BROADCASTS.com

b"We have a new podcast! It\\u2019s called\\xa0Universe Of Art, and it\\u2019s all about artists who use science to bring their creations to the next level. Listen on\\xa0Apple Podcasts,\\xa0Spotify, or\\xa0wherever you get your podcasts.\\n\\n\\xa0\\nNo, The Gulf Stream Is Not Collapsing\\nA sobering climate study came out this week in the journal Nature Communications. It suggests that a system of ocean currents\\u2014called the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC)\\u2014could collapse sometime between 2025 and 2095, which could have dire climate consequences for the North Atlantic.\\nSciFri director of news and audio John Dankosky talks with Swapna Krishna, a journalist based in Philadelphia, about what this means and what could be at stake. They also chat through other big science news of the week, including the detection of water vapor around a very distant star, a new image depicting the first detection of gas giants being formed around stars, a new theory for the origin of the world\\u2019s \\u201cgravity hole,\\u201d why the fuzzy asp caterpillar packs such a scary sting, and what scientists can learn from ticklish rats.\\n\\n\\xa0\\nThe State Of Reproductive Health, One Year After Dobbs\\nIn the year since the Supreme Court decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women\\u2019s Health Organization, overturning the federal right to an abortion, states jumped into action.\\nThirteen states banned abortion with limited exemptions, and three others have banned abortion after the first trimester. A handful of other states have extremely restrictive abortion access, or otherwise remain in legal limbo, awaiting court decisions or new laws to be signed.\\nLeading up to Dobbs decision, SciFri delved into the science behind reproductive health and the potential ripple effects on access to care. Now, a little over a year later, we\\u2019re following up what\\u2019s going on.\\nSciFri guest host and experiences manager Diana Plasker talks with Usha Ranji, associate director for Women\\u2019s Health Policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation, based in San Francisco, California, about her survey of 569 OB-GYNs across the country. They discuss the growing disparities in states between where abortion is banned and where it remains legal.\\nLater, John Dankosky talks with Dr. Rebecca Cohen, chief medical officer at the Comprehensive Women\\u2019s Health Center, based in Denver, Colorado, about providing abortion and pregnancy care in a state where abortion is legal, and seeing patients who are traveling from states with bans in place.\\n\\n\\xa0\\nThe K\\u0101k\\u0101p\\u014d Parrot Returns To New Zealand\\nBefore humans arrived in New Zealand, parrots called k\\u0101k\\u0101p\\u014d freely roamed across the islands. They are the world\\u2019s only living flightless parrots, and they\\u2019re a bit smaller than the average chicken. But the k\\u0101k\\u0101p\\u014d\\u2019s population started crashing centuries ago, due to human interference and the arrival of predators like cats, rats, and stoats. At one point, the species was teetering on the brink of extinction.\\nFor decades, scientists have been capturing and relocating k\\u0101k\\u0101p\\u014d to safe islands, hoping their population would grow. It did, and the k\\u0101k\\u0101p\\u014d\\u2019s recovery team just reached a huge milestone: bringing four birds back to the mainland, a place they haven\\u2019t existed since the 1980s.\\nGuest host and SciFri events manager Diana Plasker talks with Deidre Vercoe, operations manager for the New Zealand Department of Conservation\\u2019s k\\u0101k\\u0101p\\u014d and takah\\u0113 teams, about the history of k\\u0101k\\u0101p\\u014d conservation, what this win means, and what\\u2019s next for these beloved birds.\\n\\n\\xa0\\nFar Beyond Their Native Habitat, Parrots Rule The Roost\\nIn many urban areas across the U.S. and abroad, feral, non-native parrots have become established. This is true in Brooklyn\\u2019s Green-Wood Cemetery, where a colony of lime green monk parakeets have inhabited a massive nest on top of the gothic entrance gate. How exactly these parrots wound up here is a bit of a mystery.\\n\\u201cThe lore that\\u2019s passed around is that at some point a box of parrots, perhaps at the airport, got overturned,\\u201d said science writer Ryan Mandelbaum. \\u201cWhat\\u2019s more likely is a combination of people releasing their [pet] parrots and parrots escaping in some critical mass.\\u201d\\nMandelbaum wrote the cover story for July\\u2019s issue of Scientific American all about the resilience of parrots. SciFri producer Kathleen Davis interviewed them at Green-Wood Cemetery, where they discussed why these parrots are not just surviving, but thriving.\\n\\n\\xa0\\nTo stay updated on all-things-science,\\xa0sign up for Science Friday's newsletters.\\nTranscripts for each segment will be available the week after the show airs on\\xa0sciencefriday.com."