Aug 24

What happens when Arctic ice melts and forests lose protection?

In this episode of Science Quickly, we examine a proposal to roll back protections for millions of acres of U.S. roadless forests, explore how climate change is opening a new Arctic shipping route and discuss new research suggesting that extreme weather can shape how Americans vi ... Show More

11m 56s

Aug 21

Can magic mushrooms help treat anorexia?

A small clinical trial suggests that psilocybin, the psychedelic compound in magic mushrooms, may help some people with anorexia when combined with intensive therapy. Science Quickly host Rachel Feltman speaks with health journalist Alexandra Pattillo about what early research ha ... Show More

24m 27s

Aug 19

Is AI making the creativity crisis worse?

Astrophysicist, folklorist and author Moiya McTier joins Science Quickly to discuss her new book Mothers of Invention, a sweeping look at the history of human creativity. From the Greek muses and the invention of writing to the rise of generative artificial intelligence, McTier e ... Show More

15m 59s

May 2024

Troubled Waters on Cape Cod: Liquid Gold (Part 3)

Cape Cod communities are facing an expensive mandate to clean up their wastewater. Urine diversion or “pee-cycling” could be a cost-effective pollution solution. In the third and final installment of our three-part Fascination series about Cape Cod’s “yellow tide,” environmental ... Show More

9m 19s

May 2024

Troubled Waters on Cape Cod: Sticker Shock (Part 2)

Cape Cod’s famed ponds and bays are suffering from pollution with a curious origin: human urine. Household septic systems are flushing nitrogen into the water, resulting in toxic algal blooms. In the second installment of our three-part Fascination series about Cape Cod’s “yellow ... Show More

12m 8s

May 2024

Troubled Waters on Cape Cod: Loved to Death (Part 1)

In the first episode of a three-part series, environmental reporter Barbara Moran is on Cape Cod to find out why the crystal clear water there is turning “pea-soup green”—and how communities are scrambling to clean it up. For more information, read WBUR’s coverage of the efforts ... Show More

14m 12s

Sep 2024

Wastewater

Originally published on Our Changing World, Claire Concannon looks into the science of wastewater.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

28m 11s

Aug 2020

Microbial Goo

Just how hard is it to keep wastewater out of our drinking water? Super hard. In this episode, we take a look at the lengths one great American city, Chicago, went to in order to keep the source of its drinking water clean. Reverse the flow of the river? Why not? Then we explore ... Show More

23m 27s

Nov 2024

Baseball Mud Bath, Water Woes and Wooden Satellites

A wooden solution to metal satellites polluting space. Water woes create droughts in 48 of the 50 U.S. states—and climate change is of course a culprit. Microplastics could make wastewater recycling more challenging. And researchers figure out how mud from a secret spot off the D ... Show More

8m 49s

Apr 2023

Your Urine Could be our Next Renewable Power Source

We've all heard of solar and wind as power alternatives, but what about the weirder ones like sand, trains and even wee? Cosmos Science Journalist, Petra Stock, is here to explore the many and much weirder powers we could be tapping into!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in ... Show More

12m 39s

Apr 2021

What can we learn from wastewater?

<p>Most of us don’t like to dwell on our toilet habits, but this week Crowdscience has gone down the drain to discover what wastewater can tell us about our health.</p><p>It’s been more than a year since scientists across the globe started to track the spread of Covid-19, with he ... Show More

37m 42s

Troubled Waters on Cape Cod: Liquid Gold...