Honey, we shrunk the birds

Unexplainable

Vox

Life Sciences, Science, Natural Sciences

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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A recent study of tens of thousands of birds has shown that birds are growing smaller over time. It could be due to climate change, and if so, we ought to consider: How else might humans be altering the literal shape of life on Earth — now and in the future? For more, go to http://vox.com/unexplainable It’s a great place to sign up for our newsletter, view show transcripts, and read more about the topics on our show. Also, email us! unexplainable@vox.com We read every email. Support Unexplainable by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Support for this week's episode of Unexplainable comes from UC San Diego.
0:05.0	UC San Diego is working with artificial intelligence to try to get
0:08.6	closer to answering some enormous challenges.
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0:15.2	cures or creating predictive models that could help fight wildfires,
0:19.5	researchers at UC San Diego want to help move us forward,
0:23.1	improve our communities, and shape our future.
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0:29.3	at ucsd.edu slash AI.
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1:11.1	About 40 years ago, David Willard was working at the Field Museum in Chicago,
1:15.7	this famous natural history museum when he heard something strange.
1:20.3	A person at another institution in Chicago just mentioned casually that birds
1:26.4	often hit the windows at the big convention center called McCormick Place,
1:30.7	which is a building that's right on the lake and has a lot of glass.
1:35.7	So one morning in 1978, David went to check it out.
1:40.9	I walked down in the morning and just kind of blatantly trespassed around the
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