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Honey, They Cloned The Apples!
Episode 1157
What's your favorite apple? Maybe it's the crowd-pleasing Honeycrisp, the tart Granny Smith or the infamous Red Delicious. Either way, before that ap…
1 year, 11 months ago
Saving The Hawaiian Tree Snails
Episode 1156
More than a million species are at risk of extinction, many within decades, because of human actions. Among them? The kāhuli, Hawaii's native tree sn…
1 year, 11 months ago
A Brand New Kind of Schizophrenia Treatment
Episode 1155
For the past 70 years, schizophrenia treatments all targeted the same chemical: dopamine. While that works for some, it causes brutal side effects fo…
1 year, 11 months ago
'Ghost Genes' Could Help Save The American Red Wolf
Episode 1154
Every American red wolf alive right now is descended from only 14 canids. In the 1970s, humans drove the red wolf to the brink of extinction. Because…
1 year, 11 months ago
Game Night With 'Shrooms
Episode 1153
Calling all foragers! The new board game Undergrove, co-designed by Elizabeth Hargrave and Mark Wooten, is all about the symbiotic relationships betw…
1 year, 11 months ago
New Frogs Just Dropped
Episode 1152
In the humid rainforests of northern and eastern Madagascar reside seven newly described frog species. They often hang out near fast, flowing rivers.…
2 years ago
Europa Clipper And The Search For Life In Space
Episode 1151
NASA's Europa Clipper mission launched Monday, beginning its years-long journey to the distant icy moon it's named after. This mission is designed to…
2 years ago
5-Year-Olds Asked Us Science Questions. We Answer
Episode 1150
In honor of our show turning 5 (!!) today...
5 Short Wave staffers
answer 5(x2) questions
from some of our 5-year-old listeners
and explain the science …
2 years ago
Why Traditional Plant Knowledge Is Not A Quick Fix
Episode 1149
Host Regina G. Barber talks with Rosalyn LaPier about ethnobotany--what it is and how traditional plant knowledge is frequently misunderstood in the …
2 years ago
What The Heck Is A Rock Glacier?
Episode 1148
Even though there are more than 10,000 rock glaciers in the western United States, most people would look at one without knowing it. Unlike the snowy…
2 years ago