The Big Burn podcast explores the history and state of wildfire management today
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with LAist Studios Science Reporter Jacob Margolis about his exploration of wildfires in his new podcast, The Big Burn.
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Indonesia's earthquake had just a 5.6 magnitude. Why are hundreds of people dead?
Bodies continued to be pulled from debris Tuesday in the hardest-hit city of Cianjur. Experts say proximity to fault lines, the shallowness of the quake and poor infrastructure all worsened the toll.
The James Webb telescope shows how starlight transforms a distant, Jupiter-like planet
Scientists studying a gas giant planet have found that it's partly cloudy and that its atmosphere gets altered by starlight from its host star.
A cell biologist shares the wonder of researching life's most fundamental form
Physician Siddhartha Mukherjee explains how cellular science could lead to breakthroughs in the treatment of cancer, HIV, Type 1 diabetes and sickle cell anemia. His new book is The Song of the Cell.
NASA's Orion capsule buzzes the moon in a last step before humans revisit lunar orbit
The close approach of 81 miles occurred as the crew capsule and its three wired-up dummies were on the far side of the moon. Astronauts will take Orion for a ride around the moon as early as 2024.
Over 23,000 brain scientists gathered in San Diego for a conference last week
Over 23,000 neuroscientists gathered in San Diego last week to hear the latest discoveries on how the brain works.
The first satellites launched by Uganda and Zimbabwe aim to improve life on the ground
The nanosatellites will observe the health of the land to help people make the best use of their countries' natural resources. A growing number of African countries are venturing into space.
How monoclonal antibodies lost the fight with new COVID variants
The treatments were highly popular earlier in the pandemic. One by one, they got knocked out by more convenient, less expensive treatment options, and new COVID variants.
Meet the host of NASA's first Spanish-language podcast
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Noelia González, the host of Universo Curioso de la NASA.
The world generates so much data that new unit measurements were created to keep up
The mass of the Earth can now be measured as 6 ronnagrams rather than 6,000 yottagrams. An electron's mass can now be said to be about 1 rontogram rather than 0.001 yoctograms.