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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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Nature Makes Wood. Could a Lab Make It Better? Mar 03, 2021

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For millennia, humans have been chopping down trees and harvesting plants. Lab-grown plant material might change that.

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Birders’ Tweets Are Causing an Online Flap Mar 02, 2021

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Sharing photos and location details of rare bird sightings is boosting the birdwatching community. But some worry that the exposure threatens the animals.

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Researchers Are Studying These Worm Blobs to Build Robots Mar 01, 2021

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These crawlers form clumps to protect the collective. Understanding their movement gives engineers a model for shape-shifting robot swarms.

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Don’t Tell Einstein, but Black Holes Might Have ‘Hair’ Feb 26, 2021

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The general theory of relativity states that black holes have only three observable properties; additional ones, or “hair,” do not exist. Or do they?

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What Happens When You Swap a Human Gene With a Neanderthal’s? Feb 25, 2021

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Now that we’ve gotten a look at the genomes of archaic humans, researchers are trying to determine whether our differences are due to genetics.Â

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NASA Wants to Set a New Radiation Limit for Astronauts Feb 24, 2021

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As the agency considers sending people to the moon and Mars, it’s taking a fresh look at the research on cancer risk and recalculating acceptable thresholds.

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How Steel Might Finally Kick Its Coal Habit Feb 23, 2021

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In order to curb the industry's prolific carbon emissions, the sector will have to transform how the material is traditionally made.

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How to Make a Fitbit for an Elephant Feb 22, 2021

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The accelerometers give scientists information about whether animals are swimming, walking, running, or even sprinting up a hill.

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How This Teeny-Tiny Sea Critter Punches Like Mike Tyson Feb 19, 2021

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Using a camera shooting 300,000 frames per second, researchers catch the amphipod snapping its extraordinarily powerful claw.