Hey, it's Akshad.

Each week, you lend me your ears, and now I'd like to hear from you.

Do you have a burning question about climate, green tech, or the future of the planet?

Please send your questions to us in writing or as a voice memo to Zeropod at Bloomberg.net,

and we'll make an episode answering them.

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where you're based. Thank you. I'm Steve Strogatz. And I'm Janelle Levin. And this season on

The Joy of Why from Quantum Magazine, we're sitting down together. We have our own research areas,

but we don't always get the chance to speak deeply about

science and math beyond our fields. We'll ask researchers about moments big and small that inspire

them and lead to incredible discoveries. Lots of science news outlets provide coverage on applied

work like health and tech, but we cover big questions in the study of life, reality, numbers,

and information.

We hope these stories spark your curiosity, too.

Join us for the joy of why from Quantum Magazine.

Welcome to Zero. I am Akshadrati.

This week, one big, beautiful climate mess.

Music On July 3rd, the U.S. Congress passed President Trump's one big, beautiful bill,

a huge package of economic and tax legislation that's meant to reorganize American society.

The bill gave tax breaks to corporations and to the richest Americans,

while cutting into budgets for medical programs, food aid,

and most importantly, for this show, clean energy spending.

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