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Do NYC Birds Hold The Clues To The Next Pandemic?
Episode 1141
Most viruses that become epidemics in humans begin in other animals. It's how scientists suspect COVID-19 emerged. And now, less than five years afte…
1 year, 7 months ago
Hurricane Helene Is Here And Powerful
Episode 1140
Governors across the southeastern United States have declared statewide states of emergency as Hurricane Helene continues its ascent. After forming i…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Reality Of OCD
Episode 1139
Around 2% of the global population struggles with obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD. That's roughly 163 million people who go through cycles of o…
1 year, 7 months ago
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.…
1 year, 7 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 cou…
1 year, 7 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 surviva…
1 year, 7 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 …
1 year, 7 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…
1 year, 7 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 …
1 year, 7 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 activ…
1 year, 7 months ago