Learn about 4 up-and-coming batteries that could overtake lithium-ion; how microsleep happens without you even knowing it; and what you’re getting wrong about CRISPR gene editing technology, and how to get smart about it — with a little help from Minu Prabhune of Synthego.

In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com — with some help from Synthego’s Meenakshi Prabhune and Kevin Bryant — to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:

• 4 Up-and-Coming Batteries That Could Overtake Lithium-Ion — https://curiosity.im/2sAwbdX
• Microsleep Happens Without You Even Knowing It — https://curiosity.im/2sv7ZK6

More from Synthego:

• CRISPR Cuts, Synthego’s official podcast — https://www.synthego.com/podcast
• “The Bench” Synthego Blog — https://www.synthego.com/blog
• About Synthego — https://www.synthego.com/company
• Follow Synthego on Twitter — https://twitter.com/synthego
• Meenakshi Prabhune on Twitter — https://twitter.com/minu_pr

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