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Will Punch the baby monkey be okay?
Episode 1440
If you’ve been on the internet in the past few weeks, chances are you’ve seen him: a tiny gray-brown monkey dragging a big, stuffed orangutan around …
4 months ago
Spring ice is thawing earlier in lakes. What does that mean for life below the surface?
Lakes are freezing later, thawing earlier and experiencing dramatic temperature swings in between. And all that throws off the delicate balance of li…
4 months ago
The dangers of warming winter lakes
Episode 1438
Over half a billion people live by lakes that freeze over in the winter. But as the climate warms, those lakes are losing whole days of ice cover. Wi…
4 months ago
Screen time is up for grandma and grandpa
Episode 1437
Folks over 65 are putting in a lot of screen time. In 2019, the Pew Research Center found that people 60 years and older spend more than half their d…
4 months, 1 week ago
Could our trash become local fishes’ treasure?
Episode 1436
Helicopters. Cargo containers. Old washing machines. For years, fishermen dumped this waste into the Gulf of Mexico. But they weren’t just trying to …
4 months, 1 week ago
The serious hunt for alien life
Bring up aliens and a lot of people will scoff. But not everyone is laughing. Around the turn of the century, 3.8 million people banded together in a…
4 months, 1 week ago
The noise that isn't there
Almost 15% of adults suffer from a persistent, often intolerable sound... that is literally just in their heads. Why does the brain do this to us? We…
4 months, 1 week ago
The truth about intermittent fasting
Episode 1434
From TikTok and Instagram influencers to celebrities like Hugh Jackman and Kourtney Kardashian, intermittent fasting has gotten a lot of hype. The di…
4 months, 1 week ago
The neuroscience of cracking under pressure
Episode 1433
The 2026 Winter Olympics are unfolding in Milan and Cortina, and we can’t look away: We’re watching athletes fly down mountains on skis and glide — s…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Tea time... with an ape?
Episode 1432
Picture this: You’re at a pretend tea party, but instead of sitting across from toddlers in tiaras, you’re clinking cups with Kanzi—an ape with the i…
4 months, 2 weeks ago