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Helping Dogs and Their Pawrents Live Healthier, Longer
Episode 1287
The Dog Aging Project is a long-term nationwide survey on the health and lifestyles of U.S. dogs that launched in 2019. Today, the project has more than 50,000 canines and counting. Today, hear what …
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Unveiling Olo — A Color Out of Oz!
Episode 1286
"Olo" does not exist in nature, nor can it be found among paint cans. But for a very select few, olo can be seen — through the intervention of careful computing and lasers. A team led by vision scien…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Anglerfish Ancestors Once Roamed The Seafloor
Episode 1285
There are over 200 species of deep-sea anglerfish; some are long and thin, some are squat and round, some have fins that they use to "walk" along the sea floor, and others have huge eyes set far back…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Can AI Crack The Biology Code?
Episode 1284
As artificial intelligence seeps into some realms of society, it rushes into others. One area it's making a big difference is protein science — as in the "building blocks of life," proteins! Producer…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Solving A Centuries Old Maritime Mystery
Episode 1283
For hundreds of years sailors have told stories about miles of glowing ocean during moonless nights. This phenomenon is known as "milky seas," but the only scientific sample was collected in 1985. So…
Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago
Why Daylight Boosts Immunity
Episode 1282
Depending on what time it is, your body responds differently to an injury or infection. During the day, you're likely to heal faster and fight infection better than at night. And historically, scient…
Published on 7 months ago
Unpacking Bipolar Disorder
Episode 1281
Around 40 million people around the world have bipolar disorder, which involves cyclical swings between moods: from depression to mania. Kay Redfield Jamison is one of those people. She's also a prof…
Published on 7 months ago
Nature Quest: The Climate-Kid Question
Episode 1280
Gen Z and younger millennials are the most climate literate generations the world has ever seen. They learned about climate change in school; now, it's part of how they plan for the future, including…
Published on 7 months ago
The Great Space Race ... With Clocks
Episode 1279
Happy Memorial Day, Short Wavers! This holiday, we bring you a meditation on time ... and clocks. There are hundreds of atomic clocks in orbit right now, perched on satellites all over Earth. We depe…
Published on 7 months ago
Flamingos: The Water-Bending Physics Masters
Episode 1278
Riddle us this: Which animal is pink, curved beaked and a master of the physics required to create water tornadoes? If you guessed flamingos, you're right. New research out this month in the journal …
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago