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b'The Latest IPCC Report Is Full Of Warnings\\u2014And Hope\\nIt\\u2019s that time of year: another IPCC report has hit the presses. These reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are like a check up\\u2014to let us know how we\\u2019re doing on the climate front and what Earth\\u2019s future is projected to look like. And to no one\\u2019s surprise, this year\\u2019s report is full of warnings. But also, it has a lot of room for hope.\\nMaggie Koerth, senior science writer at FiveThirtyEight, joins guest host Charles Bergquist to talk more about the report and other science news of the week. They chat about a 3D printed rocket that didn\\u2019t quite make it to space, the mysterious Oumuamua space object, the rise of dangerous fungal infections in the U.S., why researchers are so excited about figuring out Beethoven\\u2019s cause of death, and\\u2014of course\\u2014new research about octopuses\\u2019 brain waves.\\n\\n\\xa0\\nAn Underwater Volcano Off The Oregon Coast Sheds Light On Eruptions\\nA thick blue-white haze envelops the Research Vessel Thompson as it floats 250 miles off the Oregon coast. Akel Kevis-Stirling\\u2019s orange life vest and blue hardhat are vivid pops of color in the fog. \\u201cYou guys ready to go?\\u201d he calls into his radio. The person on the other end crackles an affirmative. \\u201cCopy that,\\u201d he says and looks up across the rear deck of the research ship. \\u201cAlright, straps!\\u201d\\nThe crew of the ROV Jason jumps into action, removing the straps that secure the cube-shaped submarine to the deck. The remotely-operated sub, with a base the size of a queen mattress, is loaded with scientific instruments it will carry down to the seafloor. Kevis-Stirling gets final permission from the Thompson\\u2019s bridge for the launch. \\u201cOk, here we go. Jason coming up and over the side,\\u201d he calls. \\u201cTake it away Tito!\\u201d The crane operator, Tito Callasius, lifts the submarine and swings it over the side of the ship into the water. A plume of fine bubbles rises through the waves as Jason starts its mile-long descent to the Axial Seamount, a deep-sea volcano that\\u2019s erupted three times in the past 25 years.\\nRead the rest at sciencefriday.com.\\n\\n\\xa0\\nMarch Mammal Madness Wants To Hear You Roar\\nWhen mid-March rolls around, your news online\\u2014and maybe your conversations with friends and colleagues\\u2014can sometimes get taken over by discussions about the tournament. From debating your bracket selections to conversations about last night\\u2019s matchup, or celebrating big upsets and debating whether this is finally the year the bat-eared fox goes all the way, it can feel all-consuming.\\nMarch Mammal Madness is an exercise in science communication involving a 64-animal bracket and nightly simulated combat matchups between animals\\u2014where the outcomes are determined by chance and specific species traits found in the scientific literature. This is the 10th year of the tournament, which this month has some 650,000 students around the world predicting battle outcomes on the road to the Elite Trait, the Final Roar, and the championship match.\\nDr. Katie Hinde, a biological anthropologist in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University, and ringleader of March Mammal Madness, joins SciFri\\u2019s Charles Bergquist to talk about the keys to success in the tournament. Want to participate yourself? It\\u2019s not too late\\u2014you can find the tournament bracket and more information about March Mammal Madness on the ASU Libraries site.\\n\\n\\xa0\\nListen To The Ethereal Sounds Of Space\\nYou\\u2019ve probably heard that if you scream in space, no one will hear a thing. Space is a vacuum, so sound waves don\\u2019t have anything to bounce off of. But that doesn\\u2019t necessarily mean that space is silent. A team of researchers are taking data from a variety of telescopes and assigning them sounds, creating song-length sonifications of beloved space structures like black holes, nebulas, galaxies, and beyond.\\nThe album, called \\u201cUniversal Harmonies\\u201d aims to bring galaxies to life and allow more people, such as those who are blind and low-vision, to engage with outer space. Guest host Flora Lichtman talks with two of the scientists behind \\u201cUniversal Harmonies,\\u201d Dr. Kimberly Arcand, visualization scientist at NASA\\u2019s Chandra X-ray Observatory, and Dr. Matt Russo, astrophysicist and musician at the University of Toronto.'