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These Sea Lions Are Basically Scientists
Episode 1109
How do you study unmapped areas of the ocean and identify critical habitat for an endangered species? You include the study animal in the scientific process! Researchers from the University of Adelai…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Was The Paris Olympic Pool Slow?
Episode 1108
In the last week, we've seen swimmers diving headfirst into the 2024 Paris Olympics pool, limbs gracefully slicing through the water. And yet, world and Olympic records weren't broken at quite the ra…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
We're All Swimming In Big Bang Juice
Episode 1107
The Big Bang: The moment when our universe — everything in existence — began....Right?
Turns out, it's not quite that simple.
Today, when scientists talk about the Big Bang, they mean a period of tim…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
The Toll Of Social Media On Mental Health
Episode 1106
Rates of depression and anxiety have risen among teens over the last decade. Amid this ongoing mental health crisis, the American Psychological Association issued guidelines for parents to increase p…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
What Makes Simone Biles The GOAT, Scientifically
Episode 1105
Another Olympics, another set of stellar performances by the U.S. women's artistic gymnastics team. Thursday, the team won two medals in the women's all-around final: a gold for Simone Biles and a br…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
The Mathematical Marvel Of The Rubik's Cube
Episode 1104
The Rubik's Cube was created 50 years ago by Hungarian inventor Ernő Rubik. Since then, over 500 million of them have been sold. We dive into this global phenomenon that's captured the imagination of…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
The Curious Case Of The Supermassive Black Hole
Episode 1103
Black holes are one of the most mysterious cosmological phenomena out there. Astrophysicist Priya Natarajan calls them "the point where all known laws of physics break down."
On the list of perplexing…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
We Hate To Tell You This, But Some Leeches Can Jump
Episode 1102
Generally, we at Short Wave are open-minded to the creepies and the crawlies, but even we must admit that leeches are already the stuff of nightmares. They lurk in water. They drink blood. There are …
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
What Chimpanzee Gestures Reveal About Human Communication
Episode 1101
Chimpanzees are humans' closest living relatives. But does much of their communication resembles ours? According to a new study published earlier this week in the journal Current Biology, chimpanzees…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
Dancing Yeti Crabs, Morphing Cuttlefish, Other Stories From The Deep Sea
Episode 1100
As a kid, Sabrina Imbler loved the ocean. They'd swim and snorkel, following around parrotfish in the water. Later, they tried to learn everything they could about the brightly-colored tropical fish …
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago