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How Do You Make a Robot Walk on Mars? It's a Steep Challenge 29.06.2021 12:01

Meet SpaceBok, a little four-legged machine that's taking the first steps toward walking on the Red Planet's brutal terrain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How to Protect Species and Save the Planet—at Once 28.06.2021 12:06

A major new report calls on humanity to tackle the biodiversity and climate crises simultaneously. Here's what that might look like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A New Way to Understand the Brain's Intricate Rhythm 25.06.2021 12:12

Researchers have found evidence in humans that individual neurons time their firing to a deeper beat. But there’s a mystery: What does it mean? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Zombie-Fire Outbreak May Be Growing in the North 24.06.2021 9:56

“Overwintering” fires smolder under the snow, reigniting vegetation in the spring. New research shows the zombies may proliferate in a warmer world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How Risky Is It to Send Jeff Bezos to the Edge of Space? 23.06.2021 12:30

Today's commercial spacecraft have a safety advantage, thanks to simpler designs and suborbital missions. But with rockets, nothing is certain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A New Way to Shape Metal Nanoparticles—With a Magnetic Field 22.06.2021 10:14

Making the tiny nanoparticles used in everything from electronics to paint isn't easy. But a new experiment creates order out of chaos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tour Clothes Spew Microfibers Before They’re Even Clothes 21.06.2021 11:11

The clothing supply chain releases some 265 million pounds of microfibers that wash into the environment each year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Drought Is Making the Klamath River’s Baby Salmon Sick 18.06.2021 8:34

Dry conditions are worsening a warm-water disease that’s sweeping through juvenile fish. Their deaths will create a future crisis for both fish and human populations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You Need to Weigh Some Water. All You’ve Got Is a Paper Clip 17.06.2021 9:58

OK, so you might need a couple other supplies, but your best option is to do what MacGyver would do: Turn it into a scale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Sneaky, Lying Flower That Pretends to Be a Rotting Beetle 16.06.2021 9:24

Aristolochia microstoma finds love by smelling like death. Coffin flies can’t resist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Peanut the Waiter Robot Is Proof That Your Job Is Safe 15.06.2021 11:23

Restaurants are struggling to hire people, so one Jersey Shore grill employed a machine. It confirms that humans remain indispensable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How Many People Die When Polluters Exceed Their Limits? 14.06.2021 13:52

A new report tallies the death toll from excess emissions by looking at air pollution and spikes in local ozone levels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Climate Change Is Erasing Humanity’s Oldest Art 11.06.2021 11:01

Extreme weather is rapidly eroding the limestone caves where people first drew images 40,000 years ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nature Can Save Humanity From Climate Doom—but Not On Its Own 10.06.2021 11:19

By restoring ecosystems, conservationists can help the land sequester carbon. But it's still no substitute for drastically cutting emissions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Evolutionary Gift May Protect Coral From Climate Change 09.06.2021 11:15

Coral in the Red Sea is unusually heat tolerant. The secret to its success may lie in the lucky confluence of geography and genetics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Walden Pond Is Now Teeming With Jellyfish—but Don't Panic 08.06.2021 10:48

The tiny jellies, which arrived sometime after Henry David Thoreau, are an example of how a non-native species can coexist peacefully with its new environment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A New Brain Implant Translates Thoughts of Writing Into Text 07.06.2021 8:33

In early experiments, a paralyzed man with implants in his premotor cortex typed 90 characters per minute—by envisioning he was writing by hand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mexico City Could Sink Up to 65 Feet 04.06.2021 11:10

Due to a phenomenon called subsidence, the metropolis's landscape is compacting—and parts of the city are now dropping a foot and a half each year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Yankees Covid Outbreak May Be Bad News for Ditching Masks 03.06.2021 10:06

The spate of cases is a bad bounce—and it might show that lifting mask mandates for the vaxxed won’t be a grand slam. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Researchers Shed Light on the Perils of Firefly Tourism 02.06.2021 9:44

A new study shows how bug spray, flashlights, and foot traffic can spell disaster for the fragile insects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What If Gravity Is Actually a Double Copy of Other Forces? 01.06.2021 11:32

An enigmatic connection between the forces of nature is allowing physicists to explore the quantum side of gravity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bad Weather Forecasts Are a Climate Crisis Disaster 31.05.2021 11:05

Predicting the output of solar panels is tricky—but getting it right could slash carbon emissions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

US Teens Can Get Their Covid Shot. What's Next for Schools? 28.05.2021 12:00

Kids as young as 12 are now authorized for Pfizer’s shot. That could make it easier for campuses to reopen this fall—but introduces a whole new set of decisions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Is Your Brain Under Anesthesia 27.05.2021 12:06

For the first time, researchers were able to observe, in extra-fine detail, how neurons behave as consciousness shuts down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hurricane ‘Price Tags’ Could Reveal the Cost of Global Warming 26.05.2021 10:30

A new study shows that climate-driven sea level rise made the damage from Superstorm Sandy $8 billion worse around New York City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices