The $1,000 balloon

<p>“Operation Night Cat” is a special three-part series from NHPR’s <a href="https://www.nhpr.org/document"><i>Document</i> </a>team and <a href="https://outsideinradio.org/"><i>Outside/In</i>.</a></p><p><strong>Episode 3: A Duck’s a Duck</strong></p><p>Two sets of potential crim ... Show More

<p>“Operation Night Cat” is a special three-part series from NHPR’s <a href="https://www.nhpr.org/document"><i>Document</i> </a>team and <a href="https://outsideinradio.org/"><i>Outside/In</i>.</a></p><p><strong>Episode 2: Behind the Brick Wall</strong></p><p>The poaching investi ... Show More

<p>“Operation Night Cat” is a special three-part series from NHPR’s <a href="https://www.nhpr.org/document"><i>Document</i> </a>team and <a href="https://outsideinradio.org/"><i>Outside/In</i>.</a></p><p><strong>Episode 1: Why Did the Deer Cross the Road? </strong></p><p>A New Ha ... Show More

Helium is the only truly non-renewable resource, and it's essential for things like MRI machines and nuclear reactors, but should we be worried? And, we turn air into food, so why can’t we get carbon to leave the atmosphere – or helium to stay? In this episode, Cosmos Science Jou ... Show More

A 1970s Soviet spacecraft is hurtling down from space—and no one knows where it will land. All 28 of the most populous cities in the U.S. are slowly sinking. Investments and overconsumption make the wealthiest 10 percent of the global population responsible for two thirds of clim ... Show More

<p>Today, we’re letting the science rip in a seriously gassy showdown. It’s helium versus neon! One is famous for making balloons float and voices squeaky -- the other is prized for its beautiful glow. <em>Brains On</em> star Sanden Totten and science writer and comedian Kasha Pa ... Show More

Are chemical elements critical for the modern economy in dangerously short supply? It's a question that Justin Rowlatt poses a century and a half after the Russian chemist Dmitry Mendeleev published the original periodic table.Justin speaks to two chemists - Andrea Sella of Unive ... Show More

Soviet-era spacecraft Kosmos-482 lands, though no one is certain where. Physicists turn lead into gold. Overdose deaths are down, in part thanks to the availability of naloxone. Flamingos make underwater food tornadoes. Chimps use leaves as a multi-tool. Recommended reading: A Ne ... Show More

Russia has fined Google more than two undecillion rubles, which is more than 20 decillion dollars. How much you ask? 20 decillions is a 20 with 33 zeros behind it, more money than there is in the entire world!This unpayable fine inspired us to look at extremely large numbers, fro ... Show More