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A New Database Reveals How Much Humans Are Messing With Evolution 16.02.2022 10:29

Some animals and plants are rapidly adapting to our warming, polluted world. How alarming that is depends on your perspective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Extreme Heat in the Oceans Is Out of Control 15.02.2022 10:36

More than half of the sea now logs temperatures once considered extreme, threatening countless species, livelihoods, and the air we breathe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Maybe Green Energy Needs ‘Information Batteries' Too 14.02.2022 10:37

Researchers are exploring whether tech giants can precompute certain data when the grid is humming with solar or wind power, then stash it away for later use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How to Deal With Rocket Boosters and Other Giant Space Garbage 11.02.2022 11:49

As an errant SpaceX rocket booster careens toward the moon, here are some of the ways space agencies and companies are trying to deal with huge pieces of debris. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kombucha Cultures Could Be the Key to Better Water Filters 10.02.2022 8:48

A study found that filtration membranes formed from SCOBYs are more effective at preventing bacterial growth than commercial equivalents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Inside the International Effort to Save One Tiny Mexican Fish 09.02.2022 9:23

Scientists and schoolchildren worked together to bring the tequila fish back from extinction in the wild. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What It's Like to Give Up Air Travel to Curb Climate Change 08.02.2022 8:55

These three families gave up flying to reduce their emissions. Here's how it's shaping their relationship to people and places. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Politicians Say It’s Time to Live With Covid. Are You Ready? 07.02.2022 9:51

As countries declare endemicity and drop restrictions, how does a battered and bruised society embrace a sudden return to normality? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NASA’s Newest Spinoff Tech Comes Back to Earth 04.02.2022 9:54

While the space agency didn't actually develop Tang, its R&D includes everything from robot gloves to vertical farming—with commercial benefits back home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bird Flu Is Back in the US. No One Knows What Comes Next 03.02.2022 15:55

The fast-moving pathogen, which has already invaded Europe, was found in East Coast ducks. The last outbreak that tore through the US killed 50 million birds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Got an Invasive Army of Crayfish Clones? Try Eating Them 02.02.2022 10:57

The marbled crayfish is a threat to the native species, but the “Berlin lobster” may also offer a sustainable food source and help stop the spread of parasites. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What Happens If a Space Elevator Breaks 01.02.2022 12:30

These structures are a sci-fi solution to the problem of getting objects into orbit without a rocket—but you don’t want to be under one if the cable snaps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Europe Is in the Middle of a Messy Nuclear Slowdown 31.01.2022 10:48

Germany has almost finished phasing out nuclear plants, and aging infrastructure is leading neighbors down the same path. But will green energy goals suffer? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An Injection of Chaos Solves a Decades-Old Fluid Mystery 28.01.2022 9:20

In the 1960s, drillers noticed that certain fluids would firm up if they flowed too fast. Researchers have finally explained why. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How to Prepare for Climate Change's Most Immediate Impacts 27.01.2022 10:33

The effects of the climate crisis are happening right now. From natural disasters to supply chain shortages, here's how to cope. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Astronomers Discover a Strange Galaxy Without Dark Matter 26.01.2022 10:58

New, high-resolution observations of a faint, fluffy galaxy suggest that dark matter’s not as ubiquitous as scientists thought. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pregnant People Are Still Not Getting Vaccinated Against Covid 25.01.2022 11:19

Misinformation and muddled public health messaging have failed expectant parents. Now Omicron's surge is putting both carriers and babies at risk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How Explosives, a Robot, and a Sled Expose a Doomsday Glacier 24.01.2022 11:50

Thwaites Glacier is crumbling, and fast—if it melts entirely, it could add 10 feet to sea levels. Now Antarctic scientists are racing to survey the damage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How Do You Design a Better Hospital? Start With the Light 21.01.2022 12:02

A new trend in patient-centered design focuses on making environments more comfortable and less scary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Could Being Cold Actually Be Good for You? 20.01.2022 12:18

Researchers are exploring the health benefits of literally chilling out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Scientists Settled a Century-Old Family Drama Using DNA From Postcards 19.01.2022 12:02

Swiss forensic geneticists analyzed DNA recovered from postage stamps dating back to World War I and solved a century-old paternity puzzle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How Body Farms and Human Composting Can Help Communities 18.01.2022 13:04

Like every other aspect of our society, how we handle death and dying needs to change in the face of climate change. This method may be a path forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At the Dawn of Life, Heat May Have Driven Cell Division 17.01.2022 9:09

A mathematical model shows how a thermodynamic mechanism could have made protocells split in two. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Why Paleontologists Are Getting Into Florida’s Oyster Business 14.01.2022 9:19

Conservationists are teaming up with fossil experts to help the bivalves—and the state’s oyster economy—survive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Where Parents Can Get Help with Climate Anxiety 13.01.2022 14:08

If you're looking to the future and wondering exactly how to prepare your children for a changing world, these resources can help. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices