Science Friday is in Ames, Iowa, home to prairies, greater prairie chickens, and an array of wildlife. Also, the co-emergence of two periodical cicada broods is underway. Scientists have tips for how to experience the event.

Science From Iowa’s Prairies | Planning To Go See Cicadas? Here’s What To Know

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Upgrades to the power grid under a new rule could help accommodate an increasing renewable energy supply and meet data center demands. Also, extremely small particles might help scientists develop vaccines that are stable at room temperature and easier to administer.

New Rule Sets Stage For Electric Grid Update | Harnessing Nanoparticles For Vaccines

Sports ecologist and author Dr. Madeline Orr discusses how climate change is affecting sports, from ski conditions to athletes’ health.

How Climate Change Is Changing Sports

Medical researchers are working to better understand—and hopefully mute—tinnitus, a persistent “ringing in the ears.”

Why Is Tinnitus So Hard To Understand And Treat?

In her new book, Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant shares how her lifelong love for the natural world led her to become a nature TV show host.

Finding Purpose In A ‘Wild Life’

The Field Museum has unveiled a new specimen of Archaeopteryx, a species that may hold the key to how ancient dinosaurs became modern birds. Also, a “green glacier” of trees and shrubs is sliding across the Great Plains, burying some of the most threatened habitat on the planet.

Science From Iowa’s Prairies | Planning To Go See Cicadas? Here’s What To Know

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