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Science, Spoken

Get in-depth coverage of current and future trends in technology, and how they are shaping business, entertainment, communications, science, politics, and society.

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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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8:44

Don’t Worry, It’s Just ‘Fire Ice’

Science, Spoken ·

2023/12/08

Methane hydrate is an ice-like substance you can set on fire. Now scientists have found that more of it may be in danger of melting—and releasing powerful greenhouse gas—than previously realized. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:52

Dr. Ishwaria Subbiah Is Reimagining Cancer Care

Science, Spoken ·

2023/12/07

All but raised in oncology wards, Dr. Subbiah is on a mission to make cancer care work for everyone, including those usually overlooked. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:22

Ozempic Could Also Help You Drink Less Alcohol

Science, Spoken ·

2023/12/06

Mounting evidence bolsters the idea that drugs like semaglutide—better known as Ozempic or Wegovy—can hamper a thirst for booze. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:34

Want to Store a Message in DNA? That’ll Be $1,000

Science, Spoken ·

2023/12/05

French startup Biomemory is rolling out a credit-card-sized storage device that uses DNA to encode a kilobyte of text data. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:46

Dr. Nergis Mavalvala Helped Detect the First...

Science, Spoken ·

2023/12/04

The dean of MIT’s School of Science embraces skepticism and failure, and she wants the next generation of scientists to jump right in. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:53

Cicadas Are So Loud, Fiber Optic Cables Can ‘Hear’ Them

Science, Spoken ·

2023/12/01

In 2021, scientists experimenting with fiber optics picked up a strange signal: the cacophony of cicadas. It could lead to a new way of monitoring insects. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:08

A Cutting-Edge Cancer Treatment Is Under FDA...

Science, Spoken ·

2023/11/30

CAR-T cell therapy harnesses the immune system to attack blood cancers. Six years after approving the first treatment, the FDA is investigating whether it can give rise to secondary cancers. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:19

Dr. Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski Will Change How You...

Science, Spoken ·

2023/11/29

Pioneering a new field in cosmology, Dr. Pasterski explores diverse perspectives in physics and astronomy—and whether the universe might actually be a hologram. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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