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Animal Crossing: The Destructive Nature of Roads
Episode 951
40 million miles of road unite us. They also cause mass destruction for many species. Today, environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb and host Aaron Scott go on a tour of that destruction — the subject …
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Why A Proposed Marine Sanctuary Could Make History
Episode 950
More than 5,000 square miles of central California coast could soon become the newest national marine sanctuary in the United States. It could also make history as one of the first federal sanctuarie…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Air Pollution May Be Increasing Superbugs
Episode 949
Today on the show, All Things Considered co-host Ari Shapiro joins Aaron Scott and Regina G. Barber for our science roundup. They talk about how antibiotic resistance may spread through particulate a…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Recurring UTIs: The Infection We Keep Secretly Getting
Episode 948
Have frequent, burning pee? Cramping or the urge to pee even though you just went? If you haven't yet, you probably will eventually—along with an estimated 60% of women and 10% of men. That's the lar…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
The Deadly Toll Heat Can Take On Humans
Episode 947
This year, the hottest July ever was recorded — and parts of the country were hit with heat waves that lasted for weeks. Heat is becoming increasingly lethal as climate change causes more extreme hea…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Food Allergies Are On The Rise. Are You Affected?
Episode 946
Food allergies have risen in the United States over the last few decades. Research suggests that 40 years ago the actual prevalence of food allergies was less than 1%. But this year, the Centers for …
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
'Speedboat Epidemiology': Eradicating Disease One Person At A Time
Episode 945
Smallpox is a deadly virus. At one point, it killed almost 1 in 3 people who had it. Almost 300 million of those deaths were in the 20th century alone. It was extremely painful, highly contagious and…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
What Do We Do With Radioactive Wastewater?
Episode 944
Workers in Japan started releasing treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday. Reactors at the plant began melting down after a 2011 e…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
A Tale Of Two Lunar Landing Attempts
Episode 943
A journey through some of the latest science stories catching our eyes. This time, we consider the Russian and Indian lunar landing attempts, how scientists are reconstructing music from people's bra…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
What Made Hilary Such A Weird Storm
Episode 942
One name has been on millions of minds — and all over the news — in the past week: Hilary.
It's been decades since a storm like this has hit Southern California, so even some scientists were shocked w…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago