Science

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory plans to lay off 500 employees and dozens of contractors. How will that affect space exploration?

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Greenland’s Jakobshavn glacier is one of the fastest deteriorating glaciers in the world. But some researchers say they may have figured out a way to save it.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

UV light is a revolutionary tech that could crush viruses before they strike. So why aren't we embracing it?

Using UV light to kill COVID, flu, common cold

UV light is a revolutionary tech that could crush viruses before they strike. So why aren't we embracing it?

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Neuralink’s co-founder Elon Musk says the first human has received one of their brain implants. It has some promise, but also carries risk.

Brain implants: Next big tech or too dangerous?

Neuralink’s co-founder Elon Musk says the first human has received one of their brain implants. It has some promise, but also carries risk.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Today we’re sharing an episode from an environmental podcast you might like, Sea Change, from WWNO in New Orleans. If you like what you hear, check them out wherever you get podcasts.

Designing with Nature (from “Sea Change”)

Today we’re sharing an episode from an environmental podcast you might like, Sea Change, from WWNO in New Orleans. If you like what you hear, check them out wherever you get podcasts.

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

Journalist and author George Monbiot has a radical idea for fixing the environmental devastation caused by farming — but can a post-agriculture world feed the planet?

Can a post-agriculture world feed the planet?

Journalist and author George Monbiot has a radical idea for fixing the environmental devastation caused by farming — but can a post-agriculture world feed the planet?

from Good Food

Once a social scientist and now a farmer, Chris Smaje offers a defense of small-scale farming and a robust critique of industrialized food production.

Social-scientist-turned-farmer Chris Smaje makes the case for small-scale farming

Once a social scientist and now a farmer, Chris Smaje offers a defense of small-scale farming and a robust critique of industrialized food production.

from Good Food

The Ecology Center is a blue dot in a red sea. How did Evan Marks come to run this 28-acre regenerative farm in Orange County?

How San Juan Capistrano’s Ecology Center became an oasis of regenerative farming

The Ecology Center is a blue dot in a red sea. How did Evan Marks come to run this 28-acre regenerative farm in Orange County?

from Good Food

Today we’re sharing an episode from a science podcast you might like, Short Wave, from NPR. If you like what you hear, check them out wherever you get podcasts.

Don’t call it dirt: the science of soil (from “Short Wave”)

Today we’re sharing an episode from a science podcast you might like, Short Wave, from NPR. If you like what you hear, check them out wherever you get podcasts.

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

Batteries are the key to a greener planet, but they cause environmental damage too.

What’s the downside of going electric?

Batteries are the key to a greener planet, but they cause environmental damage too.

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

The average liter of bottled water has about 240,000 tiny particles known as "nanoplastics," new research shows. How concerned should we be?

Drinking out of plastic water bottles? You’re consuming nanoplastics

The average liter of bottled water has about 240,000 tiny particles known as "nanoplastics," new research shows. How concerned should we be?

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Plastic waste keeps piling up. Is anyone working on a plan to stop using it?

What will fix our plastic problem?

Plastic waste keeps piling up. Is anyone working on a plan to stop using it?

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

Asteroids, vaccines, and a star eating a planet were some of the biggest scientific discoveries in 2023. Scientific American’s Laura Helmuth breaks them down.

From astronomy to health, what were 2023’s big science discoveries?

Asteroids, vaccines, and a star eating a planet were some of the biggest scientific discoveries in 2023. Scientific American’s Laura Helmuth breaks them down.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Today we’re sharing an episode from another climate podcast that you might like. It’s Zero: The Climate Race from Bloomberg.

How to triple renewables by 2030 (from “Zero: The Climate Race”)

Today we’re sharing an episode from another climate podcast that you might like. It’s Zero: The Climate Race from Bloomberg.

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

Most pregnant women experience morning sickness. About 2% of them require hospitalization for an extreme version known as hyperemesis, which is tied to a hormone called GDF15.

Extreme morning sickness tied to common nausea and vomiting hormone

Most pregnant women experience morning sickness. About 2% of them require hospitalization for an extreme version known as hyperemesis, which is tied to a hormone called GDF15.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

How to raise kids who use fewer resources in their lifetimes than the average American

How do I raise a low-impact kid?

How to raise kids who use fewer resources in their lifetimes than the average American

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

Authors Carl Safina and Jennifer Ackerman talk owls: from their extraordinary vision, hearing, and flight to the mystery and folklore that has surrounded them for centuries.

Owls: What they know and what humans believe

Authors Carl Safina and Jennifer Ackerman talk owls: from their extraordinary vision, hearing, and flight to the mystery and folklore that has surrounded them for centuries.

from Life Examined

A groundbreaking approval from the FDA allows the gene-editing tool CRISPR to treat sickle cell disease. But many unknowns exist in using CRISPR to treat illnesses.

First FDA-approved CRISPR treatment: What are ethical concerns?

A groundbreaking approval from the FDA allows the gene-editing tool CRISPR to treat sickle cell disease. But many unknowns exist in using CRISPR to treat illnesses.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Caleigh and Candice touch the “third rail” of climate change: Is it better for the planet if you decide not to have a child – and should you factor that into your own family planning…

Should I have children?

Caleigh and Candice touch the “third rail” of climate change: Is it better for the planet if you decide not to have a child – and should you factor that into your own family planning…

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

Why isn’t there a Viagra type drug for women? What happens when your porn habits impact your dating life? When it comes to sex the answers aren’t always so simple.

Will there ever be Viagra for women?

Why isn’t there a Viagra type drug for women? What happens when your porn habits impact your dating life? When it comes to sex the answers aren’t always so simple.

from How’s Your Sex Life?