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- Losing years of progress against HIV, and farming plastic on MarsFirst up on the podcast, U.S. aid helped two African countries rein in HIV. Then came President Donald Trump. Senior News Correspondent Jon Cohen talks with producer Kevin McLean about how in Lesotho and Eswatini, treatment and prevention cutbacks are hitting pregnant people, children, and teens especially hard. This story is part of a […]
- Will your family turn you into a chatbot after you die? Plus, synthetic squid skin, and the sway of matriarchs in ancient AnatoliaFirst up on the podcast, Contributing Correspondent Andrew Curry joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss a pair of Science papers on kinship and culture in Neolithic Anatolia. The researchers used ancient DNA and isotopes from 8000 to 9000 years ago to show how maternal lines were important in Çatalhöyük culture. ● E. Yüncü et […]
- How effective are plastic bag bans? And a whole new way to do astronomyFirst up on the podcast, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is just coming online, and once fully operational, it will take a snapshot of the entire southern sky every 3 days. Producer Meagan Cantwell guides us through Staff Writer Daniel Clery’s trip to the site of the largest camera ever made for astronomy. Next […]
Expert Insights
- Meta Said A.I. Could Help Tackle Warming. An Early Experiment UnderwhelmedLast year Meta identified 135 materials that could potentially be used to draw down carbon dioxide, work it described as "groundbreaking." But when scientists tried to reproduce the results, they found that none of the materials could perform as promised and that some did not even exist.Read more on E360 →
- A Decade After a Lead Crisis, Flint Has At Last Replaced Its PipesA decade after Flint, Michigan, was beset by widespread lead contamination, officials confirmed the city has replaced its lead pipes, as ordered by a federal court.Read more on E360 →
- London Inches Closer to Running Transit System Entirely on Renewable PowerUnder a new agreement, London will source enough solar power to run its light railway and tram networks entirely on renewable energy.Read more on E360 →
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