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Peering beyond the haze of alien worlds, and how failures help us make new...

Data on hazes and clouds may be key to understanding exoplanets, and NextGen letter writers share the upside of failure Hazes and clouds could keep exoplanets’ secrets hidden, unless researchers can...

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Bad stats overturn ‘medical murders,’ and linking allergies with climate change

Statisticians fight bad numbers used in medical murder trials, and the state of allergy science First up on this week’s show, we have a piece on accusations of medical murder. Contributing...

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Wolves hunting otters, and chemical weathering in a warming world

On this week’s show: When deer are scarce these wolves turn to sea otters, and chemical weathering of silicates acts as a geological thermostat First up on this week’s show we have a story about a...

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Visiting a mummy factory, and improving the IQ of … toilets

On this week’s show: New clues to the chemicals used for mummification, and the benefits and barriers to smart toilets First up this week: What can we learn from a mummy factory? Contributing...

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Using sharks to study ocean oxygen, and what ancient minerals teach us about...

On this week’s show: Shark tags to measure ocean deoxygenation, and zircons and the chemistry of early Earth First up this week: using sharks to measure ocean deoxygenation. Contributing Correspondent...

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Earth’s hidden hydrogen, and a trip to Uranus

On this week’s show: The hunt for natural hydrogen deposits heats up, and why we need a space mission to an ice giant First up this week: a gold rush for naturally occurring hydrogen. Deputy Editor...

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Shrinking MRI machines, and the smell of tsetse fly love

On this week’s show: Portable MRI scanners could revolutionize medical imaging, and pheromones offer a way to control flies that spread disease First up this week: shrinking MRI machines. Staff Writer...

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Battling bias in medicine, and how dolphins use vocal fry

On this week’s show: Researchers are finding new ways to mitigate implicit bias in medical settings, and how toothed whales use distinct vocal registers for echolocation and communication First up this...

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Compassion fatigue in those who care for lab animals, and straightening out...

On this week’s show: Compassion fatigue will strike most who care for lab animals, but addressing it is challenging. Also, overturning ideas about ocean circulation   First up this week: uncovering...

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An active volcano on Venus, and a concerning rise in early onset colon cancer

On this week’s show: Spotting volcanic activity on Venus in 30-year-old data, and giving context to increases in early onset colon cancer   First up this week, a researcher notices an active volcano on...

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New worries about Earth’s asteroid risk, and harnessing plants’ chemical...

On this week’s show: Earth’s youngest impact craters could be vastly underestimated in size, and remaking a plant’s process for a creating a complex compound   First up this week, have we been...

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How the Maya thought about the ancient ruins in their midst, and the science...

On this week’s show: How people in the past thought about their own past, and a detailed look at how Braille is read   First up this week, what did people 1000 years ago think about 5000-year-old...

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Why not vaccinate chickens against avian flu, and new form of reproduction...

Why some countries, such as China, vaccinate flocks against bird flu but others don’t, and male ants that are always chimeras   First up this week, highly pathogenic avian influenza is spreading to...

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More precise radiocarbon dating, secrets of hibernating bear blood, and a new...

Anchoring radiocarbon dates to cosmic events, why hibernating bears don't get blood clots, and kicking off a book series on sex, gender, and science   First up this week, upping the precision of...

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Mapping uncharted undersea volcanoes, and elephant seals dive deep to sleep

What does it mean that we have so many more seamounts than previously thought, and finding REM sleep in seals   First up on the show this week: so many seamounts. Staff News Writer Paul Voosen joins...

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The value of new voices in science and journalism, and what makes something...

Science’s editor-in-chief and an award-winning broadcast journalist discuss the struggles shared by journalism and science, and we learn about what makes something stand out in our memories   First up...

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Building big dream machines, and self-organizing landscapes

Builders of the largest scientific instruments, and how cracks can add resilience to an ecosystem   First up this week, a story on a builder of the biggest machines. Producer Kevin McLean talks with...

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Debating when death begins, and the fate of abandoned lands

A new approach promises to increase organ transplants but some question whether they should proceed without revisiting the definition of death, and what happens to rural lands when people head to urban...

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The earliest evidence for kissing, and engineering crops to clone themselves

Cloning vigorous crops, and finding the first romantic kiss   First up this week, building resilience into crops. Staff Writer Erik Stokstad joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss all the tricks farmers...

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Talking tongues, detecting beer, and shifting perspectives on females

Why it’s so hard to understand the tongue, a book on a revolutionary shift toward studying the female of the species, and using proteomics to find beer in a painting   First on the show this week,...

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How we measure the world with our bodies, and hunting critical minerals

Body-based units of measure in cultural evolution, and how the geologic history of the United States can be used to find vital minerals   First up this week, we hear about the advantages of using the...

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Contraception for cats, and taking solvents out of chemistry

A single-shot cat contraceptive, and a close look at “dry” chemistry   First up this week: an innovation in cat contraception. Online News Editor David Grimm talks with host Sarah Crespi about a...

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Why it’s tough to measure light pollution, and a mental health first aid course

A special issue on light pollution, and first aid for mental well-being   First up this week, cleaning up the night skies. As part of a special issue on light pollution, host Sarah Crespi talks with...

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A space-based telescope to hunt dark energy, and what we can learn from...

On this week’s show: Euclid, a powerful platform for detecting dark energy, and a slithery segment on how snakes make scales   First up on the show this week, we’re taking the hunt for dark energy to...

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Putting organs into the deep freeze, a scavenger hunt for robots, and a book...

On this week’s show: Improvements in cryopreservation technology, teaching robots to navigate new places, and the latest book in our series on sex and gender   First up this week on the show,...

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Putting the man-hunter and woman-gatherer myth to the sword, and the...

Worldwide survey kills the myth of “Man the Hunter,” and tightly constraining the electric dipole moment of the electron   First up this week on the show, freelance science writer Bridget Alex joins...

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The AI special issue, adding empathy to robots, and scientists leaving Arecibo

Science’s NextGen voices share their thoughts on artificial intelligence, how to avoid creating sociopathic robots, and a visit to a historic observatory as researchers pack their bags   As part of a...

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Adding thousands of languages to the AI lexicon, and the genes behind our bones

A massive effort by African volunteers is ensuring artificial intelligence understands their native languages, and measuring 40,000 skeletons Our AI summer continues with a look at how to get...

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Researchers collaborate with a social media giant, ancient livestock, and sex...

On this week’s show: evaluating scientific collaborations between independent scholars and industry, farming in ancient Europe, and a book from our series on sex, gender, and science.   First up on...

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Tracing the genetic history of African Americans using ancient DNA, and...

Bringing together ancient DNA from a burial site and a giant database of consumer ancestry DNA helps fill gaps in African American ancestry, and a reckoning for Philadelphia’s Mütter Museum   First up...

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Why some trees find one another repulsive, and why we don’t know how much our...

First up on this week’s show, we hear about the skewed perception of our own hands, extremely weird giant viruses, champion regenerating flatworms, and more from Newsletter Editor Christie Wilcox....

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What killed off North American megafauna, and making languages less complicated

Ancient wildfires may have doomed Southern California’s big mammals, and do insular societies have more complex languages?   First up on this week’s show, what killed off North America’s megafauna,...

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The source of solar wind, hackers and salt halt research, and a book on how...

A close look at a coronal hole, how salt and hackers can affect science, and the latest book in our series on science, sex, and gender First up on this week’s show, determining the origin of solar...

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Reducing calculus trauma, and teaching AI to smell

How active learning improves calculus teaching, and using machine learning to map odors in the smell space   First up on this week’s show, Laird Kramer, a professor of physics and faculty in the STEM...

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Extreme ocean currents from a volcano, and why it’s taking so long to wire...

How the Tonga eruption caused some of the fastest underwater flows in history, and why many U.S. renewable energy projects are on hold     First up on this week’s show, we hear about extremely fast...

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Why cats love tuna, and powering robots with tiny explosions

Receptors that give our feline friends a craving for meat, and using combustion to propel insect-size robots   First up on this week’s episode, Online News Editor David Grimm joins host Sarah Crespi to...

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Reducing cartel violence in Mexico, and what to read and see this fall

The key to shrinking cartels is cutting recruitment, and a roundup of books, video games, movies, and more   First up on this week’s show: modeling Mexico’s cartels. Rafael Prieto-Curiel, a...

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Visiting utopias, fighting heat death, and making mysterious ‘dark earth’

A book on utopias and gender roles, India looks to beat climate-induced heat in cities, and how ancient Amazonians improved the soil First up on this week’s show: the latest in our series of books on...

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How long can ancient DNA survive, and how much stuff do we need to escape...

Pushing ancient DNA past the Pleistocene, and linking agriculture to biodiversity and infectious disease   First up on this week’s show, Staff Writer Erik Stokstad brings a host of fascinating stories,...

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Mysterious objects beyond Neptune, and how wildfire pollution behaves indoors

The Kuiper belt might be bigger than we thought, and managing the effects of wildfires on indoor pollution   First up on this week’s show, the Kuiper belt—the circular field of icy bodies, including...

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Dealing with the consequences of removing the world largest dam, and building...

Restoring land after dam removal, and phonons as a basis for quantum computing   First up on this week’s show, planting in the silty soil left behind after a dam is removed and reservoirs recede....

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