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How Do Animals Understand Death?
Episode 888
Throughout history, humans have given a lot of thought to death. We’ve grappled with our mortality, created elaborate burial rituals, and contemplate…
1 year, 4 months ago
MRIs Show How The Brain Changes During Pregnancy
Episode 887
Pregnancy is a hugely transformative experience, both in how it can change someone’s day-to-day life, and how it affects the body. There’s a key part…
1 year, 4 months ago
How Metaphor Shapes Science | Intertwining The Lives Of Moths And Humans Through Music
Episode 886
Metaphors can help us understand complicated scientific concepts. But they can also have a downside. And, a pair of musicians wrote a concept album i…
1 year, 4 months ago
NASA’s Europa Clipper Heads To Jupiter’s Icy Moon Europa
Episode 885
On October 14, NASA launched Europa Clipper, its largest planetary mission spacecraft yet. It’s headed to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, which could have…
1 year, 4 months ago
Pandas Return To Washington, D.C. | A Lesser-Known Grain Called Kernza
Episode 884
Two giant pandas on loan from China have arrived at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. Also, originally from Central Asia, Kernza doesn’t need to be rep…
1 year, 5 months ago
How Health Misinformation Spreads | A Play About Ben Franklin And His Son
Episode 883
The Basics Of How Health Misinformation Spreads
Health misinformation can circulate quickly on social media: false claims about vaccines, ads pushing …
1 year, 5 months ago
Searching The Universe For Clues To The Ultra-Small
Episode 882
What exactly is … everything? What is space-time?
At one extreme, you’ve got the weird rules of quantum physics that deal with subatomic particles. At…
1 year, 5 months ago
What Makes ‘SuperAgers’ Stay Healthy For So Long?
Episode 881
A common worry among older adults is how their brains and bodies might decline as they age.
A small but fortunate group will live past their 95th birt…
1 year, 5 months ago
Asheville Was Never A ‘Climate Haven.’ Nowhere Is.
Episode 880
For years, Asheville, North Carolina, has been billed as a “climate haven,” a place safe from the touch of climate change-exacerbated disasters. But …
1 year, 5 months ago
The Science Behind Hurricane Milton | ‘Unsettling’ Warm Water In Lake Michigan
Episode 879
Hurricane Milton caused a major storm surge, but also a reverse one. And, Lake Michigan's surface temperature has been above average nearly every day…
1 year, 5 months ago