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- Resurrection plants, Project Hail Mary, and the trouble with sycophantic AIFirst up on the podcast, Deputy News Editor Martin Enserink talks about so-called resurrection plants. These specialized plants can survive up to 95% water loss, whereas most plants struggle when their water levels dip below 60%. We also hear from Jill Farrant, a professor of molecular and cell biology at the University of Cape Town, […]
- 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 […]
Expert Insights
- Experts Failing to Account for Ripple Effects from Extreme Weather, Paper WarnsA drought in Russia led to riots in Egypt. Fires in Canada fueled deadly pollution in Spain. Extreme weather can have knock-on effects in faraway places that are not well understood and rarely accounted for in planning, a new paper warns.Read more on E360 →
- As It Boosts Renewables, China Still Can't Break Its Coal AddictionDespite being a renewables superpower, China continues to permit and build new coal-fired power plants at a rapid pace. Analysts say the nation’s new five-year plan will ensure further coal plant expansion and jeopardize China’s ability to deliver on its climate promises.Read more on E360 →
- European Stoves Leaking Cancer-Causing BenzeneBenzene, a compound linked with leukemia and other blood cancers, is leaking from gas stoves in Europe, a new study finds. Read more on E360 →
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