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What can moments of lucidity teach us about Alzheimer’s?
Episode 1370
Watching a loved one with Alzheimer's or dementia slowly lose their cognitive abilities can be heartbreaking. While the person you once knew seems to…
7 hours ago
Colorado’s snow drought deals a major blow to recreation
Episode 1369
Winter in Colorado looked very different this year. Many parts of the state experienced record-high temperatures and record-low snowpack, which had d…
1 day, 7 hours ago
How do you find a ‘lost’ species?
Episode 1368
The earth is facing a biodiversity crisis, and there’s a lot of attention on species that are threatened, or at risk of dying out completely. But, th…
4 days, 7 hours ago
What we get wrong about vaccine hesitancy
Episode 1367
Over 2,400 people have contracted measles in the United States so far this year, topping the total number of cases for 2025 in just seven months. At …
5 days, 7 hours ago
Why this lab studies the speed of bug pee and other curiosities
Episode 1366
In a lab in the Rocky Mountains, a group of scientists is hard at work trying to find answers across biology, physics, and engineering: They’re looki…
6 days, 7 hours ago
Some primates undergo even more extreme childbirth than humans
Episode 1365
Human childbirth is often difficult and incredibly painful—just ask anyone who’s been through it. And for a long time, childbirth seemed to be unique…
1 week ago
Deb Haaland is a politician, and proud of it
Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, a member of the Laguna Pueblo tribe, was the first Native person to hold a cabinet position. Now she’s running…
1 week, 1 day ago
Sitting all day is terrible for us. Moving a little can help
Episode 1363
Keeping your butt in a seat for hours a day increases the risk of heart attacks, diabetes, psychiatric conditions, and more. But in our tech-filled w…
1 week, 4 days ago
A Nagasaki survivor and physician recounts his life's work
Episode 1362
Dr. Masao Tomonaga was only 2 years old when the United States bombed his home city of Nagasaki. He survived, and grew up to become a physician for o…
1 week, 5 days ago
What do people eat? Plant and animal DNA in sewage provide clues
Episode 1361
Imagine you wanted to get a general idea of what people are eating in a given community. You could look at grocery store sales, or do surveys, but ne…
1 week, 6 days ago