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Will Artificial Intelligence Help — Or Hurt — Medicine?
Episode 893
A doctor's job is to help patients. With that help, often comes lots and lots of paperwork. That's where some startups are betting artificial intelli…
3 years ago
Shoring Up The Future With Greener Batteries
Episode 892
Today on the show, next-generation energy innovators Bill David and Serena Cussen challenged us to think about the future of clean energy storage. Th…
3 years ago
SUPERBLOOM: An Upside To The California Downpours
Episode 891
California's wet winter has devastated many local communities. It has also benefited some of the state's endangered ecosystems. Those benefits are on…
3 years ago
Worm Blobs In The Bowels Of The Earth
Episode 890
In the toxic waters of Sulphur Cave in Steamboat Springs, Colo. live blood-red worm blobs that have attracted international scientific interest. We d…
3 years ago
The News Roundup Goes Intergalactic
Episode 889
It's our latest roundup of science news! This time, with Ailsa Chang of NPR's All Things Considered, who joins us to discuss three stories that take …
3 years ago
Fire And Ice: Linking Intense Wildfire And The Melting Arctic
Episode 888
In the Arctic Ocean, sea ice is shrinking as the climate heats up. In the Western U.S., wildfires are getting increasingly destructive. Those two phe…
3 years ago
The Race To Protect Millions Of People From Melting Glaciers
Episode 887
Melting glaciers are leaving behind large, unstable lakes that can cause dangerous flash floods. Millions of people downstream are threatened.
In tod…
3 years ago
Where are the whales? Scientists find clues thousands of miles away
Episode 886
Endangered North Atlantic right whales are disappearing from their native waters, a serious danger for a species with only 340 animals left. The myst…
3 years ago
Are Rats Running This Podcast?
Episode 885
This week, New York City crowned Kathleen Corradi its first rat czar. The new position is part of a multipronged approach from city officials. Report…
3 years ago
Peep The Delightful Science Of Chickens
Episode 884
When Tove Danovich decided to dabble in backyard chicken keeping, she embraced a tried and true journalistic practice — reading everything there is …
3 years ago