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- Talking about engineering the climate, and treating severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancyGeoengineering experiments face an uphill battle, and a way to combat the pregnancy complication hyperemesis gravidarum First up on the podcast, climate engineers face tough conversations with the public when proposing plans to test new technologies. Freelance science journalist Rebekah White joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss the questions people have about these experiments and […]
- Studying urban wildfires, and the challenges of creating tiny AI robotsFirst up this week, urban wildfires raged in Los Angeles in January. Contributing Correspondent Warren Cornwall discusses how researchers have come together to study how pollution from buildings at such a large scale impacts the environment and health of the local population. Next on the show, Mingze Chen, a graduate student in the mechanical […]
- Why seals don’t drown, and tracking bird poop as it enters the seaFirst up this week, Newsletter Editor Christie Wilcox joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss stories from the sea, including why scientists mounted cameras on seabirds, backward and upside-down; newly discovered organisms from the world’s deepest spot, the Mariana Trench; and how extremely venomous, blue-lined octopus males use their toxin on females in order to mate. […]
Expert Insights
- AI Model Can Predict When Lightning Will Spark WildfiresResearchers have developed an AI model that can predict with 90 percent accuracy when and where lightning will ignite wildfires.Read more on E360 →
- Recycling Nuclear Waste: A Win-Win or a Dangerous Gamble?As interest in nuclear power rises, startups are pursuing plans to recycle spent fuel and reuse its untapped energy to power reactors. Advocates tout new recycling methods as a breakthrough, but many experts warn it will extract plutonium that could be used for nuclear weapons.Read more on E360 →
- Toxic Algae Spurs Sea Lion Attacks in Southern CaliforniaA sea lion sickened by toxic algae attacked a teenage girl in Long Beach, California, on Sunday, the latest episode of erratic behavior from affected animals.Read more on E360 →
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