In Midst Of Drought, Why Not Harvest Water From The Air?
All Tech Considered explores some experimental and lesser-used technologies for harvesting and disinfecting water.
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Exotic Vinegar Flies Invade California After World Tour
One critter traveled around the globe from Australia on a eucalyptus tree. The other hitched a ride on a Central American flower. These flies are the tip of the invasive insect iceberg in California.
U.S. Gives Conditional OK To Shell Oil For Drilling Off Alaska's Arctic Shore
The company wants to resume drilling in the Chukchi Sea off northwestern Alaska; it broke off that effort in 2012 because of safety problems.
The Great 'Beyond': Contemplating Life, Sex And Elevators In Space
Astronomer Chris Impey discusses the future of space travel, sex in space and the connection between science and Buddhism. Impey is the author of Beyond: Our Future in Space.
In 'Rise Of Animals,' Sir David Attenborough Tells Story Of Vertebrates
The 89-year-old British naturalist's two-part special explores fossil evidence on how evolution moved past bugs and worms and trilobites, and how the Chinese are helping fill gaps in that knowledge.
If Science Could 'Clone A Mammoth,' Could It Save An Elephant?
De-extinction technology could soon bring back lost species — or preserve endangered ones. In her new book, evolutionary biologist Beth Shapiro explores the scientific and ethical challenges.
Global Carbon Dioxide Levels Reach Milestone
NPR's Melissa Block speaks with Pieter Tans of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Earth System Research Laboratory about greenhouse gas emissions surpassing 400 parts per million.
At 13 Billion Light-Years Away, Galaxy Is Farthest To Be Measured From Earth
A new glimpse of what the universe looked like in its youth has been captured. Researchers say light from galaxy EGS-zs8-1 has spent the past 13 billion years traveling to Earth.
Promises, Promises: Is Big Food Marketing Less Junk To Kids On TV?
Back in 2006, food-industry giants pledged to market only "better-for-you" foods to children. A new study concludes they kept to the letter of that pledge, but not the spirit.
Georgia Tech Studies Chickens' Emotions Based On Their Clucks
When a chicken speaks, it's hard to tell whether it's a happy or sad cluck. That's what a research team at Georgia Tech is trying to decipher by recording more than 1,000 hours of chickens clucking.