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Should you be fibermaxxing? Here's what the science says

2

Why Swedish scientists gave salmon cocaine

3

Without this pill, lots of people would be dead

4

Hantavirus: the risks, the science and what you need to know

5

How science is taking tripping mainstream

6

This medical condition stumped doctors for years

7

The secret behind clownfish stripes and more fishy fascinations

8

Coffee is complex. Can science standardize it for the better?

9

NASA is practicing moonwalks. When are we going back?

10

Set up solar, or save a tree? It’s complicated

11

The mystery that led this family to get their stomachs removed

12

Why a chimp 'civil war' shows how societies collapse

13

Where did our moon come from?

14

Eating disorder recovery in a diet culture world

15

These voicemails save lives

16

The psychology behind why you dread small talk

17

A new approach to brain health, one neuron at a time

18

Is there still a gender gap in medical research?

19

Are you pooping all wrong?

20

Who's to blame for all this plastic?

21

Quantum physics is for everybody

22

Why are bees special? We get inside a hive to find out

23

The world is running out of helium — again

24

Never had the flu? Scientists may know why

25

Why is NASA going to the moon again?

26

Predicting spring bloom is an art and a science

27

Space news: Project Hail Mary, Artemis, data centers

28

What's up with recycled wastewater's PR problem?

29

The world’s freshwater is getting saltier. Why?

30

The world has a groundwater problem. Can we solve it?

31

Day Zero: When the wells run dry

32

How did these flowers evolve to survive a megadrought?

33

A dietitian and doctor review RFK Jr's new food pyramid

34

‘Black rain’ in Iran and the environmental cost of war

35

This is your brain on pleasure (even the guilty kind)

36

An icy mystery: What are lake stars?

37

We saved gray whales from extinction. Why are so many dying again?

38

Sibling order may affect sexuality and identity

39

What crocodile bones teach us about dinosaurs

40

Teen sleep is getting wrecked by more than just phones

41

The global fallout of RFK Jr.'s vaccine policies

42

Will Punch the baby monkey be okay?

43

Spring ice is thawing earlier in lakes. What does that mean for life below the surface?

44

The dangers of warming winter lakes

45

Screen time is up for grandma and grandpa

46

Could our trash become local fishes’ treasure?

47

The serious hunt for alien life

48

The noise that isn't there

49

The truth about intermittent fasting

50

The neuroscience of cracking under pressure

51

Tea time... with an ape?

52

Could this vaccine trial mean a future without HIV?

53

Why do we kiss? It's an evolutionary conundrum

54

AI is great at predicting text. Can it guide robots?

55

The physics of the Winter Olympics

56

These bacteria may be key to the fight against antibiotic resistance

57

Babies got beat: Why rhythm might be innate

58

How do extreme G-forces affect Olympic bobsledders?

59

Autism: debunking Trump claims, and what scientists still don't know

60

Why research into ‘forever chemicals’ includes firefighters

61

Lessons and failures from the Challenger space shuttle explosion

62

How scientists predict big winter storms

63

What drives animals to your yard? It's complicated

64

Iran offline: How a government can turn off the internet

65

The plight of penguins in Antarctica

66

A failed galaxy could solve the dark matter mystery

67

Is ‘The Pitt’ accurate? Medical experts weigh in

68

Come critter spotting with us on a cold winter's night

69

10 breakthrough technologies to expect in 2026

70

When is your brain actually an "adult"?

71

The ozone layer is still healing…thanks to science

72

These little microbes may help solve our big problems

73

Hot galaxies alert!

74

Micro forests: an emerging climate hero?

75

Behold a T-Rex holotype, paleontology's "gold standard"

76

Did Earth’s Water Come From Space?

77

The trouble of zero

78

Science In 2025 Took A Hit. What Does It Mean?

79

Climate Anxiety Is Altering Family Planning

80

Why Kratom Is At The Heart Of A Big Public Health Debate

81

Why Drones Are Catching Whale Breaths

82

Drinking Turns Some Red With Asian Glow—And May Fight Tuberculosis

83

Why Suicide Prevention is 'Everyone's Business'

84

No, Raccoons Aren’t Pet-Ready (Yet)

85

GLP-1 Pills Are On The Way. Here's What To Know

86

The Indicator: Take A Penny, Leave A Penny, Get Rid Of The Penny

87

"A Very, Very Big Deal." Countries Take On Fossil Fuels

88

Could Architecture In Space Make A Greener Earth?

89

Is The Quantum Future Here?

90

Could This Exoplanet Harbor Life?

91

How Replaceable Are You?

92

The Closest Thing To A Cure For Allergies

93

Controversy In Yellowstone

94

Americans Are Not Going To The Dentist Enough

95

What Are AI Data Centers Doing To Your Electric Bill?

96

Why Experts Are Racing To Learn About This Interstellar Comet

97

Who Should Track Their Blood Sugar?

98

What’s In A Kiss? 21 Million Years Of Evolution

99

How To Disagree Better

100

Nature Quest: The Earthquake Prediction Problem

101

SNAP Delays: The Science Of Hunger And Food Insecurity

102

What's Up With Nightmares?

103

The Mystery Of Inner Monologues

104

An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding

105

Mental ‘Workouts’ Could Keep Your Brain Young

106

Are we cooked? How social media shapes your language w/ Adam Aleksic (from TED Tech)

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Data Centers, Icy Moons And Chameleons

108

The Future Of Immune Health Might Be Here

109

What Space Dust Reveals About Earth's Ice Age

110

Do Birth Control Side Effects Make It Worth Skipping?

111

Fall foliage is still a mystery: Why do some leaves turn red?

112

Why Some Species Survive Mass Extinctions

113

The Secrets Everyday Rocks Keep

114

Elections: A Big Math Problem

115

This Week In Science: Spiders, TV Pixels And Storytelling

116

Like Being Scared? Here’s Why

117

Nature Quest: Rebuild Or Relocate Post-Disaster?

118

What Works – And Doesn’t – For Hair Loss?

119

Parasites Have Haunted Us For Millions Of Years

120

Migrating Birds Have a Big, Clear Problem

121

We Have the Cure. Why is Tuberculosis Still Around?

122

Should Scientists Genetically Engineer Wild Species?

123

Science Says Quitting Smoking At Any Age Is Good For The Brain

124

What Happens When You're Under Anesthesia?

125

Why Legal Weed Isn’t Always Safe

126

Synthetic Cells: The Next Bioengineering Frontier

127

Why The Tropics Have A Weather Forecasting Problem

128

Doing Science at the Edge of the Earth

129

Solved: The Potato Origin Mystery

130

The Science Of Fear And Horror Movies

131

What Are Flies Doing In The Middle Of The Ocean?

132

Why Animal Scavengers Protect Your Health

133

Nature Quest: How High Will Sea Levels Rise?

134

Why Do Some Hurricane Survivors Thrive After Disaster?

135

A Surprising Cause Of Endometriosis Could Lead To Cure

136

Tylenol and Autism: What’s True and What Isn’t

137

A Surprising Culprit of Food Allergies

138

Should You Try Red-Light Therapy?

139

Untangling The Science of Octopus Arms

140

What Does a Black Hole Collision Sound Like?

141

What Do Stem Cells Mean For The Future Of Parkinson's?

142

The Surprisingly Long History Of Nose Jobs

143

The Most Convincing Evidence Yet Of Life On Mars

144

Brain Implants Are Here — And Getting Better

145

'Interstellar': Time Dilation And Wormholes Explained

146

Sip or Skip? The Truth About Electrolytes

147

What Marsquakes Reveal About The Planet's Habitability

148

Have a Stutter? It Could Be Inherited

149

Stopping SSRIs Can Be Hard. Researchers Are Unsure Why

150

A (Monday Night) Football Mystery

151

Why U.S. Sunscreens Don't Measure Up

152

A Lock of Hair Could Rewrite Knowledge Of The Inca Empire

153

Nature Quest: What Does Climate Change Sound Like?

154

Sea Camp: To Mine Or Not To Mine

155

Could labs replace your natural chocolate?

156

The Yellowstone Wolf Controversy

157

Toxic? These Animals Don't Care

158

Sea Camp: Why Scientists Want To Map The Entire Seafloor

159

Alive Or Not Alive... Is A Tricky Question

160

The Trait That Makes Robots More 'Human'

161

Why Gene-Edited Babies May Be Closer Than Ever

162

Sea Camp: Did Life Start In Hydrothermal Vents?

163

Why Do Some 80 Year-Olds Have Extraordinary Memories?

164

Climate Change Could Alter Spidey Love

165

'Zombie' Cells Could Explain Aging — And Help Scientists Slow It

166

The Giants Lurking In The Deep Sea

167

Climate Change Is Here For Your Chocolate

168

Why Illusions Are A Brain Feature, Not A Bug

169

Nature Quest: Are Summers Getting Hotter?

170

Sea Camp: The Largest Daily Migration On Earth

171

Did Spiders' Ancestors Come From The Ocean?

172

Eating Disorder Recovery In A Diet Culture World

173

Will Federal Budget Cuts Affect Space Science?

174

Sea Camp: Is Better Human Health Hidden In The Sea?

175

Congress has voted to eliminate government funding for public media

176

These Scientists Are Using AI To Listen To Frogs

177

Who Is Using The 988 Crisis Line?

178

How Realistic Are Movie Dinosaurs?

179

These Critters Call The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Home

180

Meet the Third Ever (!!) Interstellar Comet

181

Evolution Went On Trial 100 Years Ago. Where Are We Now?

182

Itchy? Air Pollution May Be Making It Worse

183

Sea Camp: Why Are Ocean Currents Shifting?

184

Why Dew Point Is This Summer's 'It Girl'

185

Is The Milky Way On A Collision Course?

186

On July 4th, Are You A Thrill- Or Chill-Seeker?

187

RFK Jr.'s New Vaccine Advisors Signal Big Changes

188

Aha! The Power Of A Short Rest

189

When Eavesdropping Pays Off

190

Does It Feel Like Mosquitoes Are Getting Worse?

191

The Power Grid Problem

192

What Makes South Korea's 'Super Divers' Special?

193

Why Emotions Run High For Sports Fans

194

Trump Wants A Missile Defense System Like Israel's

195

Why Weed's Signature Scent Has Changed Over Time

196

Your Breathing Pattern Is Like A Fingerprint

197

Wanna Save Money? Climate-Proof Your Home

198

Living With OCD

199

Helping Dogs and Their Pawrents Live Healthier, Longer

200

Unveiling Olo — A Color Out of Oz!

201

Anglerfish Ancestors Once Roamed The Seafloor

202

Can AI Crack The Biology Code?

203

Solving A Centuries Old Maritime Mystery

204

Why Daylight Boosts Immunity

205

Unpacking Bipolar Disorder

206

Nature Quest: The Climate-Kid Question

207

The Great Space Race ... With Clocks

208

Flamingos: The Water-Bending Physics Masters

209

New Antivenom, Thanks To 200 Intentional Snake Bites

210

Will Trump Unleash Energy Dominance Or Damage?

211

Could Wormholes Exist?

212

Orange Cat Lovers, Rise Up!

213

How Baby Bats Learn To Eavesdrop On Dinner

214

Learning A Second Language As An Adult

215

The Indicator: American Science Brain Drain

216

Could AI Go Green?

217

What's The Environmental Cost Of AI?

218

Science Can Make You More Creative!

219

Did Scientists Find Alien Life Or Just Controversy?

220

What Can Minecraft Teach Us About Learning?

221

Are DOGE Cuts Making America Healthy?

222

Should Kids Be Taking Melatonin?

223

Harnessing Spineless Sea Creatures' Superpowers

224

This Telescope Could Find "Planet 9"

225

Why These Salmon Are On Anxiety Meds

226

Nature Quest: Are Flowers Blooming Early?

227

Should Humans Live On Mars?

228

Good Vibrations: How Fiddler Crabs Mate

229

How Nature Makes A Complex Brain

230

Your Allergies May Be Getting Worse

231

All Hail The Butt Flicker

232

How Do Astronomers Find Exoplanets? Wiggles!

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Could Psychedelics Become Tripless?

234

What If You Took The "Trip" Out Of Ketamine?

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Why The Trip Complicates Psychedelic Research

236

Could Running Change Your Brain?

237

Tornado Alley: Home Of Extreme Winds

238

The Iguanas That Rafted To Fiji

239

Is AI Ready For Robots?

240

Rare Narwhal Footage Shows New Tusk Activities

241

The Algae That Thrive in Arctic Darkness

242

Climate Change + Baseball = More Home Runs

243

What Scientists Got Wrong About COVID-19

244

What Experts Say About ADHD-Tok

245

What's In Your Personal Care Products?

246

What to Know About The Measles Outbreak

247

Could 'Severance' Become Our Reality?

248

Love Fruit? Thank (Dinosaur) Mass Extinction

249

Let's Talk About (Biological) Sex, Baby

250

Is The Trump Administration Breaking Science?

251

The Great Antarctic Food Web Puzzle

252

Stone Age To Bone Age?

253

Will Bark For Science

254

Reviving The Woolly Mammoth ... With Mice

255

What It's Like Taking Alzheimer's Drugs

256

When Batteries Get A Face Lift, So Do Renewables

257

This Radio Wave Mystery Changed Astronomy

258

Extracting Brains ... For Science

259

What Happens While You're Under Anesthesia?

260

This Is Your Brain On Dessert

261

Party In Peru: New Critters Just Dropped

262

When AI Cannibalizes Its Data

263

Could This Particle 'Clean Up' A Cosmic Mystery?

264

Lessons in Love From Voles

265

Stopping A Deadly Disease On Apache Lands

266

What Happens Inside A Top-Secret U.S. Nuclear Facility?

267

The Dangers Of Mirror Cell Research

268

How Physics Could Make Big Crowds Safer

269

Microbes: It's Complicated

270

Why Black Holes Are More Than They Seem

271

Not All Nature Comebacks Are Equal

272

10 Technologies To Watch

273

Farts To The Rescue

274

The Latest On Bird Flu

275

Moths, Owls And Fungi With Over 20,000 Sexes...Oh My!

276

Peeing Is Contagious!

277

Where Are We In The Quest To Find Alien Life?

278

How Will Future Forests Survive Climate Change?

279

The Science Behind The FDA Ban On Food Dye Red No. 3

280

All Of Life Has A Common Ancestor. What Was LUCA?

281

Some Dinos Had Feathers. Did They Fly?

282

Bone Marrow Cells: Key To Vaccine Longevity?

283

The Science Behind Wildfire Smoke

284

What Are California's Santa Ana Winds?

285

Fluoride: Fact vs. Fiction

286

How Two Veterans Developed The Same Rare Brain Condition

287

The Great Space (Clock) Race

288

Jimmy Carter's Triumph Over The Guinea Worm

289

The Dubious World's Largest Snowflake Record

290

The Trouble With Zero

291

The Biggest Health Stories of 2024

292

Bird Backpacks Could Help This Parrot Bounce Back

293

Why These Squirrels Are Eating Meat

294

Will GMOs Bring Back The American Chestnut Tree?

295

Hear Christmas Carols And Talk To Santa On Ham Radio

296

How Does An Airplane Stay In The Air?

297

The First Woman To Get A New Kind Of Kidney Transplant

298

This Huge Mining Pit Is About To Be A Lake

299

Why Big Tech Wants Nuclear Power

300

How Racism – And Silence – Could Hurt Your Health

301

What's A Weather Forecast Worth?

302

Conan The Bacterium's Superpower: Resisting Radiation

303

In The Club, We All ... Archaea?

304

Grape Growers' Next Collaborators? Robots

305

Who Does Science? Under Trump, That Could Change

306

The Comeback Of The Southwest Peach

307

The Ambitious Quest To Genetically Map All Known Vertebrates

308

These Rats Can Drive. What's Happening In Their Brains?

309

Why Your Brain Loves Sales

310

This Hazelnut May Help The Land Back Movement In Canada

311

This COP29, It's All About The Numbers

312

How Do You Preserve An Endangered Language?

313

The Battle To Save Monarch Butterflies

314

Are Starship Launches Trashing Texas?

315

The Mystery of the Dead Coho Salmon

316

How To Have Hard Conversations

317

Don't Let Jet Lag Ruin Your Holiday Plans

318

The Mystery Mollusk Roaming The Midnight Zone

319

Should Humans Live On Mars?

320

These Drones Could Help Keep Your Lights On

321

Eating Breakfast? You Can Thank Fermentation

322

Picking Up Cosmic Vibrations

323

A Better Life For Trafficked Turtles

324

Elections Are One Big Math Problem

325

Did Life Start In Hydrothermal Vents?

326

The Best (And Oldest) Tadpole Ever Discovered

327

The Sound Of Fear: Why Do Animals Scream?

328

Embracing Death: Why We Age

329

Honey, They Cloned The Apples!

330

Saving The Hawaiian Tree Snails

331

A Brand New Kind of Schizophrenia Treatment

332

'Ghost Genes' Could Help Save The American Red Wolf

333

Game Night With 'Shrooms

334

New Frogs Just Dropped

335

Europa Clipper And The Search For Life In Space

336

5-Year-Olds Asked Us Science Questions. We Answer

337

Why Traditional Plant Knowledge Is Not A Quick Fix

338

What The Heck Is A Rock Glacier?

339

Anxious? Try Watching A Scary Movie

340

How Do You Spot A Liar?

341

Mapping The Entire Fruit Fly Brain

342

What Lightning And Black Holes Have In Common

343

Why Astronomers Are Teaching Climate Change

344

If Fungi Win, Will We Be Ready?

345

Do NYC Birds Hold The Clues To The Next Pandemic?

346

Hurricane Helene Is Here And Powerful

347

The Reality Of OCD

348

Harnessing The Ghost Particles Blasting Through You

349

Solving The EV Battery Recycling Puzzle

350

How To Get A Haircut In Space

351

The Scuba Diving Lizards Breathing By Bubble

352

Are Crabs The Final Form?

353

The physics of wheelchair basketball, from a Paralympian

354

What's Up With The Hot Ocean Temperatures?

355

Solutions Week: Reducing The Food Waste Problem

356

Solutions Week: Reinventing Chocolate

357

Solutions Week: The Cost Of Food Delivery

358

Solutions Week: Climate Change Is Coming For Your Wine

359

Body Electric: How AI Is Changing Our Relationships

360

Dogs Go Viral For 'Talking' To Humans — But Can They?

361

Feeling Itchy? Air Pollution Might Be Making It Worse

362

Are You Overestimating The Algorithm?

363

Batteries: The Lemonade Of Life

364

Detecting Pests By Eavesdropping On Insects

365

What's Missing From The Invasive Species Narrative?

366

Preserving Your Humanity In The Age Of Robots

367

This Unremarkable Ant From Europe Quietly Conquered NYC

368

Feeling Bored? Stop Swiping

369

What COVID Going Endemic Means For You

370

Solve A Moon Mystery! With Radiolab

371

The Power Of Braille Literacy

372

Firing A Weapon Might Hurt Your Brain

373

How To Beat The Heat, Olympian-Style

374

How Will the Universe End?

375

To Save The Grizzly Bear, You Gotta Think Like One

376

What Is An Unfair Advantage In Sports?

377

These Sea Lions Are Basically Scientists

378

Was The Paris Olympic Pool Slow?

379

We're All Swimming In Big Bang Juice

380

The Toll Of Social Media On Mental Health

381

What Makes Simone Biles The GOAT, Scientifically

382

The Mathematical Marvel Of The Rubik's Cube

383

The Curious Case Of The Supermassive Black Hole

384

We Hate To Tell You This, But Some Leeches Can Jump

385

What Chimpanzee Gestures Reveal About Human Communication

386

Dancing Yeti Crabs, Morphing Cuttlefish, Other Stories From The Deep Sea

387

Outer Space Changes You, Literally. Here's What It Does To The Human Body

388

The Brain Makes A Lot Of Waste. Here's How It Cleans Itself Up

389

How An Ambitious River Rerouting Plan Could Change India's Weather

390

The Magic — And Science — Of Synchronous Firefly Displays

391

This Mysterious Energy Is Everywhere. Scientists Still Don't Know What It Is

392

The Dubious Consent Question At The Heart Of The Human Genome Project

393

Teens Are Following Skincare Trends On TikTok. Some Dermatologists Are Wary

394

Like Humans, These Ants Can Perform Leg Amputations To Save Lives

395

The Invisible Substance That Structures Our Universe

396

Sharks Often Get A Bad Rap, But Oceans Need Them

397

From Cars To Leaf Blowers: Noise Pollution's Toll On Human Health

398

Researchers Are Figuring Out How African Ancestry Can Affect Certain Brain Disorders

399

Could '3 Body Problem's Aliens Exist? The Science Behind Netflix's New Hit

400

Want Juicy Barbecue This Fourth Of July? Cook Low And Slow

401

Move Over Norse Mythology, There's A New Loki In Town — A Dinosaur

402

The Human Brain Is Hardwired To Recognize Faces. But What If You Can't?

403

Some Stars Explode As They Die. We Look At Their Life Cycle

404

Earth Is More Than A Planet With Life On It. It's A "Living Planet"

405

We're In For A Brutal Hurricane Season, According To Predictions

406

What 'Inside Out 2' Got Right About Anxiety, Per A Psychologist

407

Pluto Isn't A Planet — But It Gives Us Clues For How The Solar System Formed

408

How Millions Of Mosquitoes Could Save Hawaii's Endangered Birds

409

Inheriting: Leah & Japanese American Incarceration

410

Why You Shouldn't Worry About Invasive Joro Spiders

411

How The Current Heat Dome Can Affect Human Health

412

From The Physics Of G-Force To Weightlessness: How It Feels To Launch Into Space

413

Illegal Wildlife Trade Is Booming. What Does That Mean For The Confiscated Animals?

414

'Math In Drag' Explores The Creativity And Beauty In Numbers

415

Why The Science Of Tides Was Crucial For D-Day

416

Psychedelic Treatment For PTSD Faces Misconduct Hurdle

417

A Silky Shark Named Genie Swam 17,000 Miles, a Record-Breaking Migration

418

A Vaginal Microbiome Transplant Could Help People With BV

419

With Summer Approaching, Here's A Smarter Way To Use Sunscreen

420

How Israel Is Using Facial Recognition In Gaza

421

Who's At Risk For Uterine Fibroids? Most Women

422

What are sperm whales saying? Researchers find a complex 'alphabet'

423

Scientists Reveal Mysterious Origin of Baobab Trees, Rafiki's Home in 'The Lion King'

424

Climate Change Is Coming For Your Chocolate

425

How AI Is Cracking The Biology Code

426

NEWS: NOAA Issues First Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch Since 2005

427

How Autism Can Look Very Different, Even in Identical Twins

428

The Wonderous World Of Nudibranchs

429

'Stealing The Past': A Spat Between Twins Leads To A Theory Of Disputed Memories

430

Deer Are Expanding North. That Could Hurt Some Species Like Boreal Caribou

431

The Mysterious "Great Attractor" Pulling Our Galaxy Off Course

432

How The New Catan Board Game Can Spark Conversations On Climate Change

433

10 Years After Flint, The Fight To Replace Lead Pipes Continues

434

Beavers Can Help With Climate Change. So How Do We Get Along?

435

Sustainable Seafood Is All Around You — If You Know Where To Look

436

An 11-Year-old Unearthed Fossils Of The Largest Known Marine Reptile

437

The Nightmarish Worm That Lived 25 Million Years Longer Than Researchers Thought

438

How The Brain Experiences Pleasure — Even The Kind That Makes Us Feel Guilty

439

What To Know About The New EPA Rule Limiting 'Forever Chemicals' In Tap Water

440

The Order Your Siblings Were Born In May Play A Role In Identity And Sexuality

441

How Climate Change And Physics Affect Baseball

442

The "Barcodes" Powering These Tiny Songbirds' Memories May Also Help Human Memory

443

How To Make The Most Of Next Week's Solar Eclipse

444

The Two Sides Of Guyana: A Green Champion And An Oil Producer

445

The Shy Rodents Lost To Science

446

Shots Are Scary. But They Don't Have To Be.

447

What's It Like To Live In Space? One Astronaut Says It Changes Her Dreams

448

The Evolutionary Mystery Of Menopause ... In Whales

449

Syphilis Cases Are Rising In Babies. Illinois Has A Potential Solution

450

A Tale Of Two Bengali Physicists

451

Are We On The Brink Of A Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough?

452

What We Know About Long COVID, From Brain Fog to Fatigue

453

The Science Of Atomic Bombs At The Heart Of 'Oppenheimer'

454

The "Shocking" Tactic Electric Fish Use to Collectively Sense the World

455

The Recent Glitch Threatening Voyager 1

456

The Evolution Of Cancer Treatment

457

Could Dune Really Exist? What Scientists Think of Our Favorite Sci-Fi Worlds

458

Is It Possible To Feed The World Sustainably?

459

In Light of The Alabama Court Ruling, A Look At The Science Of IVF

460

Didn't Get A Valentine's Love Song? These Skywalker Gibbons Sing Love Duets

461

When The Sun Erupts

462

The Life And Death Of A Woolly Mammoth

463

The U.N.'s First-Ever Analysis Of World's Migratory Species Just Dropped

464

Celebrate Valentine's Day With These Queer Animals

465

The Shared History Of The Chinese And Gregorian Calendars

466

Clownfish Might Be Counting Their Potential Enemies' Stripes

467

After 20 Years, This Scientist Uncovered The Physics Behind The Spiral Pass

468

Wolves Are Thriving In The Radioactive Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

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This Scientist Figured Out Why Your Appendix Isn't Useless

470

Murder, Mayhem At The Zoo: A Naked Mole Rat Succession War

471

Choose Your Lightning Protection: Lasers, Rockets or Rods?

472

Lessons on the limits of ecosystem restoration from the Everglades

473

When Tiny, Invasive Ants Go Marching In...And Alter An Ecosystem

474

Experiencing Racism May Physically Change Your Brain

475

This Wild Bird Will Lead You To Honey On Command

476

After Domestic Abuse Ends, the Effects of Brain Injuries Can Persist

477

What You Need To Know About The Current Tripledemic

478

Our Lives Are Ruled By The Illusion Of Time

479

Body Electric: The Body Across The Ages

480

Odd Radio Circles Are glowing Around Some Galaxies. Now We Know Why

481

Preserving Our Humanity In The Age Of Robots

482

The Record For World's Largest Snowflake Might Not Count

483

Snow Flies Pay An Arm And A Leg For Love

484

Why Big Numbers Break Our Brains

485

Asian Glow Might Have A Major Upside

486

This Year's Top Science Stories, Wrapped

487

A year in music science: wonder, volume and animals that groove

488

Life Could Be Different ... And Maybe Better?

489

This Holiday, Dig Into Some Of The Hilarious Science Of Christmas BMJs Past

490

LED Lights Make You Sick? We Found Out What Causes It

491

Once A Satirical Conspiracy, Bird Drones Could Soon Be A Reality

492

Climate Talks Call For A Transition Away From Fossil Fuels. Is That Enough?

493

Want To Be Greener This Holiday Season? Try Composting!

494

More Plant And Fungi Emojis, Please!

495

When AI Goes Wrong

496

Why it's so hard to resist holiday sales (and how to try)

497

How Glaciers Move — And Affect Sea Level Rise

498

Feeling Lonely? Your Brain May Process The World Differently

499

A Star Is Born ... And Then What? Journey Through The Life Cycle of a star

500

Don't Call It Dirt: The Surprising Science Of Soil

501

These Penguins Take 10,000 Little Naps A Day — Seconds At A Time

502

The International Race To Create Human Eggs And Sperm In The Lab

503

Monday Night Football And Pursuing Two Careers With John Urschel

504

What Fossilized Poop Can Teach Us About Dinosaurs

505

The Thanksgiving Quest For The (Scientifically) Best Turkey

506

3 Major Ways Climate Change Affects Life In The U.S.

507

Cutting A Teaspoon Of Salt Is Comparable To Taking Blood Pressure Medication

508

Thousands of earthquakes in Iceland may spell a volcanic eruption

509

How Venus got caught up in an 18th century space race

510

Trailblazing Computer Scientist Fei-Fei Li on Human-Centered AI

511

To Figure Out The Future Climate, Scientists Are Researching How Trees Form Clouds

512

Mapping The Seafloor Is Daunting But Key To Improving Human Life

513

Pulling An All-Nighter Is A Temporary Antidepressant

514

Sky Vaccines: Ridding Raccoons Of Rabies En Masse

515

Thanks, Neanderthals: How our ancient relatives could help find new antibiotics

516

Scientist Just Made The Largest Brain Map Ever

517

How Climate Change Is Testing The Endangered Species Act

518

Why Gray Hair Is Coming For You

519

Light Show! The Science Behind The Orionid Meteor Shower

520

Why Scientists Are Reanimating Spider Corpses For Research

521

How AI Is Speeding Up Scientific Discoveries

522

The Microbiologist Studying The Giant Floating Petri Dish In Space

523

Florida Corals Are Dying. Can A 'Coral Gym' Help Them Survive?

524

Choose Your Own Adventure — But Make It Math

525

Body Electric: The Body Through The Ages

526

It's Fat Bear Week!

527

Why Chilean Mummies Are Decomposing After 7,000 Years

528

Seaweed is piling up on beaches. This robot might be its match

529

The Tiny Worm At The Heart Of Regeneration Science

530

Osiris-REx and the quest to understand the solar system's origin

531

Itchy? Here's why

532

Can't Match The Beat? Then You Can't Woo A Cockatoo

533

Why Sustainable Seafood Is A Data Problem

534

The James Webb Space Telescope Is Fueling Galactic Controversy

535

The Latest COVID Booster Is Here. Should You Get It?

536

Animal Crossing: The Destructive Nature of Roads

537

Why A Proposed Marine Sanctuary Could Make History

538

Air Pollution May Be Increasing Superbugs

539

Recurring UTIs: The Infection We Keep Secretly Getting

540

The Deadly Toll Heat Can Take On Humans

541

Food Allergies Are On The Rise. Are You Affected?

542

'Speedboat Epidemiology': Eradicating Disease One Person At A Time

543

What Do We Do With Radioactive Wastewater?

544

A Tale Of Two Lunar Landing Attempts

545

What Made Hilary Such A Weird Storm

546

Fixing Our Failing Electric Grid... On A Budget

547

The Key To Uncovering An Ancient Maya City? Lasers

548

Is Math Real?

549

Sperm Can't Really Swim And Other Surprising Pregnancy Facts

550

The Fish That Conceal Themselves To Hunt

551

The Science Of Happiness Sounds Great. But Is The Research Solid?

552

Black Metallurgists, Iron And The Industrial Revolution

553

This Sausage-Shaped Part Of Your Brain Causes Out-Of-Body Experiences

554

The Secrecy Of The Horseshoe Crab Blood Harvest

555

Christmas in July! Celebrate With Hilarious Research

556

The Jackson Water Crisis Through A Student Journalist's Eyes

557

Peanuts, Pets And Poopy Shores

558

Why Babies Babble And What It Can Teach Adults About Language

559

The Scorpion Renaissance Has Arrived

560

'Oppenheimer' And The Science Of Atomic Bombs

561

This Cellular Atlas Could Lead To Breakthroughs For Endometriosis Patients

562

Meet The Residents Of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

563

Sea squirts and 'skeeters in our science news roundup

564

This Is Canada's Worst Fire Season In Modern History. It's Not New

565

The Only Nuclear-Powered Passenger Ship EVER

566

What Geologists Love — And Lament — About Cult Classic 'The Core'

567

Tick Check! Meet Your Backyard Bloodsuckers

568

The Chemistry Behind A Perfect Barbeque

569

Why This Gravitational Waves News Is A Big Deal

570

An unexpected forest in the ocean

571

A Smarter Way To Use Sunscreen

572

Rethinking The Lab Rat

573

This Satellite Could Help Clean Up The Air

574

New Star Trek Season, Same Ol' Sci-Fi

575

A Newly-Discovered Asteroid And What's Beneath The Ice On Enceladus

576

Give Rivers Space: The Simple Flood Risk Fix

577

Life Lessons From Supernovae

578

How To Stay Safe Amid Wildfire Smoke

579

Behold! The Dulcet Tones Of Cosmic Rays

580

The Rise Of The Dinosaurs

581

Helping A Man Walk Again With Science

582

Why Melting Ice In Antarctica Is Making Hurricanes Worse In Texas

583

What Happens When An Infant Loses Half Their Brain?

584

Galaxies Are Older Than We Thought — That's A Big Deal

585

When Your Body Rejects The Kidney It Needs

586

Two Squirrely Responses To Climate Change

587

The Physics Behind The Perfect Gummy Candy

588

Why You Can't Tell Your Race From A DNA Test

589

Long COVID Scientists Try To Unravel Blood Clot Mystery

590

Move over, humans—lemurs have rhythm, too

591

We Need To Talk About Teens, Social Media And Mental Health

592

What Could We Do With A Third Thumb?

593

Some people get sick from VR. Why?

594

Will Artificial Intelligence Help — Or Hurt — Medicine?

595

Shoring Up The Future With Greener Batteries

596

SUPERBLOOM: An Upside To The California Downpours

597

Worm Blobs In The Bowels Of The Earth

598

The News Roundup Goes Intergalactic

599

Fire And Ice: Linking Intense Wildfire And The Melting Arctic

600

The Race To Protect Millions Of People From Melting Glaciers

601

Where are the whales? Scientists find clues thousands of miles away

602

Are Rats Running This Podcast?

603

Peep The Delightful Science Of Chickens

604

Launching Into Space — Sustainably!

605

News Round Up: Mammoth Meatballs, Stressed Plants And Apologetic Robots

606

Allergies Are Weird. So Are Cats

607

Why We Should Care About Viruses Jumping From Animals To People

608

Eunice Foote: The Hidden Grandmother Of Climate Science

609

Why Scientists Just Mapped Every Synapse In A Fly Brain

610

Perennial Rice: Plant Once, Harvest Again And Again

611

News Round Up: Algal Threats, An Asteroid With Life's Building Blocks And Bee Maps

612

Why Pandemic Researchers Are Talking About Raccoon Dogs

613

If ChatGPT Designed A Rocket — Would It Get To Space?

614

What we lose if the Great Salt Lake dries up

615

Venus And Earth: A Tale Of Two 'Twins'

616

Tweeting Directly From Your Brain (And What's Next)

617

Flying Into Snowstorms ... For Science!

618

It's Boom Times In Ancient DNA

619

How To Bake Pi, Mathematically (And Deliciously)

620

How Well Does A New Alzheimer's Drug Work For Those Most At Risk?

621

Ocean World Tour: Whale Vocal Fry, Fossilizing Plankton and A Treaty

622

'Are You A Model?': Crickets Are So Hot Right Now

623

The Race To Save A Tree Species

624

The $20 Billion Deal To Get Indonesia Off Coal

625

Rome wasn't built in a day, but they sure had strong concrete

626

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein's Disordered Cosmos

627

Honoring The 'Hidden Figures' Of Black Gardening

628

This Navy vet helped discover a new, super-heavy element

629

What DNA kits leave out: race, ancestry and 'scientific sankofa'

630

Measuring Health Risks After A Chemical Spill

631

Ancient Seeds: A Possible Key To Climate Adaptation

632

Seriously...what IS life?

633

Understanding Earthquake Aftershocks

634

The Fungal Science Behind HBO's 'The Last of Us'

635

Life Kit: Help Save The North American Bird Population

636

News Round Up: Chocolate, A Solar Valentine And Fly Pheromones

637

The Science Fueling Disney's 'Strange World'

638

Congrats! It's A Tomato

639

Mix Up LOVE, And You Get V-O-L-E

640

Meet One Engineer Fixing A Racially Biased Medical Device

641

Lightning Protection: Lasers, Rockets or Rods?

642

The Social Cost of Carbon Is An Ethics Nightmare

643

Why Can't We Predict Earthquakes?

644

Who Gets The First Peek At The Secrets Of The Universe?

645

Can You See What I See?

646

A Dirty Snowball, Cancer-Sniffing Ants And A Stressed Out Moon

647

A Fatal Virus With Pandemic Potential

648

The Ancient Night Sky And The Earliest Astronomers

649

Can you teach a computer common sense?

650

Gas Stoves: Sorting Fact From Fiction

651

Meet The Bony-Eared Assfish And Its Deep Sea Friends

652

6 Doctors Swallow Lego Heads ... What Comes Out?

653

The Math And Science Powering 'Everything Everywhere All At Once'

654

Our Perception Of Time Shapes The Way We Think About Climate Change

655

Fossil CSI: Cracking The Case Of An Ancient Reptile Graveyard

656

New Tech Targets Epilepsy With Lasers, Robots

657

What Cities Should Learn From California's Flooding

658

Time Is So Much Weirder Than It Seems

659

A Course Correction In Managing Drying Rivers

660

How You Can Support Scientific Research

661

Things Could Be Better

662

Behold! The Mysterious Ice Worm

663

How Glaciers Move

664

Zircon: The Keeper Of Earth's Time

665

Redlining's Ripple Effects Go Beyond Humans

666

An Atmospheric River Runs Through It

667

The Period Talk (For Adults)

668

Houston, We Have Short Wave On The Line

669

Time Cells Don't Really Care About Time

670

A New Year's Mad Lib!

671

I'm Crying Cuz... I'm Human

672

The Woman Behind A Mystery That Changed Astronomy

673

Pumpkin Toadlet: Neither Pumpkin, Nor Toad

674

TikTok's favorite zoologist quizzes us on the most dangerous animals

675

A Holiday Fact Exchange!

676

Climate Change Stresses Out These Chipmunks. Why Are Their Cousins So Chill?

677

Can COP 15 Save Our Planet's Biodiversity?

678

Brain Scientists Are Tripping Out Over Psychedelics

679

Confessions Of A Math Convert

680

Your Multivitamin Won't Save You

681

The Hope For Slowing Amazon Deforestation

682

A Step Closer To Nuclear Fusion Energy

683

From Scientific Exile To Gene Editing Pioneer

684

You Know That Gut Feeling You Have?...

685

The Myth of Plastic Recycling

686

DART: The Impacts Of Slamming A Spacecraft Into An Asteroid

687

The Biologist Who Talks With Cells

688

What Makes Hawaii's Erupting Volcanoes Special

689

'One Mississippi...' How Lightning Shapes The Climate

690

Don't Call It Dirt: The Science Of Soil

691

Arts Week: Physics Meets The Circus

692

Arts Week: The Life Cycle Of A Neuron

693

Arts Week: The Literary Magazine Dissecting Health And Healing

694

Arts Week: How Art Can Heal The Brain

695

Arts Week: Harnessing Bacteria For Art

696

Happy Thanksgiving, All!

697

Three Takeaways From The COP27 Climate Conference

698

A Taste Of Lab-Grown Meat

699

A Deeply Personal Race Against A Fatal Brain Disease

700

Science Couldn't Save Her, So She Became A Scientist

701

Killer Proteins: The Science Of Prions

702

Where Do Climate Negotiations Stand At COP27?

703

Searching For A New Life

704

Corey Gray Is Picking Up Cosmic Vibrations

705

Climate Tipping Points And The Damage That Could Follow

706

Depression And Alzheimer's Treatments At A Crossroads

707

Why Do We Cry?

708

Traditional Plant Knowledge Is Not A Quick Fix

709

COP-out: Who's Liable For Climate Change Destruction?

710

Control: Eugenics And The Corruption Of Science

711

Should Daylight Saving Time Be Permanent?

712

Allergic To Cats? There's Hope Yet!

713

Saving The Pacific Lamprey

714

Donate Your Body To Science?

715

100 Years Of Box Turtles

716

He Had His Father's Voice: Tracking A Rare Bird Hybrid

717

The Tigray Medical System Collapse

718

When Autumn Leaves Start To Fall

719

New Discoveries In Underwater Plant Sex

720

Brain Cells In A Dish Play Pong And Other Brain Adventures

721

These Animals Will Mess You Up

722

Beyond Condoms!

723

Choose Your Own (Math) Adventure

724

You're 50, And Your Body Is Changing: Time For The Talk

725

Pop Quiz! Short Wave Birthday Edition

726

Why Do We Laugh?

727

We Baked A Cake For Our 3rd Birthday!

728

The Quest To Save The California Condor

729

IVF Has Come A Long Way, But Many Don't Have Access

730

The Scorpion Renaissance Is Upon Us

731

A New Drug For A Relentless Brain Disease

732

Why Disaster Relief Underserves Those Who Need It Most

733

Predicting Landslides: After Disaster, Alaska Town Turns To Science

734

Sustainable Seafood? It's A Question Of Data

735

Why The Bladder Is Number One!

736

Grasslands: The Unsung Carbon Hero

737

One Park. 24 Hours.

738

Asteroid Deflection Mission, Activate!

739

Rise Of The Dinosaurs

740

Working With Tribes To Co-Steward National Parks

741

Water Water Everywhere, But How Much Do You Really Need?

742

Three Sisters And The Fight Against Alzheimer's Disease

743

How Muggy Is It? Check The Dew Point!

744

How Freaked Out Should We Be About Ukraine's Nuclear Plant?

745

Heat Can Take A Deadly Toll On Humans

746

What The Universe Is Doing RIGHT NOW

747

When Should I Get My Omicron Booster Shot?

748

Name That Tune! Why The Brain Remembers Songs

749

The Race To Rescue The Guadalupe Fescue

750

Short Wave Goes To The Circus

751

'Scallop Discos': How Some Glitzy Lights Could Lead To A Low-Impact Fishery

752

Surf's Always Up — In Waco, Texas

753

Happy Labor Day!

754

Worm Blobs From The Bowels Of The Earth

755

The Stars That Settled The Great Debate

756

Quiz Bowl! How Animals Sense The World

757

The Man Who Shot The Moon

758

988: An Alternative To 911 For Mental Health

759

Experience The Quietest Place On Earth

760

Artemis: NASA's New Chapter In Space

761

Searching The Ocean's Depths For Future Medicines

762

Sweating Buckets... of SCIENCE!

763

Micro Wave: How to Build a Sandcastle Dreamhouse!

764

Eavesdropping On A Volcano

765

A Rising Demand for Coal Amidst War in Ukraine

766

Ode To The Manta Ray

767

How To Brew Amazing Coffee With Science

768

The Radio Wave Mystery That Changed Astronomy

769

Tick Check! The Tiny Bloodsuckers In Our Backyards

770

The Brazilian Scientists Inventing An mRNA Vaccine — And Sharing The Recipe

771

Twinkle, Twinkle, Shooting Star

772

How Monkeypox Became A Public Health Emergency

773

Carry The Two: Making Audio Magic With Math

774

A Tale Of Two Parks And The Bats Within Them

775

Abortion Laws in Texas are Disrupting Maternal Care

776

The Secret History of DNA

777

Wild Horses Could Keep Wildfire At Bay

778

TASTE BUDDIES: The Controversial World Of Taste Science

779

Spice, Spice, Baby! Why Some Of Us Enjoy The Pain Of Spicy Foods

780

TASTE BUDDIES: No Sugarcoating How Sweet Affects The Brain

781

TASTE BUDDIES: Feeling Salty?

782

TASTE BUDDIES: Umami And The Redemption Of MSG

783

TASTE BUDDIES: Pucker Up! It's The Science Of Sour

784

The Accelerated Approvals Process: Are Drugmakers Fulfilling Their Promises?

785

Russia's War In Ukraine Is Hurting Nature

786

Keeping Score On Climate: How We Measure Greenhouse Gases

787

Venus And The 18th Century Space Race

788

How Clarice Phelps Put Her Mark On The Periodic Table

789

The Universe's Baby Pictures (Squee!) From The James Webb Space Telescope

790

Making Space Travel Accessible For People With Disabilities

791

Real Life 'Goonies'? A Mysterious Shipwreck Found Off the Oregon Coast

792

BA.5: The Omicron Subvariant Driving Up Cases — And Reinfections

793

Everything On A Bagel: A Conversation With Daniels

794

Tiny Critter Week Finale: Nudibranchs Do It Better

795

Liquid Gold: The Wonder Of Honey

796

Spiders Can Fear Other Spiders

797

Against All Odds, The Pumpkin Toadlet Is

798

Tiny Critters On The Way This Week

799

If Monkeys Could Talk...

800

Micro Wave: Scientists Discover GINORMOUS Bacteria

801

Climate Change Is Tough On Personal Finances

802

The Quest To Save The California Condor

803

The Public Health Implications Of Overturning Roe V. Wade

804

Let's Get Crafty With Agar Art!

805

Dino-mite! Meet The Real Stars of 'Jurassic World: Dominion'

806

'Smell Ya Later, COVID!' How Dogs Are Helping Schools Stay COVID-free

807

Good Things Come In Trees

808

Honoring Juneteenth

809

Science In The City: Cylita Guy Talks Chasing Bats And Tracking Rats

810

Can The Next School Shooting Be Prevented With Compassion?

811

War On Earth, Cooperation In Space

812

How Politics And Health Are Intertwined

813

Wok This Way: A Science Cooking Show

814

Pride Week: The Importance Of Inclusion In Sex Education

815

Pride Week: How Organic Chemistry Helped With Embracing Identities

816

Pride Week: Beginning Hormone Replacement Therapy

817

Pride Week: TikTok Queen Brings Math To The Masses

818

Pride Week: Loving Sally Ride

819

It's Been A Minute: Digital Privacy In A Possible Post-Roe World

820

How To Keep Meat Juicy With Science

821

What Research Says About Mass Shootings

822

Telehealth Abortions Are Changing The Culture Of Medicine

823

James Kagambi: The 62 Year Old Who Just Summited Everest

824

Dog Breeds Are A Behavioral Myth... Sorry!

825

How Changes in Abortion Law Could Impact Community Health

826

Why Abortion Access Is Important For A Healthy Community

827

The Queen of Nuclear Physics (Part Two): Forming Chien-Shiung Wu's Story

828

The Queen of Nuclear Physics (Part One): Chien-Shiung Wu's Discovery

829

TASTE BUDDIES: Why Bitter Tastes Better For Some

830

Who Else Can See Your Period Tracker Data?

831

How Vaccine Misinformation Spread Through The Parenting World

832

The Importance Of The Vaginal Microbiome

833

Who Would Be Most Affected By Roe Reversal

834

A Climate Time Capsule, Part 2: The Start of the International Climate Change Fight

835

A Climate Time Capsule (Part 1): The Start of the International Climate Change Fight

836

Stephanie's Story: How COVID Misinformation Affected One Family

837

The Turnaway Study: What The Research Says About Abortion

838

Lessons From HIV On Ending The COVID Pandemic

839

When Our Star Erupts - The 1859 Solar Storm And More

840

Emotions — They're Not Just For Humans

841

Why You Should Give A Dam About Beavers!

842

Why Did The Scientist Cross The Road?...To Meet Kasha Patel!

843

All Tied Up: The Study of Knots

844

Planetary Scientists Are Excited About Uranus

845

U.S. COVID Case Increases Unlikely To Become A Surge

846

The Environmental Cost of Crypto

847

Cryptocurrency Is An Energy Drain

848

Fresh Banana Leaves — An Indigenous Approach To Science

849

The Indicator: How Green Laws Stop Green Projects

850

The Science Behind The Delta-8 Craze

851

TASTE BUDDIES: Y U Salty?

852

The Pandemic Is Damaging Health Workers' Mental Health

853

Can Skiing Survive Climate Change?

854

Addressing Water Contamination With Indigenous Science

855

Voices From A Ukrainian Hospital Damaged By Russian Attacks

856

Planet Money: How Manatees Got Into Hot Water

857

Lemurs Will Rock You

858

War In Ukraine Sets Back Tuberculosis Treatment

859

TASTE BUDDIES: The Origins Of Umami

860

The Indicator: Destroying Personal Digital Data

861

When To Consider Another COVID-19 Booster

862

What We Gain From Dark Night Skies

863

What Octopus Minds May Tell Us About Aliens

864

The Peculiar Physics Of The Wiffle Ball

865

The Community Scientists Who Helped Discover A New Planet

866

To Be DST, Or Not To Be. That Is The Question.

867

Indoor Air Quality is Cool for Schools

868

Hal Walker: The Man Who Shot The Moon

869

Can Nuclear Power Save A Struggling Coal Town?

870

Should Bulldogs Exist?

871

COVID-19 Cases Rise In The U.K., U.S. Watches For New Wave

872

Parents Of Transgender Youth Fear Texas' Anti-Trans Orders

873

How Art Can Heal The Brain

874

Fighting Misinformation With Science Journalism

875

What Mount Kilimanjaro Has To Do With The Search For Alien Life

876

Humble Pi: Enjoying When Math Goes Awry

877

Genetic Fact Vs. Fiction And Everything In Between With Janina Jeff

878

A Physics Legend Part Two: Chien-Shiung Wu's Granddaughter Reflects

879

A Physics Legend Part One: How Chien-Shiung Wu Changed Physics Forever

880

TASTE BUDDIES: Science of Sour

881

Checking In On Our Pandemic Habits: What To Lose And What To Keep?

882

Dr. Thomas Insel On Why The U.S Mental Health System Has Failed And What Can Be Done

883

Emily Runs A Marathon

884

Silver Linings From The UN's Dire Climate Change Report

885

How A Collection Of Threatened Bird Calls Swept The Australian Album Charts

886

Orcas: Apex Predators Or Marine Park Stars?

887

What Led To The Massive Volcanic Eruption In Tonga

888

Twinkle, Twinkle, Shooting Star . . .

889

Schedule Those Doctor's Appointments!

890

Do You See What I See?

891

Vacuuming DNA Out Of The Air

892

The Good and the Bad of TV Forensics

893

How Women Of Color Created Community In The Shark Sciences

894

How Many Senses Do We Really Have?

895

Tracing A Fraught And Amazing History Of American Horticulture

896

How to Talk About Hair Like a Scientist

897

How climate change is forcing cities to rebuild stormwater systems

898

The (Drag) Queen Of Mathematics

899

Without Inventor James West, This Interview Might Not Have Been Possible

900

The Complete Guide To Absolutely Everything (Abridged)

901

The Physics Of Figure Skating

902

Chimp Haven Welcomes New Retirees

903

Science In The City: Cylita Guy Talks Chasing Bats And Tracking Rats

904

Should Big Oil Pick Up The Climate Change Bill?

905

Omicron Ebbing Gives Time to Boost Vaccinations

906

'Station Eleven': A Home At The End Of The World

907

Omicron Around The World: From "Zero COVID" To Rising Cases

908

Did E.T. Phone Us?

909

Megadrought fuels debate over whether a flooded canyon should reemerge

910

What's Next For The Pandemic? Will COVID-19 Become Endemic Soon?

911

Placebos Vs Parkinson's: The Power Of Joy

912

Fighting Bias In Space: When There's A New Telescope, Who Gets To Use It?

913

The Hodgepodge Of COVID Testing In The U.S.

914

A Clean Energy Future: How Hawaii Is Sparking The Push

915

When Tracking Your Period Lets Companies Track You

916

The Debate About Pablo Escobar's Hippos

917

How COVID Is Affecting Kids' Mental Health

918

Wingspan! It's Got Birds, Science, Caterpillars - An Ideal Night In

919

Pondering A New Normal As The Omicron Surge Continues

920

The Electric Car Race! Vroom, Vroom!

921

Man's Best Friend Is Healing Veterans

922

How To Talk About The COVID-19 Vaccine With People Who Are Hesitant

923

Doctor Finds Hope In Helping Inform And Vaccinate Her Community

924

An Ode To The Manta Ray

925

The Science Of The Delta-8 Craze

926

This New Year - Slow Down, It Doesn't Mean You're Lazy

927

2021: Celebrating The Joy Of Birds

928

Meet the Dermatologists Changing Their Field

929

Our Favorite Things: Math And Community In The Classroom

930

Our Favorite Things, Short Wave-style

931

Octavia Butler: Visionary Fiction‬

932

Want To Start Reading Sci-Fi And Fantasy? Here's A Beginner's Guide

933

Sci-Fi Movie Club: 'Contact'

934

Happy Science Fiction Week, Earthlings!

935

Ellen Ochoa's Extraordinary NASA Career

936

Safety Precautions For The Holiday Season

937

The James Webb Space Telescope Is About To Launch

938

Striving To Make Space Accessible For People With Disabilities

939

NIH Director Talks The Pandemic, Vaccine Hesitancy And Americans' Health

940

The Winter Twindemic: Flu And COVID

941

Concussions: How A Mild Brain Injury Can Alter Our Perception Of Sound

942

What Does A Healthy Rainforest Sound Like? (encore)

943

What's Driving The Political Divide Over Vaccinations

944

Seeking Answers To The Universe Deep In A Gold Mine

945

What A New Antiviral Drug Could Mean For The Future Of COVID

946

The 2021 Hurricane Season Wrapped

947

Jane Goodall Says There's Hope For Our Planet. Act Now, Despair Later!

948

No sperm? No problem.

949

Using Math To Rethink Gender (encore)

950

Omicron's Arrival Is 'Wake-Up Call' That The Pandemic Is Ongoing

951

Why Puerto Rico Is A Leader In Vaccinating Against COVID-19

952

How To Choose A Health Insurance Plan

953

Celebrate The Holidays Safely This Pandemic

954

A Mission To Redirect An Asteroid

955

Two Sides Of Guyana: A Green Champion And An Oil Producer

956

Bee Superfood: Exploring Honey's Chemical Complexities

957

One Woman's Quest For The (Scientifically) Best Turkey

958

Parents, We're Here To Help! Answers To Your COVID Vaccine Questions

959

Experiencing The Emergence, Life And Death of A Neuron

960

Camilla Pang On Turning Fear Into Light

961

The secret history of DNA: Pus, fish sperm, life as we know it

962

Who pays for climate change?

963

Can climate talk turn into climate action?

964

What happens in the brain when we grieve

965

Why Aduhelm, a new Alzheimer's treatment, isn't reaching many patients

966

Housing and COVID: Why helping people pay rent can help fight the pandemic

967

Planning for a space mission to last more than 50 years

968

A new step toward ending 'the wrath of malaria'

969

The history and future of mRNA vaccine technology (encore)

970

The countries left behind in climate negotiations

971

How metaphors and stories are integral to science and healing

972

Spiders can have arachnophobia!

973

The opioid epidemic

974

The zombies living in our midst

975

Code Switch: Archaeological skeletons in the closet

976

An ode to the Pacific lamprey

977

A biodiesel boom (and conundrum)

978

COVID-19 boosters are here

979

How do we make sense of the sounds around us?

980

The Mighty Mangrove

981

The mystery of the mummified Twinkie

982

White scholars can complicate research into health disparities

983

Cockroaches are cool!

984

Bonobos and the Evolution of Nice

985

Why Music Sticks in Our Brains

986

Here's a better way to talk about hair

987

How foraging reconnected Alexis Nikole Nelson with food and her culture

988

The Toll Of Burnout On Medical Workers — And Their Patients

989

SURPRISE! It's A...Babbling Baby Bat?

990

Goodbye, Climate Jargon. Hello, Simplicity!

991

How To Help Someone At Risk Of Suicide

992

Scientists Are Racing To Save Sequoias

993

A Science Reporter And A 'Mild' Case Of Breakthrough COVID

994

After Years Of Delays, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope To Launch In December

995

The Surf's Always Up — In Waco, Texas

996

Mapping The Birds Of Bougainville Island

997

How Long Does COVID Immunity Last Anyway?

998

Afraid of Needles? You're Not Alone

999

A Great Outdoors For Everyone

1000

A Lotl Love For The Axolotl

1001

Climate Change Means More Subway Floods; How Cities Are Adapting

1002

Breakthrough Infections, Long COVID And You

1003

The Pervasiveness Of Transgender Health Care Discrimination

1004

9/11 First Responders Have Higher Cancer Risks But Better Survival Rates

1005

For Successful Wildfire Prevention, Look To The Southeast

1006

Fewer COVID Vaccine Doses Materialized Last Fall Than The U.S. Government Hoped

1007

The Peculiar Case Of Dark Matter

1008

So Long, Sofia

1009

Nudibranchs Do It Better

1010

Pandemic Dispatches From The ER

1011

You Mite Want To Shower After This

1012

Why A Good Scare Is Sometimes The Right Call

1013

Is It Muggy Out? Check The Dew Point!

1014

The Fight To Save Sunflower Sea Stars

1015

How To Start Hormone Replacement Therapy

1016

Ultracold Soup - The 'Superfluid' States Of Matter

1017

To Build, Or Not To Build? That Is The Question Facing Local Governments

1018

Micro Wave: Build Your Own Sandcastle Dreamhouse

1019

When Sea Levels Rise, Who Should Pay?

1020

Spinosaurus: The Aquatic Dinosaur

1021

COVID-19 News: A Hospital System Overwhelmed, Booster Shots Update

1022

Three (Hopeful!) Takeaways From The UN's Climate Change Report

1023

Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall: Can Animals Recognize Their Reflection At All?

1024

Does Your Cat Like You — Or Just Tolerate You?

1025

Bringing Service Animals Into The Lab

1026

Does Your Dog Love You? Science Has Some Answers

1027

Siriusly, It's The Dog Days Of Summer!

1028

Gravitational Waves: Unlocking The Secrets Of The Universe

1029

How To Correct Misinformation

1030

COVID And Aduhelm On The Agenda At Denver Alzheimer's Meeting

1031

Whales' Vital Role In Our Oceans

1032

Caregiving During The Pandemic Takes A Toll On Mental Health

1033

Lightning Bugs, Fireflies - Call Them What You Will, They're Awesome

1034

Breaking Down The New CDC Mask Guidance

1035

Managing Wildfire Through Cultural Burns

1036

Sweat: A Human Superpower

1037

Can We Predict Earthquakes? (Hint: No)

1038

The Great California Groundwater Grab

1039

Who Runs The World? Squirrels!

1040

How Tall Is Mount Everest? Hint: It Changes

1041

The Delta Variant And The Latest Coronavirus Surge

1042

Building A Shark Science Community For Women Of Color

1043

The Joy Of Ice Cream's Texture

1044

Three Guidelines To Understanding The Delta Variant

1045

What Science Fiction Gets Wrong About Space Travel

1046

The Ripple Effects Of A Huge Drop In Cancer Screenings

1047

The Mysterious Ice Worm

1048

Micro Wave: What Is 'Brain Freeze'?

1049

FEMA Has An Equity Problem, Part Two: Race

1050

Teens Ask, We Answer: What's Up With COVID Vaccines?

1051

FACT SMACK: Bats! They're Cooler Than Birds

1052

'Arrival': How To Talk To Aliens

1053

FEMA Has An Equity Problem

1054

The Climate Crisis Is A Public Health Crisis

1055

Organic Chemistry Helped Me Embrace My Identities

1056

Lessons Learned From Hindered Contact Tracing Efforts In The U.S.

1057

FDA Approves Aducanumab — A Controversial Drug For Alzheimer's

1058

Climate Change Is Threatening The U.S. West's Water Supply

1059

Loving Sally Ride

1060

COVID-19 Vaccines, Boosters And The Renaissance In Vaccine Technology

1061

Behold! The Anus: An Evolutionary Marvel

1062

'Where We Come From': Emily Kwong's Story

1063

We're Off For Juneteenth

1064

#BlackBirdersWeek 2021: Celebrating The Joy Of Birds

1065

'I'm Willing To Fight For It': Learning A Second Language As An Adult

1066

The Disordered Cosmos

1067

Migrating Monarchs

1068

Yep, We Made Up Vegetables

1069

The Science Behind That Fresh Rain Scent

1070

Cleveland - What Climate Equity Could Look Like

1071

COVID News Round-Up: Vaccination Progress, Booster Shots, Travel

1072

Taking A New Look At Some Old Bones

1073

Bringing The Sensation Of Touch To A Robotic Limb

1074

Scientific Sankofa And The Complexities Of Genetic Ancestry

1075

It's Okay To Let Go Of Herd Immunity

1076

Rainbows! How They Form And Why We See Them

1077

Disabled Scientists Are Often Excluded From The Lab

1078

Big Vape: The Incendiary Rise of Juul E-cigarettes

1079

The Curious Stardust At The Ocean Floor

1080

The State Of Vaccinations In The U.S.

1081

'Off The Charts' Rise In Alcoholic Liver Disease Among Young Women

1082

Who Should Control Earth's Thermostat?

1083

Biden Proposes A 'Civilian Corps' To Address Climate Change

1084

Pandemic Could Roll Back Advancements For Women in STEMM

1085

Too soon? The CDC Relaxes Mask Guidance For Fully Vaccinated

1086

Racism, Opioids And COVID-19: A Deadly Trifecta

1087

Animal Slander! The Origins Of "Badgering" Will Bum You Out

1088

In The Pandemic, Children Face A Mental Health Crisis

1089

SCOOP: There's A Dirt Shortage

1090

Pediatricians Work To Persuade Parents And Teens To Get COVID-19 Vaccine

1091

The Past, Present and Future of mRNA Vaccines

1092

'Everyone I Know Has Lost Someone': An Update From India

1093

A Fragile X Treatment May Be On The Horizon

1094

Why Some Countries Have Low Vaccination Rates

1095

A Vaccination Update And The CDC's Latest Guidance On Masks

1096

Burnout: The Crisis Plaguing Health Care Workers

1097

The Viral TikTok Explaining mRNA Vaccines With ... Forks!

1098

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster: 10 Years Later

1099

5 Ways To Cut Carbon Emissions At Home

1100

The U.S. Vaccination Rate Continues To Slow

1101

A 142-Year-Old Science Seed Caper

1102

U.S. Renews Its Commitment To Addressing Climate Change

1103

Medicine And The Horseshoe Crab

1104

Micro Wave: Why Hair Turns Gray

1105

Half Of U.S. Adults Have Gotten A Vaccine — But Hurdles Remain For Herd Immunity

1106

A Classroom Where Math And Community Intersect

1107

Why Scientists Are Racing To Save Historical Sea Level Records

1108

Why Baltimore Is Suing Big Oil Over Climate Change

1109

A Rising Tide of Violence Against Environmental Activists

1110

What Happens When The Tides Get Higher

1111

Debating When The 'Age Of Humans' Began

1112

The Resurgence Of Psychedelic Psychiatry

1113

Smell Therapy

1114

The Queen's Squeak

1115

Vaccinations Are Up, But So Are COVID-19 Cases

1116

How To Reach Out When Someone You Know May Be At Risk Of Suicide

1117

Micro Wave: Are Seasonal Allergies Getting Worse?

1118

Meet The Dermatologists Advancing Better Care For Skin Of Color

1119

Fulgurite: What A Lightning-Formed Rock May Have Contributed To Life On Earth

1120

What We Can Learn From Microscopic Life In Antarctica

1121

Is The Future Quantum?

1122

The Purple Urchins Don't Die

1123

Meet The 'Glacier Mice'

1124

A Look Inside The World's Biggest Vaccine Maker

1125

How A New Deal Legacy Is Building Clean Energy In Rural North Carolina

1126

The U.S. Has A History Of Linking Disease With Race And Ethnicity

1127

Reflections On Coronavirus A Year In

1128

A Quick Dive Into How Submarines Work

1129

What Earth Looked Like 3.2 Billion Years Ago

1130

Our Pandemic Future

1131

A Year Into The Pandemic, The Incarcerated Among The Most Vulnerable

1132

The Importance Of Diversifying Alzheimer's Research

1133

CDC's Do's and Don'ts For Fully Vaccinated People

1134

One Key To Healthy Oceans? Sharks

1135

Millions Of U.S. Homes Face An Expensive Flooding Threat

1136

Is The Sperm Race A Fairy Tale?

1137

The Fight Over The Future Of Natural Gas

1138

Pandemic Dispatches From The ER, One Year Later

1139

Vaccine Distribution: An Equity Challenge

1140

Code Switch: A Shot In The Dark

1141

Micro Wave: Let's Talk About Urine

1142

The Legacy of Trauma: Can Experiences Leave A Biological Imprint?

1143

Magnets: The Hidden Objects Powering Your Life

1144

James West On Invention And Inclusion In Science

1145

Coronavirus Vaccine Q&A: Variants, Side Effects, And More

1146

BONUS: Throughline — Octavia Butler: Visionary Fiction‬

1147

Micro Wave: I'll Peanut Jam Your Brain

1148

Why Tech Companies Are Limiting Police Use of Facial Recognition

1149

Anti-Racist Science Education

1150

The Creation Of The Magnificent Makers

1151

A Week Of Black Excellence

1152

Bring Me Chocolate Or Bring Me Dead Stuff

1153

Saving Sea Level Records: What Historical Records Tell Us About The Rising Ocean

1154

When Defending The Land Puts Your Own Life At Risk

1155

Why 500,000 COVID-19 Deaths May Not Feel Any Different

1156

What's In A Tattoo? Scientists Are Looking For Answers

1157

When Life Gives You Lemons...Make A Battery

1158

Biden Promises To Grapple With Environmental Racism

1159

Opioids, COVID-19 And Racism: A Deadly Trifecta

1160

The Lost Joys Of Talking To Strangers

1161

The Complex Decisions Around Rebuilding After A Wildfire

1162

FACT SMACK: Spider Edition

1163

How Bonobos Help Explain The Evolution Of Nice

1164

What The Spread Of Coronavirus Variants Means For The U.S.

1165

The Surprising History of Handwashing

1166

A Pesky Rumble: Pink Bollworms Vs. Cotton Farmers

1167

Our More-Than-Five Senses

1168

Baltimore Is Suing Big Oil Over Climate Change

1169

The Social Side of Stuttering

1170

Let's Go Back To Venus!

1171

Micro Wave: How 'Bout Dem Apple...Seeds

1172

How COVID-19 Affects The Brain

1173

Should Black People Get Race Adjustments In Kidney Medicine?

1174

CubeSat: Little Satellite, Big Deal

1175

This Teen Scientist Is TIME's First-Ever 'Kid Of The Year'

1176

Micro Wave: What Makes Curly Hair Curl?

1177

The Hunt For The World's Oldest Ice

1178

One Page At A Time, Jess Wade Is Changing Wikipedia

1179

How COVID-19 Has Changed Science

1180

Meet The Ko'Ko', The Comeback Bird

1181

Happy New Year from Short Wave!

1182

How Will Climate And Health Policy Look Under Biden?

1183

It's Okay To Sleep Late (Do It For Your Immune System)

1184

2020: At Least It Was Good For Space Exploration?

1185

Happy Holidays from Short Wave!

1186

Seeing Monsters? It Could Be Sleep Paralysis

1187

Oof! 2020: A Hot Year For The Record Books

1188

Antimatter: Matter's "Evil Twin"

1189

Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall: Can You Reveal An Animal's Inner World At All?

1190

The Science Behind The Historic mRNA Vaccine

1191

How A 100-Year-Old Treatment Could Help Save Us From Superbugs

1192

To Unlock Sublime Flavor, Cook Like A Scientist

1193

Chang'e-5: To The Moon And Back

1194

Climate Change And 2020's Record-Breaking Hurricane Season

1195

Science From Curiosity And A Little Paper

1196

How Effective Are Antibody Treatments For COVID-19?

1197

Why We See Rainbows

1198

Nebraska Doctor: 'Don't Call Us Heroes.' Dig Deep And Do Your Part

1199

Too Much Of A Good Thing: The Cautionary Tale of Biotech Crops

1200

The Long Legacy Of The Arecibo Telescope

1201

How Tall Is Mount Everest REALLY?

1202

The Special Connection Between Smell and Memory

1203

When Critters Bleed ... On Purpose!

1204

Ultracold Soup: Meet The 'Superfluid' States Of Matter

1205

Measuring Sea Level Rise From Space

1206

Happy (Harm Reduction) Thanksgiving!

1207

Trump Administration Lifts Protections For Largest National Forest In US

1208

Who Gets The Vaccine First? And How Will They Get It?

1209

The COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Results: What They Mean, What Comes Next

1210

A Call For Equity In Genomics Research

1211

Undisclosed: Fire And Flood Risk In The United States

1212

What's It Like To Be A COVID-19 'Long Hauler'

1213

The US And The Paris Climate Agreement: 5 Things To Know

1214

Pandemic Reality Check - Where We Are. Where We're Headed.

1215

Touch And Go: NASA Samples An Asteroid

1216

Welcome To The World Of Whale Falls

1217

Micro Wave: "Once In A Blue Moon" Is Happening Again This Halloween

1218

One More Step Toward Solving The Sleep & Alzheimer's Puzzle

1219

The Mystery Of The Mummified Twinkie

1220

Crows: Are They Scary Or Just Super Smart?

1221

Micro Wave: Why Do Leaves Change Color During Fall?

1222

Why These Tiny Particles Are A Big Deal

1223

Randall Munroe's Absurd Scientific Advice For Real-World Problems

1224

Quantum Mechanics For Beginners

1225

The Tricky Business Of Coronavirus Testing On College Campuses

1226

Micro Wave: You Mite Want To Shower After This

1227

Gender Discrimination And Harassment At Sea

1228

Butterflies Have Hearts In Their Wings. You Won't Believe Where They Have Eyes

1229

Micro Wave: Does Talking To Plants Help Them Grow?

1230

What Coronavirus Test Results Do — And Don't — Mean

1231

The Fattest Bear Wins!

1232

The Nobels Overwhelmingly Go to Men — This Year's Prize For Medicine Was No Exception

1233

Micro Wave: Why Some Fruits Ripen Faster In A Paper Bag

1234

Want To Dismantle Racism In Science? Start In The Classroom

1235

Fueled By Climate Change, Hurricanes Are Causing Industrial Accidents. Who's Liable?

1236

The CDC Doesn't Know Enough About Coronavirus In Tribal Nations

1237

Micro Wave: Mighty Mice, Drugs And Hopes For Space Voyagers

1238

A Short Wave Guide To Joe Biden's Coronavirus Plan

1239

ICYMI: 200+ Short Wave Episodes Are Waiting For You

1240

Preparing For Perimenopause: You Don't Have To Do It Alone

1241

How Hackers Could Fool Artificial Intelligence

1242

A Key To Black Infant Survival? Black Doctors

1243

How The U.S. Is Caught In A "Pandemic Spiral"

1244

Miss an episode? Now's your chance to catch up...

1245

Saving Water A Flush At A Time

1246

A Mathematician's Manifesto For Rethinking Gender

1247

Micro Wave: Why Mosquitoes Bite You More Than Your Friends

1248

This Is Not A Typo: One In Four Animals Known To Science Is A Beetle

1249

Managing Wildfire Through Cultural Burning

1250

The International Scientists Getting Pushed Out

1251

SPACE WEEK: An Astrophysicist On The End Of Everything

1252

SPACE WEEK: Is Space Junk Cluttering Up The Final Frontier?

1253

SPACE WEEK: What Would It Be Like To Fall Into A Black Hole?

1254

SPACE WEEK: Every Moon, Ranked

1255

SPACE WEEK: The Mystery Of Dark Energy

1256

The Arecibo Telescope Is Damaged — And That's A Big Deal

1257

The Science Of Wildfire Smoke

1258

What Does A Healthy Rainforest Sound Like?

1259

Scorpion Vs Mouse: A Mind-Blowing Desert Showdown

1260

Safely Socializing In The Time Of 'Rona

1261

Science Movie Club: 'Arrival'

1262

How The Lack of Fans Is Changing the Psychology of Sports

1263

The Science Behind Storytelling

1264

Farming Releases Carbon From The Earth's Soil Into The Air. Can We Put It Back?

1265

The Science Is Simple, So Why Is Opening Schools So Complicated?

1266

Save The Parasites

1267

How To Know If A Hurricane Is Coming For You

1268

1st U.S. Dog With COVID-19 Has Died, And There's A Lot We Still Don't Know

1269

Gene-Altered Squid Could Be The Next Lab Rats

1270

Why Herd Immunity Won't Save Us

1271

Micro Wave: Spreading Warm Bread With Socks

1272

Wearing A Mask Could Be Even More Important Than We Thought

1273

How Gene Therapy Helped Conner Run

1274

The Search For Ancient Civilizations On Earth ... From Space

1275

Pregnancy And COVID-19: What We Know And How To Protect Yourself

1276

Coronavirus Q&A: Running Outside, Petting Dogs, And More

1277

Butterflies Have Hearts In Their Wings. You'll Never Guess Where They Have Eyes

1278

Mars Is The Place To Go This Summer

1279

The Controversy Around COVID-19 Hospital Data

1280

Eavesdropping On Whales In A Quiet Ocean

1281

Why Shame Is A Bad Public Health Tool — Especially In A Pandemic

1282

CDC Employees Call Out A 'Toxic Culture Of Racial Aggressions'

1283

America's 'Never-Ending Battle Against Flesh-Eating Screw Worms'

1284

Fat Phobia And Its Racist Past And Present

1285

The Troubling Link Between Deforestation and Disease

1286

Micro Wave: The Science Of Microwave Ovens + Listener Mail

1287

Why The Pandemic Is Getting Worse... And How To Think About The Future

1288

Understanding Unconscious Bias

1289

Why Do Flying Snakes Wiggle In The Air?

1290

How Record Heat In Siberia Is Messing With...Everything

1291

Lightbulbs Strike Back

1292

The Congolese Doctor Who Discovered Ebola

1293

This NASA Engineer Is Bringing Math And Science To Hip-Hop

1294

Honeybees Need Your Help

1295

The Importance Of Black Doctors

1296

Typhoid Mary: Lessons From An Infamous Quarantine

1297

Backyard Birding 101

1298

One Way To Slow Coronavirus Outbreaks At Meatpacking Plants? A Lot Of Testing

1299

Octocopter Set to Explore Titan, Saturn's Very Cool Moon

1300

Meet The Climate Scientist Trying to Fly Less for Work

1301

A COVID-19 Vaccine: What You Need To Know

1302

Minneapolis' Bold Plan To Tackle Racial Inequity And Climate Change

1303

The Science Behind That Fresh Rain Smell

1304

Tech Companies Are Limiting Police Use of Facial Recognition. Here's Why

1305

There Is No 'Second Wave'

1306

A Kazoo And The Evolution Of Speech

1307

The Inseparable Link Between Climate Change And Racial Justice

1308

How Many People Transmit The Coronavirus Without Ever Feeling Sick?

1309

We Don't Know Enough About Coronavirus Immunity

1310

The Fight Over A Weedkiller, In The Fields And In The Courts

1311

Coronavirus 'Long-Haulers' Have Been Sick For Months. Why?

1312

Spinosaurus Makes Waves

1313

How Tear Gas Affects The Body

1314

People Are Volunteering To Be Exposed To The Coronavirus...For Science

1315

Science Is For Everyone — Until It's Not

1316

Code Switch: A Decade Of Watching Black People Die

1317

Coronavirus And Racism Are Dual Public Health Emergencies

1318

#BlackBirdersWeek Seeks To Make The Great Outdoors Open To All

1319

Meet The 'Glacier Mice.' Scientists Can't Figure Out Why They Move.

1320

The Key To Coronavirus Testing Is Community

1321

The World Is Constantly Running Out Of Helium

1322

What We Will ⁠— And Won't ⁠— Remember About The Pandemic

1323

The Pandemic Cut Down Car Traffic. Why Not Air Pollution?

1324

What Would It Be Like To Fall Into A Black Hole?

1325

Space Launch! (It's Tomorrow And It's Historic.)

1326

A Short Wave Mad Lib

1327

How to Correct Misinformation, According to Science.

1328

Science Movie Club: 'Contact'

1329

What You Flush Is Helping Track The Coronavirus

1330

The Squishy, Slimey Science Of ASMR

1331

The Pandemic Time Warp

1332

What Did Earth Look Like 3.2 Billion Years Ago?

1333

The Coronavirus Is Mutating. Here's What That Means.

1334

Kids' Books Where Science Is The Adventure

1335

Making Music Out Of The Coronavirus

1336

We Need More Coronavirus Testing. Are Antigen Tests The Answer?

1337

Here's The Deal With 'Murder Hornets'

1338

What We're Missing, By Missing Strangers Now

1339

Scientists Think The Coronavirus Transmitted Naturally, Not In A Lab. Here's Why.

1340

What Is Dark Energy? Physicists Aren't Even Sure

1341

Letters From The 1918 Pandemic

1342

How An Early Plan To Spot The Virus Fell Weeks Behind

1343

How Bears Come Out Of Hibernation Jacked

1344

Can Optimism Be Learned? (Like Right Now?)

1345

The Lightbulb Strikes Back

1346

The Hard Truth About Ventilators

1347

Contact Tracing Is Key To Reopening. We're Not There Yet

1348

How Infectious Disease Shaped American Bathroom Design

1349

Animal Slander! Debunking 'Birdbrained' And 'Eat Like A Bird'

1350

On Earth Day, What You Can Do For The Environment

1351

Coronavirus Models Aren't "Wrong." That's Not How They Work.

1352

When The Military Fights A Pandemic At Home

1353

Every Moon, Ranked

1354

Where Did The Coronavirus Start? Virus Hunters Find Clues In Bats

1355

The Science of Making Bread

1356

How To Talk About The Coronavirus With Friends And Family

1357

The "7 Day COVID-19 Crash"

1358

Science Is For Everyone. Until It's Not.

1359

Science Movie Club: 'Twister'

1360

Puerto Ricans Are At Risk From The Coronavirus And A Lack Of Information

1361

The Peculiar Physics Of Wiffle Balls

1362

How The Coronavirus Could Hurt Our Ability To Fight Wildfires

1363

Honeybees Need Your Help, Honey

1364

Is This Real? Loss of Smell And The Coronavirus

1365

Seen Any Nazi Uranium? Researchers Want To Know

1366

Lessons In Being Alone, From A Woodland Snail

1367

No, The Coronavirus Isn't Another Flu

1368

Stay Home And Skype A Scientist

1369

Exploring The Canopy With 'TreeTop Barbie'

1370

Why Is The Coronavirus So Good At Spreading?

1371

It's Okay To Sleep Late (But Do It For Your Immune System)

1372

Keep Your Distance

1373

Yep. They Injected CRISPR Into An Eyeball

1374

Coronavirus Can Live On Surfaces For Days. What That Really Means

1375

Coronavirus Is Closing Schools: Here's How Families Can Cope.

1376

Is Failure To Prepare For Climate Change A Crime?

1377

Coronavirus Latest: Testing Challenges And Protecting At-Risk Elderly

1378

Humble Pi: When Math Goes Awry

1379

As Coronavirus Spreads, Racism And Xenophobia Are Too

1380

Freshwater Mussels Are Dying And No One Knows Why

1381

Creating Antimatter: Matter's "Evil Twin"

1382

The U.S. Doesn't Use The Metric System. Or Does It?

1383

Mouse Vs Scorpion: A Mind-Blowing Desert Showdown

1384

Coronavirus Is Here. Will Quarantines Help?

1385

When The Tides Keep Getting Higher

1386

A Tale Of Two (Very Different) Drug Prices

1387

Short Wave Presents: Life Kit's Tips To Prepare For The Coronavirus

1388

A Short Wave Guide To Good — And Bad — TV Forensics

1389

Vaccines, Misinformation, And The Internet (Part 2)

1390

Vaccines, Misinformation, And The Internet (Part 1)

1391

This NASA Engineer Is Bringing Math And Science To Hip Hop

1392

Australia's Next Danger: Mudslides

1393

A Board Game Where Birds (And Science) Win

1394

Foldscope: Science From Curiosity And A Little Paper

1395

Harvard Professor's Arrest Raises Questions About Scientific Openness

1396

Can Taking Zinc Help Shorten Your Cold?

1397

Is This Love? Or Am I Gonna Fight A Lion.

1398

The Weedkiller That Went Rogue

1399

Does Your Cat Really Hate You?

1400

A Tiny Satellite Revolution Is Afoot In Space

1401

There's A Plan To Drive Down Global Insulin Prices. Will It Work?

1402

A Coronavirus Listener Q&A Episode

1403

Service Animals In The Lab: Who Decides?

1404

Discovering 'Stormquakes'

1405

Sepsis Is A Global Killer. Can Vitamin C Be The Cure?

1406

From Stream To Sky, Two Key Rollbacks Under The Trump Administration

1407

The Surprising Origin Of Some Timely Advice: Wash Your Hands

1408

Where The 2020 Democrats Stand On Climate Change

1409

A Decade of Dzud: Lessons From Mongolia's Deadly Winters

1410

A Brief History (And Some Science) Of Iran's Nuclear Program

1411

Archaeology...From Space

1412

China's Coronavirus Is Spreading. But How?

1413

The Comeback Bird: Meet the Ko'Ko'

1414

Can A Low-Carb Diet Prevent A Plague Of Locusts?

1415

Mighty Mice Return From Space

1416

2020 So Far: Fires, Floods, And Quakes

1417

Can A 100-Year-Old Treatment Help Save Us From Superbugs?

1418

In Mozambique, Meteorologists Can't Keep Up With Climate Change

1419

Your Brain On Storytelling

1420

Space Junk: How Cluttered Is The Final Frontier?

1421

Animal Slander! - "Blind As A Bat" And "Memory Of A Goldfish"

1422

The Link Between Kitchen Countertops And A Deadly Disease

1423

What's Behind Australia's Historic Fires

1424

Food Waste + Poop = Electricity

1425

A Star In Orion Is Dimming. Is It About To Explode?

1426

Short Wave Presents: Life Kit Tips For Dealing With Anxious Kids

1427

Compost Your Loved Ones

1428

Happy New Year!

1429

Tennessine's Wild Ride To The Periodic Table

1430

The Decade In Science

1431

Sci-Fi Movies Of The Decade (Sort Of)

1432

One Of The Germiest Places In The Airport

1433

Happy Holidays!

1434

A Shortwave Christmas Carol

1435

Iridium's Pivotal Role In Our Past And ... Maybe Our Future?

1436

What Happened To The American Chestnut Tree?

1437

The First African American Face Transplant

1438

And The Winner Is...Science!

1439

The Science Behind Whakaari/White Island's Eruption

1440

A Polar Expedition To The Top Of The World: Part 2

1441

A Polar Expedition To The Top Of The World: Part 1

1442

Invasive Species: We Asked, You Answered

1443

The Congolese Doctor Who Discovered Ebola

1444

Aluminum's Journey From Precious Metal To Beer Can

1445

Getting Closer To The Sun Than Ever Before

1446

If You Give An Orangutan A Kazoo...

1447

Is CBD Safe? The FDA Can't Say

1448

The Evolution Of HIV Treatment

1449

An Interstellar Wanderer Is Coming Our Way

1450

Does Your Dog REALLY Love You?

1451

The Science Of Smell And Memory

1452

Happy Thanksgiving!

1453

One Small Step For Cookie Baking

1454

The Nightmare Of Sleep Paralysis

1455

Uganda's Solution For Treating Extreme Pain

1456

The CDC, Its 'F-Word' (Firearms) & Suicide Prevention

1457

Solving The Sleep & Alzheimer's Puzzle

1458

That Revolutionary Gene-Editing Experiment? So Far So Good.

1459

Saving Water One Flush At A Time

1460

Bye Bye, Bei Bei: Giant Panda Heads to China

1461

An Eyewitness to Extinction

1462

You Asked About The Flu

1463

SpaceX's Satellite Swarm: Could It Hurt Astronomy?

1464

Most U.S. Dairy Cows Come From 2 Bulls. That's Not Good.

1465

Can Global Shipping Go Zero Carbon?

1466

The Mind-Bending Ascent Of Helium — And Why It's Running Low

1467

Life After Whale Death

1468

Fighting An Insect Invasion With... An Insect Invasion

1469

The U.S. Wants Out Of The Paris Agreement

1470

A Revolutionary Experiment To Edit Human Genes

1471

When A Listener Calls...

1472

The Zombies That Walk Among Us

1473

Crows Don't Forget

1474

Wildfire Season Is Here To Stay

1475

Meet Two MacArthur 'Genius Grant' Scientists

1476

Seen Any Nazi Uranium? These Researchers Want To Know

1477

Adversarial AI

1478

Logging 'The Lungs' of North America

1479

Finally, An All-Female Spacewalk

1480

Randall Munroe's Absurd Science For Real-World Problems

1481

Exploring The Rainforest With 'TreeTop Barbie'

1482

The Squishy Science Behind ASMR

1483

What We Know (And Don't) About The Dangers Of Vaping

1484

Kicking The Habit With 'Shrooms

1485

Introducing Short Wave