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Podcast: Daily Science News
Episode: Tuesday June 27th, 2023: Lithium-ion battery co-creator dies, ancient wall discovery, Kepler's last planets & more
Description: John Goodenough, co-creator of the lithium-ion battery and oldest Nobel winner, passed away at 100; a 1,000 year old wall in northern Peru was built by the Chimú people to protect against El Niño floods; NASA's Kepler Space Telescope has potentially discovered its last three planets; University of Florida astronomers have found the first evidence of a necessary violation of symmetry at the moment of creation; wind and solar power have overtaken coal for the first time in the United States; tropical animals are vulnerable to human activity even in nature reserves; and a new facial reconstruction of a 7th-century girl bu...