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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…
2 years 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.…
2 years 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…
2 years 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…
2 years, 1 month 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 …
2 years, 1 month 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…
2 years, 1 month 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 …
2 years, 1 month 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…
2 years, 1 month ago
Solutions Week: Reducing The Food Waste Problem
Episode 1130
We close out Climate Solutions Week with a look at the final step in the food system: waste. Roughly 30-40% of all food produced globally gets thrown…
2 years, 1 month ago
Solutions Week: Reinventing Chocolate
Episode 1130
Climate change is contributing to erratic weather where cocoa beans are grown and threatening the global chocolate supply. Record rainfall last year …
2 years, 1 month ago