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Why Was the Tonga Eruption So Massive? Scientists Have New Clues 06.06.2022 11:15

Early theories suggested an underwater landslide caused a catastrophic mix of magma and seawater. Recent evidence reveals an explosion unlike anything studied before. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Story of Abortion Pills and How They Work 03.06.2022 10:18

Mifepristone and misoprostol are a safe and effective way to end a pregnancy, but many people around the world still don’t know these drugs exist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Undersea Cables Are Carrying Scientific Secrets 02.06.2022 8:03

Rumbles and tides create tiny, detectable disturbances in fiber optics. The world’s cables could form a vast network for detecting earthquakes and tsunamis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Puzzling Quantum Scenario Appears to Violate a Law of Physics 01.06.2022 10:52

By resolving a paradox about light in a box, researchers hope to clarify the concept of energy in quantum theory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Wetlands Are Drowning 31.05.2022 10:31

A long-term study of a marsh was meant to ask whether rising levels of CO2 could help wetlands thrive despite rising seas. The plants aren’t keeping up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Is Where Dirty Old Cars Go to Die 27.05.2022 10:00

The electric vehicle revolution is gathering speed—but what happens to all those polluting cars already on the road? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Carbon-Rich Peat Is Disappearing. But Is It Also Growing? 26.05.2022 8:27

Scientists have discovered “proto-peat” forming in the Arctic as the Earth naturally sequesters carbon, but it could take centuries to mature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With Dusty Solar Panels, InSight’s Days on Mars Are Numbered 25.05.2022 9:51

After the InSight lander studied the strongest marsquake ever detected, scientists gave the space robot a negative prognosis because of its dwindling solar power. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Gene Mutation Breaks the Immune System. Why Has It Survived? 24.05.2022 11:12

Two new studies found genetic mutations that cause severe immune deficiencies are common in some remote populations, leaving them highly vulnerable to viruses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Powerful ISS Instrument Will Hunt for Minerals in Dusty Lands 23.05.2022 8:44

NASA’s EMIT mission will better analyze the grime from dust-spewing regions, a critically understudied factor in climate change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Researchers Grew Tiny Plants in Moon Dirt Collected Decades Ago 20.05.2022 10:26

The seedlings sprouted in the regolith scooped up in the 1960s and ’70s, but astronauts won’t be harvesting lunar spuds anytime soon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An Elusive Gravity Signal Could Mean Faster Earthquake Warnings 19.05.2022 10:09

Tiny wobbles in Earth’s gravitational field could help detect big tremors faster, but they’re hard to tease out from the planet’s seismic noise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

These Nanobots Can Swim Around a Wound and Kill Bacteria 18.05.2022 11:59

Researchers have created autonomous particles covered with patches of protein “motors.” They hope these bots will tote lifesaving drugs through bodily fluids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ticks Are Spreading in the US—and Taking New Diseases With Them 17.05.2022 13:17

The vast majority of tick-borne disease goes unrecorded, meaning life-threatening pathogens are traveling under the radar to new locations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Delegates at the United Nations Have Begun Forging New Rules for Space 16.05.2022 9:59

International experts are using earthly policies as models to hash out regulations for orbiting spacecraft, from preventing conflict to limiting trash. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Burning Crops to Capture Carbon? Good Luck Finding Water 13.05.2022 12:09

The technique uses plants as fuel and sequesters the emitted CO2, removing it from the atmosphere. But scaling up would use gobs of water and land. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Desert’s Fragile Skin Can’t Take Much More Heat 12.05.2022 11:34

Climate change and human activity are destroying the layers of fungi, lichen, and bacteria that protect deserts from erosion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Vast Underground Water System Helps Drive Antarctica’s Glaciers 11.05.2022 9:55

Scientists have finally found Antarctica’s missing groundwater, which will help them predict ice flows on the continent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You Don’t Have to Quit Meat to Save the Planet—Just Eat Less 10.05.2022 6:50

If everyone ate just 20 percent less beef, deforestation rates by 2050 could be half as bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Australia Moves Ahead Cautiously With '3-Parent IVF' 09.05.2022 10:54

The nation follows the UK in permitting mitochondrial donation, which aims to prevent the transmission of rare but often fatal conditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everyone Wants to Build Green Energy Projects. What's the Holdup? 05.05.2022 11:17

Proposals for wind, solar, and battery storage projects are running into a logjam of paperwork and grid connection issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Give Fitbits (of Sorts) to the Trees 04.05.2022 10:35

You can tell a lot about a tree by its sway, so scientists are outfitting them with accelerometers. That could help the West better manage its water. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hepatitis Cases in Kids Have Scientists Hunting for Answers 03.05.2022 12:13

Young children across the world are inexplicably coming down with the liver illness, putting parents and doctors on alert. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Blood Test Detects Cancer in Dogs. But Do You Want to Know? 02.05.2022 15:05

A startup just showed that its OncoK9 test accurately sounds the alarm for aggressive and advanced cancers. The catch? These often have no cure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Surprising Climate Cost of the Humblest Battery Material 28.04.2022 11:09

Graphite is made in blazing-hot furnaces powered by dirty energy. Until recently, there has been no good tally of the carbon emissions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices