What's In Your Personal Care Products?
Ever scan the ingredient list of your favorite personal care products like shampoos or lotions and think, what are these complicated chemicals? And ar...
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New discoveries, everyday mysteries, and the science behind the headlines — in just under 15 minutes. It's science for everyone, using a lot of creativity and a little humor. Join hosts Emily Kwong and Regina Barber for science on a different wavelength.If you're hooked, try Short Wave Plus. Your subscription supports the show and unlocks a sponsor-free feed. Learn more at plus.npr.org/shortwave
What to Know About The Measles Outbreak
Measles is one of the most contagious infectious diseases known to science – more contagious than Ebola, smallpox or COVID-19. Declining vaccination r...
Could 'Severance' Become Our Reality?
What if we had the ultimate work-life balance? This fundamental question underlies the hit Apple TV+ show Severance – now in its second season. Ahead ...
Love Fruit? Thank (Dinosaur) Mass Extinction
Move over, TikTokers. It's time to shine a spotlight on some of the earliest influencers around: dinosaurs. When these ecosystem engineers were in the...
Let's Talk About (Biological) Sex, Baby
Biological sex is all over the news lately. Whether it's via President Trump's executive order affecting passport policy, moving trans inmates between...
Is The Trump Administration Breaking Science?
In its first 50 days, the Trump administration made sweeping changes to scientific arms of the government like the Department of Health and Human Serv...
The Great Antarctic Food Web Puzzle
Tourists to Antarctica are fueling research on some of the tiniest, most influential organisms on Earth: phytoplankton. These itty bitty critters make...
Stone Age To Bone Age?
Archeologists know early humans used stone to make tools long before the time of Homo sapiens. But a new discovery out this week in Nature suggests ea...
Will Bark For Science
On their second job ever, Collette Yee and her partner were assigned a difficult job: locate transient whale poop in the ocean before it sinks. Luckil...
Reviving The Woolly Mammoth ... With Mice
You've heard of the woolly mammoth. But have you heard of woolly mice? These critters were genetically modified by the Dallas-based biotech company Co...