Science, Spoken

If the US brought back the Great Depression’s massive worker program, it could put millions of Americans back to work—and help stave off disasters like wildfires. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The carnivorous plant is believed to have something akin to a short-term "memory." A team of scientists has uncovered new details on how it works. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The carnivorous plant is believed to have something akin to a short-term "memory." A team of scientists has uncovered new details on how it works. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Normally, the 'birthplace of ice' freezes by late October. For the first time in recorded history, it hasn't. That could have knock-on effects across the Arctic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new pair of studies reveals that the resource isn’t limited to large shadowy craters. That's good news for the upcoming crewed missions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The puny insect can withstand forces 39,000 times its body weight. Scientists just discovered its super-strength secret—which could inspire new materials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nagging, giving unsolicited advice, and “ecopiety” are out. But there are better ways to get people to adopt green habits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An enormous new data set peers into the health of the world’s population before 2020—and how the coronavirus turned that into a global disaster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new study shows that some big carnivores are getting up to half their diet from sources like trash, crops, or small mammals that live near people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Finnish researchers just published the first big test of the “biodiversity hypothesis”—that exposure to the microbes in dirt is good for young immune systems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It … let's just say it would not be good. Here, let's do the math. Â Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For centuries, scientists thought meteorites were too fantastical to exist. A new book reveals that they hold even more mysteries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Using a network of sensors, researchers found that the Los Angeles high-rises most likely to rock in a future quake aren’t downtown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Instead of shutting down all of New York City, this time officials are taking a block-by-block approach to home in on areas with increasing case numbers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dozens of case reports have hinted that the coronavirus might trigger the onset of diabetes in people with no history of the disease. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mikie Sherrill’s new bill would tie federal reimbursement to testing result times—and reward labs for extra quick turnarounds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Scientists 3D-printed sea turtle eggs and stuffed transmitters inside. When poachers pulled them out of nests, the devices tracked their every move. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

During Day 3 of WIRED25, the public health rock star emphasized the importance of masks, distancing, handwashing … and a positive outlook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Day 3 of WIRED25, Audrey Tang explains how the Asian nation used open data and transparent governance to empower its citizens to code their own way out of a pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Patients have long reported the sudden inability to smell. But restrictions on in-person exams are complicating efforts to figure out what's going on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Curling is one of the world's most precise sports. An ice-going, stone-throwing robot just mastered it. Â Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Day 2 of WIRED25, coder Avi Schiffmann talks about his plans for a site that aggregates candidates' positions—in a way users can understand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A clever new system called Whale Safe listens for the cetacean chorus to alert vessels to slow down, potentially preventing deadly ship strikes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The return of non-Covid respiratory illnesses is putting a new strain on testing supplies around the world—and is a preview of what’s in store for the US. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For one thing, let's build a model of air drag and how it affects the ball differently when it's traveling faster and slower than the speed of sound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices