Science, Spoken

The open science movement pushes for making scientific knowledge quickly accessible to all. But a new paper warns that speed can come at a cost. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With clinical vaccine trials for everything from HIV to Zika, messenger RNA could transform medicine—or widen health care inequalities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The autonomous aircraft have shuttled blood to rural, mountainous areas for years. A new analysis proves they’re faster than driving. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rooftop solar panels are gaining popularity as the UK faces higher energy prices. But lower-income people are being left behind once again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After three attempts to run through a test of the Space Launch System, engineers spotted a leak and a faulty valve. The fixes may delay the first Artemis moon mission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Volunteers are rushing to provide online counseling, art therapy, and stress relief for the more than 2 million Ukrainian children who have become refugees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The area around the defunct power plant has been an unexpected rewilding success story. Now attempts to monitor progress are hampered by the war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brigades of volunteers are coming to the rescue of thousands of Pacific newts that perish each year as they migrate to their breeding grounds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Barriers are going up rapidly as border projects and livestock farming increase, but they impede wildlife migrations and genetically isolate threatened species. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The FDA has approved daily disposables that release anti-allergy medication. Experts hope lenses could one day help treat cataracts and glaucoma. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A microsporidian pathogen is annihilating tawny crazy ants, an invasive menace of the highest order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Big businesses set splashy climate targets but don’t always reveal their data. The Securities and Exchange Commission wants to change that—to protect investors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Changing the genetic makeup of trees could supercharge their ability to suck up carbon dioxide. But are forests of frankentrees really a good idea? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new proof significantly strengthens a decades-old result about the ubiquity of ways to represent whole numbers as sums of fractions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New research shows the snakes activate different sections of their rib cage, using their lungs as bellows to pull in air. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A cosmic fluke helped Hubble spy Earendel, a giant star at the edge of the known universe that could tell us more about what happened after the Big Bang. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Finding therapy and support can be confusing. Here are some tips on how to get help, from understanding insurance websites to keeping track of the bills. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For the first time, scientists get a look at what's going on under the park's geysers. It may even help them better understand the origin of life on Earth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Researchers got the machine to run nearly 13 feet per second. It ain't graceful, but this powerful technique is preparing robots for the chaos of the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Observatories require electricity and computing power to process data from deep space. Is there a way to make them run greener? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Keep throwing noodles against the wall if you want, but this tactic ensures the pasta's texture is just right every single time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While observing fearful memories take shape in the brains of fish, neuroscientists saw an unexpected level of synaptic rewiring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Extreme weather, from floods to wildfires, is increasingly hammering ports, highways, and factories. It’s expected to get worse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hundreds of trials have been disrupted in the medical research hub. Some patients are at risk of losing their last chance at survival. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Astronomers tried to confirm a signal from the birth of the first stars after the Big Bang. They saw nothing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices