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The Indicator: American science brain drain Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1250811328/1269293683" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> The jobs website Nature Careers saw a 32 percent increase in US-based scientists applying for jobs elsewhere in the first three months of this year.

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How to be more creative — using science Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1266983726/1269257025" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> In the two decades psychologist Zorana Ivcevic has studied creativity, she's found that even though creative people are unique, anyone can be creative.

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Why astronomers are unconvinced K2-18b is home to alien life : Short Wave Recently, a group of scientists claimed they found possible signs of life on a planet called K2-18b. The news made headlines. Researchers said they'd detected sulphur-based gases that, on Earth, are strongly associated with life. But the research caused an uproar in astronomy circles because other scientists don't think the data is strong enough to celebrate an alien find just yet.

2 weeks ago | npr.org | Regina G. Barber |Kimberly McCoy |Rebecca Ramirez

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1 month ago | npr.org | Emily Kwong |Kimberly McCoy |Rachel Carlson |Rebecca Ramirez

A bug that jets pee? These comics illustrate nature's real-life superpowers Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1244690932/1269090490" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> This panel is from the "Slingshot Spiders" comic that describes the manuscript "Ultrafast launch of slingshot spiders using conical silk webs", published in the journal Current Biology.