2026-03-11 00:00 DW News 00:30 Global Us 01:00 DW News 01:15 Planet A We've all seen the headlines. The AI boom is guzzling electricity and water and your ChatGPT habit is part of the problem. Now engineers are experimenting with solutions underwater, in oil, and on the moon, all designed to make AI less thirsty and power hungry. 01:30 REV EVs cut exhaust pollution, but heavier cars mean more pollution from tire wear. Solving one problem by creating another? In Mexico, female delivery drivers want more safety. EU funding aims to modernize Moldova's trains. 02:00 DW News 02:30 Eco Africa Former poachers in Uganda help save an endangered species. Plus: Women in the DRC upcycle textile waste and create jobs, and online influencers inspire real change. 03:00 DW News 03:02 DW News Focus 03:15 Planet A We've all seen the headlines. The AI boom is guzzling electricity and water and your ChatGPT habit is part of the problem. Now engineers are experimenting with solutions underwater, in oil, and on the moon, all designed to make AI less thirsty and power hungry. 03:30 Tomorrow Today Sperm counts in men worldwide have dropped dramatically in the last 50 years. What could be causing it? Also: determining dolphin sex, breeding ozone resistant rice, and an equation for estimating alien civilizations. 04:00 DW News 04:30 The Day 05:00 DW News 05:02 DW News Focus 05:15 Close up 05:45 Shift 06:00 DW News 06:02 The Day 06:30 The 77 Percent This week on the 77 Percent, we follow people who have faced discrimination in their own countries based on how they look. In Kenya, we explore how colonial-era stereotypes about dreadlocks still shape reality today. Then we head to Ghana, where young men are challenging these perceptions. In Benin, we look at how body painting is used to tell powerful stories. 07:00 DW News 07:02 DW News Focus 07:15 Planet A We've all seen the headlines. The AI boom is guzzling electricity and water and your ChatGPT habit is part of the problem. Now engineers are experimenting with solutions underwater, in oil, and on the moon, all designed to make AI less thirsty and power hungry. 07:30 Global Us 08:00 DW News 08:02 The Day 08:30 Made in Germany 09:00 DW News 09:02 DW News Focus 09:15 DocFilm Sugar has long played a central role in the global economy. But this lucrative business was also a major driver of both colonialism and slavery. To this day, workers are systematically exploited for sugar production. 10:00 DW News 10:02 The Day 10:30 Global Us 11:00 DW News 11:02 DW News Focus 11:15 Planet A We've all seen the headlines. The AI boom is guzzling electricity and water and your ChatGPT habit is part of the problem. Now engineers are experimenting with solutions underwater, in oil, and on the moon, all designed to make AI less thirsty and power hungry. 11:30 Eco Africa Former poachers in Uganda help save an endangered species. Plus: Women in the DRC upcycle textile waste and create jobs, and online influencers inspire real change. 12:00 DW News 12:02 DW News Focus 12:15 DocFilm Sugar has long played a central role in the global economy. But this lucrative business was also a major driver of both colonialism and slavery. To this day, workers are systematically exploited for sugar production. 13:00 DW News 13:02 The Day 13:30 Made in Germany 14:00 DW News 14:02 DW News Focus 14:15 Planet A We've all seen the headlines. The AI boom is guzzling electricity and water and your ChatGPT habit is part of the problem. Now engineers are experimenting with solutions underwater, in oil, and on the moon, all designed to make AI less thirsty and power hungry. 14:30 In Good Shape Can a personalized mRNA vaccine stop melanoma before it metastasizes? A major trial is putting it to the test. 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Plus: Women in the DRC upcycle textile waste and create jobs, and online influencers inspire real change. 22:00 DW News 22:02 DW News Focus 22:15 DocFilm Lightning is a force of nature. Traveling at a speed of 100,000 km/h, with a temperature five times that of the Sun's surface, it strikes the Earth millions of times a day. 23:00 DW News 23:30 Eco India Residents aim to transform Bengaluru, inspired by one suburb's waste segregation success. In Pune, citizens heal polluted rivers, and innovators save wind turbines from the scrap heap.
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