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How can we help scientists tell their stories?
Science has a communication problem. This week on Possibly we’re taking a look at an audio-storytelling organization, called Transom, that’s trying to help fix it.
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Inside the evolution of Biosphere 2, from ’90s punchline to scientific playground
The venture, privately funded to start, is now run by the University of Arizona. And today, scientists there are quietly plugging away at research they hope will help us all adapt to the Biosphere 1 — that is Earth, and the climate change we are causing to it.
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Scientists reel as turmoil roils National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation, a major government funder of basic science research, is being shaken up with over 1,000 grants already terminated and the White House looking to halve its budget
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This scientist has a bat tat and earrings. She says there’s a lot to learn from bats
Gliselle Marin is the only bat scientist from Belize to be part of the country’s yearly “Bat-a-thon,” a confab of researchers who study the winged mammals. Analyzing bat poop is one of her priorities.
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Some plant names can be racist. Scientists are looking to rename them
An international group of researchers has voted to modify the scientific names of more than 200 plant species whose names carry a derogatory word.
