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Florida Corals Are Dying. Can A 'Coral Gym' Help Them Survive?
Episode 964
Coral reefs in Florida have lost an estimated 90% of their corals in the last 40 years. And this summer, a record hot marine heat wave hit Florida's …
2 years, 6 months ago
Choose Your Own Adventure — But Make It Math
Episode 963
Ever read those Choose Your Own Adventure books of the '80s and '90s? As a kid, mathematician Pamela Harris was hooked on them. Years later she reali…
2 years, 6 months ago
Body Electric: The Body Through The Ages
Episode 962
Being inside, hunching in front of a computer screen for hours at a time – these things take a toll on our minds and our bodies. Today on the show, …
2 years, 7 months ago
It's Fat Bear Week!
Episode 961
Y'all, it's the most wonderful time of the year: Fat Bear Week! Brown bears in Katmai National Park and Preserve are putting on the pounds before th…
2 years, 7 months ago
Why Chilean Mummies Are Decomposing After 7,000 Years
Episode 960
Here on Short Wave, we're getting into the Halloween spirit a little early with a look at the world's oldest mummies. They're found in modern-day nor…
2 years, 7 months ago
Seaweed is piling up on beaches. This robot might be its match
Episode 959
A new robot is designed to sink sargassum before the stinky seaweed comes ashore. Blooms of sargassum, a leafy brown seaweed, have increased in size …
2 years, 7 months ago
The Tiny Worm At The Heart Of Regeneration Science
Episode 958
A tiny worm that regenerates entire organs. A South American snail that can regrow its eyes. A killifish that suspends animation in dry weather and r…
2 years, 7 months ago
Osiris-REx and the quest to understand the solar system's origin
Episode 957
In 2016, NASA launched a spacecraft to do something rarely attempted before: Collect space rocks from a potentially dangerous asteroid. The mission, …
2 years, 7 months ago
Itchy? Here's why
Episode 956
Ever had an itch you can't scratch? It can be maddening. And even though itch has a purpose — it's one of our bodies' alert systems — it can also go …
2 years, 7 months ago
Can't Match The Beat? Then You Can't Woo A Cockatoo
Episode 955
Today on the show, All Things Considered co-host Mary Louise Kelly joins Regina G. Barber and Maria Godoy for our bi-weekly science roundup. They tal…
2 years, 7 months ago