Upside Foods is putting plans for its Illinois-based cultivated-meat factory on hold and laying off staff to focus on its existing plant. Read this story here.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Leading Lab-Grown-Meat Company Just Paused a Major Expansion

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Research is uncovering the key role that fungi play in getting soils to absorb carbon, and how humanity’s actions aboveground are wreaking havoc in the mysterious fungal world below.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The World’s Largest Fungarium May Unlock the Mysteries of Carbon Capture

The fireflies of Moriyama City have long been prized (and hunted) for their yellow-green glow. To bring populations back up, amateur conservationists are hitting the books.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From the Archive: How a Firefly Course Is Saving Japan’s Favorite Glowing Insect

Mounting research suggests that cephalopods experience pain. Now, the National Institutes of Health is considering new animal welfare rules that would put them in the same category as monkeys.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From the Archives: What Do We Owe the Octopus?

Scientists use microphones and AI to automatically detect species by their chirps and croaks. This bioacoustics research could be critical for protecting ecosystems on a warming planet.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From the Archives: Why Scientists Are Bugging the Rainforest

Experiments show that asking AI chatbots to work together on a problem can compensate for some of their shortcomings. WIRED enlisted two bots to help plan this article.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Leading Lab-Grown-Meat Company Just Paused a Major Expansion

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