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The Maine Lobster Industry Is Entangled With Endangered Whales
Declining numbers of endangered right whales has sparked a debate about the impact of Maine’s lobster industry on the dwindling numbers.
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Declining numbers of endangered right whales has sparked a debate about the impact of Maine’s lobster industry on the dwindling numbers.
Record summer temperatures and dry, searing winds triggered a devastating California wildfire season. Plus, stressed narwhals, jellyfish eaters, the microbiome of the space station, and a look at electrical safety for the holidays.
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Epic rains and snows quenched California’s drought earlier this year. But record summer temperatures and dry, searing winds triggered a devastating wildfire season.
How do you figure out how much it will cost to wash the windows of a building “n” stories high? Try using consecutive sums or the quadratic equation!
The booming growth of solar and wind power is stressing out our ancient electrical grid. How can our grid get a grip? A look at that challenge, and some creative answers: from building neighborhood microgrids to inventing smarter transformers. Plus, a new Science Club challenge to keep you cool this summer.
Can the grid get a grip on the influx of solar and wind energy? And a story of death…and some hope…for the world’s coral.
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One mission is winding down. Another has just begun. A look at what’s next for each.
A new wind farm prepares to open near Block Island, off Rhode Island’s coast. Plus, two anthropologists sound off on the possible demise of “Lucy.”
Several vaccines for Zika virus have triumphed in animal tests and are now ready for human trials. Plus, how ‘differential privacy’ allows companies to randomize user data, preserving individual privacy while pulling out larger trends. And a look at planetary sciences – from Jupiter to Pluto, new windows into the origins of our largest and smallest friends around the sun.
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From Jupiter to Pluto, new windows into the origins of our largest and smallest friends around the sun.