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- How childhood environments shape the brain, and how susceptible is the Atlantic Ocean’s current to climate change?First up on the podcast, producer Kevin McLean talks with Staff Writer Paul Voosen about the latest on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC. Researchers have long been concerned that global warming could cause a collapse in the AMOC, which would trigger dramatic cooling in Northern Europe. But recent data and models suggest the […]
- Will AI replace astronomers, how healthy are ultraprocessed foods, and a peek behind the scenes of ‘The Normals’First up on the podcast, freelance science journalist Joshua Sokol talks about the intense discussion happening in the astrophysics community as artificial intelligence and machine learning become increasingly powerful—could “astronomer” stop being a job one day? Next on the show, as the Trump administration makes moves to regulate ultraprocessed foods, host Sarah Crespi talks with […]
- Disembodied human brains, immortal bits of sea cucumber, and fame in Galileo’s timeFirst up on the podcast, a company is using whole brains—maintained with specialized life support—to study new drugs. Freelance science journalist Sara Reardon joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about the advantages and ethical considerations of keeping brains intact but inactive. Next on the show, when some lizards lose their tails, they might regenerate new […]
Expert Insights
- A Missing Piece in Climate Models: Nature’s Own EmissionsMore intense heat is set to drive up emissions from wildfires, fermenting wetlands, and melting permafrost, but these “feedback loops” are poorly captured in climate models. Scientists are racing to make sense of such emissions to gauge how much warming may lay ahead.Read more on E360 →
- An EPA Researcher Details the Agency's Assault on ScienceIn January 2025, the Trump administration began shutting down projects within the EPA’s independent science division that touched on climate change and environmental justice. Air quality researcher Thomas Luben, who had worked at the agency for 18 years, was fired for objecting.Read more on E360 →
- Digital Tools Are Transforming Efforts to Save Plants from ExtinctionResearchers are increasingly digitizing plant and fungi specimens and using A.I. to analyze them, work that is transforming conservation science, according to a new report.Read more on E360 →
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