New Battery Technology, COVID Rise From Unvaccinated Populations. July 16, 2021, Part 1
Research For New Battery Technology Is Gaining Steam As countries around the world set their goals for decarbonizing their economies, it’s becoming clear that batteries may play a pivotal role in smoo...
16 Jul 202147min
African Wild Dogs, Spotted Lanternfly, Seashells. July 9, 2021, Part 1
Sniffing Out How To Save African Wild Dogs One of the most endangered mammals on Earth, African wild dogs are known for their oversized ears, social bonds, and highly efficient hunting style. That pre...
9 Jul 202147min
John McPhee’s Annals Of The Former World. July 9, 2021, Part 2
Writing, Like Geology, Requires A Little Digging When author John McPhee first considered the piece of writing that would become his 1998 book, Annals of the Former World, he envisioned a short, un-by...
9 Jul 202146min
Garden Hotline, Benjamin Franklin. July 2, 2021, Part 2
The Science Of Your Summer Vegetable Garden Planting and tending to a vegetable garden is both an art and a science. If all goes well, you’ll be enjoying delicious homemade salads all summer long. But...
2 Jul 202147min
Extreme Heat, COVID Delta Variant, Poe’s Science. July 2, 2021, Part 1
The Alarming Impacts Of Extreme Heat This week, the Pacific Northwest was hit by a record breaking heat wave, with temperatures rising as high as 116 degrees Fahrenheit in Portland, Oregon. Experts sa...
2 Jul 202147min
Cephalopod Week Wrap Up, California Carbon Credits Error. June 25, 2021, Part 1
California’s Climate Program Is Actually Adding Carbon To The Atmosphere California has a reputation as the state that’s doing the most about climate change. And the lynchpin of those efforts is Calif...
25 Jun 202147min
UFO Report, Animal Play, Alzheimers and Music. June 25, 2021, Part 2
Is The Truth About UFOs Out There? Over the past several years, U.S. Navy pilots have reported several instances of ”unexplained aerial phenomena” while in flight. They’ve recorded videos that show sh...
25 Jun 202147min
Immunocompromised and Covid, Summer SciFi Reading. June 18, 2021, Part 2
COVID-19 Vaccines May Not Protect Immunocompromised People This week, California and New York, two of the states hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, announced that they were relaxing almost all coro...
18 Jun 202147min
