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Raising A New Generation Of Bat Conservationists In West Africa
Episode 1126
Nigeria is home to 100 known species of bats—about a third of Africa’s bat species—but scientists don’t know much about them. Ecologists Iroro Tanshi…
7 months, 1 week ago
How Conservation Efforts Brought Rare Birds Back From The Brink
Episode 1125
The overall state of birds can seem rather grim. Almost a third of North American bird species are in decline, and in the last five decades, more tha…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Teamwork Between Species Is The Key To Life Itself
Episode 1124
Codependency between humans gets a bad rap. But in nature, species often rely on each other for survival. While humans think they’re in control of re…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
If An Asteroid Were Headed For Earth, Would We Be Ready?
Episode 1123
You might remember news reporting from earlier this year that a 180-foot asteroid had about a 3% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. And if it did, it w…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
A Trailblazing Geneticist Reflects On Her Life And Work
Episode 1122
It’s common knowledge that many diseases and conditions have some kind of genetic link. But that wasn't always the case. In 1990, long before the Hum…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
What The Label Of ‘Genius’ Tells Us About Our Society
Episode 1121
What makes someone a genius? Are they the smartest, most creative, most innovative people? Those with the highest IQ? Who we consider a genius may ac…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
The Human Obsession With Aliens Goes Way, Way Back
Episode 1120
A video shown on Capitol Hill on September 9 reportedly shows an American hellfire missile attacking and simply bouncing off a UAP (the military term…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
A Delicious But Invasive Mushroom Could Affect Fungal Diversity
Episode 1119
It all started harmlessly enough: People bought kits to grow mushrooms at home. But then, scientists in the upper Midwest noticed something strange. …
7 months, 3 weeks ago
A Photographer Captures Nature In Mind-Boggling Detail
Episode 1118
If you’ve flipped through an issue of National Geographic or scrolled through their social media, and caught a stunningly detailed photo of a tiny cr…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
How Shoddy Science Is Driving A Supplement Boom
Episode 1115
Dietary supplements are big business, with one recent estimate showing the industry is worth almost $64 billion in the United States alone. Take a ca…
7 months, 3 weeks ago