# Tropical birds’ ‘silent spring,’ and mapping people’s brains during surgery

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Podcast: [Science Magazine Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/science-magazine-podcast-925602)
Published: 2026-02-26T19:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.znsgy44
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## Resource

First up on the podcast, producer Meagan Cantwell talks to Contributing Correspondent Warren Cornwall about his visit to Brazil, where he observed firsthand what it takes for researchers to understand why bird populations in the Amazon and beyond are shrinking. Next on the show, Raouf Belkhir, an M.D.-Ph.D. student at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Carnegie Mellon University, joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss his Science Advances paper on a newly refined way to map awake patients’ brains during neurosurgery. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. About the Science Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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