Sara Kiley Watson

Apr 25, 2024 | one5c.com | Sara Kiley Watson

They might not all make headlines Stateside, but as of today, there are more than 110 armed conflicts occurring across the globe, according to the Geneva Academy of International Law and Human Rights. Most of those conflicts are taking place in climate-vulnerable locations in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. The emissions, environmental, and human costs of armed conflict fuel a feedback loop that can perpetuate worsening global conditions.

Apr 24, 2024 | popsci.com | Rachel Feltman |Joel Cook |Sara Kiley Watson |Cara Giaimo explain

What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer if you listen to PopSci’s hit podcast. The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week hits Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and everywhere else you listen to podcasts every-other Wednesday morning. It’s your new favorite source for the strangest science-adjacent facts, figures, and Wikipedia spirals the editors of Popular Science can muster.

Dec 13, 2023 | one5c.com | Sara Kiley Watson

Plastic pollution is a nightmare for the climate, ecosystems, agriculture, human health, and the oceans. All of our plastic wrap, bottles, bags, tools, toys, furniture, and other PET and polyester wares end up generating hundreds of millions of metric tons of plastic waste every year—and the problem is set to triple to one billion metric tons by 2060. Worldwide, a tiny fraction of that ends up being recycled, the rest is left to decompose over a span of anywhere from 10 to 500 years.

Dec 6, 2023 | popsci.com | Divya Anantharaman |Rachel Feltman |Sara Kiley Watson

What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer if you listen to PopSci’s hit podcast. The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week hits Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and everywhere else you listen to podcasts every-other Wednesday morning. It’s your new favorite source for the strangest science-adjacent facts, figures, and Wikipedia spirals the editors of Popular Science can muster.

Oct 11, 2023 | popsci.com | Rachel Feltman |Sara Kiley Watson |Laura Baisas

What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer if you listen to PopSci’s hit podcast. The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week hits Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and everywhere else you listen to podcasts every-other Wednesday morning. It’s your new favorite source for the strangest science-adjacent facts, figures, and Wikipedia spirals the editors of Popular Science can muster.