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Striving To Make Space Accessible For People With Disabilities
Episode 548
As spaceflight inches closer to becoming a reality for some private citizens, science correspondent Geoff Brumfiel chats with the New York Times disa…
4 years, 6 months ago
NIH Director Talks The Pandemic, Vaccine Hesitancy And Americans' Health
Episode 547
Dr. Francis Collins talks with health correspondent Selena Simmons-Duffin about Americans' overall health, how tribalism in American culture has fue…
4 years, 6 months ago
The Winter Twindemic: Flu And COVID
Episode 546
The U.S. is approaching 800,000 COVID-19 deaths as the Omicron variant spreads and the Delta variant continues to circulate. Hospital admissions are…
4 years, 6 months ago
Concussions: How A Mild Brain Injury Can Alter Our Perception Of Sound
Episode 545
Headaches, nausea, dizziness, and confusion are among the most common symptoms of a concussion. But researchers say a blow to the head can also make …
4 years, 6 months ago
What Does A Healthy Rainforest Sound Like? (encore)
Episode 544
On a rapidly changing planet, there are many ways to measure the health of an ecosystem. Can sound be one of them?
Researcher Sarab Sethi explains …
4 years, 6 months ago
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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 7 months ago