Podcast: talking drums and juiced solar panels
On this week’s show: New research shows how “talking drums” send their messages, and scientists squeeze more energy out of solar cells by poking them with needles
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Colombian scientists race to study once-forbidden territory before it is lost to development—or new conflict
Peace deal with guerrillas opens up research opportunities -
Second-largest earthquake in modern South Korean history tied to geothermal plant
Damaging November 2017 quake puts low-emission energy source at risk -
How one cell gives rise to an entire body
Scientists take a gene-by-gene look at developing frogs and fish -
Forest fires keep billions of liters of water on the ground
Conflagrations could help relieve water shortages -
New rule could force EPA to ignore major human health studies
Critics argue policy intended to help industry avoid regulation -
Ancient human-sloth hunt hinted at in 15,000-year-old footprints
Find adds credence to the idea that people helped drive giant mammals to extinction -
Your behavior in Starbucks may reveal more about you than you think
Cultural differences are revealed in coffee shop etiquette, study in China finds -
Could out-of-whack fetal immune systems prompt preterm labor?
New study suggests immune cells in premature babies can be primed to attack mom -
Einstein’s ‘spooky action at a distance’ spotted in objects almost big enough to see
Entangled electronic devices could help scientists make a quantum internet -
With €1.5 billion for artificial intelligence research, Europe pins hopes on ethics
Europe aims to catch up to China and United States in global artificial intelligence “arms race” -
Robot-launched weather balloons in Alaska hasten demise of remote stations
U.S. weather service union fears automation threatens jobs and sacrifices forecasters’ local knowledge -
This 11,000-year-old statue unearthed in Siberia may reveal ancient views of taboos and demons
Gigantic wooden statue is among world’s oldest monumental art -
European satellite reveals motions of more than 1 billion stars and shape of the Milky Way
Gaia's second data release is one of the biggest in the history of astronomy -
Is swimming with dolphins a good idea?
Study investigates impact of tourist activities on marine mammals -
These daggers made from human bone were a deadly asset on the battlefield
New Guinean bone daggers had different qualities, depending on which animal they came from -
If you listen closely, the drumbeats of Amazonian tribes sound like human speech
Millisecond differences in rhythm may also explain how we hear at cocktail parties -
Neandertals, Stone Age people may have voyaged the Mediterranean
Island finds suggest surprisingly early seafaring, perhaps earlier than 130,000 years ago -
A cancer drug tailored to your tumor? Experts trade barbs over ‘precision oncology’
New tailored therapies can work wonders, but the pace of development is slow -
U.S. EPA says it will define wood as a ‘carbon-neutral’ fuel, reigniting debate
Immediate impact of policy shift not clear -
Gene linked to breastfeeding may have boosted survival of earliest Americans
Gene found in Native Americans and Asians may have helped babies survive in dark Arctic winters -
Whale skulls act like antennas, CT scans reveal
Technology shows how the giant marine mammals hear -
Solar cells that work in low light could charge devices indoors
Diffuse light solar cells work best in homes and offices -
Can a genetic weapon combat one of the world’s major crop destroyers?
Gene drive system takes aim at Drosophila suzukii -
Salk puts cancer scientist Inder Verma on leave after harassment allegations, announces investigation
Science queries spark broader probe
