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Latest episodes

  • New Map Knows Noise

    February 23, 2015 · 3 min

    National Park Service researchers recorded ambient sound from all over the country to find out where there’s still stillness. David Biello reports

  • Oil-Eating Microbes Have Worldwide Underground Connections

    February 15, 2015 · 3 min

    Life thrives even deep inside Earth and scientists are beginning to suspect extensive connections among those underground environments. David Biello reports

  • Siberian Winters See Temp Uptick

    February 8, 2015 · 3 min

    The long-term winter warming of Russia’s far north has gotten a boost from industrialization. David Biello reports

  • Dig This: China Cuts Coal Production

    February 1, 2015 · 3 min

    The biggest single source of global warming pollution actually started to shrink in 2014. David Biello reports

  • Is Recycling Worth the Effort?

    January 28, 2015 · 3 min

    The value of recycling depends on the material in question and whether all hidden costs and benefits go into the analysis. David Biello reports

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  • Tropical Forests Pay Price for Gold Rush

    January 20, 2015 · 3 min

    Desire for gold has made mining in tropical forests financially worthwhile, leading to ecosystem destruction. Cynthia Graber reports

  • Cheap Oil Means Raise the Gas T-Word

    January 12, 2015 · 3 min

    Low oil prices present an opportunity to come to grips with our crumbling infrastructure and the cost of climate change. David Biello reports

  • Meet the (Newest Known) Beetles!

    December 30, 2014 · 3 min

    Researchers announced the discovery of 98 beetle species previously unknown to science. David Biello reports

  • Oil Spill Sullies World Heritage Site

    December 22, 2014 · 3 min

    The Sundarbans, part of the world's largest mangrove forest and stretching across India and Bangladesh, have been tarnished by a 350,000-liter oil spill. David Biello reports

  • Plummeting Petroleum Price Gases Up Global Warming

    December 15, 2014 · 3 min

    Good news for gas and oil consumers can be bad news for the environment. David Biello reports

  • Movies Can Boost Solar Power

    November 28, 2014 · 3 min

    The pattern that stores a film on a Blu-ray disc also can help improve photovoltaics. David Biello reports

  • Sun's Magnetic Field Boosts Earth Lightning

    November 24, 2014 · 3 min

    When the Sun's magnetic field is pointed away from Earth, lightning strikes in the U.K. go up 50 percent. Christopher Intagliata reports

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