Adam Hart, professor of science communication at the University of Gloucestershire, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the realities of people who live among predators.
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Brown University professor Stephen Porder joins host Krys Boyd to discuss hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus and how these building blocks of life affect the climate.
Read moreEarth has warmed and cooled before. So what’s different now?
University of Pennsylvania professor Michael Mann joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the precarity of human evolution and how previous changes in temperatures have affected life on the planet.
Read moreThe patience of turtles
Sy Montgomery joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her visit to the Turtle Rescue League, where injured turtles are given a second chance at life.
Read moreYour watery eyes don’t deceive you: Allergies are on the rise
Medical anthropologist Theresa MacPhail discusses why allergies are getting worse and what the world’s best allergy clinicians are doing to combat them.
Read moreWhy we need forests that have never been touched by humans
Joan Maloof is the founder and director of the Old-Growth Forest Network and she joins us to discuss the role old-growth forests play in the ecosystem and the different approaches that are being taken to saving them.
Read moreGlobal sperm counts are down. Is it time to worry?
New York magazine writer Simon van Zuylen-Wood discusses a burgeoning industry of at-home sperm testing and whether or not amping up reproduction should be a priority for our warming, resource-strapped planet.
Read moreKeeping Texans cool outside
Will Bostwick of Texas Monthly discusses urban environments of concrete that don’t cool down, the health hazards that causes, and innovative methods that could lead to relief.
Read moreEvery tree is a complex ecosystem
Biologist James B. Nardi discusses the creatures that depend on trees that are also key to tree health.
Read moreWhen it comes to carbon credits, what’s a whale worth?
Wired staff writer Gregory Barber discusses a new way of looking at carbon credits – assigning monetary value to creatures that help offset carbon emissions.
Read moreMeet the eco-warriors fending off invasive plants
Wired contributor Sonya Bennett-Brandt discusses the plants that kill native flora and choke ecosystems – and the people who are dispatched to quell the spread.
Read moreDo you worry too much about climate change?
Shannon Osaka joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the growing number of people who share a grim view of the future, and how climate scientists are trying to win them back.
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