What to do when there's a polar bear in your backyard | Alysa McCall
What to do when there's a polar bear in your backyard | Alysa McCall
As Arctic ice melts, polar bears are being forced on land -- and they're hungry. With the apex predators frequently turn... Read more
11 Apr 2023
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10mins
The fantastically weird world of photosynthetic sea slugs | Michael Middlebrooks
The fantastically weird world of photosynthetic sea slugs | Michael Middlebrooks
Meet the fantastically colorful and astonishingly adaptable sea slugs that found a way to photosynthesize (or create ene... Read more
6 Mar 2023
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Where does your sense of self come from? A scientific look | Anil Ananthaswamy
Where does your sense of self come from? A scientific look | Anil Ananthaswamy
Our memories and bodies give us clues about who we are, but what happens when this guidance shifts? In this mind-bending... Read more
19 Jan 2023
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12mins
Can we feed ourselves without devouring the planet? | George Monbiot
Can we feed ourselves without devouring the planet? | George Monbiot
Farming is the worst thing humanity has ever done to the planet, says journalist George Monbiot. What's more: the global... Read more
18 Jan 2023
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15mins
How to harness the ancient partnership between forests and fungi | Colin Averill
How to harness the ancient partnership between forests and fungi | Colin Averill
If we want to better understand the environment and combat climate change, we need to look deep underground, where diver... Read more
6 Jan 2023
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11mins
The wheat field that could change the world | Guntur V. Subbarao
The wheat field that could change the world | Guntur V. Subbarao
Crop physiologist Guntur V. Subbarao and his team have developed an antibiotic-infused strain of wheat that naturally co... Read more
14 Nov 2022
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10mins
A virus-resistant organism -- and what it could mean for the future | Jason W. Chin
A virus-resistant organism -- and what it could mean for the future | Jason W. Chin
What if we could use the power of DNA to create a sustainable, circular economy? In a talk about breakthrough science, s... Read more
28 Oct 2022
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11mins
How green hydrogen could end the fossil fuel era | Vaitea Cowan
How green hydrogen could end the fossil fuel era | Vaitea Cowan
As climate change accelerates, finding clean alternatives to fossil fuels is more urgent than ever. Social entrepreneur ... Read more
8 Sep 2022
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9mins
A giant Jurassic sea dragon, unearthed | Dean R. Lomax
A giant Jurassic sea dragon, unearthed | Dean R. Lomax
Among the dinosaurs, giant sea dragons roamed the ancient ocean. Millions of years later, paleontologist Dean R. Lomax a... Read more
6 Sep 2022
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14mins
How we're reverse engineering the human brain in the lab | Sergiu P. Pasca
How we're reverse engineering the human brain in the lab | Sergiu P. Pasca
Neuroscientist Sergiu P. Pasca has made it his life's work to understand how the human brain builds itself -- and what m... Read more
24 Aug 2022
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12mins