NPR science correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce had to know more when she recently heard this mind-bending fact for the first time: a quarter of all known animal species are beetles.
Science writer Jennifer Leman did it. She ranked all 158 moons in our solar system.
Host Maddie Sofia talks to Catherine Sabiston, the Canada research chair in physical activity and mental health at the University of Toronto, about how the lack of real life fans is changing the psychology of sports games.
NPR food and agriculture correspondent Dan Charles explains how regenerative agriculture works and why the idea is having a moment.
Until recently, cephalopod research has been hindered by the fact that there’s been no way to manipulate squid or octopus genes.
Sarah Parcak explains how she uses satellite imagery and data to solve one of the biggest challenges in archaeology: where to start digging.
A deadly triangle of factors is killing off U.S. honeybees.
Today on the show, Short Wave host Maddie Sofia and reporter Emily Kwong speak with AI policy analyst Mutale Nkonde about algorithmic bias — how facial recognition software can discriminate and reflect the biases of society.
We chat with National Geographic Explorer and paleontologist Nizar Ibrahim about his team’s discovery of the Spinosaurus, the first known swimming dinosaur.
In protests around the country, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas to disperse crowds. But is it safe?
Rae Wynn-Grant, a large carnivore biologist, explains there’s a lot more going on during hibernation than you might expect.
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.