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Antihelium Offers Hope in the Search for Dark Matter 22.12.2022 9:57

An experiment at the Large Hadron Collider suggests there’s a chance of catching this elusive evidence as it floats through our galactic neighborhood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Smart Way to Get Ahead of the Next Flu Surge 21.12.2022 11:08

Internet-connected thermometers can quickly show how influenza is spreading—so measures to control the disease can be targeted more effectively. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Real Fusion Energy Breakthrough Is Still Decades Away 20.12.2022 10:47

US nuclear scientists have achieved the long-sought goal of a fusion ignition—but don't expect this clean technology to power the grid yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How Do You Prove There’s Ice on the Moon? With a Lunar Flashlight 19.12.2022 8:22

A briefcase-sized satellite will ping lasers at the lunar South Pole to locate ice and map it for future human explorers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Orion Moon Capsule Is Back. What Happens Next? 16.12.2022 9:12

The craft survived a 26-day voyage and a scorching descent. Now it’s time for NASA engineers to learn what went wrong—and what went right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

‘Solar Twins’ Reveal the Consistency of the Universe 15.12.2022 11:04

Physicists study starlight to find whether the fine structure constant,Â whose value makes our universe possible, really is the same everywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Next Great Overdose-Reversing Drug Might Already Exist 14.12.2022 11:46

Fentanyl-related substances have a bad reputation, but they could also save lives. In the US, a legislative battle to expedite research is heating up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Extraordinary Shelf Life of the Deep Sea Sandwiches 13.12.2022 11:55

How did a lunch last underwater for 10 months? The answer relates to how carbon moves in the deep sea, and has implications for fighting climate change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Low-Cost Test for Hearing Loss Lives on a Smartphone 12.12.2022 9:33

Audiology screening can be inaccessible for kids in low-resource areas. By utilizing off-the-shelf products, these scientists are trying to change that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Electronic Second Skins Are the Wearables of the Future 09.12.2022 7:46

Flexible e-skins could be used to measure wearers’ blood pressure, temperature, and oxygen levels in real time, assisting with diagnoses and health care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Era of One-Shot, Multimillion-Dollar Genetic Cures Is Here 08.12.2022 12:35

Gene therapies promise long-term relief from intractable diseases—if insurers agree to pony up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Proactive Way to Detect Cancer at Its Earliest Stages 07.12.2022 7:26

Medtech firm Earli is working on a way to make tumors announce themselves as they appear—and even provide directions to where they are in the body. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pop-Up Farming Pods to Help Colonizers Grow Crops on Mars 05.12.2022 7:02

Interstellar Lab’s inflatable BioPod is designed to help plants survive inhospitable conditions on Earth and allow explorers to settle on the Red Planet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pliocene-Like Monsoons Are Returning to the American Southwest 05.12.2022 10:39

As carbon concentrations rise, conditions are becoming more like they were 3 million years ago, when the area was wetter and the rain was heavier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

'Gold Hydrogen’ Is an Untapped Resource in Depleted Oil Wells 02.12.2022 11:00

The fuel can be produced by adding bacteria to spent drill holes—meaning there are thousands of potential hydrogen sources worldwide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For Alzheimer’s Scientists, the Amyloid Debate Has No Easy Answers 01.12.2022 11:16

For years, potential therapies that attack this brain protein have failed to help patients in clinical trials. Now—surprisingly—a new drug shows promise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Vertical Farming Needs to Grow More Than Salad 30.11.2022 5:07

Indoor agriculture promises to massively reduce the water and land needed to support crops. But at the moment, it only works for a tiny percentage of foods. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How to Use a Laser to Kick an Electron out of a Molecule 29.11.2022 11:06

By firing pulses quintillionths of a second long, physicists study the fleeting motion of an electron leaving two bonded atoms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Turns Out Fighting Mosquitoes With Mosquitoes Actually Works 28.11.2022 11:01

New evidence indicates that an effort to stamp out disease-carrying insects is working. The key? Mosquitoes genetically engineered to kill off their own kind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tiny Aerosols Pose a Big Predicament in a Warming World 24.11.2022 8:19

Fossil fuels are rapidly heating the planet, but their aerosols also help cool it. Just how much, though, is a major uncertainty in climate science. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NASA Will Not Change the James Webb Telescope's Name 23.11.2022 7:13

The moniker, which honors a former agency administrator accused of enforcing anti-LGBTQ policies, has long been controversial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Your Phone Can Determine If a Bridge Is Busted 22.11.2022 9:47

Any smartphone in any car can pick up a span’s unique vibrations. Tracking how that changes over time reveals hidden structural problems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Europe’s Cities Are Getting More Crowded—That’s a Good Thing 21.11.2022 11:40

The sprawling mass of suburbia has been a disaster for the environment. But now smaller, denser cities herald a renaissance in city living. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

No, Qatar’s World Cup Can’t Be Classed as Carbon-Neutral 18.11.2022 13:01

Despite efforts to reduce emissions, the 2022 FIFA tournament is highly carbon-intensive. And its road to net-zero relies on questionable carbon credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Countries Hit Hardest by Climate Change May Finally Get Their Due 16.11.2022 11:55

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