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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

How to Make a Fitbit for an Elephant 22.02.2021 13:46

The accelerometers give scientists information about whether animals are swimming, walking, running, or even sprinting up a hill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How This Teeny-Tiny Sea Critter Punches Like Mike Tyson 19.02.2021 12:33

Using a camera shooting 300,000 frames per second, researchers catch the amphipod snapping its extraordinarily powerful claw. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How Did They Find the Secret Space Lab in Captain Marvel? 18.02.2021 10:52

They talk about something called state vectors. What the heck are those, and would it really work? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More Covid Vaccine Choices Mean New Equity Challenges 17.02.2021 13:57

Johnson and Johnson’s vaccine can be delivered in a single dose, but it’s also slightly less effective. Who should get it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

American Cities Are Way Underreporting Their Carbon Footprints 16.02.2021 13:00

A modeling system called Vulcan shows that on average, cities across the country pollute 18.3 percent more than they’ve estimated. Â Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How Universes Might Bubble Up and Collide 15.02.2021 12:44

To understand how universes might inflate and bump into each other in the hypothetical multiverse, physicists are studying digital and physical analogs of the process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dozens of Egyptian Tombs Will Be Unearthed at Saqqara Necropolis 12.02.2021 10:03

Archaeologists found the entrance to the unexplored burial shaft earlier this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Why Kids Matter in the Quest to Stamp Out Covid-19 11.02.2021 14:02

Testing a vaccine on children takes longer and comes with more challenges. But inoculating kids can protect an entire population. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Trump Administration Left Biden With a Rocket Dilemma 10.02.2021 12:01

Mike Pence promised to land on the moon in 2024, but that’s fallen out of reach. So what now? Â Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sun-Loving Bacteria May Be Accelerating Glacial Melting 09.02.2021 9:52

Scientists find that cyanobacteria cause sediments on glaciers to clump, thus absorbing more sunlight. It's not great news for fans of lower sea levels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices