Science In Action Podcast
The 大象传媒 brings you all the week's science news.
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Faster, wetter, worse tropical storms
Thursday
Every 2024 Atlantic hurricane was intensified by warming climate, with categories raised.
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Drastic plastic reductions
Thu 14 Nov 2024
Machine learning models suggest pathways to reduce global plastic waste by 91% by 2050.
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New ways to study coronaviruses
Thu 7 Nov 2024
Scientists in Wuhan and the US unveil a new way to design virus receptors on human cells.
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Global warming strikes again
Thu 31 Oct 2024
The devastating floods around Valencia are easily attributable to climate change.
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Betelbuddy and Silk Road Cities
Thu 24 Oct 2024
Does the famous Betelgeuse have an orbiting companion, hidden in plain sight?
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Marvels of life and death
Thu 17 Oct 2024
As fish farming impacts grow, a look at some clever life-hacks at the extremes.
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Nobel convergence
Thu 10 Oct 2024
A look at the stories behind the Nobel science prizes announced this week.
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Historic weather extremes revealed using tree-rings
Thu 26 Sep 2024
The jet stream has shaped extreme weather, influencing harvests, wildfires and epidemics
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Flash floods in the Sahara
Thu 19 Sep 2024
The Sahara has been experiencing unusually heavy rainfall due to an extratropical cyclone
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A landslide-induced megatsunami in Greenland
Thu 12 Sep 2024
The 200-metre-high tsunami sloshed between the cliffs of Dickson Fjord for nine days
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Concerning viruses found in fur farmed animals
Thu 5 Sep 2024
A survey of diseased animals from fur farms has revealed potentially threatening viruses
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Wow! A mystery signal solved
Thu 29 Aug 2024
In 1977 astronomers recorded a strange radio transmission, perhaps even from aliens.
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Fisheries mismanagement uncovered
Thu 22 Aug 2024
Fishery assessment models overestimate the sustainability of the world鈥檚 fisheries.
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The spread of rabies into Cape fur seals
Thu 15 Aug 2024
In June this year there was the first detected occurrence of rabies in Cape fur seals.
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Detecting undetected bird flu cases
Thu 8 Aug 2024
Cases of bird flu in farm workers in the US may be going underreported.
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Examining Nasa's new evidence for Martian life
Thu 1 Aug 2024
Mars rock found that may indicate it hosted microbial life billions of years ago
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The human cost of the decline of nature鈥檚 carcass cleaners
Thu 25 Jul 2024
The loss of vultures in India may be responsible for half a million human deaths.
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Destination Asteroid Apophis
Thu 18 Jul 2024
The ESA is starting preparatory work for its next planetary defence mission.
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Hurricane Beryl鈥檚 trail of destruction
Thu 11 Jul 2024
Hurricane Beryl hit the Caribbean, before moving into Mexico and then Texas.
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Cleaner mining, cleaner batteries
Thu 4 Jul 2024
Science in Action is at the UK's Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition.
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On the road to halting HIV
Thu 27 Jun 2024
An injectable antiviral "PrEP" therapy that gives 100% protection against HIV infection.
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China: Scientific superpower
Thu 20 Jun 2024
How has China reached the top spot of scientific research?
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US bird flu response warning
Thu 13 Jun 2024
Mice become the next to get it and expert Rick Bright calls for stronger counter measures
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A humungous temporary tentacle
Thu 6 Jun 2024
The origami superpowers of a single-celled pond hunter, the protist Lacrymaria olor.
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Trusting AI with science
Thu 30 May 2024
AI will be a feature of future breakthroughs, how will we know when to trust its results?
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The roots of fentanyl addiction
Thu 23 May 2024
A study in mice suggests that fentanyl affects the part of the brain that regulates fear.
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Aurora Bore-WOW-lis
Thu 16 May 2024
They were the best northern and southern lights in decades, but why? And what鈥檚 next?
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Changing blood types and whale grammar
Thu 9 May 2024
Could future blood transfusions be made safer by mixing in a new bacterial enzyme?
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Crossover infections
Thu 2 May 2024
Bird flu spreads from cows to cats in the US, as chimps are seen eating bat poo in Uganda
