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These Scientists Are Using AI To Listen To Frogs
Episode 1312
If you were a miner in California during the Gold Rush, you might have dined on a California red-legged frog. The largest native frog in the western …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Who Is Using The 988 Crisis Line?
Episode 1309
The National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline — 988 — launched on this day exactly three years ago. People who call the line seeking support are connected…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
How Realistic Are Movie Dinosaurs?
Episode 1308
Jurassic Park: Rebirth is the latest installment in the Jurassic World series. And while dinosaur paleontologist Matt Lamanna has loved dinos — and t…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
These Critters Call The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Home
Episode 1307
For this second installment of the Sea Camp series, we explore the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It's the largest of five gigantic garbage patches in …
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Meet the Third Ever (!!) Interstellar Comet
Episode 1306
A rare visitor from another star system has been spotted: the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS! It was detected July 1 by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrest…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Evolution Went On Trial 100 Years Ago. Where Are We Now?
Episode 1305
This week marks the 100th anniversary of the Scopes "Monkey Trial" — where a teacher was charged with the crime of teaching Darwin's theory of evolut…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Itchy? Air Pollution May Be Making It Worse
Episode 1304
Short Wave producer Hannah Chinn has adult-onset eczema. They're not the only one. Up to ten percent of people in the United States have it, accordin…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Sea Camp: Why Are Ocean Currents Shifting?
Episode 1303
A warming climate doesn't just affect dry land — it affects the ocean, too. For years, Earth's ocean has acted as a heat sink for climate change: A l…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Why Dew Point Is This Summer's 'It Girl'
Episode 1302
Happy Independence Day, Short Wavers! Do you have plans outdoors this weekend and want to figure out just how swampy it's gonna feel? For that kind o…
10 months ago
Is The Milky Way On A Collision Course?
Episode 1301
The Andromeda galaxy lies just beyond (...OK, about 2.5 million light-years beyond) our galaxy, the Milky Way. For the past hundred years or so, scie…
10 months ago