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Climate Change Is Turning Cities Into Ovens 18.01.2021 11:24

A new model estimates that by 2100, cities across the world could warm as much as 4.4 degrees Celsius. It’s a deadly consequence of the “heat island” effect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

These Adorable Fish Robots Form Schools Like the Real Thing 15.01.2021 10:14

Meet Bluebot, a friendly swimming robot with big camera eyes. Put a few in a tank together and they’ll collaborate to complete surprisingly complex tasks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Drone Sniffs Out Odors With a Real Moth Antenna 14.01.2021 10:07

Researchers slap a living antenna on a drone to give the machine an insanely keen sense of smell. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the “Smellicopter.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a Pandemic, Medical Illustrators Made Science Accessible 13.01.2021 12:10

With lots of research, arrows, and an inviting color palette, artists helped transform complex research into useful information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Bold Plan to Save the Last Whitebark Pines 12.01.2021 13:03

The high-altitude tree is vital to its ecosystem, but it’s being decimated by a fungus. Its admirers are fusing old and new methods to bring it back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A New Field Guide for Earth’s Wild Microbes 11.01.2021 12:20

The most massive database of microbial gene sequences so far shows that the tree of life is much larger than we knew. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2020 Was a Breakout Year for Crispr 08.01.2021 12:36

Between glimpses of a medical cure and winning science’s shiniest prize, this proved to the gene-editing technology’s biggest year yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Unique Alliance Could Help Warn Us of Toxic Algae 07.01.2021 15:34

In Washington state, scientists, coastal communities, and state agencies are banding together to manage the growing threat of harmful algal blooms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Could Carbon Dioxide Be Turned Into Jet Fuel? 06.01.2021 9:25

A team at Oxford University has reverse engineered fuel from the greenhouse gas—but so far just in the lab. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Universe Is Expanding Faster Than Expected 05.01.2021 12:56

Astronomers get their wish—new ultra-precise distance measurements between Earth and the stars—but that only intensifies a cosmic crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wildfire Smoke Is Loaded With Microbes. Is That Dangerous? 31.12.2020 12:04

Researchers are putting out a call to study the potential effects of bacteria- and fungi-filled haze on human health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Super Slow Computer Programs Reveal Math's Fundamental Limits 30.12.2020 15:05

The goal of the “busy beaver” game is to find the longest-running computer program. Its pursuit has surprising connections to profound questions in math. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

All the Stuff Humans Make Now Outweighs Earth’s Organisms 29.12.2020 11:07

Anthropogenic mass—concrete, metal, and other human creations—has grown to be heavier than plants, animals, and microbes combined. Planet Earth is not happy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Vaccines Are Here. We Have to Talk About Side Effects 28.12.2020 18:02

Disinformation could thwart distribution before government messages have a chance to push back. Debunking might turn out to be everyone’s job. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Rocket From 1966 Has Found Its Way Back to Earth’s Orbit 24.12.2020 10:14

More than 50 years after its course correction failure, Surveyor 2’s rocket booster seems to have reappeared. Â Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An Atlas Reveals Climate Change Is Pushing Birds Further North 23.12.2020 10:43

Data from 120,000 birdwatchers in 48 countries shows forest birds have expanded their range while area occupied by farmland birds has shrunk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Physicists Are Closer to Knowing the Size of a Proton … Sort of 22.12.2020 7:54

A new and potentially improved measurement of a proton’s charge radius brings scientists closer to an answer. But the issue is still unresolved. Â Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bees Paint Animal Poo on Their Homes to Repel Giant Hornets 21.12.2020 13:25

What at first seems like terrible housekeeping turns out to be a clever ploy to fend off huge predators, which can otherwise easily destroy a hive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Who Will We Be When This Is All Over? 18.12.2020 12:02

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought incalculable suffering and trauma. But it also offers ways for people—and even societies—to change for the better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For the Second Time Ever, an Asteroid Sample Returns to Earth 17.12.2020 13:34

The Japanese Hayabusa2 mission to asteroid Ryugu marks a major milestone this weekend with the return of pristine space rock. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Another Victim of Global Warming: The Great British Bake Off 16.12.2020 9:00

Increasing summer temperatures are proving a menace to butter, chocolates, and baked Alaska. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Underground Brine Could Be a Source of Oxygen on Mars 15.12.2020 6:18

A new study tests a device that can efficiently split the resource’s water into pure oxygen and hydrogen in Martian conditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Incredible Journey of the Electronic Plastic Bottle 14.12.2020 10:56

Researchers loaded containers with trackers and released them in the Ganges and the Bay of Bengal, giving new insight into how plastic pollution travels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Endangered Vancouver Island Marmots Are Making a Comeback 11.12.2020 8:42

Canada’s most endangered mammal is back from the brink of extinction—and offers hope as an “ambassador” for the conservation of less adorable species. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What's a Semi-Log Plot and How Can You Use It for Covid Data? 10.12.2020 8:38

It is very useful for showing data that spans different orders of magnitude—like case numbers in South Korea compared to the numbers in the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices