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An ambitious hybrid aircraft could be the key to flying faster, greener and more agilely than ever. In this episode of Cocktail Party Science, executive editor Mike Haney and writer Abe Streep explain to host Chuck Cage how the concept may soon be a reality.

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What does it take to get on the inside of a prank? Writer Bob Parks and PopSci Deputy Editor Jake Ward sit down with host Chuck Cage to discover the story behind the story of one of the biggest college pranks in history.

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In this episode of Cocktail Party Science, host Chuck Cage sits down with Michael Moyer and Kalee Thompson--the editor and writer of Carbon Discredit. Learn more about how one of the most elaborate missions to reverse climate change was felled by environmentalists, and how the story took the shape it did.

Chuck Cage sits down with editor Nicole Dyer and writer Cliff Kuang to get the inside scoop on the future of the environment. In this episode of Cocktail Party Science, the three tear open the eco-friendly green megalopolis to learn more about the pod cars, maglevs, energy-generating sidewalks and more.

Tiny nukes to power towns, a hair club for plants and gasoline that can be pulled from thin air. On this episode of Cocktail Party Science, host Chuck Cage sits down with the editors and writers of "10 Audacious Ideas to Save the Planet" and discusses how science's most outlandish ideas could prove to be our salvation.