Science

Kids want to take care of the Earth as much as you do!

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

Most human bodies today are filled with microplastics. The tiny particles are even found in arteries. That could have major cardiovascular risks, a new study suggests.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

This week, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Indigenous ecologist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass speaks about the virtues of moss and how one of the smallest and humblest plants on the planet…

Midweek Reset: The wisdom of moss

This week, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Indigenous ecologist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass speaks about the virtues of moss and how one of the smallest and humblest plants on the planet…

from Life Examined

Should I prioritize planting drought-tolerant or native plants?

How to cultivate a climate-friendly yard

Should I prioritize planting drought-tolerant or native plants?

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

MIT cognitive scientist and author Tali Sharot delves into the science behind habituation and how breaking up habits and routines can help reset our brains.

‘Re-sparkling’: The science behind embracing variety and rejecting habituation

MIT cognitive scientist and author Tali Sharot delves into the science behind habituation and how breaking up habits and routines can help reset our brains.

from Life Examined

Dr. Lauren Crossland-Marr explains how the gene editing technology CRISPR is impacting our food chain.

How the gene-editing technology CRISPR is changing tomatoes, grapes and cattle

Dr. Lauren Crossland-Marr explains how the gene editing technology CRISPR is impacting our food chain.

from Good Food

This week, Anna Lembke, addiction specialist at Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic , and author of “ Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence ,”…

Midweek Reset: Are you addicted?

This week, Anna Lembke, addiction specialist at Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic , and author of “ Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence ,”…

from Life Examined

Overwhelmed by climate change? Here are some ways to manage the anxiety.

I have dread. Lots of dread.

Overwhelmed by climate change? Here are some ways to manage the anxiety.

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

Your practical, personal guide to protecting the planet will be back with new episodes starting February 21!

The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast is back! Season 2 trailer

Your practical, personal guide to protecting the planet will be back with new episodes starting February 21!

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory plans to lay off 500 employees and dozens of contractors. How will that affect space exploration?

Will NASA JPL layoffs set back Mars mission?

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory plans to lay off 500 employees and dozens of contractors. How will that affect space exploration?

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Greenland’s Jakobshavn glacier is one of the fastest deteriorating glaciers in the world. But some researchers say they may have figured out a way to save it.

To try to save a fast-melting glacier, scientists use geoengineering

Greenland’s Jakobshavn glacier is one of the fastest deteriorating glaciers in the world. But some researchers say they may have figured out a way to save it.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

UV light is a revolutionary tech that could crush viruses before they strike. So why aren't we embracing it?

Using UV light to kill COVID, flu, common cold

UV light is a revolutionary tech that could crush viruses before they strike. So why aren't we embracing it?

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Neuralink’s co-founder Elon Musk says the first human has received one of their brain implants. It has some promise, but also carries risk.

Brain implants: Next big tech or too dangerous?

Neuralink’s co-founder Elon Musk says the first human has received one of their brain implants. It has some promise, but also carries risk.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Today we’re sharing an episode from an environmental podcast you might like, Sea Change, from WWNO in New Orleans. If you like what you hear, check them out wherever you get podcasts.

Designing with Nature (from “Sea Change”)

Today we’re sharing an episode from an environmental podcast you might like, Sea Change, from WWNO in New Orleans. If you like what you hear, check them out wherever you get podcasts.

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

Journalist and author George Monbiot has a radical idea for fixing the environmental devastation caused by farming — but can a post-agriculture world feed the planet?

Can a post-agriculture world feed the planet?

Journalist and author George Monbiot has a radical idea for fixing the environmental devastation caused by farming — but can a post-agriculture world feed the planet?

from Good Food

Once a social scientist and now a farmer, Chris Smaje offers a defense of small-scale farming and a robust critique of industrialized food production.

Social-scientist-turned-farmer Chris Smaje makes the case for small-scale farming

Once a social scientist and now a farmer, Chris Smaje offers a defense of small-scale farming and a robust critique of industrialized food production.

from Good Food

The Ecology Center is a blue dot in a red sea. How did Evan Marks come to run this 28-acre regenerative farm in Orange County?

How San Juan Capistrano’s Ecology Center became an oasis of regenerative farming

The Ecology Center is a blue dot in a red sea. How did Evan Marks come to run this 28-acre regenerative farm in Orange County?

from Good Food

Today we’re sharing an episode from a science podcast you might like, Short Wave, from NPR. If you like what you hear, check them out wherever you get podcasts.

Don’t call it dirt: the science of soil (from “Short Wave”)

Today we’re sharing an episode from a science podcast you might like, Short Wave, from NPR. If you like what you hear, check them out wherever you get podcasts.

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

Batteries are the key to a greener planet, but they cause environmental damage too.

What’s the downside of going electric?

Batteries are the key to a greener planet, but they cause environmental damage too.

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

The average liter of bottled water has about 240,000 tiny particles known as "nanoplastics," new research shows. How concerned should we be?

Drinking out of plastic water bottles? You’re consuming nanoplastics

The average liter of bottled water has about 240,000 tiny particles known as "nanoplastics," new research shows. How concerned should we be?

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand