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Back to SearchWhat will Trump 2.0 mean for science?
Madeleine Finlay talks to science editor and podcast co-host Ian Sample about how Donald Trump approached science when in office last time, and what …
1 year, 11 months ago
Could we really live on Mars?
Space-settling enthusiasts have long had an eye on Mars, and now they have the backing of the world’s richest man. Elon Musk recently claimed that hu…
1 year, 11 months ago
Love motels and gridlocked talks: all the news from Cop16
Biodiversity correspondent Phoebe Weston takes Madeleine Finlay through the news from the UN Cop16 biodiversity summit in Cali, Colombia. Countries a…
1 year, 11 months ago
The US tech startup promising smarter babies
A startup company, Heliospect Genomics, is offering to help wealthy couples screen their embryos for IQ using controversial technology that raises qu…
1 year, 11 months ago
What’s at stake for the climate if Trump wins?
With less than two weeks until the US election, Madeleine Finlay speaks to climate activist and author Bill McKibben to find out what a win for Donal…
2 years ago
How the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs made ants into farmers
Madeleine Finlay hears from Ted Schultz, curator of ants at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, about his recent study into the origi…
2 years ago
Is sleep perfectionism making us more exhausted?
As the sleep tracking industry booms, some worry that it could be driving orthosomnia, the medical term for an unhealthy obsession with attaining per…
2 years ago
What Milton and Helene reveal about the future of hurricanes
Ian Sample speaks to Bernadette Woods Placky, chief meteorologist at nonprofit Climate Central, about the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season so far, and …
2 years ago
All the news and science from the 2024 Nobel prizes
With awards for the discovery of microRNA and the creation of new proteins, plus recognition for artificial intelligence via the physics and chemistr…
2 years ago
Could AI help fight conspiracy theories?
We’re used to hearing about the power of artificial intelligence to spread misinformation – but could it also be a tool for persuading people of the …
2 years ago