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Exascale supercomputers amp up science, finally growing dolomite in the lab, and origins of patriarchy
On this week’s show: A leap in supercomputing is a leap for science, cracking the dolomite problem, and a book on where patriarchy came from
AI improves weather prediction, and cutting emissions from landfills
On this week’s show: What it means that artificial intelligence can now forecast the weather like a supercomputer, and measuring methane emissions from municipal waste
The state of Russian science, and improving implantable bioelectronics
Why so many researchers have left Russia, and using new materials to improve medical devices that go inside the body
Turning anemones into coral, and the future of psychiatric drugs
Why scientists are trying to make anemones act like corals, and why it’s so hard to make pharmaceuticals for brain diseases
Making corn shorter, and a book on finding India’s women in science
On this week’s show: why farmers might want shorter corn, and the latest in our series on books on sex, gender, and science
Making corn shorter, and a book on finding India’s women in science
Why farmers might want shorter corn, and the latest in our series on books on sex, gender, and science
First 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 more likely to blow over in strong winds and can’t be planted very densely...
Dealing with the consequences of removing the world largest dam, and building a quantum computer using sound waves
Restoring 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. Contributing Correspondent Warren Cornwall joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about the world's largest dam removal project and what ecologists are doing to revegetate 36 kilometers of new river edge.
Next up on the show, freelance producer and former guest Tanya Roussy...
The consequences of the world's largest dam removal, and building a quantum computer using sound waves
Restoring land after dam removal, and phonons as a basis for quantum computing
Mysterious objects beyond Neptune, and how wildfire pollution behaves indoors
On this week’s show: The Kuiper belt might be bigger than we thought, and managing the effects of wildfires on indoor pollution
Mysterious objects beyond Neptune, and how wildfire pollution behaves indoors
The 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 Pluto, that surrounds our Solar System—might be bigger than we thought...