Scienceline

The Scienceline podcast is produced by the Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program in the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University. For more information, e-mail us at scienceline@gmail.com.

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Scienceline

Episodes (103)

Apr 14th “Stomping out” a species that is here to stay
Mar 11th Digging up the past at Dead Horse Bay
Feb 5th These advocates are addressing the gap in your sex education

Scienceline

Apr 14, 2026
11½ minutes
15 MB

When I moved to New York City last summer, one of the first things I noticed was the fervor with which East Coasters are trying to stomp out invasive spotted lanternflies. These bugs were detected in the United States in 2014, and made their way to New York during the pandemic. As this invasive species’ range continues expanding, they’re causing agricultural damage — according to a worst-case scenario estimate from the New York’s Department of Agriculture and Markets, the spotted lanternfly could cost the state up to $300 million dollars each year. To this day, they’ve been at the center of widespr...

Scienceline

“Stomping out” a species that is here to stay

Scienceline

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