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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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Could Carbon Dioxide Be Turned Into Jet Fuel? Jan 06, 2021

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A team at Oxford University has reverse engineered fuel from the greenhouse gas—but so far just in the lab.

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The Universe Is Expanding Faster Than Expected Jan 05, 2021

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Astronomers get their wish—new ultra-precise distance measurements between Earth and the stars—but that only intensifies a cosmic crisis.

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Wildfire Smoke Is Loaded With Microbes. Is That Dangerous? Dec 31, 2020

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Researchers are putting out a call to study the potential effects of bacteria- and fungi-filled haze on human health.

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Super Slow Computer Programs Reveal Math's Fundamental Limits Dec 30, 2020

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The goal of the “busy beaver” game is to find the longest-running computer program. Its pursuit has surprising connections to profound questions in math.

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All the Stuff Humans Make Now Outweighs Earth’s Organisms Dec 29, 2020

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Anthropogenic mass—concrete, metal, and other human creations—has grown to be heavier than plants, animals, and microbes combined. Planet Earth is not happy.

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Vaccines Are Here. We Have to Talk About Side Effects Dec 28, 2020

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Disinformation could thwart distribution before government messages have a chance to push back. Debunking might turn out to be everyone’s job.

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A Rocket From 1966 Has Found Its Way Back to Earth’s Orbit Dec 24, 2020

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More than 50 years after its course correction failure, Surveyor 2’s rocket booster seems to have reappeared.Â

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An Atlas Reveals Climate Change Is Pushing Birds Further North Dec 23, 2020

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Data from 120,000 birdwatchers in 48 countries shows forest birds have expanded their range while area occupied by farmland birds has shrunk.

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Physicists Are Closer to Knowing the Size of a Proton … Sort of Dec 22, 2020

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A new and potentially improved measurement of a proton’s charge radius brings scientists closer to an answer. But the issue is still unresolved.Â

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Bees Paint Animal Poo on Their Homes to Repel Giant Hornets Dec 21, 2020

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What at first seems like terrible housekeeping turns out to be a clever ploy to fend off huge predators, which can otherwise easily destroy a hive.

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