Short Wave
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The dormant viruses in all of us may help explain long COVID
Oct 23, 202614 min
Can planting more trees make allergies worse?
Oct 21, 202611 min
What are the odds we're not alone in the universe?
Oct 20, 202614 min
What the world's leading researchers think about saunas
Oct 19, 202613 min
The terrifying physics of prehistoric sea monsters
Oct 16, 20269 min
What's at stake if we can't regrow our forests
Oct 15, 202613 min
What Flock cameras really see – and how
Oct 14, 202615 min
The sound of fear: Why so many animals scream
Oct 13, 202613 min
One of the toughest parts of ADHD is left out of the diagnosis
Oct 9, 202612 min
What's missing from the lethal injection conversation
Oct 7, 202614 min
Science-backed guidance for healthy screen time
Oct 6, 202612 min
The genetic secret helping bats survive a deadly epidemic
Oct 5, 202613 min
Eating alone may be secretly spiking your blood sugar
Oct 2, 20269 min
How much of Earth's life is still undiscovered?
Sep 30, 202613 min
What social media gets wrong about inflammation
Sep 29, 202614 min
A fall mystery: why do only certain leaves turn red?
Sep 28, 202613 min
'Super' El Niño is coming. What should you expect?
Sep 25, 202612 min
Vaccinated or not, we’re on the brink of a measles epidemic
Sep 23, 202614 min
The science of self-worth (and how to boost yours)
Sep 22, 202612 min
Why we should all be 'bookmaxxing'
Sep 19, 202610 min
The latest on AI panic — and whether it's justified
Sep 18, 202614 min
When batteries get a facelift, so does renewable energy
Sep 16, 202613 min
Why you'll probably be misdiagnosed in your lifetime
Sep 15, 202613 min
Should race affect BMI guidelines? Doctors are split
Sep 14, 202613 min
How scientists discovered that animals are doctors, too
Sep 11, 202613 min
Lindsay Clancy and postpartum psychosis
Sep 9, 202614 min
How hurricanes triggered lizard evolution
Sep 8, 202611 min
When is your brain actually 'adult'?
Sep 7, 202613 min
A new investigation shows heat is even deadlier than we thought
Sep 4, 202614 min
The science of emotional regulation — and how to do it better
Sep 2, 202612 min
What can seashells teach us about the health of our oceans?
Sep 1, 202613 min
Football is here – and so is a new study on CTE
Aug 31, 202615 min
NASA's newest telescope has a top secret past
Aug 28, 202613 min
How your metabolism could alter your mental health
Aug 26, 202612 min
AI-made viruses could be the future of medicine
Aug 25, 202611 min
How much has the U.S.’s wildlife changed since Lewis and Clark?
Aug 24, 202614 min
Why scientists are stoked about mysterious black hole stars
Aug 21, 202612 min
More men are taking testosterone. What gives?
Aug 19, 202614 min
A survivor's view from inside a tornado
Aug 18, 202612 min
Could future wars be fought by AI?
Aug 17, 202614 min
Inside Colombia's big quake – and why more could be coming
Aug 14, 202612 min
How to see the year's best meteor shower tonight
Aug 13, 202612 min
Can you spot AI-written stories? Listen and find out
Aug 12, 202612 min
How to see this week's eclipse (and the next big one)
Aug 11, 202612 min
Mirror cells could threaten life on Earth. Why are we building them?
Aug 10, 202614 min
The Midnight Rebellion: Almost Midnight
Aug 8, 202617 min
The red flags that may be hiding in your poop
Aug 7, 202612 min
Shooting stars are just pea-sized rocks... and other space wonders
Aug 5, 202611 min
More food and money, less disease: Senegal's surprising eco-experiment
Aug 4, 202613 min
The new era of AI-powered cybercrime
Aug 3, 202612 min