Science, Spoken

In the new scientific (and literal) field of agrivoltaics, researchers are showing how panels can increase yields and reduce water use on a warming planet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The agency knows it needs to adapt to climate-driven events that will increasingly threaten coastal launch sites and other key space infrastructure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

African swine fever killed half the pigs in China. There is no vaccine and no treatment. Now it’s in the Caribbean and on the doorstep of the US. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Urban areas can be 20 degrees hotter than the surrounding country. But green spaces and reflective pavement can make city life more bearable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Deep in the mantle, a branching plume of intensely hot material appears to be the engine powering vast volcanic activity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jupiter’s most enigmatic moon, one of a few ocean worlds in the solar system, will be the target of upcoming missions by NASA and the European Space Agency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The massive deployment of wind and solar will turn you, the humble homeowner, into a critical actor in the operation of the US power grid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Their incessant belching loads the atmosphere with planet-warming methane. But it’s not so simple as just feeding them gas-busting seaweed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Researchers developed a probe that could help farmers better understand their land by measuring the electric current from the tiny creatures in the dirt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Avid amateurs are generating a wealth of information on avian activity. But does that data reflect new trends in bird behavior, or in people’s? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A set of papers show that llama-derived antibodies protect the rodent against the virus—which bodes well for making a version for people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A massive South Island stargazing reserve is a respite from light pollution for many species, including our own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Just because something has the FDA’S green light doesn’t mean it’s simple to obtain—or that everyone wants it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new study of the American West shows that climate change is driving more days that are hot, dry, and windy—the perfect conditions for deadly wildfires. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A spate of studies claim that the disease was circulating in Italy long before the pandemic—but they struggle to support the theory. Â Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A decade of work helped limit the spread of dangerous pathogens in medical settings. Overcrowding from Covid care is allowing infections to rise again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Overfishing, habitat loss, and climate change are driving species collectively known as chondrichthyan fishes toward a global crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Voice analysis of a 34-year-old recording proves that Ripper the musk duck “independently evolved” to mimic his human caretakers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dozens of microchips scattered over the cortical surface might allow researchers to listen in on thousands of neurons at the same time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Human behavior has changed along with the virus and public health measures to contain it. For modelers, it’s a curveball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Using cameras aboard the Hayabusa2 spacecraft, Japanese scientists get a rare, close-up glimpse of a space rock’s structure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Studies have been small and often not great. The best info so far says don’t use it, get vaccinated, and hang in there for the more promising meds being tested. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cutting-edge devices used for quantum experiments have been bulky, finicky, and confined to academic labs—so far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From glasswing butterflies to vanishing octopuses, evolution sometimes paints with colors that aren’t there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The first all-civilian, all-private spaceflight splashed down off the coast of Florida. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices