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- Rethinking the peopling of the Americas, and the best ways to get groundwater backFirst up on the podcast, we discuss a finding that’s likely to reignite debate over how humans first spread through the Americas. In the late 1990s, a site in southern Chile called Monte Verde forced archaeologists to adjust their views of the peopling of South America because it dated to about 14,500 years before present, […]
- What Alaska’s eroding coastline says about Earth’s future, and how Yellowstone ravens use their smarts to find wolf killsFirst up on the podcast, freelance journalist Evan Howell traveled to Cape Blossom, Alaska, where the receding coastline has revealed an ancient trove of glacial ice that may have survived for 350,000 years—making it the oldest ice in the Northern Hemisphere. Now researchers just need to figure out how to date it. Next on the […]
- An alleged nuclear blast may reignite weapons testing, and who owns the MoonFirst up on the podcast, a peek into the roiling seas of U.S. science policy. ScienceInsider Editor Jocelyn Kaiser talks about shifting leadership at the National Science Foundation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as a dip in funding rates by the National Institutes of Health. Staff Writer Robert F. Service […]
Expert Insights
- Can America’s Wolves Survive an Onslaught of Political Attacks?Gray wolves made an uneasy comeback in the Northern Rockies and are struggling to return to the Southwest. But legislation now working its way through Congress is being spurred by misinformation and myth, rather than science, and threatens to end wolf recovery in the U.S.Read more on E360 →
- In Mexican Forests, Monarch Butterflies Halt Their DeclineIn the forests of central Mexico, the number of monarch butterflies grew for the second year in a row, suggesting the population has stabilized after years of decline. Read more on E360 →
- As Zambia Pushes New Mining, a Legacy of Pollution LoomsZambia is expanding development of its rich deposits of critical minerals, which are needed for the global shift to renewables. But poisoning from past mining and a huge toxic spill at a mine site are raising fears that new wealth will come at a high cost for people and the environment.Read more on E360 →
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