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Hi, I'm Scientific American podcast editor Steve Murski, and here's a short piece from the

September 2019 issue of the magazine

in the section called advances, dispatches from the frontiers of science, technology, and medicine.

The article is titled Quick Hits, and it's a rundown of some science and technology stories from

around the globe compiled by editorial intern Jennifer Lehman.

From Hungary, despite large-scale protests from scientists about academic freedom,

the country's parliament passed a law granting the government control of more than 40 institutes

within the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

From Japan, the country has withdrawn from the International Whaling Commission

and resumed commercial whaling operations after a 31-year hiatus.

In the first official hunt after the withdrawal, two minky whales were killed for their meat.

From Nepal, newly declassified Cold War-era U.S. satellite images

revealed that since the year 2000, Himalayan glaciers have lost ice at twice the rate they did

during the 25 years before 2000. From India, all four reservoirs in Chennai, India's six largest city, have gone dry,

forcing more than 9 million people in the region to conserve water and rely on government rations.

The drought was spurred by low rainfall and unregulated water use.

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