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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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Neural Noise Shows the Uncertainty of Our Memories Mar 09, 2022

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The electrical chatter of our working memories reflects our lack of confidence about their contents.

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In Alaska, Beavers Are Engineering a New Tundra Mar 08, 2022

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Once nonexistent in the northwest part of the state, beavers are both benefiting from and changing a warming landscape.

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What Neurodivergence Teaches Us About How to Live Mar 07, 2022

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Scientist and writer Camilla Pang explains what the rationality of science showed her about making better decisions, processing feedback, and feeling like an outlier.

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Air Pollution May Keep Insects From Stopping to Smell the Flowers Mar 04, 2022

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Researchers ran an outdoor experiment to see if diesel exhaust and ozone would interfere with pollinators’ search for floral scents.

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What It Would Take to Bring the ISS Back to Earth in One Piece Mar 03, 2022

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NASA plans to deorbit the International Space Station in 2031 by crashing it into the ocean. But is there another way?

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This Plastic Dot Sniffs Out Infections Doctors Can’t See Mar 02, 2022

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Keeping wounds covered can help them stay clean. But if bacteria grow beneath the bandages, things can get dangerous.

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Gene-Edited Brain Organoids Are Unlocking the Secrets of Autism Mar 01, 2022

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Harvard researchers used lab-grown clumps of neurons called organoids to reveal how three genes linked to autism affect the timing of brain development.

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Any Single Galaxy Reveals the Composition of an Entire Universe Feb 28, 2022

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In computer simulations, researchers have discovered that a neural network can infer the amount of matter in a whole universe by studying just one galaxy.

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DeepMind Has Trained an AI to Control Nuclear Fusion Feb 25, 2022

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The Google-backed firm taught a reinforcement learning algorithm to control the fiery plasma inside a tokamak nuclear fusion reactor.

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Serious, Salty Trouble Is Brewing Under Antarctic Glaciers Feb 24, 2022

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Alarming new research suggests warm seawater is rushing under the ice, perhaps doubling the rate of melting.

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