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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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10:29

The FAA Says SpaceX Can't Expand Its Texas Launch...

Science, Spoken ·

2022/06/21

SpaceX must address dozens of environmental issues before it can upgrade Starbase in Boca Chica. The launch license needed for the Starship program remains pending. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:15

Monkeypox Can Be Contained—but Time Is Running Out

Science, Spoken ·

2022/06/20

Testing, vaccinating, and contact tracing can control the virus in Europe and North America—unless complacency allows it to take hold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:00

The Secret to Tastier Fake Meat? Breeding Better Beans

Science, Spoken ·

2022/06/16

Scientists are using genomics to create high-protein soybeans and peas. Their aim? To make meat and milk substitutes that can rival the real thing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:40

A New Kind of Genome Editing Is Here to Fine-Tune DNA

Science, Spoken ·

2022/06/15

Instead of deleting genes, epigenetic editing modulates their activity. A new paper tests if it’s able to undo a genetic effect of early alcohol exposure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:08

The First Privately Funded Killer Asteroid Spotter Is...

Science, Spoken ·

2022/06/14

Researchers at the B612 Foundation’s Asteroid Institute developed a new tool for tracking space-rock trajectories—even with limited data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:06

Welcome to the Great Reinfection

Science, Spoken ·

2022/06/13

A repeat encounter with Covid used to be a rarity. But now that Omicron has changed the game, expect reinfections to be the new normal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:17

Rising Food Prices Will Make Obesity Rates Worse, Not...

Science, Spoken ·

2022/06/10

When faced with food insecurity, studies show that people opt for cheap, energy-dense meals that are bad for their health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:13

How Ants Inspired a New Way to Measure Snow With...

Science, Spoken ·

2022/06/09

Photons wander through snow like ants through a nest. That inspired a clever new NASA technique for measuring the fluffy stuff from orbit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:12

This Startup Wants You to Eat Ground-Up Chicken Bones

Science, Spoken ·

2022/06/08

A Finnish company says it has found a way to incorporate bone into ground chicken, lowering the production cost and environmental impact of the meat. But will anyone eat it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:22

Nuclear Fusion Is Already Facing a Fuel Crisis

Science, Spoken ·

2022/06/07

It doesn’t even work yet, but nuclear fusion has encountered a shortage of tritium, the key fuel source for the most prominent experimental reactors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:10

Why Was the Tonga Eruption So Massive? Scientists...

Science, Spoken ·

2022/06/06

Early theories suggested an underwater landslide caused a catastrophic mix of magma and seawater. Recent evidence reveals an explosion unlike anything studied before. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:12

The Story of Abortion Pills and How They Work

Science, Spoken ·

2022/06/03

Mifepristone and misoprostol are a safe and effective way to end a pregnancy, but many people around the world still don’t know these drugs exist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:58

Undersea Cables Are Carrying Scientific Secrets

Science, Spoken ·

2022/06/02

Rumbles and tides create tiny, detectable disturbances in fiber optics. The world’s cables could form a vast network for detecting earthquakes and tsunamis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:47

A Puzzling Quantum Scenario Appears to Violate a Law...

Science, Spoken ·

2022/06/01

By resolving a paradox about light in a box, researchers hope to clarify the concept of energy in quantum theory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:26

The Wetlands Are Drowning

Science, Spoken ·

2022/05/31

A long-term study of a marsh was meant to ask whether rising levels of CO2 could help wetlands thrive despite rising seas. The plants aren’t keeping up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:55

This Is Where Dirty Old Cars Go to Die

Science, Spoken ·

2022/05/27

The electric vehicle revolution is gathering speed—but what happens to all those polluting cars already on the road? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:21

Carbon-Rich Peat Is Disappearing. But Is It Also...

Science, Spoken ·

2022/05/26

Scientists have discovered “proto-peat” forming in the Arctic as the Earth naturally sequesters carbon, but it could take centuries to mature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:46

With Dusty Solar Panels, InSight’s Days on Mars Are...

Science, Spoken ·

2022/05/25

After the InSight lander studied the strongest marsquake ever detected, scientists gave the space robot a negative prognosis because of its dwindling solar power. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:07

This Gene Mutation Breaks the Immune System. Why Has...

Science, Spoken ·

2022/05/24

Two new studies found genetic mutations that cause severe immune deficiencies are common in some remote populations, leaving them highly vulnerable to viruses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:38

A Powerful ISS Instrument Will Hunt for Minerals in...

Science, Spoken ·

2022/05/23

NASA’s EMIT mission will better analyze the grime from dust-spewing regions, a critically understudied factor in climate change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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