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What’s Next For China’s Space Program?
Episode 1054
This week, China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft sent back its first image from space. It’s headed to a rendezvous with the asteroid Kamoʻoalewa, one of Earth…
7 months ago
The Ruin And Redemption Of The American Prairie
Episode 1053
The prairie might just be the most underappreciated landscape in the United States. Beginning in the early 1800s, the majority of these grasslands we…
7 months ago
Bedbugs Have Been Bugging Us Since Before Beds
Episode 1052
Bedbug infestations are not just a modern problem—these pests have been with early human ancestors for 245,000 years, causing problems long before th…
7 months ago
The Leap: A Scientist’s Quest To See Every Organism On Earth
Episode 1042
Manu Prakash is many things—biologist, engineer, inventor, philosopher—but what he isn’t is conventional. Following his instincts has led Manu to his…
7 months ago
Are We Prepared To Fight ‘The New Polio’?
Episode 1051
A mysterious disease called acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) has been appearing in emergency rooms for about a decade. The disease has caused otherwise h…
7 months, 1 week ago
How Science Communication Can Step Up Amid Federal Cuts
Episode 1050
It’s a precarious time for science in the United States. Federal funding is being slashed, career scientists are being laid off, and researchers are …
7 months, 1 week ago
How Cannibalistic Tadpoles Could Curb Invasive Cane Toads
Episode 1049
South American cane toads were brought to Australia in 1935 to help eradicate native beetles that were destroying sugar cane crops. The toads didn’t …
7 months, 1 week ago
Turning The Binoculars On Birders
Episode 1048
Birding is a hobby that attracts a very particular group of people: the kind who get up at sunrise, go into the woods, and wait for hours for a littl…
7 months, 1 week ago
The Leap: Be Bold Or Just Don't Do It
Episode 1041
As a young plant scientist, Joanne Chory shook up the research establishment with her unconventional approach to figuring out how plants work. Her me…
7 months, 1 week ago
What Huge Cuts To NSF Funding Mean For Science
Episode 1040
Grant funding by the National Science Foundation has been cut by more than half this year, bringing the foundation’s science funding to its lowest le…
7 months, 2 weeks ago