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Exascale supercomputers amp up science, finally growing dolomite in the lab, and origins of patriarchy
Nov 23, 2023A leap in supercomputing is a leap for science, cracking the dolomite problem, and a book on where patriarchy came from First up on this week’s show, bigger supercomputers help make superscience. St...
AI improves weather prediction, and cutting emissions from landfills
Nov 16, 2023What it means that artificial intelligence can now forecast the weather like a supercomputer, and measuring methane emissions from municipal waste First up on this week’s show, Staff Writer Paul Voo...
The state of Russian science, and improving implantable bioelectronics
Nov 09, 2023First up on this week’s show: the future of science in Russia. We hear about how the country’s scientists are split into two big groups: those that left Russia after the invasion of Ukraine and those ...
Turning anemones into coral, and the future of psychiatric drugs
Nov 02, 2023Why scientists are trying to make anemones act like corals, and why it’s so hard to make pharmaceuticals for brain diseases First up on this week’s show, coaxing anemones to make rocks. Newsletter E...
Making corn shorter, and a book on finding India’s women in science
Oct 26, 2023First up on this week’s show, Staff Writer Erik Stokstad joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about why it might make sense to grow shorter corn. It turns out the towering corn typically grown today is mor...
The consequences of the world's largest dam removal, and building a quantum computer using sound waves
Oct 19, 2023Restoring land after dam removal, and phonons as a basis for quantum computing First up on this week’s show, planting in the silty soil left behind after a dam is removed and reservoirs recede. Con...
Mysterious objects beyond Neptune, and how wildfire pollution behaves indoors
Oct 13, 2023The Kuiper belt might be bigger than we thought, and managing the effects of wildfires on indoor pollution First up on this week’s show, the Kuiper belt—the circular field of icy bodies, including P...
How long can ancient DNA survive, and how much stuff do we need to escape poverty?
Oct 05, 2023Pushing ancient DNA past the Pleistocene, and linking agriculture to biodiversity and infectious disease First up on this week’s show, Staff Writer Erik Stokstad brings a host of fascinating stories,...
Visiting utopias, fighting heat death, and making mysterious ‘dark earth’
Sep 28, 2023A book on utopias and gender roles, India looks to beat climate-induced heat in cities, and how ancient Amazonians improved the soil First up on this week’s show: the latest in our series of books on...
Reducing cartel violence in Mexico, and what to read and see this fall
Sep 21, 2023The key to shrinking cartels is cutting recruitment, and a roundup of books, video games, movies, and more First up on this week’s show: modeling Mexico’s cartels. Rafael Prieto-Curiel, a postdoct...