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The Inseparable Link Between Climate Change And Racial Justice
18 juni 2020 · 13 min
Marine biologist Ayana Elizabeth Johnson wrote a Washington Post op-ed about the ways the fight around climate change and racial justice go hand in hand. Host Maddie Sofia talks with her about that and how Ayana says the fight against climate change could be stronger if people of color weren't being constantly exhausted by racism. Lees meer
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How Many People Transmit The Coronavirus Without Ever Feeling Sick?
17 juni 2020 · 11 min
It's called asymptomatic spread. Recently a scientist with the World Health Organization created confusion when she seemed to suggest it was "very rare." It's not, as the WHO attempted to clarify. Lees meer
NPR science reporter Pien Huang explains what scientists know about asymptomatic spread, and what might have caused the WHO's mixed messages.
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We Don't Know Enough About Coronavirus Immunity
16 juni 2020 · 12 min
Does getting the coronavirus once make you immune to it or could you get it again? Many are looking to antibody tests for answers. The logic is: if I have antibodies for the coronavirus, I must be immune. Lees meer
Well, turns out ... it's complicated, as Katherine Wu writes for the Smithsonian Magazine. We invited her onto the show to explain.
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The Fight Over A Weedkiller, In The Fields And In The Courts
15 juni 2020 · 12 min
A federal court recently ordered farmers to stop spraying one of the country's most widely used herbicides, dicamba. NPR's food and agriculture correspondent Dan Charles tells us the ruling has turned the world of Midwestern agriculture upside down. Then the Environmental Protection Agency came out with its own order. Lees meer
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Coronavirus 'Long-Haulers' Have Been Sick For Months. Why?
12 juni 2020 · 15 min
That's what they call themselves: long-haulers. They've been sick for months. Many have never had a positive test. Doctors cannot explain their illness any other way, and can only guess at why the virus appears to be with them for so long. Lees meer
Ed Yong of The Atlantic explains what might be going on, and why their experience mirrors that of other sufferers with chronic illnesses who battle to be believed. We also spoke with Hannah Davis, a long-hauler from New York City.
Read Ed's story on long-haulers here.
Read more about the long haulers' research group here, read their report here, and join their support group here.
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Spinosaurus Makes Waves
11 juni 2020 · 14 min
We chat with National Geographic Explorer and paleontologist Nizar Ibrahim about his team's discovery of the Spinosaurus, the first known swimming dinosaur. The years-long journey to uncover the fossilized remains is like something out of a movie, beginning with a mustached Moroccan man wearing white. Read more on National Geographic's website. Tweet Maddie your dinosaur facts @maddie_sofia. Plus, email the show your dinosaur-themed episode ideas at shortwave@npr.org. Lees meer
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How Tear Gas Affects The Body
10 juni 2020 · 12 min
In protests around the country, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas to disperse crowds. But is it safe? ProPublica environment reporter Lisa Song speaks with Short Wave reporter Emily Kwong about the potential dangers of that practice, especially in the middle of a respiratory pandemic. Lees meer
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People Are Volunteering To Be Exposed To The Coronavirus...For Science
9 juni 2020 · 11 min
In this episode, Maddie Sofia talks with Invisibilia's Alix Spiegel about the bioethics of conducting human challenge trials with the aim of producing a viable coronavirus vaccine. We hear from James Kublin, a clinical health professor in the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington, and from Lehua Gray, a 32-year-old woman interested in participating in a trial. Lees meer
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Science Is For Everyone — Until It's Not
8 juni 2020 · 14 min
Encore episode. Brandon Taylor's story has a happy ending. Today he's a successful writer whose debut novel 'Real Life' received glowing reviews earlier this year. But his success only underscores what science lost when Brandon walked away from a graduate biochemistry program in 2016. He tells host Maddie Sofia why he left, and what he misses. Lees meer
Read his essay in BuzzFeed, 'Working In Science Was A Brutal Education. That's Why I Left.'
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Code Switch: A Decade Of Watching Black People Die
6 juni 2020 · 23 min
The last few weeks have been filled with devastating news — stories about the police killing black people. So today, we're turning the mic over to our colleagues at NPR's Code Switch. Now, as always, they're doing really important work covering race and identity in the United States. In this episode, they spoke with Jamil Smith, who wrote the essay "What Does Seeing Black Men Die Do For You?" for The New Republic. Thank you for listening. Lees meer
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Coronavirus And Racism Are Dual Public Health Emergencies
5 juni 2020 · 15 min
Across the country, demonstrators are protesting the death of George Floyd and the ongoing systemic racism that is woven into the fabric of the United States. The protests come in the middle of an unprecedented pandemic that is disproportionately killing people of color — particularly black Americans. We talk to public health expert David Williams about how these two historic moments are intertwined. Lees meer
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#BlackBirdersWeek Seeks To Make The Great Outdoors Open To All
4 juni 2020 · 12 min
Happy #BlackBirdersWeek! This week, black birders around the world are rallying around Christian Cooper, a black man and avid birder, who was harassed by a white woman while birding in Central Park. We talk with#BlackBirdersWeek co-founder Chelsea Connor about how black birders are changing the narrative around who gets to enjoy nature and the challenges black birders face. Lees meer
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Meet The 'Glacier Mice.' Scientists Can't Figure Out Why They Move.
3 juni 2020 · 11 min
In 2006, while hiking around the Root Glacier in Alaska, glaciologist Tim Bartholomaus encountered something strange and unexpected on the ice — dozens of fuzzy, green balls of moss. It turns out, other glaciologists had come across before and lovingly named them "glacier mice." Lees meer
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The Key To Coronavirus Testing Is Community
2 juni 2020 · 16 min
In San Francisco, the coronavirus has disproportionately affected Hispanic and Latinx communities. This is especially true in the Mission District — a neighborhood known for its art and food culture. To understand more about how the virus has penetrated the neighborhood, a group of collaborators known as Unidos En Salud carried out a massive testing initiative focused on community and collaboration. Lees meer
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The World Is Constantly Running Out Of Helium
1 juni 2020 · 13 min
Encore episode. Helium is the second-most common element in the cosmos, but it's far rarer on planet Earth. As part of our celebration of the periodic table's 150th birthday, correspondent Geoff Brumfiel shares a brief history of helium's ascent, to become a crucial part of rocket ships, MRI machines, and birthday parties. Lees meer
Read more of Geoff's reporting on helium here.
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What We Will — And Won't — Remember About The Pandemic
29 mei 2020 · 12 min
There's no doubt we're living through a Big Historic Event, but that doesn't necessarily mean we'll remember it all that well. Shayla Love, a senior staff writer for VICE, explains what memory research and events from the past say we will and won't remember about living through the coronavirus pandemic. Plus, why essential workers may remember this time differently from people who are staying home. Lees meer
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The Pandemic Cut Down Car Traffic. Why Not Air Pollution?
28 mei 2020 · 15 min
An NPR analysis of a key air pollutant showed levels have not changed dramatically since the pandemic curbed car traffic in the U.S. NPR science reporter Rebecca Hersher and NPR climate correspondent Lauren Sommer explain why — and what really makes our air dirty. Lees meer
Here's their story.
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What Would It Be Like To Fall Into A Black Hole?
27 mei 2020 · 14 min
Black holes are one of the most beguiling objects in our universe. What are they exactly? How do they affect the universe? And what would it be like to fall into one? We venture beyond the point of no return with Yale astrophysicist Priyamvada Natarajan, into a fascinating world of black holes — where the laws of physics break down. Lees meer
Talk the mysteries of our universe with Short Wave reporter Emily Kwong on Twitter @emilykwong1234. Email the show your biggest cosmological questions at shortwave@npr.org.
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Space Launch! (It's Tomorrow And It's Historic.)
26 mei 2020 · 13 min
Tomorrow, two NASA astronauts are set to head up into space on a brand new spacecraft, built by the company SpaceX. The last time NASA sent a crew up in an entirely new vehicle was in 1981 with the launch of the Space Shuttle. Maddie talks to NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce about tomorrow's launch and how it compares to that earlier milestone. We'll also look at how this public-private partnership is changing the future of space exploration. Lees meer
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A Short Wave Mad Lib
25 mei 2020 · 3 min
We're off for Memorial Day, so Maddie and Emily have a special Short Wave mad lib for you. Back with a new episode tomorrow. Lees meer
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How to Correct Misinformation, According to Science.
22 mei 2020 · 14 min
The World Health Organization has called the spread of misinformation around the coronavirus an "infodemic." So what do you do when it's somebody you love spreading the misinformation? In this episode, Maddie talks with Invisibilia reporter Yowei Shaw about one man's very unusual approach to correcting his family. And we hear from experts about what actually works when trying to combat misinformation. Lees meer
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Science Movie Club: 'Contact'
21 mei 2020 · 13 min
Yes, there actually are astronomers looking for intelligent life in space. The 1997 film adaptation of Carl Sagan's 'Contact' got a lot of things right ... and a few things wrong. Radio astronomer Summer Ash, an education specialist with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, breaks down the science in the film. Lees meer
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What You Flush Is Helping Track The Coronavirus
20 mei 2020 · 12 min
More than 100 cities are monitoring sewage for the presence of the coronavirus, and public health officials think wastewater could provide an early warning system to help detect future spikes. NPR science correspondent Lauren Sommer explains how it works, and why scientists who specialize in wastewater-based epidemiology think it could be used to monitor community health in other ways. Lees meer
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The Squishy, Slimey Science Of ASMR
19 mei 2020 · 11 min
Encore episode. The science is nascent and a little squishy, but researchers like Giulia Poerio are trying to better understand ASMR — a feeling triggered in the brains of some people by whispering, soft tapping, and delicate gestures. She explains how it works, and tells reporter Emily Kwong why slime might be an Internet fad that is, for some, a sensory pleasure-trigger. Lees meer
Read more about Emily's reporting on ASMR on the NPR Shots Blog.
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The Pandemic Time Warp
18 mei 2020 · 11 min
The pandemic has upended every aspect of our lives, including the disorienting way many of us have been perceiving time. It might feel like a day drags on, while a week (or month!) just flies by. We talk with Dean Buonomano, a professor of neurobiology and psychology at UCLA, about his research into how the brain tells time. We'll also ask him what's behind this pandemic time warp. Lees meer
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What Did Earth Look Like 3.2 Billion Years Ago?
15 mei 2020 · 12 min
The surface of the Earth is constantly recycled through the motion of plate tectonics. So how do researchers study what it used to look like? Planetary scientist Roger Fu talks to host Maddie Sofia about hunting for rocks that paint a picture of the Earth a few billion years ago, in the early days of the evolution of life. Lees meer
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The Coronavirus Is Mutating. Here's What That Means.
14 mei 2020 · 13 min
Ed Yong of The Atlantic explains how a viral article led to headlines about a possible coronavirus mutation. All viruses mutate — it doesn't necessarily mean the virus has developed into a more dangerous "strain." Lees meer
Read Ed's recent piece on coronavirus mutations here, and more of his reporting on the pandemic here.
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Kids' Books Where Science Is The Adventure
13 mei 2020 · 11 min
Maddie talks with author and neuroscientist Theanne Griffith about her new children's book series, The Magnificent Makers, which follows two intrepid third graders as they race to complete science-based adventures. Lees meer
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Making Music Out Of The Coronavirus
12 mei 2020 · 13 min
When Markus Buehler heard about the coronavirus, he wanted to know what it sounded like. Today on the show, Maddie speaks with Short Wave reporter Emily Kwong about how Markus Buehler, a composer and engineering professor at MIT, developed a method for making music out of proteins, and how music can potentially help us hear what we have trouble seeing at the nanoscale level. Lees meer
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We Need More Coronavirus Testing. Are Antigen Tests The Answer?
11 mei 2020 · 11 min
There's a difference between diagnostic, antibody, and antigen tests. All provide different levels of reliability and speed. Lees meer
NPR health correspondent Rob Stein breaks down the differences and explains why public health officials are especially hopeful about antigen testing.
Find out how your state is doing on overall testing.
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Here's The Deal With 'Murder Hornets'
8 mei 2020 · 12 min
Reports of so-called 'murder hornets' have been all over the news this week. (Even though they were first spotted in the United States late last year.) We talk with entomologist Samuel Ramsey who explains how much of a threat the Asian giant hornet could be to honeybees throughout the country. And, he shares his own encounter fighting these insects while researching bees in Thailand. Lees meer
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What We're Missing, By Missing Strangers Now
7 mei 2020 · 12 min
With a lot of us stuck at home, trying to physically distance from each other, one part of daily life has largely disappeared: bumping into strangers. On today's show, Maddie talks with Yowei Shaw, a reporter from NPR's Invisibilia, about the surprising benefits of stranger interactions. And Short Wave tries out QuarantineChat, a workaround to our current strangerless existence. Lees meer
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Scientists Think The Coronavirus Transmitted Naturally, Not In A Lab. Here's Why.
6 mei 2020 · 14 min
The Trump administration has advanced the theory the coronavirus began as a lab accident, but scientists who research bat-borne coronaviruses disagree. Speaking with NPR, ten virologists and epidemiologists say the far more likely culprit is zoonotic spillover—transmission of the virus between animals and humans in nature. We explain how zoonotic spillover works and why it's more plausible than a lab accident. Lees meer
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What Is Dark Energy? Physicists Aren't Even Sure
5 mei 2020 · 15 min
Dark energy makes up almost 70% of our universe and is believed to be the reason the universe is expanding. Yet very, very little is known about it. To figure out what we do know — and what it could tell us about the fate of the universe, we talked to astrophysicist Sarafina Nance. She studies cosmology, a field that looks at the origin and development of the universe. Lees meer
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Letters From The 1918 Pandemic
4 mei 2020 · 13 min
The 1918 flu outbreak was one of the most devastating pandemics in world history, infecting one third of the world's population and killing an estimated 50 million people. While our understanding of infectious diseases and their spread has come a long way since then, 1918 was notably a time when the U.S. practiced widespread social distancing. Lees meer
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How An Early Plan To Spot The Virus Fell Weeks Behind
1 mei 2020 · 13 min
In several major cities, public health officials work every year to monitor the flu. It's called sentinel surveillance. And as early as mid-February, the government had a plan to use that system to find early cases of the coronavirus, by testing patients with flu-like symptoms. Lees meer
But NPR's Lauren Sommer reports the effort was slow to get started, costing weeks in the fight to control the spread of the virus. Read more from Lauren's reporting here.
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How Bears Come Out Of Hibernation Jacked
30 april 2020 · 13 min
Spring is in the air — and so are black bears coming out of hibernation. Rae Wynn-Grant, a large carnivore biologist, explains there's a lot more going on during hibernation than you might expect. Lees meer
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Can Optimism Be Learned? (Like Right Now?)
29 april 2020 · 14 min
Optimism is often thought as a disposition, something you're born with or without. So can it be learned? On today's show, Maddie talks with Alix Spiegel, co-host of NPR's Invisibilia, about "learned optimism." We'll look at what it is, the research behind it, and how it might come in handy in certain circumstances, like maybe a global pandemic? Lees meer
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The Lightbulb Strikes Back
28 april 2020 · 12 min
Humans have a long history of inventions: electricity, telephones, computers, music — the list goes on. It's clear we're shaping the world around us. Lees meer
But as Ainissa Ramirez explains in her new book, The Alchemy of Us, those inventions are shaping us, too.
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The Hard Truth About Ventilators
27 april 2020 · 11 min
During the pandemic, ventilators have been considered a vital medical tool to treat critically-ill COVID-19 patients. But more and more evidence is suggesting that those who go on a ventilator — don't end up surviving. NPR Science Desk correspondent Jon Hamilton tells us about how these machines work, and how, for patients who do survive, recovery can be a long road. Lees meer
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Contact Tracing Is Key To Reopening. We're Not There Yet
24 april 2020 · 13 min
The U.S. may need 100,000 people trained in the public health practice of contact tracing — tracking and isolating people who've been in contact with someone who tests positive for the coronavirus. NPR health policy reporter Selena Simmons-Duffin explains how it works, and why it's a key part of the fight against the pandemic. Lees meer
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How Infectious Disease Shaped American Bathroom Design
23 april 2020 · 12 min
We're all spending more time these days at home — including our bathrooms. But why do they look the way they do? From toilets to toothbrush holders, bioethicist and journalist Elizabeth Yuko explains how infectious diseases like tuberculosis and influenza shaped American bathroom design. And, we explore how the current pandemic could inspire a new wave of innovation in the bathroom. Lees meer
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Animal Slander! Debunking 'Birdbrained' And 'Eat Like A Bird'
22 april 2020 · 14 min
Welcome back to "Animal Slander," the series where we take common expressions about animals and debunk them with science. Today on the show, we tackle "birdbrained" and to "eat like a bird" with biologists Corina Newsome and Alejandro Rico-Guevara. Lees meer
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On Earth Day, What You Can Do For The Environment
21 april 2020 · 12 min
Happy (early) Earth Day, Short Wave listeners. We've received many questions from you about climate change, specifically what can individuals and households do to reduce their carbon footprint. So, we consulted two folks who have been thinking about this deeply and developing strategies for over a decade: Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac, two architects of the 2015 Paris Agreement. Lees meer
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Coronavirus Models Aren't "Wrong." That's Not How They Work.
20 april 2020 · 13 min
Scientific models of disease don't predict the future. They're just one tool to help us all prepare for it. NPR global health correspondent Nurith Aizenman explains how scientific models of disease are built and how they're used by public health experts. We also look at one influential model forecasting when individual states might begin to reopen. Lees meer
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When The Military Fights A Pandemic At Home
17 april 2020 · 14 min
Last Tuesday, the military helped evacuate dozens of critically ill COVID-19 patients from overwhelmed hospitals in Queens. NPR's Rebecca Hersher says what happened that night shows how training for war does — and does not — prepare members of the armed services for a pandemic at home. Lees meer
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Every Moon, Ranked
16 april 2020 · 12 min
Science writer Jennifer Leman did it. She ranked all 158 moons in our solar system. The criteria? Interviews with NASA scientists, astronomers, and her own moonpinions. She talks to host Maddie Sofia about some of her favorites. Here's her full list for Popular Mechanics. Lees meer
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Where Did The Coronavirus Start? Virus Hunters Find Clues In Bats
15 april 2020 · 12 min
Bats are critically important for ecosystems around the world. But they also harbor some of the toughest known zoonotic diseases, and are the likely origin point for this coronavirus. Short Wave reporter Emily Kwong talks about leading theories on where this coronavirus came from, the work of virus hunters, and the rise of emerging zoonotic diseases. Lees meer
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The Science of Making Bread
14 april 2020 · 11 min
Social distancing has some of us taking up bread baking for the first time, including host Maddie Sofia. Chemist and baker Patricia Christie explains the science of making bread, including a few tips for when things go wrong with your bread dough. And she offers some advice for first-time bakers everywhere. Lees meer
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How To Talk About The Coronavirus With Friends And Family
13 april 2020 · 11 min
Liz Neeley, science communication expert and executive director of The Story Collider, shares some advice for how to talk to your friends and family about the coronavirus. Here's her article for The Atlantic: 'How To Talk About The Coronavirus.' Lees meer
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