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The Deepwater Horizon Disaster Fueled a Gulf Science Bonanza 27.04.2020 11:38

A decade after the worst oil spill in US history, researchers have turned out a massive data set charting the health of the ecosystem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Real Reason Veterinarians Gave a Tiger a Covid-19 Test 24.04.2020 15:15

It’s hard for humans in New York City to get a test for the coronavirus. So when a Bronx Zoo tiger tested positive for Covid-19, it invited some questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New Covid-19 Antibody Study Results Are In. Are They Right? 23.04.2020 13:50

Two preprints of California serosurveys offer surprising estimates about the infection rate, and have caused a Twitter “peer review” uproar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Cold, Hard Work of Delivering Oxygen to Ventilators 22.04.2020 9:40

Oxygen is in the air. Getting it to a Covid-19 patient struggling to breathe can be trickier than it seems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Africa's Huge Locust Swarms Are Growing at the Worst Time 21.04.2020 11:09

As coronavirus takes hold and farmers plant crops, the continent faces a new wave of locusts 20 times larger than one earlier this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

‘Common Sense’ Is No Substitute for Science in a Pandemic 20.04.2020 10:35

The scientific method isn't perfect, but it's better than the alternative when lives are at stake. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What if Covid-19 Returns Every Year, Like the Common Cold? 17.04.2020 11:22

A new Harvard study models how long we’d have to keep social distancing if the virus turns out to be seasonal, like its coronavirus cousins. It could be years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A New, Plastic-Busting Enzyme Can Break Down Water Bottles 16.04.2020 10:55

The end result of the reaction is a raw material that can be reused in new products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Death Cuts the Degree of Separation Between You and Covid-19 15.04.2020 14:47

If knowing someone who has died would make the pandemic concrete for someone in the US—real and actionable—how many have to die? Here's the grim math. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Turns Out, Traffic Spreads Like the Coronavirus 14.04.2020 10:29

Researchers use models meant for infectious diseases to show how congestion proliferates. That may mean a vaccine for traffic jams is on the horizon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How a Real Dog Taught a Robot Dog to Walk 13.04.2020 10:02

Instead of coding a mechanical quadruped's movements line by line, Google researchers fed it videos of real-life pups. Now it can even chase its tail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Political Promise of Carbon Taxes 10.04.2020 8:21

Putting a price on emissions has become a bipartisan issue. Now we just need to do it the right way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Solar Power Is Sustainable for the Economy, Too 09.04.2020 11:30

We've been talking about the potential for the sun's energy for decades. Now it can be more profitable to save the planet than to ruin it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Fishy Fix to a Methane-Spewing Crop 08.04.2020 9:35

Rice has the biggest carbon footprint of any grain. Bite by bite, bacteria-guzzling minnows can make it much smaller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Solar Panels Could Be the Best Fad Ever 07.04.2020 10:03

Installing an array on your roof is environmental exhibitionism—and it's contagious. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Search for the Next Big Idea in Magnetic Field Mapping 06.04.2020 12:18

A new competition challenges scientists to innovate on how we map Earth's constantly shifting magnetic field—and make navigation safer and more accurate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Why Stress-Baking and Cleaning Make You Less Anxious 03.04.2020 11:52

You're not the only one who finds #quarantinebaking so soothing. Turns out, it has a lot to do with the neuroscience of mindful meditation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In Crowded Hospitals, Who Will Get Life-Saving Equipment? 02.04.2020 15:04

As health care workers prepare for surges of Covid-19 patients, they must grapple with the ethics of rationing critical medical gear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Researchers Push For Mass Blood Tests as a Covid-19 Strategy 01.04.2020 16:49

While it might seem wasteful to test the seemingly-healthy, tracking antibodies could show how widely the virus has spread—and who may now be immune. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

France's Virus Train Moves Patients to Less Hard-Hit Areas 31.03.2020 6:27

The national railroad system converted a TGV high-speed train to move 20 Covid-19 patients from Strasbourg to calmer hospitals in the Loire Valley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Heady, Intricate Beauty of Watching Whiskey Evaporate 30.03.2020 10:24

When American whiskey evaporates, it leaves behind webs, or fingerprints of sorts, that could help sleuths identify counterfeit swill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If Robots Steal So Many Jobs, Why Aren't They Saving Us Now? 27.03.2020 12:26

We've been led to believe that robots and AI are replacing humans en masse. But this economic catastrophe is blowing up that myth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An Old Source for Potential New Covid-19 Drugs: Blood Serum 26.03.2020 19:33

A 100-year-old way to beat disease could help researchers figure out how to harness the antibodies from earlier patients to help the newly infected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Telemedicine Is a Safety Valve for a Strained Health Care System 25.03.2020 11:04

“Virtual visits” can be an effective way to decide who needs to be tested for Covid-19. But remote doctors can't diagnose or treat illness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Doctor Who Helped Defeat Smallpox Explains What's Coming 24.03.2020 16:47

Epidemiologist Larry Brilliant, who warned of pandemic in 2006, says we can beat the novel coronavirus—but first, we need with lots more testing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices