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The Trouble With Zero
Episode 1196
Happy New Year, Short Wavers! What better time to contemplate the conundrum that is zero than this, the reset of the year? Zero is a fairly new conce…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Biggest Health Stories of 2024
2024 was full of science news. There was a total solar eclipse, the Paris Olympics, elections in the United States and elsewhere, technological break…
1 year, 9 months ago
Bird Backpacks Could Help This Parrot Bounce Back
Episode 1194
The thick-billed parrot is the only surviving parrot species native to the United States. These brightly colored birds once roamed across the America…
1 year, 9 months ago
Why These Squirrels Are Eating Meat
Episode 1193
In pop culture, squirrels are often seen as jerky, excited critters on the hunt for nuts to stuff themselves with and tuck away for later. But squirr…
1 year, 9 months ago
Will GMOs Bring Back The American Chestnut Tree?
Episode 1192
In the early 20th century, a blight fungus wiped out most of the 4 billion American chestnut trees on the eastern seaboard. The loss was ecologically…
1 year, 9 months ago
Hear Christmas Carols And Talk To Santa On Ham Radio
Episode 1191
On Christmas Eve, scientists at field stations across Antarctica sing carols to one another...via shortwave. On today's episode, the Short Wave podca…
1 year, 9 months ago
How Does An Airplane Stay In The Air?
Episode 1190
There are many statistics out there that prove that flying on a commercial airplane is safe, that plane crashes are overall pretty unlikely. Still, u…
1 year, 9 months ago
The First Woman To Get A New Kind Of Kidney Transplant
Episode 1189
Towana Looney became the first living person in the world to get a kidney from a new kind of genetically modified pig last month. Health corresponden…
1 year, 9 months ago
This Huge Mining Pit Is About To Be A Lake
Episode 1188
Old mines leave behind a a pressing problem: Huge holes that make the landscape look like a chunk of swiss cheese. But in Germany, some scientists an…
1 year, 10 months ago
Why Big Tech Wants Nuclear Power
Episode 1187
AI uses a lot of power. Some of the next generation data centers may use as much power as one million U.S. households. Technology companies like Micr…
1 year, 10 months ago