Josh Smith asks what the science says about this sleep disorder and what he can do to help his son.

NPR correspondent Geoff Brumfiel tells us, so far antimatter has mostly escaped the detection of physicists.

In today’s episode, Short Wave reporter Emily Kwong and Short Wave producer Rebecca Ramirez cook two recipes from Nik’s book and explore the scientific principles at work.

Short Wave producer Thomas Lu and host Maddie Sofia go on a journey to explore what a rainbow exactly is and how we see them…with some help from Kerstin Nordstrom, professor of physics at Mount Holyoke College.

NPR food and agriculture correspondent Dan Charles explains the rise and potential fall of Bt crops, and what happens when farmers use too much of a good thing.

Today, we revisit our conversation with planetary scientist Edgard Rivera-Valentín about the unique role Arecibo has played in both scientific research and popular culture.

Manu Prakash is the co-inventor of the Foldscope, a low-cost microscope aimed at making scientific tools available for everyone.

NPR science correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce looks at “reflex bleeding” and explores some of the creatures that bleed on purpose.

China and Nepal, on whose borders Everest stands, decided it’s time to re-measure Everest.

Biological anthropologist Kara Hoover explains what’s going on in the brain when we smell, how smell interacts with taste, and why our sense of smell is heightened in the winter.

Raw data, including DNA from human genomes, are a top global commodity. But historically, genomic research has left out minoritized communities. Keolu Fox is a genomics researcher trying to change that.

To get some insight into crows and perhaps set the record straight, Short Wave spoke with Kaeli Swift, a lecturer at the University of Washington who wrote her doctoral thesis on crow behavior.