work inside the body—and how and why they sometimes go wrong. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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Thomas Heatherwick believes architecture has a “nutritional value” to society—and that the public desperately deserve a better offering. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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Revolutionary Alzheimer’s Treatments Can’t Help Patients Who Go Undiagnosed
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4:50It’s a question of when, not if, highly effective treatments become available, says the CEO of Alzheimer’s Research UK. But that doesn’t solve the problem of one-third of dementia patients still going undiagnosed. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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Science Is Full of Errors. Bounty Hunters Are Here to Find Them
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9:09A new project is paying researchers to find errors in other scientists’ work. The only problem? Even error hunters make mistakes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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Europe Scrambles for Relevance in the Age of AI
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9:53With chatbot and AI development largely coming from the US, some EU entrepreneurs and politicians say local champions are needed to prevent a cultural flattening. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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To understand how to take a match-winning penalty, you’ve got to understand the physics behind the perfect kick. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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Starship’s Successful Test Moves SpaceX One Step Closer to Mars
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6:56The vehicle mostly survived launch and reentry—key stepping stones toward operational flights of the largest rocket in history. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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Banks Are Finally Realizing What Climate Change Will Do to Housing
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10:41Extreme weather threatens the investment value of many properties, but financing for climate mitigation efforts are only just getting going. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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Sellers Call Amazon’s Buy Box ‘Abusive.’ Now They’re Suing
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7:43UK retailers have accused Amazon of using its Buy Box section to choke their businesses, reigniting a years-long debate over whether there was foul play. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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From the Archives: Generative AI Is Coming for Sales Execs’ Jobs—and They’re Celebrating
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The 2024 US Open Is Designed to Thwart Golf’s Big Hitters
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9:12Players, aided by technology, are hitting the ball farther than ever, and courses can’t keep getting longer—meaning operators are having to find smarter ways to keep the sport challenging. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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Apple Intelligence Will Infuse the iPhone With Generative AI
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2:59At its Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple introduced its first serious foray into generative AI, with a focus on app integrations and data privacy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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From the Archives: The Race to Save Yellowknife From Raging Wildfires
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8:41Some residents of Yellowknife are staying behind to fight back wildfires that could soon engulf the Canadian city. Others have shared harrowing stories as they race to escape the flames. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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Apple's Biggest AI Challenge? Making It Behave
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8:33Apple Intelligence will make apps and services smarter. But Apple’s most notable innovations focus on ensuring the technology doesn't disappoint, annoy, or offend. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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AI Tools Are Secretly Training on Real Images of Children
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6:08A popular AI training dataset is “stealing and weaponizing” the faces of Brazilian children without their knowledge or consent, human rights activists claim. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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The World’s Largest Fungarium May Unlock the Mysteries of Carbon Capture
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6:03Research is uncovering the key role that fungi play in getting soils to absorb carbon, and how humanity’s actions aboveground are wreaking havoc in the mysterious fungal world below. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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From the Archive: How a Firefly Course Is Saving Japan’s Favorite Glowing Insect
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8:04The fireflies of Moriyama City have long been prized (and hunted) for their yellow-green glow. To bring populations back up, amateur conservationists are hitting the books. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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From the Archives: What Do We Owe the Octopus?
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8:41Mounting research suggests that cephalopods experience pain. Now, the National Institutes of Health is considering new animal welfare rules that would put them in the same category as monkeys. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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From the Archives: Why Scientists Are Bugging the Rainforest
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7:21Scientists use microphones and AI to automatically detect species by their chirps and croaks. This bioacoustics research could be critical for protecting ecosystems on a warming planet. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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Experiments show that asking AI chatbots to work together on a problem can compensate for some of their shortcomings. WIRED enlisted two bots to help plan this article. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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From the Archives: What Science Says About Social Media and Mental Health
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8:41We're bringing an extra episode from our show What's New. Here’s what the science really says about teens and screens—and how to start the conversation with young people of any age. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy SpokenLayer
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