Science, Spoken

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Science, Spoken episodes

April 04, 2023 Your First Lab-Grown Burger Won’t Contain Much Beef
Meat brewed in bioreactors is on the way, but it’s still too expensive. The solution? Add a whole lot of plants.

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12 min
April 03, 2023 How Do People Live in Orbit? Ask the Space Archeologists
An innovative research project delivers new evidence about the challenging life of astronauts on the International Space Station.

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13 min
March 31, 2023 This Blood Test Targets 50 Types of Cancer
Grail’s Galleri aims to screen for many more types of tumor than was previously possible. Large-scale clinical trials are underway.

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5 min
March 30, 2023 The Chemical Menace Inside Glaciers and Icebergs
Ice can trap pollutants and accelerate their breakdown, with troubling environmental consequences.

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10 min
March 29, 2023 Plastics Are Devastating the Guts of Seabirds
New research shows that seabirds’ ingestion of the pollutant scars their insides—a new disease called “plasticosis”—and may disturb their microbiomes.

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11 min
March 28, 2023 California’s Atmospheric Rivers Are Getting Worse
As climate change makes storms warmer and wetter, the state’s flood control system is struggling to keep up.

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9 min
March 27, 2023 Climate Freeloaders Are Destroying the Planet
Governments are ignoring calls to stop fossil fuel expansion—despite there being little time left to avoid the worst effects of global warming.

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12 min
March 24, 2023 This Is the Lightest Paint in the World
An energy-saving coating needs no pigments, and it keeps the surface beneath it 30 degrees cooler.

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11 min
March 23, 2023 The Quest for Injectable Brain Implants Has Begun
The hard electrodes inserted into the brain to treat Parkinson’s and paralysis damage the organ’s soft tissue. A new invention could change that.

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10 min
March 22, 2023 The Climate Report That Foretells Humanity’s Future
The IPCC’s synopsis of the state of climate science warns that we’re running out of time to avoid ever-worsening disaster.

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10 min

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