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Why Covering Canals With Solar Panels Is a Power Move 30.03.2021 10:11

Covering waterways would, in a sense, make solar panels water-cooled, boosting their efficiency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Satellites Can Help Detect When a Volcano's About to Blow 29.03.2021 6:11

Researchers used thermal radiation data to find patterns in recent eruptions—providing another metric to help get ahead of a potentially deadly blast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An Ultracold Plasma Models the Universe’s Most Extreme Places 26.03.2021 11:03

The super cool, dense particle swarm gives physicists a way to study the insides of stars and gas giants—without ever leaving the lab. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NASA Gets a Quick Peek at a Mysterious Layer of the Sun 25.03.2021 11:12

A new map of the chromosphere’s magnetic field could help us predict solar weather patterns—and anticipate flares that wreak havoc on the power grid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New Kind of Space Explosion Reveals the Birth of a Black Hole 24.03.2021 9:38

A supernova-like explosion dubbed the Camel appears to be the result of a newborn black hole eating a star from the inside out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Offshore Energy Gets a Second Wind Under Biden 23.03.2021 12:09

New turbines proposed for a development off Cape Cod could provide green energy, but the science of how they might affect the environment is a bit murky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How to Find a Covid-19 Vaccine Appointment in Your Area 22.03.2021 14:37

Vaccination rollout has been a challenge across the US. These tips should help you figure out when you’re eligible, where to go, and what to expect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Fingertip for Robots Uses Magnets to ‘Feel’ Things 19.03.2021 11:03

By sensing the subtle changes in the finger’s own magnetic field, this new technology could one day make for ultra-sensitive prosthetic hands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, So These Sea Slugs Decapitate Themselves and Grow New Bodies 18.03.2021 8:40

Showing off their best impressions of Deadpool, the animals survived for weeks without organs, only to regrow everything and go about their business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

‘We’re Vaccinated. Everyone Wants to Visit. Now What?’ 16.03.2021 17:05

My mom and stepdad got their two doses. They want to know why their New Normal isn’t normal at all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Tide Is High–and Getting Higher 15.03.2021 10:43

A trove of historic records show that dredging and sea level rise are making nuisance high tides worse along the US coasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If You Transplant a Human Head, Does Its Consciousness Follow? 12.03.2021 14:40

In her new book, Brandy Schillace recalls the unbelievable legacy of a Cold War era neurosurgeon’s mission to preserve the soul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sleuths Read Old Booby-Trapped Letters Without Opening Them 11.03.2021 14:55

People once folded their correspondence in intricate ways, known as “letterlocking,” to keep out snoops. A fancy new imaging technique sees right through it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anthony Fauci Pleads: Don’t Declare Victory 10.03.2021 13:49

The Covidologist-in-chief says we can’t relax on masks and social distancing yet. Hear that, Texas? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Is What It's Like to Live Without Smell 09.03.2021 9:46

Losing any sense can be devastating, even if you never appreciated it before it was gone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Mantis Shrimp Inspires a New Material—Made by Bacteria 08.03.2021 10:08

By 3D-printing scaffolds and dipping them in microbe juice, scientists make robust structures that could one day lead to self-growing roads. Â Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Million-Year-Old DNA Rewrites Mammoths' Evolutionary Tree 05.03.2021 10:11

The oldest DNA ever sequenced shows how the genus split off into new species. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When the Grid Goes Down, Can a Fleet of Batteries Replace It? 04.03.2021 13:41

In a power crisis, maybe the solution is a network of smaller energy sources distributed across multiple places—like your garage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nature Makes Wood. Could a Lab Make It Better? 03.03.2021 12:16

For millennia, humans have been chopping down trees and harvesting plants. Lab-grown plant material might change that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Birders’ Tweets Are Causing an Online Flap 02.03.2021 12:25

Sharing photos and location details of rare bird sightings is boosting the birdwatching community. But some worry that the exposure threatens the animals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Researchers Are Studying These Worm Blobs to Build Robots 01.03.2021 11:41

These crawlers form clumps to protect the collective. Understanding their movement gives engineers a model for shape-shifting robot swarms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Don’t Tell Einstein, but Black Holes Might Have ‘Hair’ 26.02.2021 9:17

The general theory of relativity states that black holes have only three observable properties; additional ones, or “hair,” do not exist. Or do they? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What Happens When You Swap a Human Gene With a Neanderthal’s? 25.02.2021 10:38

Now that we’ve gotten a look at the genomes of archaic humans, researchers are trying to determine whether our differences are due to genetics. Â Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NASA Wants to Set a New Radiation Limit for Astronauts 24.02.2021 13:04

As the agency considers sending people to the moon and Mars, it’s taking a fresh look at the research on cancer risk and recalculating acceptable thresholds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How Steel Might Finally Kick Its Coal Habit 23.02.2021 11:58

In order to curb the industry's prolific carbon emissions, the sector will have to transform how the material is traditionally made. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices