Science In Action Podcast
The 麻豆社 brings you all the week's science news.
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Volcanic rumblings in Iceland
Thu 16 Nov 2023
Does seismic activity in Iceland suggest the country is entering a new volcanic era?
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Sounds of the Cape
Thu 9 Nov 2023
Fossil hunting, African penguin rehabilitation and bird bioacoustics on the Western Cape.
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Climate emergency
Thu 2 Nov 2023
Hurricanes, fires and carbon budgets; the impacts of climate change around the world
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Bird flu reaches Antarctic region
Thu 26 Oct 2023
Bird flu continues to spread across the world, putting isolated bird populations at risk.
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Devastating earthquakes hit Afghanistan
Thu 12 Oct 2023
Herat has not seen an earthquake for almost 1000 years but now, five have come at once.
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The best and the worst
Thu 5 Oct 2023
From talking to a Nobel prize winner to discussing allegations of scientific misconduct.
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Trilobite dinner
Thu 28 Sep 2023
What did a 465-million-year-old trilobite eat for dinner? And how can we possibly know?
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More likely, more intense
Thu 21 Sep 2023
Extreme flooding in Libya 50 times more likely and 50% more intense due to climate change
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Deadly floods in Derna
Thu 14 Sep 2023
Devastating floods have swept away the banks of Derna, Libya. How did this happen?
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Returning to the North Pole
Thu 7 Sep 2023
Ice breaker Polarstern returns to the Arctic visiting sites last explored in 2012.
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Drowning coastal ecosystems
Thu 31 Aug 2023
Coastal ecosystems around the world are at risk of disappearing as sea levels rise
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Brain-computer interfaces
Thu 24 Aug 2023
Brain to speech translation allows patients to communicate faster and more expressively.
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The science behind the Hawaii fire
Thu 17 Aug 2023
The science behind the devastating fires that have consumed Lahaina in Hawaii.
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Pandemic surveillance system at risk
Thu 10 Aug 2023
One of the most useful scientific tools you鈥檝e never heard of is being paywalled
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On the edge of a new volcano
Thu 20 Jul 2023
A spectacular volcanic eruption hits Iceland鈥檚 Reykjanes peninsula for the third year
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Europe鈥檚 heatwave death toll
Thu 13 Jul 2023
Around 62,000 people died in last year's European heatwave - is this the new normal?
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Melting of Greenland ice sheet
Thu 6 Jul 2023
Record-breaking global temperatures are accelerating Greenland ice melt
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Preparing for crises
Thu 29 Jun 2023
We have entered a state of multiple and entangled crises. How can research help?
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Human embryo models
Thu 22 Jun 2023
Scientists have made human embryo models 鈥� or 鈥渟ynthetic embryos鈥� - in the lab.
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Oceans in hot water?
Thu 15 Jun 2023
A major El Ni帽o is building and heating up the world. What is the forecast?
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The beginnings of us
Thu 8 Jun 2023
New molecular fossil records shed evidence on the billion-year-old roots of modern life
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Vaccinating condors against bird flu
Thu 1 Jun 2023
Endangered condors are being vaccinated to save them from deadly H5N1 bird flu
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Brightest supernova in a decade
Thu 25 May 2023
The brightest supernova in a decade springs astronomers around the world into action
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Return of the Wildfires
Thu 18 May 2023
The record-breaking heat behind the destructive North American wildfires
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Human genome goes global
Thu 11 May 2023
The Pangenome project captures human diversity with 47 new genomes
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Darwin dumped from Indian classrooms
Thu 4 May 2023
The exclusion of Darwinism from the curriculum prompts protests in India
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The truth about the Sudan biolab
Thu 27 Apr 2023
Khartoum鈥檚 National Public Health Laboratory is caught up in the Sudanese conflict.
