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Oct 25, 2023 • 7min

The Tale of the Rotifer That Came Back to Life after 25,000 Years in an Icy Tomb

Can something spring back to life if it last moved around when woolly mammoths roamed the earth? The answer appears to be yes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Oct 23, 2023 • 13min

Generative AI Models Are Sucking Up Data from All Over the Internet, Yours Included

In the rush to build and train ever larger AI models, developers have swept up much of the searchable Internet, quite possibly including some of your own public data—and potentially some of your private data as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Oct 20, 2023 • 8min

Some Parents Show Their Kids They Care with a Corpse

If you’re a silphid beetle, a dead body is all your children really want, and it’s your job—no matter how difficult—to get one for them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Oct 18, 2023 • 10min

How to Handle This New COVID Season

The dangerous virus is still here. Here’s how you can stay safe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Oct 16, 2023 • 9min

As Arctic Sea Ice Breaks Up, AI Is Starting to Predict Where the Ice Will Go

Sea ice is changing fast. Are forecasts created by artificial intelligence the best way to keep up with the pace of a warming climate in the far north? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Oct 13, 2023 • 5min

Scientists Argue Conservation Is under Threat in Indonesia

Researchers have been banned from working in Indonesia’s tropical rain forests after the government disagreed with their scientific conclusions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Oct 11, 2023 • 9min

A Soggy Mission to Sniff Out a Greenhouse Gas 'Bomb' in the High Arctic

A needlelike tower, hung with sensors, “sniffs” the air above the Arctic Circle for signs of catastrophic thaw in the sodden ground below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Oct 9, 2023 • 9min

This Indigenous Community Records the Climate Change That Is Causing Its Town to Erode Away

In a tiny village north of the Arctic Circle in the Northwest Territories, the Inuvialuit of Tuktoyaktuk have taken climate science into their own hands.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Oct 6, 2023 • 10min

Journey to the Thawing Edge of Climate Change

What is a permafrost thaw slump? Just imagine a massive hole with an area the size of more than nine football fields—and growing—where ice-cold ground once stood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Oct 4, 2023 • 10min

A Popular Decongestant Doesn't Work. What Does?

The popular decongestant phenylephrine is not effective, an FDA panel found. Here’s what to use instead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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