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This Huge Mining Pit Is About To Be A Lake
Episode 1188
Old mines leave behind a a pressing problem: Huge holes that make the landscape look like a chunk of swiss cheese. But in Germany, some scientists and city planners are turning these into lakes.
The …
Published on 1 year ago
Why Big Tech Wants Nuclear Power
Episode 1187
AI uses a lot of power. Some of the next generation data centers may use as much power as one million U.S. households. Technology companies like Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Meta hope nuclear power …
Published on 1 year ago
How Racism – And Silence – Could Hurt Your Health
Episode 1186
Racism is often covered as a political, cultural, or news story. But how is it affecting people's health? That's the question Cara Anthony, a KFF News reporter, wanted to answer: not just on an indiv…
Published on 1 year ago
What's A Weather Forecast Worth?
Episode 1185
The federal government has been tracking the weather for more than 150 years. Yet over the last few decades, the rise of the Internet and big tech have made weather forecasting a more crowded space. …
Published on 1 year ago
Conan The Bacterium's Superpower: Resisting Radiation
Episode 1184
In the 1950s, scientists exposed a tin of meat to a dose of radiation that they expected would kill all forms of life. But one organism defied the odds and lived: Conan The Bacterium. Turns out this …
Published on 1 year ago
In The Club, We All ... Archaea?
Episode 1183
Thor. Loki. Heimdall. They're not just Norse gods or Marvel characters. They're also the names of various Asgard archaea. These microscopic organisms are found all over the world, from marine sedimen…
Published on 1 year ago
Grape Growers' Next Collaborators? Robots
Episode 1182
If you crossed WALL-E with a floor lamp, it might look a little like the PhytoPatholoBot. These robots aren't roving through space or decorating a living room — they're monitoring the stems, leaves a…
Published on 1 year ago
Who Does Science? Under Trump, That Could Change
Episode 1181
The next four years may be challenging for foreign-born scientists who want to work in the United States. Foreign-born workers account for about half of the doctoral-level scientists and engineers wo…
Published on 1 year ago
The Comeback Of The Southwest Peach
Episode 1180
Centuries ago, Southwest tribal nations tended vast orchards of peach trees. But in 1863, thousands of those trees were cut down by the United States government when it ordered the Diné to leave thei…
Published on 1 year ago
The Ambitious Quest To Genetically Map All Known Vertebrates
Episode 1179
The Vertebrate Genomes Project: It's an ambitious effort by an international group of scientists to create a "Genome Ark" by sequencing the genomes of about 70,000 animal species. The hope is that th…
Published on 1 year ago