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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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11:54

What Happens When You Fly a Science Plane Through...

Science, Spoken ·

2020/11/16

Aboard a decked-out C-130, researchers measure how smoke transforms from “fresh” to “stale” and begin to parse what that means for humans downwind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:59

How Humanity Spent Its First 20 Years in Orbit Aboard...

Science, Spoken ·

2020/11/13

Two decades ago, three explorers arrived at the International Space Station and marked the beginning of a permanent human presence beyond Earth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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12:32

In Embryos, Crispr Can Cut Out Whole...

Science, Spoken ·

2020/11/12

The DNA-cutting tool has been hailed as a way to fix genetic glitches. But a new study suggests it can remove more than scientists bargained for. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:39

How Octopuses Use Their Suction Cups to Taste Through...

Science, Spoken ·

2020/11/11

A new study reveals that the invertebrates use a novel kind of receptor embedded in their suckers to explore their ocean habitats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:40

A New Way to Plug a Human Brain into a Computer: via...

Science, Spoken ·

2020/11/10

Electrodes threaded through the blood vessels that feed the brain let people control gadgets with their minds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:55

What to Wear When You’re Battling Giant, Venomous...

Science, Spoken ·

2020/11/09

The suits worn by Washington state entomologists aren't "official" hornet-fighting armor. But they were affordable—and came up in an Amazon search. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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13:16

Mark Kelly’s Been To Space. Can He Make it to Capitol...

Science, Spoken ·

2020/11/06

Mark Kelly isn’t the first former NASA astronaut to run for office, but if he’s elected he’ll be the only one to make it to Congress on his first shot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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13:35

Babies May Be Drinking Millions of Microplastic...

Science, Spoken ·

2020/11/05

Scientists discover that baby bottles shed up to 16 million bits of plastic per liter of fluid. What that means for infants’ health, no one can yet say. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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12:53

Your Brain Prefers Happy Endings. That’s Not Always...

Science, Spoken ·

2020/11/04

People tend to focus on whether an experience ends on an up note or a sour one, even if it leads us to make bad decisions. A new study examines why. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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15:19

Can Placebos Work—Even When Patients Know They’re Fake?

Science, Spoken ·

2020/11/03

Researchers showed that a saline spray “treatment” reduced people’s emotional distress, even though the study subjects knew the spray wouldn’t do anything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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12:14

The Case for Reviving the Civilian Conservation Corps

Science, Spoken ·

2020/11/02

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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:57

How the Venus Flytrap ‘Remembers’ When It Captures Prey

Science, Spoken ·

2020/10/30

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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:11

Uh-Oh. Russia's Laptev Sea Should Have Started to...

Science, Spoken ·

2020/10/29

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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:40

There May Be Far More Water on the Moon Than NASA...

Science, Spoken ·

2020/10/28

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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:58

How the ‘Diabolical’ Beetle Survives Being Run Over...

Science, Spoken ·

2020/10/27

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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:57

Want Some Eco-Friendly Tips? A New Study Says No, You...

Science, Spoken ·

2020/10/26

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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

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12:07

The Preexisting Conditions of the Coronavirus Pandemic

Science, Spoken ·

2020/10/23

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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:03

Wild Predators Are Relying More on Our Food—and Pets

Science, Spoken ·

2020/10/22

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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:36

What Forest Floor Playgrounds Teach Us about Kids and...

Science, Spoken ·

2020/10/20

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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:49

What Would Happen if All the Antarctic Ice Melted?

Science, Spoken ·

2020/10/19

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

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