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801

Corey Gray Is Picking Up Cosmic Vibrations

802

Climate Tipping Points And The Damage That Could Follow

803

Depression And Alzheimer's Treatments At A Crossroads

804

Why Do We Cry?

805

Traditional Plant Knowledge Is Not A Quick Fix

806

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

807

Control: Eugenics And The Corruption Of Science

808

Should Daylight Saving Time Be Permanent?

809

Allergic To Cats? There's Hope Yet!

810

Saving The Pacific Lamprey

811

Donate Your Body To Science?

812

100 Years Of Box Turtles

813

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

814

The Tigray Medical System Collapse

815

When Autumn Leaves Start To Fall

816

New Discoveries In Underwater Plant Sex

817

Brain Cells In A Dish Play Pong And Other Brain Adventures

818

These Animals Will Mess You Up

819

Beyond Condoms!

820

Choose Your Own (Math) Adventure

821

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

822

Pop Quiz! Short Wave Birthday Edition

823

Why Do We Laugh?

824

We Baked A Cake For Our 3rd Birthday!

825

The Quest To Save The California Condor

826

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

827

The Scorpion Renaissance Is Upon Us

828

A New Drug For A Relentless Brain Disease

829

Why Disaster Relief Underserves Those Who Need It Most

830

Predicting Landslides: After Disaster, Alaska Town Turns To Science

831

Sustainable Seafood? It's A Question Of Data

832

Why The Bladder Is Number One!

833

Grasslands: The Unsung Carbon Hero

834

One Park. 24 Hours.

835

Asteroid Deflection Mission, Activate!

836

Rise Of The Dinosaurs

837

Working With Tribes To Co-Steward National Parks

838

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

839

Three Sisters And The Fight Against Alzheimer's Disease

840

How Muggy Is It? Check The Dew Point!

841

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

842

Heat Can Take A Deadly Toll On Humans

843

What The Universe Is Doing RIGHT NOW

844

When Should I Get My Omicron Booster Shot?

845

Name That Tune! Why The Brain Remembers Songs

846

The Race To Rescue The Guadalupe Fescue

847

Short Wave Goes To The Circus

848

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

849

Surf's Always Up — In Waco, Texas

850

Happy Labor Day!

851

Worm Blobs From The Bowels Of The Earth

852

The Stars That Settled The Great Debate

853

Quiz Bowl! How Animals Sense The World

854

The Man Who Shot The Moon

855

988: An Alternative To 911 For Mental Health

856

Experience The Quietest Place On Earth

857

Artemis: NASA's New Chapter In Space

858

Searching The Ocean's Depths For Future Medicines

859

Sweating Buckets... of SCIENCE!

860

Micro Wave: How to Build a Sandcastle Dreamhouse!

861

Eavesdropping On A Volcano

862

A Rising Demand for Coal Amidst War in Ukraine

863

Ode To The Manta Ray

864

How To Brew Amazing Coffee With Science

865

The Radio Wave Mystery That Changed Astronomy

866

Tick Check! The Tiny Bloodsuckers In Our Backyards

867

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

868

Twinkle, Twinkle, Shooting Star

869

How Monkeypox Became A Public Health Emergency

870

Carry The Two: Making Audio Magic With Math

871

A Tale Of Two Parks And The Bats Within Them

872

Abortion Laws in Texas are Disrupting Maternal Care

873

The Secret History of DNA

874

Wild Horses Could Keep Wildfire At Bay

875

TASTE BUDDIES: The Controversial World Of Taste Science

876

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

877

TASTE BUDDIES: No Sugarcoating How Sweet Affects The Brain

878

TASTE BUDDIES: Feeling Salty?

879

TASTE BUDDIES: Umami And The Redemption Of MSG

880

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

881

The Accelerated Approvals Process: Are Drugmakers Fulfilling Their Promises?

882

Russia's War In Ukraine Is Hurting Nature

883

Keeping Score On Climate: How We Measure Greenhouse Gases

884

Venus And The 18th Century Space Race

885

How Clarice Phelps Put Her Mark On The Periodic Table

886

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

887

Making Space Travel Accessible For People With Disabilities

888

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

889

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

890

Everything On A Bagel: A Conversation With Daniels

891

Tiny Critter Week Finale: Nudibranchs Do It Better

892

Liquid Gold: The Wonder Of Honey

893

Spiders Can Fear Other Spiders

894

Against All Odds, The Pumpkin Toadlet Is

895

Tiny Critters On The Way This Week

896

If Monkeys Could Talk...

897

Micro Wave: Scientists Discover GINORMOUS Bacteria

898

Climate Change Is Tough On Personal Finances

899

The Quest To Save The California Condor

900

The Public Health Implications Of Overturning Roe V. Wade