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**Science, Spoken**

Get in-depth coverage of current and future trends in technology, and how they are shaping business, entertainment, communications, science, politics, and society.

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Archaeologists Have Found the Source of Stonehenge's Boulders Aug 11, 2020

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Modern scholars have only been able to speculate about where the huge stones came from—until now.

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What Poetry Means for Doctors and Patients During a Pandemic Aug 10, 2020

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The poetry editor of The Journal of the American Medical Association talks about medicine, metaphor, and how literature can even improve patient outcomes.

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What the Science of Animal Networks Reveals About Protests Aug 07, 2020

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The movement of demonstrators echoes the fluid collective responses of the animal world, as groups respond to threats and signal across large spaces.

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NASA’s Mars Rover Will Be Powered by US-Made Plutonium Aug 06, 2020

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In 2015, Oak Ridge National Laboratory produced the first plutonium fuel in the US in nearly 30 years. Now it’s headed to another planet.

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Mad Scientists Revive 100-Million-Year-Old Microbes Aug 05, 2020

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Researchers collected sediment thousands of feet deep, filtered out bacteria, and revived the cells. But fear not—the destruction of humanity by ancient microbes is not nigh.

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These 4 Covid-19 Vaccines Are Closest to Becoming Reality Aug 04, 2020

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There are hundreds of trials currently in the works. Here’s everything you need to know about the ones edging ahead in the global race.

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The Sly Psychology Behind Magicians' Card Tricks Aug 03, 2020

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Is this your card? A recent study found that participants will select the suit or number they were primed to choose.

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How Quickly Can Atoms Slip, Ghostlike, Through Barriers? Jul 31, 2020

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A new experiment on how rapidly atoms can tunnel through a barricade revives a physics debate about how time passes on the quantum scale.

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During Lockdowns, the Earth (Sort of) Stood Still Jul 30, 2020

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Seismometers pick up human activity, like driving. When Covid arrived, scientists watched that global seismic noise plummet by 50 percent.

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A Billion More Tons of Plastic Could Blanket Earth by 2040 Jul 29, 2020

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Even with immediate action, 710 million metric tons of plastic will enter the environment in the next two decades, scientists show. Welcome to Plastic Planet.

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