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Hi, I'm Scientific American Podcast editor Steve Merski, and here's a short piece from the September 2018 issue of the magazine in the section called advances, dispatches from the frontiers of science, technology, and medicine.

The article is called Quick Hits, and it's a rundown of some science and tech stories from around the globe

compiled by editorial intern Maya Miller.

From China, a chemical that helped to create a hole in the ozone layer is reappearing.

An international investigation traced the resurgence of the banned gas, known as CFC11, to factories in a town in the eastern

province of Shandong. From Chile, the National Congress of Chile passed a bill outlining

plans to establish a Ministry of Science. The goal is to invest more in research as part of a shift

toward an economy of, quote, knowledge and creativity,

end quote. From Iraqi Kurdistan, archaeologists found remnants of a city that dates back

4800 years in the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. Among the ruins were 92 clay tablets,

some of which contained the city's name,ardamon. From Namibia, about 100 high school girls from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Swaziland

joined girls in Namibia for a two-week boot camp to learn how to write code and develop mobile

apps. They also got a crash course in basic

sciences. From Thailand, a pilot whale washed ashore in Thailand's southern Sunkla province

with nearly 18 pounds of plastic in its stomach. The whale died two days later, renewing concerns

about the amount of such waste humans have put into the world's waterways.

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