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What's Driving The Political Divide Over Vaccinations
Episode 543
An NPR analysis shows that since the vaccine rollout, counties that voted heavily for Donald Trump have had nearly three times the COVID mortality ra…
4 years, 4 months ago
Seeking Answers To The Universe Deep In A Gold Mine
Episode 542
An underground lab is opening early next year in Australia. Its quest: to help detect dark matter and thereby also help answer some of physics' bigge…
4 years, 4 months ago
What A New Antiviral Drug Could Mean For The Future Of COVID
Episode 541
An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel has voted to recommend that the FDA approve a new antiviral drug to treat C…
4 years, 4 months ago
The 2021 Hurricane Season Wrapped
Episode 540
The end of the 2021 hurricane season was officially November 30. This year, there was a lot of hurricane activity. Today on the show, producer Thomas…
4 years, 4 months ago
Jane Goodall Says There's Hope For Our Planet. Act Now, Despair Later!
Episode 539
Jane Goodall is a renowned naturalist and scientist. She's made a career studying primates and chimpanzees. But lately — something else has been on h…
4 years, 5 months ago
No sperm? No problem.
Episode 538
Scientists have discovered that some female condors don't need males to reproduce. This phenomenon is known as parthenogenesis, and it's been observe…
4 years, 5 months ago
Using Math To Rethink Gender (encore)
Episode 537
Gender is infused in many aspects of our world — but should that be the case?
According to mathematician Eugenia Cheng, maybe not. In her new book,…
4 years, 5 months ago
Omicron's Arrival Is 'Wake-Up Call' That The Pandemic Is Ongoing
Episode 536
The coronavirus is still circulating and mutating — case in point, the World Health Organization has designated a new variant of concern, called omic…
4 years, 5 months ago
Why Puerto Rico Is A Leader In Vaccinating Against COVID-19
Episode 535
Puerto Rico was still recovering from Hurricane Maria and a string of earthquakes when the pandemic started. The island was initially hit hard by COV…
4 years, 5 months ago
How To Choose A Health Insurance Plan
Episode 534
Health insurance can be tremendously confusing, with its complexity, jargon and acronyms. But putting in a bit of time to learn what these health ins…
4 years, 5 months ago