Science, Spoken

Chill materials to extreme temperatures, and their vibrations show properties that could one day be exploited to create memory in quantum computers. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The NASA team hopes the iconic spacecraft and its twin can continue taking data beyond the solar system past their 50th birthdays. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Every year, thousands of pets develop tumors very similar to those found in people. Find drugs that work for canines, and human treatments should follow. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 2019 and 2020, the out-of-control blazes sent clouds of smoke across the Pacific, where they brightened clouds and cooled the ocean. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The highest alerts are being unraveled globally. But with some 7 million people dead, there are hard lessons to learn from the pandemic—and a lot of work still to do. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new paper showing how water actually travels through a plastic membrane could make desalination more efficient. That’s good news for a thirsty world. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Immune cells called monocytes are triggered to help clear infection—but in some cases they never switch off, leaving patients breathless for months. Read the story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The technique may finally be emerging as a way to preserve species at risk of extinction. Read the story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a remote part of the Amazon, anthropologists and neuroscientists are learning about life and health without an “embarrassment of riches.” Read the story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope could help resolve some cosmic discrepancies: How fast the universe is expanding and how evenly matter is distributed. Read the story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Increasingly severe heat waves will imperil the country’s development goals, slow economic growth, and heighten health risks, new research shows. Read the story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Average sea surface temperatures have soared to record highs, and stayed there. It’s a worrying signal of an ocean in crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Studying people who live well beyond the age of 100 could reveal the secret to living longer, healthier lives. But the statistics tell another story. Read the story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coastal lands are subsiding and losing elevation—a “hidden vulnerability” that’s making rising seas all the worse. Read the story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Japanese company Ispace could be the first to safely touch down on the moon’s surface, with more spacecraft following later this year. Read the story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Renewable generation projects are set to make this future fuel widely available. And it’s much more versatile than you think. Read the story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The algae Melosira arctica is the foundation of the food chain, and its contamination could have major consequences for ecosystems and the climate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The court has given itself a deadline extension until late Friday night to decide whether mifepristone should remain legal. Read the story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Scientists believe lasting symptoms following a coronavirus infection are not a single disorder. So new clinical trials are hunting for a range of solutions. Read the story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The most comprehensive survey of how we share our microbiomes suggests a new way of thinking about diseases that aren’t usually considered contagious. Read the story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The single-dose antibiotic regimen dramatically reduces transmission of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. But it doesn’t have the CDC’s blessing yet. Read the story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new book explores the far-reaching impact of germs and viruses on human society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Fifth Circuit ruling that keeps mifepristone available, but curtails access to it, is the newest front in a battle over the FDA’s power to approve medications.   Read the story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aquifer thermal energy storage can use groundwater to heat and cool buildings—decarbonizing homes and businesses in the process. Read the article here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Neoplants says its pothos has superior purification properties—but you’ll still need a lot of them to get the job done. Read the article here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices