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Top Science News
April 2, 2020
90-Million-Year-Old Rainforest Near South Pole
Oldest Ever Human Genetic Evidence
Best Evidence for Elusive Mid-Sized Black Hole
Where in the Brain Does Creativity Come From?
Mar. 31, 2020 — A new brain-imaging study has studied the brain activity of jazz guitarists during improvisation to show that creativity is, in fact, driven primarily by the right hemisphere in musicians who are … read more
Latest Top Headlines
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Mar. 27, 2020 — Because of poor dates for land fossils laid down before and after the mass extinction at the end of the Permian, paleontologists assumed that the terrestrial extinctions from Gondwana occurred at the same time as the better-documented marine … read more
Health News
April 2, 2020
Social Distancing Lessens Spread of COVID-19
Silicon Computing Power for Brain Research
Sign of Cancer: Microbial DNA in Blood
No Evidence COVID-19 Coronavirus Was Engineered
Mar. 17, 2020 — An analysis of public genome sequence data from SARS-CoV-2 and related viruses found no evidence that the virus was made in a laboratory or otherwise … read more
Latest Health Headlines
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Spina Bifida Surgery Before Birth Restores Brain Structure
Apr. 1, 2020 — Surgery performed on a fetus in the womb to repair defects from spina bifida triggers the body’s ability to restore normal brain structure, new research has … read more
Physical/Tech News
April 2, 2020
Odd Orbits of ‘Tatooine’ Planetary Disks
Mercury’s Daytime Heat: Making Ice at Caps
Water Splitting Advance for Renewable Energy
New Minor Planets Found Beyond Neptune
Mar. 11, 2020 — Using data from the Dark Energy Survey, researchers have found and cataloged more than 300 minor planets beyond Neptune, including more than 100 new discoveries. This updated catalog of … read more
Latest Physical/Tech Headlines
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Models Explain Changes in Cooking Meat
Apr. 1, 2020 — Mathematicians show that by modelling meat as a fluid-saturated matrix of elastic proteins, which are deformed as the fluid moves, cooking behaviors can be simulated more … read more
Environment News
April 2, 2020
Genetic Editing Powers Discovered in Squid
Fast Retreat: East Antarctica’s Denman Glacier
Fine-Tuning Radiocarbon Dating
Surprising Ways Pathogens Move from Land to Sea
Mar. 19, 2020 — A parasite known only to be hosted in North America by the Virginia opossum is infecting sea otters along the West Coast. A new study elucidates the … read more
Latest Environment Headlines
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Regular Climbing Behavior in a Human Ancestor
Mar. 30, 2020 — A new study has found evidence that human ancestors as recent as two million years ago may have regularly climbed … read more
Society/Education News
April 2, 2020
Limited Nuclear War Would Bring Global Famine
Predicting an Epidemic: Don’t Ignore Evolution
Seeding Oceans With Iron May Not Impact Climate
Sea Level Rise Could Reshape the United States
Jan. 22, 2020 — A new study uses machine learning to project migration patterns resulting from sea-level rise. Researchers found the impact of rising oceans will ripple across the country, beyond coastal areas at … read more
Latest Society/Education Headlines
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Misinformation on Vaccines Readily Available Online
Mar. 12, 2020 — Parents researching childhood vaccinations online are likely to encounter significant levels of negative information, researchers have … read more
COVID-19 Coronavirus Epidemic Has a Natural Origin
Missing Link in Coronavirus Jump from Bats to Humans Could Be Pangolins, Not Snakes
Using Copper to Prevent the Spread of Respiratory Viruses
The Force Is Strong in Neutron Stars
New Mathematical Model Can More Effectively Track Epidemics
On Mars or Earth, Biohybrid Can Turn Carbon Dioxide Into New Products
Neanderthals Ate Mussels, Fish, and Seals TooThanks for joining us today.
Russ Roberts