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Who Does Science? Under Trump, That Could Change
Episode 1181
The next four years may be challenging for foreign-born scientists who want to work in the United States. Foreign-born workers account for about half…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Comeback Of The Southwest Peach
Episode 1180
Centuries ago, Southwest tribal nations tended vast orchards of peach trees. But in 1863, thousands of those trees were cut down by the United States…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Ambitious Quest To Genetically Map All Known Vertebrates
Episode 1179
The Vertebrate Genomes Project: It's an ambitious effort by an international group of scientists to create a "Genome Ark" by sequencing the genomes o…
1 year, 5 months ago
These Rats Can Drive. What's Happening In Their Brains?
Episode 1178
In neuroscientist Kelly Lambert's lab at the University of Richmond, rats hop into cars, rev their engines and skid across the floor of an arena. Res…
1 year, 5 months ago
Why Your Brain Loves Sales
Episode 1177
This Cyber Monday, a meditation on holiday sales. A quick trip to pick up presents can turn into an hours-long shopping spree thanks to all the ways …
1 year, 5 months ago
This Hazelnut May Help The Land Back Movement In Canada
Episode 1176
Beaked hazelnuts are a wild food native to North America. Indigenous peoples in British Columbia have passed down stories of these hazelnuts as a vi…
1 year, 5 months ago
This COP29, It's All About The Numbers
Episode 1175
This year's United Nations climate talks, COP29, wrapped Saturday. Throughout the talks, it was all about the numbers. With the help of NPR climate r…
1 year, 5 months ago
How Do You Save An Endangered Language?
Episode 1174
By the end of the century, more than 40% of the world's estimated 7,000 languages are in danger of disappearing. Those include indigenous languages i…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Battle To Save Monarch Butterflies
Episode 1173
Monarch butterfly populations have plummeted due to habitat loss, pesticide use and climate change. In early December, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser…
1 year, 5 months ago
Are Starship Launches Trashing Texas?
Episode 1172
SpaceX's Starship rocket took off again Tuesday for its sixth test flight. Crowds, including President-elect Donald Trump, gathered at the launch sit…
1 year, 5 months ago