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Gas Stoves: Sorting Fact From Fiction

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Fossil CSI: Cracking The Case Of An Ancient Reptile Graveyard

New Tech Targets Epilepsy With Lasers, Robots

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Zircon: The Keeper Of Earth's Time

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Climate Change Stresses Out These Chipmunks. Why Are Their Cousins So Chill?

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Confessions Of A Math Convert

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A Step Closer To Nuclear Fusion Energy

From Scientific Exile To Gene Editing Pioneer

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The Myth of Plastic Recycling

DART: The Impacts Of Slamming A Spacecraft Into An Asteroid

The Biologist Who Talks With Cells

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Arts Week: Physics Meets The Circus

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Arts Week: How Art Can Heal The Brain

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Science Couldn't Save Her, So She Became A Scientist

Killer Proteins: The Science Of Prions

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Searching For A New Life

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Climate Tipping Points And The Damage That Could Follow

Depression And Alzheimer's Treatments At A Crossroads

Why Do We Cry?

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COP-out: Who's Liable For Climate Change Destruction?

Control: Eugenics And The Corruption Of Science

Should Daylight Saving Time Be Permanent?

Allergic To Cats? There's Hope Yet!

Saving The Pacific Lamprey

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100 Years Of Box Turtles

He Had His Father's Voice: Tracking A Rare Bird Hybrid

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When Autumn Leaves Start To Fall

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Brain Cells In A Dish Play Pong And Other Brain Adventures

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Beyond Condoms!

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We Baked A Cake For Our 3rd Birthday!

The Quest To Save The California Condor

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A New Drug For A Relentless Brain Disease

Why Disaster Relief Underserves Those Who Need It Most

Predicting Landslides: After Disaster, Alaska Town Turns To Science

Sustainable Seafood? It's A Question Of Data

Why The Bladder Is Number One!

Grasslands: The Unsung Carbon Hero

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Rise Of The Dinosaurs

Working With Tribes To Co-Steward National Parks

Water Water Everywhere, But How Much Do You Really Need?

Three Sisters And The Fight Against Alzheimer's Disease

How Muggy Is It? Check The Dew Point!

How Freaked Out Should We Be About Ukraine's Nuclear Plant?

Heat Can Take A Deadly Toll On Humans

What The Universe Is Doing RIGHT NOW

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Name That Tune! Why The Brain Remembers Songs

The Race To Rescue The Guadalupe Fescue

Short Wave Goes To The Circus

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Surf's Always Up — In Waco, Texas

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Worm Blobs From The Bowels Of The Earth

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Quiz Bowl! How Animals Sense The World

The Man Who Shot The Moon

988: An Alternative To 911 For Mental Health

Experience The Quietest Place On Earth

Artemis: NASA's New Chapter In Space

Searching The Ocean's Depths For Future Medicines

Sweating Buckets... of SCIENCE!

Micro Wave: How to Build a Sandcastle Dreamhouse!

Eavesdropping On A Volcano

A Rising Demand for Coal Amidst War in Ukraine

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The Radio Wave Mystery That Changed Astronomy

Tick Check! The Tiny Bloodsuckers In Our Backyards

The Brazilian Scientists Inventing An mRNA Vaccine — And Sharing The Recipe

Twinkle, Twinkle, Shooting Star

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Carry The Two: Making Audio Magic With Math

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Abortion Laws in Texas are Disrupting Maternal Care

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TASTE BUDDIES: The Controversial World Of Taste Science

Spice, Spice, Baby! Why Some Of Us Enjoy The Pain Of Spicy Foods

TASTE BUDDIES: No Sugarcoating How Sweet Affects The Brain

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Venus And The 18th Century Space Race

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TASTE BUDDIES: Why Bitter Tastes Better For Some

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TASTE BUDDIES: Science of Sour

Checking In On Our Pandemic Habits: What To Lose And What To Keep?

Dr. Thomas Insel On Why The U.S Mental Health System Has Failed And What Can Be Done

Emily Runs A Marathon

Silver Linings From The UN's Dire Climate Change Report

How A Collection Of Threatened Bird Calls Swept The Australian Album Charts

Orcas: Apex Predators Or Marine Park Stars?

What Led To The Massive Volcanic Eruption In Tonga

Twinkle, Twinkle, Shooting Star . . .

Schedule Those Doctor's Appointments!

Do You See What I See?

Vacuuming DNA Out Of The Air

The Good and the Bad of TV Forensics

How Women Of Color Created Community In The Shark Sciences

How Many Senses Do We Really Have?

Tracing A Fraught And Amazing History Of American Horticulture

How to Talk About Hair Like a Scientist

How climate change is forcing cities to rebuild stormwater systems

The (Drag) Queen Of Mathematics

Without Inventor James West, This Interview Might Not Have Been Possible

The Complete Guide To Absolutely Everything (Abridged)

The Physics Of Figure Skating

Chimp Haven Welcomes New Retirees

Science In The City: Cylita Guy Talks Chasing Bats And Tracking Rats

Should Big Oil Pick Up The Climate Change Bill?

Omicron Ebbing Gives Time to Boost Vaccinations

'Station Eleven': A Home At The End Of The World

Omicron Around The World: From "Zero COVID" To Rising Cases

Did E.T. Phone Us?

Megadrought fuels debate over whether a flooded canyon should reemerge

What's Next For The Pandemic? Will COVID-19 Become Endemic Soon?

Placebos Vs Parkinson's: The Power Of Joy

Fighting Bias In Space: When There's A New Telescope, Who Gets To Use It?

The Hodgepodge Of COVID Testing In The U.S.

A Clean Energy Future: How Hawaii Is Sparking The Push

When Tracking Your Period Lets Companies Track You

The Debate About Pablo Escobar's Hippos

How COVID Is Affecting Kids' Mental Health

Wingspan! It's Got Birds, Science, Caterpillars - An Ideal Night In

Pondering A New Normal As The Omicron Surge Continues

The Electric Car Race! Vroom, Vroom!

Man's Best Friend Is Healing Veterans

How To Talk About The COVID-19 Vaccine With People Who Are Hesitant

Doctor Finds Hope In Helping Inform And Vaccinate Her Community

An Ode To The Manta Ray

The Science Of The Delta-8 Craze

This New Year - Slow Down, It Doesn't Mean You're Lazy

2021: Celebrating The Joy Of Birds

Meet the Dermatologists Changing Their Field

Our Favorite Things: Math And Community In The Classroom

Our Favorite Things, Short Wave-style

Octavia Butler: Visionary Fiction‬

Want To Start Reading Sci-Fi And Fantasy? Here's A Beginner's Guide

Sci-Fi Movie Club: 'Contact'

Happy Science Fiction Week, Earthlings!

Ellen Ochoa's Extraordinary NASA Career

Safety Precautions For The Holiday Season

The James Webb Space Telescope Is About To Launch

Striving To Make Space Accessible For People With Disabilities

NIH Director Talks The Pandemic, Vaccine Hesitancy And Americans' Health

The Winter Twindemic: Flu And COVID

Concussions: How A Mild Brain Injury Can Alter Our Perception Of Sound

What Does A Healthy Rainforest Sound Like? (encore)

What's Driving The Political Divide Over Vaccinations

Seeking Answers To The Universe Deep In A Gold Mine

What A New Antiviral Drug Could Mean For The Future Of COVID

The 2021 Hurricane Season Wrapped

Jane Goodall Says There's Hope For Our Planet. Act Now, Despair Later!

No sperm? No problem.

Using Math To Rethink Gender (encore)

Omicron's Arrival Is 'Wake-Up Call' That The Pandemic Is Ongoing

Why Puerto Rico Is A Leader In Vaccinating Against COVID-19

How To Choose A Health Insurance Plan

Celebrate The Holidays Safely This Pandemic

A Mission To Redirect An Asteroid

Two Sides Of Guyana: A Green Champion And An Oil Producer

Bee Superfood: Exploring Honey's Chemical Complexities

One Woman's Quest For The (Scientifically) Best Turkey

Parents, We're Here To Help! Answers To Your COVID Vaccine Questions

Experiencing The Emergence, Life And Death of A Neuron

Camilla Pang On Turning Fear Into Light

The secret history of DNA: Pus, fish sperm, life as we know it

Who pays for climate change?

Can climate talk turn into climate action?

What happens in the brain when we grieve

Why Aduhelm, a new Alzheimer's treatment, isn't reaching many patients

Housing and COVID: Why helping people pay rent can help fight the pandemic

Planning for a space mission to last more than 50 years

A new step toward ending 'the wrath of malaria'

The history and future of mRNA vaccine technology (encore)

The countries left behind in climate negotiations

How metaphors and stories are integral to science and healing

Spiders can have arachnophobia!

The opioid epidemic

The zombies living in our midst

Code Switch: Archaeological skeletons in the closet

An ode to the Pacific lamprey

A biodiesel boom (and conundrum)

COVID-19 boosters are here

How do we make sense of the sounds around us?

The Mighty Mangrove

The mystery of the mummified Twinkie

White scholars can complicate research into health disparities

Cockroaches are cool!

Bonobos and the Evolution of Nice

Why Music Sticks in Our Brains

Here's a better way to talk about hair

How foraging reconnected Alexis Nikole Nelson with food and her culture

The Toll Of Burnout On Medical Workers — And Their Patients

SURPRISE! It's A...Babbling Baby Bat?

Goodbye, Climate Jargon. Hello, Simplicity!

How To Help Someone At Risk Of Suicide

Scientists Are Racing To Save Sequoias

A Science Reporter And A 'Mild' Case Of Breakthrough COVID

After Years Of Delays, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope To Launch In December

The Surf's Always Up — In Waco, Texas

Mapping The Birds Of Bougainville Island

How Long Does COVID Immunity Last Anyway?

Afraid of Needles? You're Not Alone

A Great Outdoors For Everyone

A Lotl Love For The Axolotl

Climate Change Means More Subway Floods; How Cities Are Adapting

Breakthrough Infections, Long COVID And You

The Pervasiveness Of Transgender Health Care Discrimination

9/11 First Responders Have Higher Cancer Risks But Better Survival Rates

For Successful Wildfire Prevention, Look To The Southeast

Fewer COVID Vaccine Doses Materialized Last Fall Than The U.S. Government Hoped

The Peculiar Case Of Dark Matter

So Long, Sofia

Nudibranchs Do It Better

Pandemic Dispatches From The ER

You Mite Want To Shower After This

Why A Good Scare Is Sometimes The Right Call

Is It Muggy Out? Check The Dew Point!

The Fight To Save Sunflower Sea Stars

How To Start Hormone Replacement Therapy

Ultracold Soup - The 'Superfluid' States Of Matter

To Build, Or Not To Build? That Is The Question Facing Local Governments

Micro Wave: Build Your Own Sandcastle Dreamhouse

When Sea Levels Rise, Who Should Pay?

Spinosaurus: The Aquatic Dinosaur

COVID-19 News: A Hospital System Overwhelmed, Booster Shots Update

Three (Hopeful!) Takeaways From The UN's Climate Change Report

Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall: Can Animals Recognize Their Reflection At All?

Does Your Cat Like You — Or Just Tolerate You?

Bringing Service Animals Into The Lab

Does Your Dog Love You? Science Has Some Answers

Siriusly, It's The Dog Days Of Summer!

Gravitational Waves: Unlocking The Secrets Of The Universe

How To Correct Misinformation

COVID And Aduhelm On The Agenda At Denver Alzheimer's Meeting

Whales' Vital Role In Our Oceans

Caregiving During The Pandemic Takes A Toll On Mental Health

Lightning Bugs, Fireflies - Call Them What You Will, They're Awesome

Breaking Down The New CDC Mask Guidance

Managing Wildfire Through Cultural Burns

Sweat: A Human Superpower

Can We Predict Earthquakes? (Hint: No)

The Great California Groundwater Grab

Who Runs The World? Squirrels!

How Tall Is Mount Everest? Hint: It Changes

The Delta Variant And The Latest Coronavirus Surge

Building A Shark Science Community For Women Of Color

The Joy Of Ice Cream's Texture

Three Guidelines To Understanding The Delta Variant

What Science Fiction Gets Wrong About Space Travel

The Ripple Effects Of A Huge Drop In Cancer Screenings

The Mysterious Ice Worm

Micro Wave: What Is 'Brain Freeze'?

FEMA Has An Equity Problem, Part Two: Race

Teens Ask, We Answer: What's Up With COVID Vaccines?

FACT SMACK: Bats! They're Cooler Than Birds

'Arrival': How To Talk To Aliens

FEMA Has An Equity Problem

The Climate Crisis Is A Public Health Crisis

Organic Chemistry Helped Me Embrace My Identities

Lessons Learned From Hindered Contact Tracing Efforts In The U.S.

FDA Approves Aducanumab — A Controversial Drug For Alzheimer's

Climate Change Is Threatening The U.S. West's Water Supply

Loving Sally Ride

COVID-19 Vaccines, Boosters And The Renaissance In Vaccine Technology

Behold! The Anus: An Evolutionary Marvel

'Where We Come From': Emily Kwong's Story

We're Off For Juneteenth

#BlackBirdersWeek 2021: Celebrating The Joy Of Birds

'I'm Willing To Fight For It': Learning A Second Language As An Adult

The Disordered Cosmos

Migrating Monarchs

Yep, We Made Up Vegetables

The Science Behind That Fresh Rain Scent

Cleveland - What Climate Equity Could Look Like

COVID News Round-Up: Vaccination Progress, Booster Shots, Travel

Taking A New Look At Some Old Bones

Bringing The Sensation Of Touch To A Robotic Limb

Scientific Sankofa And The Complexities Of Genetic Ancestry

It's Okay To Let Go Of Herd Immunity

Rainbows! How They Form And Why We See Them

Disabled Scientists Are Often Excluded From The Lab

Big Vape: The Incendiary Rise of Juul E-cigarettes

The Curious Stardust At The Ocean Floor

The State Of Vaccinations In The U.S.

'Off The Charts' Rise In Alcoholic Liver Disease Among Young Women

Who Should Control Earth's Thermostat?

Biden Proposes A 'Civilian Corps' To Address Climate Change

Pandemic Could Roll Back Advancements For Women in STEMM

Too soon? The CDC Relaxes Mask Guidance For Fully Vaccinated

Racism, Opioids And COVID-19: A Deadly Trifecta

Animal Slander! The Origins Of "Badgering" Will Bum You Out

In The Pandemic, Children Face A Mental Health Crisis

SCOOP: There's A Dirt Shortage

Pediatricians Work To Persuade Parents And Teens To Get COVID-19 Vaccine

The Past, Present and Future of mRNA Vaccines

'Everyone I Know Has Lost Someone': An Update From India

A Fragile X Treatment May Be On The Horizon

Why Some Countries Have Low Vaccination Rates

A Vaccination Update And The CDC's Latest Guidance On Masks

Burnout: The Crisis Plaguing Health Care Workers

The Viral TikTok Explaining mRNA Vaccines With ... Forks!

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster: 10 Years Later

5 Ways To Cut Carbon Emissions At Home

The U.S. Vaccination Rate Continues To Slow

A 142-Year-Old Science Seed Caper

U.S. Renews Its Commitment To Addressing Climate Change

Medicine And The Horseshoe Crab

Micro Wave: Why Hair Turns Gray

Half Of U.S. Adults Have Gotten A Vaccine — But Hurdles Remain For Herd Immunity

A Classroom Where Math And Community Intersect

Why Scientists Are Racing To Save Historical Sea Level Records

Why Baltimore Is Suing Big Oil Over Climate Change

A Rising Tide of Violence Against Environmental Activists

What Happens When The Tides Get Higher

Debating When The 'Age Of Humans' Began

The Resurgence Of Psychedelic Psychiatry

Smell Therapy

The Queen's Squeak

Vaccinations Are Up, But So Are COVID-19 Cases

How To Reach Out When Someone You Know May Be At Risk Of Suicide

Micro Wave: Are Seasonal Allergies Getting Worse?

Meet The Dermatologists Advancing Better Care For Skin Of Color

Fulgurite: What A Lightning-Formed Rock May Have Contributed To Life On Earth

What We Can Learn From Microscopic Life In Antarctica

Is The Future Quantum?

The Purple Urchins Don't Die

Brood X: The Rise Of The 17-Year Cicadas

Meet The 'Glacier Mice'

A Look Inside The World's Biggest Vaccine Maker

How A New Deal Legacy Is Building Clean Energy In Rural North Carolina

The U.S. Has A History Of Linking Disease With Race And Ethnicity

Reflections On Coronavirus A Year In

A Quick Dive Into How Submarines Work

What Earth Looked Like 3.2 Billion Years Ago

Our Pandemic Future

A Year Into The Pandemic, The Incarcerated Among The Most Vulnerable

The Importance Of Diversifying Alzheimer's Research

CDC's Do's and Don'ts For Fully Vaccinated People

One Key To Healthy Oceans? Sharks

Millions Of U.S. Homes Face An Expensive Flooding Threat

Is The Sperm Race A Fairy Tale?

The Fight Over The Future Of Natural Gas

Pandemic Dispatches From The ER, One Year Later

Vaccine Distribution: An Equity Challenge

Code Switch: A Shot In The Dark

Micro Wave: Let's Talk About Urine

The Legacy of Trauma: Can Experiences Leave A Biological Imprint?

Magnets: The Hidden Objects Powering Your Life

James West On Invention And Inclusion In Science

Coronavirus Vaccine Q&A: Variants, Side Effects, And More

BONUS: Throughline — Octavia Butler: Visionary Fiction‬

Micro Wave: I'll Peanut Jam Your Brain

Why Tech Companies Are Limiting Police Use of Facial Recognition

Anti-Racist Science Education

The Creation Of The Magnificent Makers

A Week Of Black Excellence

Bring Me Chocolate Or Bring Me Dead Stuff

Saving Sea Level Records: What Historical Records Tell Us About The Rising Ocean

When Defending The Land Puts Your Own Life At Risk

Why 500,000 COVID-19 Deaths May Not Feel Any Different

What's In A Tattoo? Scientists Are Looking For Answers

When Life Gives You Lemons...Make A Battery

Biden Promises To Grapple With Environmental Racism

Opioids, COVID-19 And Racism: A Deadly Trifecta

The Lost Joys Of Talking To Strangers

The Complex Decisions Around Rebuilding After A Wildfire

FACT SMACK: Spider Edition

How Bonobos Help Explain The Evolution Of Nice

What The Spread Of Coronavirus Variants Means For The U.S.

The Surprising History of Handwashing

A Pesky Rumble: Pink Bollworms Vs. Cotton Farmers

Our More-Than-Five Senses

Baltimore Is Suing Big Oil Over Climate Change

The Social Side of Stuttering

Let's Go Back To Venus!

Micro Wave: How 'Bout Dem Apple...Seeds

How COVID-19 Affects The Brain