Science, Spoken

10:59

Why Humans Are Putting a Bunch of ‘Coal’ and ‘Oil’...

Science, Spoken ·

2024/01/12

Startups are processing plant waste into concentrated carbon to be buried or injected underground. It’s like fossil fuels, but in reverse. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:08

There’s a Huge Covid Surge Right Now and Nobody Is...

Science, Spoken ·

2024/01/11

The US is in the midst of the largest Covid surge since Omicron, but with minimal testing and good population immunity, the wave is largely being ignored. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:40

How Your Body Adapts to Extreme Cold

Science, Spoken ·

2024/01/10

Scientists are finding a dynamic story in human physiology linked to frigid temperatures—a story that climate change may rewrite. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:16

Yes, the Climate Crisis Is Now ‘Gobsmacking.’ But So...

Science, Spoken ·

2024/01/09

This is the year that “absolutely gobsmackingly bananas” summed up the climate emergency. But dramatic descriptors extend to the huge gains humanity has made too. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:08

Critical Infrastructure Is Sinking Along the US East...

Science, Spoken ·

2024/01/08

Up and down the Atlantic Coast, the land is steadily sinking, or subsiding. That’s destabilizing levees, roads, and airports, just as sea levels are rising. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:20

A Gel Injected Into the Scrotum Could Be the Next...

Science, Spoken ·

2024/01/05

Biotech company Contraline has safely implanted a sperm-blocking hydrogel in 23 men. It’s designed to be a fully reversible vasectomy. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:42

Former NBA Star Rick Fox Is Making a Play for...

Science, Spoken ·

2024/01/04

Carbon-neutral concrete could transform construction’s footprint—if it can scale in time. At Partanna Global, Bahamian basketball star and actor Rick Fox is trying to speed things up. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:52

Your Eco-Friendly Lifestyle Is a Big Lie

Science, Spoken ·

2024/01/03

Eating organic and switching to low-energy light bulbs feels like the green thing to do, but are people missing the bigger opportunities right in front of them? Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:44

A Demographic Time Bomb Is About to Hit the Beef...

Science, Spoken ·

2024/01/01

A tiny proportion of Americans—particularly boomers—eat the majority of the nation’s beef. Can clever framing sway a younger generation? Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:40

Why Deleting Carbon From the Atmosphere Is So...

Science, Spoken ·

2023/12/25

Delegates agreed on a historic climate deal at COP28. But without more ambition, humanity will have to rely ever more on a contentious strategy: carbon removal. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:54

Snow Sports Are Getting More Dangerous

Science, Spoken ·

2023/12/22

Extreme conditions caused by climate change are making winter sports more risky. From Colorado to Washington, that’s also making mountain rescue missions even more perilous. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:24

Energy Drinks Are Out of Control

Science, Spoken ·

2023/12/21

Highly caffeinated drinks have become a cultural staple. But following a death allegedly related to Panera Bread’s Charged Lemonade, has our collective obsession with energy drinks become unsafe? Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:57

You Know It’s a Placebo. So Why Does It Still Work?

Science, Spoken ·

2023/12/20

As researchers try to make sense of “open-label” placebos—fake drugs that proudly announce their fakeness—the mysterious effect is starting to show up beyond the world of medicine. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:12

Oh Good, Hurricanes Are Now Made of Microplastics

Science, Spoken ·

2023/12/19

When Hurricane Larry made landfall two years ago, it dropped over 100,000 microplastics per square meter of land per day. It’s another ominous sign of how plasticized the environment has become. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:05

Elon Musk’s New Monkey Death Claims Spur Fresh...

Science, Spoken ·

2023/12/18

An animal welfare advocacy group claims in a letter to the SEC that Elon Musk again made statements about the health of Neuralink test subjects that may have misled investors. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:50

How Dr. Clara Nellist Collides Art and Science

Science, Spoken ·

2023/12/15

This particle physicist, science communicator, and member of the team who uncovered the Higgs Boson wants everyone to know that art and science aren’t mutually exclusive. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:18

A Brilliant COP Agreement? It Depends Who You Ask

Science, Spoken ·

2023/12/14

The agreement at COP28 satisfies no-one. But it’s probably the best that countries could have hoped for. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:38

Here’s Scientific Proof Your Cat Will Eat Almost...

Science, Spoken ·

2023/12/13

Free-ranging domestic cats eat over 2,000 animal species across the globe, including hundreds at risk of extinction. It’s a problem with no easy solution. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:19

This Pill Tracks Your Vitals From the Inside

Science, Spoken ·

2023/12/12

An ingestible “digital pill” that measures heart rate and breathing from inside the stomach could detect the warning signs of sleep apnea, cardiac distress, and even opioid overdoses. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:42

The First Crispr Medicine Is Now Approved in the US

Science, Spoken ·

2023/12/11

The one-time gene editing fix is meant to halt debilitating pain crises for sickle cell patients, who formerly could only be cured with a risky stem cell transplant. Read the full story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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