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TASTE BUDDIES: Feeling Salty?
Episode 705
Today, we're getting salty as we continue our series "Taste Buddies" — Short Wave's ode to taste buds. In this encore episode, Scientist in Residence…
3 years, 9 months ago
TASTE BUDDIES: Umami And The Redemption Of MSG
Episode 704
We're continuing our celebration of taste with another episode in our "Taste Buddies" series. Today: Umami.
In the early 1900s a Japanese chemist iden…
3 years, 9 months ago
TASTE BUDDIES: Pucker Up! It's The Science Of Sour
Episode 703
This week Short Wave is celebrating our sense of taste with an entire week of themed episodes, covering everything from sugar and spice to what's bey…
3 years, 9 months ago
The Accelerated Approvals Process: Are Drugmakers Fulfilling Their Promises?
Episode 702
The Food and Drug Administration allows faster drug approvals based on preliminary study data if the drug fulfills an unmet medical need. But the spe…
3 years, 9 months ago
Russia's War In Ukraine Is Hurting Nature
Episode 701
The war in Ukraine is devastating that nation's rich, natural environment - from chemical leaks poisoning water supplies and warships killing dolphin…
3 years, 9 months ago
Keeping Score On Climate: How We Measure Greenhouse Gases
Episode 700
Host Emily Kwong wants to keep an eye on her carbon footprint. Most of it consists of greenhouse gas emissions from driving her car or buying meat at…
3 years, 9 months ago
Venus And The 18th Century Space Race
Episode 699
In the 18th century the world was focused on Venus. Expeditions were launched in pursuit of exact measurements of Venus as it passed between Earth an…
3 years, 9 months ago
How Clarice Phelps Put Her Mark On The Periodic Table
Episode 698
As a kid, Clarice Phelps dreamed of being an astronaut, or maybe an explorer like the characters on Star Trek. And while her path to a career in scie…
3 years, 9 months ago
The Universe's Baby Pictures (Squee!) From The James Webb Space Telescope
Episode 697
Earlier this week we got a look at one of the highest-profile scientific photo dumps of all time. The James Webb Space Telescope is the most powerful…
3 years, 9 months ago
Making Space Travel Accessible For People With Disabilities
Episode 696
This week NASA released some of the sharpest images of space ever from the James Webb Space Telescope. The telescope's camera gives us a glimpse into…
3 years, 9 months ago