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Harnessing The Ghost Particles Blasting Through You
Episode 1138
At the beginning of the universe, annihilation reigned supreme. Equal amounts of matter and antimatter collided. There should have been nothing left. And, yet, here we all are. Matter won out. The qu…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Solving The EV Battery Recycling Puzzle
Episode 1137
Electric vehicle batteries will all, eventually, reach the end of their lives. When that happens, they should be recycled. But what breakthroughs could make that happen cleanly, efficiently — and clo…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
How To Get A Haircut In Space
Episode 1136
Hey, Short Wavers! Today we're sharing an excerpt of the new NPR podcast How To Do Everything.
How To Do Everything is half advice show, half survival guide, and half absurdity-fest — and it's not ma…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
The Scuba Diving Lizards Breathing By Bubble
Episode 1135
What's scaly, striped and breathes underwater like a scuba diver? Water anoles! These lizards can form a bubble over their head to support breathing underwater. They're found in the tropical forests …
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Are Crabs The Final Form?
Episode 1134
Evolution keeps making crabs. In fact, it's happened so often that there's a special scientific term for an organism turning crab-like: carcinization. But how many times has it happened, and why? Whe…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
The physics of wheelchair basketball, from a Paralympian
Episode 1133
Patrick Anderson is widely recognized as the greatest wheelchair basketball player of all time. He's represented Canada at the Paralympics six times and led his team to win three gold — and one silve…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
What's Up With The Hot Ocean Temperatures?
Episode 1132
Hurricane season is heating up: Hurricane Francine hit Louisiana last week and dumped rain across the South, and forecasters expect more stormy activity in the Atlantic in the next few weeks.
A big f…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Solutions Week: Reducing The Food Waste Problem
Episode 1130
We close out Climate Solutions Week with a look at the final step in the food system: waste. Roughly 30-40% of all food produced globally gets thrown out — a huge problem when it comes to climate cha…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Solutions Week: Reinventing Chocolate
Episode 1130
Climate change is contributing to erratic weather where cocoa beans are grown and threatening the global chocolate supply. Record rainfall last year led to fungal infections among cacao trees and dwi…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Solutions Week: The Cost Of Food Delivery
Episode 1128
Since the height of the pandemic, there has been a boom in the use of food delivery services. Day 2 of NPR's Climate Solutions Week is all about the environmental impacts of how we shop for our food.…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago