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Health

‘Prime time for getting bitten’: State and local officials target mosquitoes preemptively to thwart West Nile virus

No one is sounding the alarm: It’s been an average year so far for West Nile cases in mosquitoes. But wet, warm conditions might mean trouble ahead.

2 years ago

Radio Times
Health

This is the Voice, The Voice Catchers

John Colapinto, author of This is the Voice, joins us to talk about the extraordinary architecture of our sonic sounds. Then, Joseph Turow on his new book, The Voice Catchers.

Air Date: August 27, 2021 10:00 am

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Sam Kean, author of The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science. (Little, Brown and Company Publishers)
Radio Times
Science

The Icepick Surgeon: Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science

Dr. Walter Freeman performed lobotomies with an ice pick through the eye socket....and other stories about doctors who do evil scientific deeds in the name of medicine.

Air Date: August 25, 2021 10:00 am

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Many survivors don't report sexual assaults because they fear no one will believe them. Advocates say better training for police on the neuroscience of trauma could help survivors feel safe while talking with police, making it less likely they experience a secondary trauma.
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NPR
Health

How rape affects memory and the brain, and why more police need to know about this

Sexual assault survivors say interactions with law enforcement can be so intense, and so unsympathetic, that they add a secondary trauma on top of the rape.

2 years ago

After listening to hours of bat pups in the wild, scientists have identified eight characteristics of babbling that are shared by human babies and the greater sac-winged bat. (B.G. Thomson/Science Source)
NPR
Science

Bats love to babble — just like humans

The researchers believe that bats and humans both evolved babbling as a precursor to more complex vocal behavior such as singing, or, in the case of people, talking.

2 years ago

Kevin and Karen Gardner at the farmer’s market in Yellow Springs, near Dayton, Ohio. (Jocelyn Robinson/For WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

Going wig-less — learning to live with alopecia

In movies, bald women are portrayed as strong; in real life, they’re seen as odd. One woman gradually decided to just go with it.

2 years ago

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Before and after weight loss. For those who have bariatric surgery, changes in appearance happen quickly, creating new social situations to navigate. (CollageM/Bigstock) 

The Pulse
Health

When the world treats you differently after weight loss

For those who have bariatric surgery, changes in appearance happen quickly, creating new social situations to navigate.

2 years ago

More than a mile underwater, the cartoon doppelgangers were found side by side. (NOAA Ocean Exploration)
NPR
Science

A research vessel found SpongeBob lookalikes a mile under the ocean’s surface

An ocean expedition exploring more than a mile under the surface of the Atlantic captured a startlingly silly sight this week: a sponge that looked very much like SpongeBob.

2 years ago

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NPR
Health

Why sweat is a human superpower

Turns out human sweat — our body's air conditioning system — is really pretty tame on the "yuck" scale of animal cooling methods.

2 years ago

A research technician works to clone DNA in an immunotherapy research lab. (Elaine Thompson/AP Photo)
The Pulse
Health

How a clinical trial cured cancer — in some cases

A researcher’s experience as a patient motivated him to find cures. He focused on cancers caused by the human papillomavirus.  

2 years ago

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A reconstructed Neanderthal skeleton (right) and a modern-human version of a skeleton are displayed at the American Museum of Natural History in New York in 2003. A new study confirms that early humans who lived in colder places adapted to have larger bodies.
(Frank Franklin II/AP)
NPR
Science

Colder climates meant bigger bodies for ancient humans

Big bodies are good for cold places.

That's the gist of a foundational rule in ecology that has been around since the mid-1800s.

2 years ago

Radio Times
Science

The deep ocean, climate change and hurricanes

Marine biologist Helen Scales on the deep ocean and its strange and wondrous inhabitants and the threat climate change, pollution and deep sea-mining pose.

Air Date: July 6, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
An illustration shows a pair of adult tyrannosaurs and their young living in the Arctic during the Cretaceous Period. (James Havens /Courtesy University of Alaska Fairbanks)
NPR
Science

A new study suggests dinosaurs might not have been as cold-blooded as we thought

A key piece of evidence behind the research is a new collection of bones and teeth from infant dinosaurs dating back to more than 70 million years ago.

2 years ago

Illustration of two heads smelling foods and objects floatting around their heads
The Pulse
Science

How the Nose Knows

Our sense of smell can bring us quick bursts of joy, like a whiff of bread baking, that freshly brewed cup of coffee, or your favorite pe ...

Air Date: June 18, 2021

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(Sergio Mazurini /Big Stock Photo)
The Pulse
Science

Is an irresistible human pheromone possible?

Cultural preferences play a huge role in determining what and who smells good to some and bad to others. Factors other than fragrance are involved.

2 years ago

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