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Host Stephen Dubner has surprising conversations that explore the riddles of everyday life and the weird wrinkles of human nature-from cheating and crime to parenting and sports. Dubner talks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, social scientists and entrepreneurs - and his Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt.

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Health & Science

Images show Grand Bahama Island before and during Hurricane Dorian. The “before” image was taken April 19. The “during” image was taken Monday and uses radar to penetrate the cloud cover. Areas that are not flooded appear nearly black.

Source: Copernicus Sentinel data 2019 (accessed via Planet Labs Inc), ICEYE
NPR
Science

Satellite imagery shows extent of devastating flooding on Grand Bahama Island

A commercial satellite image shows just how much of Grand Bahama Island is underwater following days of torrential rain and massive storm surge from Hurricane Dorian.

6 years ago

Kim Delea (left) and Alyssa Carroll, eyes on their smartphones.
(Randy Scott Carroll for WHYY)
Health

Put down the phones and let’s talk, these teenagers say

These days, limiting time spent on smartphones is a challenge for adults and teenagers alike.

6 years ago

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Daniel Semenza, an assistant professor at the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice at Rutgers, and Ilene M. Rosen, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and a past president of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Science

Teen brains require many z’s, for many reasons

Some middle and high schools in the area are starting their school days later, which experts say will result in healthier, less troublemaking students.

6 years ago

Listen 6:42
PET brain imaging of an opioid receptor binding. (Penn Medicine)
Science

Penn ramps up addiction research that could help doctors tailor treatments

The PET Addiction Center of Excellence will use PET scans to peer inside the brain, allowing for the study of opioid receptors’ function in different individuals.

6 years ago

Spotted lanternflies colonize trees along a pathway on the banks of the Green Lane Reservoir in Berks County, Pa., on September 16, 2018. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
The Why
Science

Update: The long war on spotted lanternflies

We return to our episode about the spotted lanternfly, with an update on how the "great hitchhiker" has spread over the summer and the tools being used to combat it.

Air Date: September 2, 2019

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Trans people in the U.S. have turned to underground silicone injections for decades. And it has particularly impacted trans women of color and those living in poverty. (Anke Gladnick)
NPR
Health

For trans women, silicone ‘pumping’ can be a blessing and a curse

While cisgender people also get silicone injections, pumping in trans communities is largely done to help address gender dysphoria.

6 years ago

A woman walks along a beach before the arrival of Hurricane Dorian in Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, Saturday Aug. 31, 2019. Hurricane Dorian is closing in on the northern Bahamas, threatening to batter the normally idyllic islands with fierce winds, pounding waves and torrential rain. (Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)
Science

Dorian strikes Bahamas with record fury as Category 5 storm

A dangerous Hurricane Dorian closed in on the northern Bahamas early Sunday, threatening to batter islands with 160 mph winds, pounding waves and torrential rain.

6 years ago

This Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, image provided by NASA shows a view of Hurricane Dorian from the International Space Station as it churned over the Atlantic Ocean. (NASA/AP)
NPR
Science

Hurricane Dorian’s path shifts towards Carolinas, could avoid direct hit on Florida

Forecasters say the category 4 hurricane will bring life-threatening storm surge and hurricane force winds to the southeast United States.

6 years ago

Kristin Sollars (left) and Marci Ebberts say nursing is more than just a job.
NPR
Health

For 2 nurses, working in the ICU is ‘a gift of a job’

For years, Kristin Sollars and Marci Ebberts worked together caring for sickly patients, a job they say is also a daily mindset. "You carry a little bit of them with you."

6 years ago

Bay Health Hospital, Kent Campus (Provided)
Health

Delaware health facilities receive grant to incentivize rural primary care growth

Delaware has a primary care physician shortage. Two medical facilities hope to change that by establishing residency programs.

6 years ago

A fire burns at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery hours after a series of early morning explosions on June 21, 2019. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Science

Most of a dangerous toxic chemical at the PES refinery is now neutralized — but risk remains

A small amount of hydrofluoric acid is left to be dealt with in a 'complicated operation.'

6 years ago

The Pulse
Science

Science At Work

It’s Labor Day, which means we’re celebrating the hard-working people who keep the engines of productivity humming. On this e ...

Air Date: August 30, 2019

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Researchers looked for genetic variants linked to sexual behavior in new genetic research that analyzed DNA from donated blood samples from nearly half a million middle-aged people from Britain who participated in a project called the UK Biobank. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
NPR
Science

Search for ‘gay genes’ comes up short in large new study

The research is the latest effort in a decades-long quest to understand the inherited component of sexuality.

6 years ago

Fire consumes the jungle near Porto Velho, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. Brazilian state experts have reported a record of nearly 77,000 wildfires across the country so far this year, up 85% over the same period in 2018. Brazil contains about 60% of the Amazon rainforest, whose degradation could have severe consequences for global climate and rainfall.(AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
Radio Times
Science

Amazon fires and U.S. forests

First we look at the fires burning in the Amazon -how they started, the response, and the impact on climate change. Then, we discuss threats to U.S. forests.

Air Date: August 29, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
(Rose Jaffe for NPR)
NPR
Science

The scientific debate over teens, screens and mental health

More teens and young adults — particularly girls and young women — are reporting being depressed and anxious, compared with comparable numbers from the mid-2000s.

6 years ago

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