Science, Spoken

An animal welfare advocacy group claims in a letter to the SEC that Elon Musk again made statements about the health of Neuralink test subjects that may have misled investors. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This particle physicist, science communicator, and member of the team who uncovered the Higgs Boson wants everyone to know that art and science aren’t mutually exclusive. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The agreement at COP28 satisfies no-one. But it’s probably the best that countries could have hoped for. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Free-ranging domestic cats eat over 2,000 animal species across the globe, including hundreds at risk of extinction. It’s a problem with no easy solution. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An ingestible “digital pill” that measures heart rate and breathing from inside the stomach could detect the warning signs of sleep apnea, cardiac distress, and even opioid overdoses. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The one-time gene editing fix is meant to halt debilitating pain crises for sickle cell patients, who formerly could only be cured with a risky stem cell transplant. Read the full story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Methane hydrate is an ice-like substance you can set on fire. Now scientists have found that more of it may be in danger of melting—and releasing powerful greenhouse gas—than previously realized. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

All but raised in oncology wards, Dr. Subbiah is on a mission to make cancer care work for everyone, including those usually overlooked. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mounting evidence bolsters the idea that drugs like semaglutide—better known as Ozempic or Wegovy—can hamper a thirst for booze. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

French startup Biomemory is rolling out a credit-card-sized storage device that uses DNA to encode a kilobyte of text data. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The dean of MIT’s School of Science embraces skepticism and failure, and she wants the next generation of scientists to jump right in. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 2021, scientists experimenting with fiber optics picked up a strange signal: the cacophony of cicadas. It could lead to a new way of monitoring insects. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CAR-T cell therapy harnesses the immune system to attack blood cancers. Six years after approving the first treatment, the FDA is investigating whether it can give rise to secondary cancers. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pioneering a new field in cosmology, Dr. Pasterski explores diverse perspectives in physics and astronomy—and whether the universe might actually be a hologram. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An accomplished cardiologist and the first Black woman president of Wellesley College, Dr. Johnson's life's work is improving quality of care for women and women of color around the world. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There’s a devastating amount of heavy news these days. Psychology experts say you need to know your limits—and when to put down the phone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As project scientist on NASA’s Exoplanet Archive, Dr. Christiansen is a huge advocate for citizen science—and making sure anyone can be a planet hunter. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ahead of COP28, a scathing new UN report warns that the world is barreling toward an avoidable catastrophe. It’s a plea for world leaders to step up their ambition. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The gene-editing therapy, called Casgevy, uses Crispr to prevent debilitating pain in patients with sickle cell disease. It also eliminates the need for regular blood transfusions in people with beta thalassemia. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An inventor, molecular biologist, and diagnostic scientist, Dr. Todd cofounded SpeedDx, which serves communities worldwide. And that’s just the beginning. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Misinformation about skincare runs rampant on social media. The chemist behind the Lab Muffin Beauty Science blog is here to clear things up. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s still early days for a novel form of gene therapy called base editing, but this small study in people with extremely high cholesterol shows striking results. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The drug semaglutide is already widely used for weight loss. Now its maker is presenting new evidence that it can reduce cardiovascular illnesses and deaths. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As ocean temperatures climb, so do creatures’ metabolisms. If extra food isn’t available, they’ll starve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Eli Lilly is about to release Zepbound, a new entrant in the superheated competition for blockbuster weight loss drugs. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices