AvatarNPRAvatarAvatar3 hours agoWhy a town on the front line of America's energy transition isn't letting go of coalverified_publisherNPR - Kirk SieglerKEMMERER, Wyo. — A few weeks before Christmas last year, Cliff Green, a mechanic at the Black Butte Coal mine in southern Wyoming, received the dreaded pink slip, after four years of steady work. Green is 47 with a dry sense of humor. In a black Carhartt hoodie, his big hands are swollen from years …
AvatarNPRAvatarAvatar19 hours agoHere's what to know about dengue, as Puerto Rico declares a public health emergencyverified_publisherNPR - Joe HernandezPuerto Rico has issued a public health emergency after recording an unusually rapid rise in dengue cases over the first few months of this year. It's the latest area to grapple with a surge of infections of the mosquito-borne disease, which sickens an estimated 100–400 million people globally each …
AvatarNPRAvatarAvatar1 day agoWant to stop needle phobia in adults? Make shots less painful for kids : Short Waveverified_publisherNPR - Tom Dreisbach , Margaret Cirino , Rebecca RamirezAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about one in four adults has a fear of needles, which many say started when they were kids. For some people, the fear of needles is strong enough that they avoid getting important treatments, vaccines or tests. That can pose a serious …
AvatarNPRAvatarAvatar2 days agoIn the solar eclipse's shadow, hundreds of students will launch balloons for NASAverified_publisherNPR - Geoff BrumfielThe eclipse on April 8 provides a unique opportunity for students across the country to conduct science. NASA is backing a nationwide project to collect data with research balloons.
AvatarNPRAvatarAvatar3 days agoOn eclipse day, hundreds of students will send up balloons for scienceverified_publisherNPR - Geoff BrumfielCUMBERLAND, Md. — It's a chilly March morning, and Mary Bowden is standing in the parking lot of a local community college. Bowden is a professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Maryland. Nearby, her students are hustling around on a bright blue tarp, rolling out heavy cylinders of …
AvatarNPRAvatarAvatar3 days agoHow an Indianapolis teacher is using the solar eclipse to inspire her studentsverified_publisherNPR - Lee V. GainesIt's a sunny March afternoon at Winchester Village Elementary School in Indianapolis, and teacher Natasha Cummings is leading her class in a brand new lesson. It's the first time she's teaching it – and also likely the last. The second graders audibly gasp when Cummings explains the day's activity: …
AvatarNPR3 days agoWhat's it like to live in space? One astronaut says it changes her dreams : Short Waveverified_publisherNPR - Regina G. Barber , Rachel Carlson , Rebecca RamirezFew humans have had the opportunity to see Earth from space. And for astronauts living in the International Space Station like Loral O'Hara, that view never gets old. But there's nothing like the first time. Short Wave What do astronauts do all day? We talked to one 250 miles above Earth to find …
AvatarNPRAvatarAvatar4 days agoCalifornia wants to protect indoor workers from heat. That goal is now in limboverified_publisherNPR - Alejandra BorundaOver the past 20 years, Victor Ramirez has worked in warehouse after warehouse across southern California. And in almost all of them, he's felt painful, unbearable, oppressive heat. A few years ago, he fainted on the job. When he came to, his coworkers had tried to clean off the floor to give him a …
AvatarNPRAvatarAvatar5 days agoOver 4,400 preserved human brains have been discovered across the world, study findsverified_publisherNPR - Scott SimonNPR's Scott Simon speaks to Oxford University scientist Alexandra Morton-Hayward about how some brains are preserved thousands of years after a person's death.
AvatarNPRAvatarAvatar5 days agoRemembering Frans de Waal, who studied empathy and emotion in primatesverified_publisherNPR - Christopher Intagliata , Alejandra Marquez Janse , Sacha PfeifferThe primatologist Frans de Waal, who explored empathy and emotion in bonobos and chimps, died last week at 75. His colleague Sarah Brosnan remembers his legacy as both a scientist and friend.
AvatarNPRAvatarAvatar6 days agoDespite church prohibitions, Catholics still choose IVF to have childrenverified_publisherNPR - Jason DeRoseAfter first meeting while in Catholic high school, Erin and Mickey Whitford dated for 12 years: through college, grad school and early into their careers. Then, three years ago, the Cleveland couple married. "We did make a promise to ourselves in front of our whole congregation at our wedding that …
AvatarNPRAvatarAvatar6 days agoMost animals don't go through menopause. So why do these whales? : Short Waveverified_publisherNPR - Margaret Cirino , Emily Kwong , Nathan Rott , Viet LeAcross the animal kingdom, menopause is something of an evolutionary blip. We humans are one of the few animals to experience it. Sam Ellis, an animal behavior researcher at the University of Exeter, says that this fact isn't so surprising. "The best way to propagate your genes is to get as many …