Science, Spoken

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11 minutes 14 seconds

Hydro Dams Are Struggling to Handle the World’s Intensifying Weather

Climate change is robbing some hydro dams of water while oversupplying others—forcing managers to employ new forecasting technology and clever strategies to capitalize on what they have.

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21 May 2024, 10:00 am
10 minutes 15 seconds

City Trees Save Lives

Green spaces significantly cool our ever-hotter cities. New research suggests more trees could cut heat-related ER visits in LA by up to two-thirds.

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20 May 2024, 9:32 pm
11 minutes 56 seconds

An Epic Fight Over What Really Killed the Dinosaurs

We wanted to bring back a favorite episode from 2023: A deep learning model has joined a vigorous debate over whether volcanoes began dinosaur doomsday well before the asteroid hit. Thanks for listening to WIRED.

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19 May 2024, 10:00 am
8 minutes 32 seconds

Lab-Grown Meat Is on Shelves Now. But There’s a Catch

A store in Singapore is selling lab-grown chicken, but it only contains 3 percent animal cells.

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17 May 2024, 10:00 am
10 minutes 48 seconds

Saunas Are the Next Frontier in Fighting Depression

The preliminary results of a clinical trial of using heat exposure to combat depression are in—and are fueling cautious optimism that sauna practice could become an accepted treatment.

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16 May 2024, 10:00 am
6 minutes 34 seconds

The First Person to Receive a Pig Kidney Transplant Has Died

The hospital that carried out the procedure two months prior says there’s “no indication” that the transplant was related to his death.

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15 May 2024, 10:00 am
8 minutes

These Artificial Blood Platelets Could One Day Save Lives

Platelets help blood clot, but they have a short shelf life. With blood in short supply, synthetic platelets could help meet demand.

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14 May 2024, 10:00 am
9 minutes

The Earth Is About to Feast on Dead Cicadas

Two cicada broods, XIX and XIII, are emerging in sync for the first time in 221 years. They’re bringing the banquet of a lifetime for birds, trees, and humans alike.

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13 May 2024, 10:00 am
6 minutes 44 seconds

Sell Lab-Grown Meat in Alabama and You Could Go to Jail

Anyone found guilty of selling or manufacturing cultivated meat in Alabama will face up to a three-month jail sentence and $500 fine.

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10 May 2024, 10:00 am
10 minutes 48 seconds

The One Thing That’s Holding Back the Heat Pump

It’s not the technology itself. It’s that we don’t yet have enough trained workers to install heat pumps for full-tilt decarbonization.

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9 May 2024, 10:00 am
8 minutes 58 seconds

Boeing's Starliner Is Finally Ready to Launch a NASA Crew Into Space

Seven years behind schedule, on Monday Starliner will send two astronauts to space on a mission for NASA. The troubled company still has lots of catching up to do.

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8 May 2024, 10:00 am
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