Science, Spoken

After 30 years of talk about forcing wealthy polluters to compensate those bearing the brunt of climate damage, the COP27 conference seems poised to act. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Many people haven’t been exposed to common respiratory viruses following the pandemic, meaning they might be more vulnerable to getting ill this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A small study of people with a rare disorder that prevents them from processing protein is an early attempt at creating “living” medicines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a small study, researchers modified patients’ immune cells to target their particular cancer—but it only worked for a third of volunteers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It doesn’t take stampeding or unruly behavior to result in massive tragedies like the one in Itaewon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chemists have long conceptualized tiny machines that could fabricate drugs, plastics, and other polymers that are hard to build with bigger tools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Scientists have already begun to observe the ecological effects of acidifying oceans on sea life. The changes ahead may be more drastic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The US government is funding tech to determine whether genetic alterations in a virus or pest are an evolutionary quirk—or a lab-engineered danger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lubomila Jordanova explains how her carbon-reporting firm—Plan A—uses relentless data analysis to guarantee businesses aren’t greenwashing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Climate change is disrupting delicate arctic habitats, which could unearth frozen viruses and transport them elsewhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Telescopes around the world are capturing photons from the blast, and researchers anticipate exciting discoveries ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How shade is cast reveals details of the rugged lunar landscape, allowing NASA to create 3D models for astronauts and rovers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A comprehensive mathematical framework treats these crinkles as elegant solutions to geometric problems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Keeping rodents off Santa Cruz Island is an exhausting task. But now, conservationists are getting an assist from an AI-powered surveillance system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the future, remote-controlled quadcopters might mean that researchers won’t have to crawl inside volcanoes to collect carbon dioxide anymore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The bacteria, which contaminate poultry meat, sicken 1.35 million Americans every year. But there’s very little the federal government can do to stop it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

East European governments are starting to distribute the tablets as a precaution, but there are limits to the protection they offer, and who might need them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new study finds no correlation between research and development spending and outlandish drug prices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Scientists integrated tiny cell clusters called organoids with the animals’ own tissue, a step toward developing sophisticated mini-models of the brain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Scientists are investigating why large animals like the mule deer of Wyoming go where they go—and how humans can get out of their way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sure, my telepresence robot had some issues—but for students like me who can’t make it to campus because of disability or illness, these tools open new doors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

These pollinators can help urban gardens grow. That will be critical for cooling cities as the planet warms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pathogens in soil are a danger to firefighters, but smoke may transport spores that cause valley fever and other infections into cities too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new study shows that cancer patients in precarious living situations are twice as likely to die from their illness, underscoring the harms of unstable housing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new and contentious five-year limit for getting rid of dead satellites could slow the growing orbital litter problem—if people actually abide by it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices