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A daily podcast from @NPR that believes that everything is science, and science is for everyone. By a team committed to joy and nonsense. #NPRShortWave
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Joined October 2020
Short Wave is stepping back from Twitter, in solidarity w/ many @NPR accounts: https://t.co/oL7GNbV1GJ Thank you for being a part of the glorious community that is our show. We love making it for you 🤟 Tune in every Mon, Wed, and Fri for new episodes! https://t.co/Ecjp36GRD0
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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...
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Be a part of the Short Wave universe 💫💫💫 by: ✔️ Listening and subscribing to our show ✔️Following individual team member accounts, which are still active for now 🤓 ✔️Catching us on All Things Considered. Thanks for hosting us @ailsachang @npratc! https://t.co/BqOAvJCaoR
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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Short Wave hosts Regina Barber and Emily Kwong about the music of Earth's magnetosphere, a mission to Jupiter's icy moons, and a potential runaway supermassive black hole.
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Most climate science is done with satellites, sensors & computer models. But it began with 2 glass tubes & a woman doing experiments in her backyard Today, we talked to @DrKWilkinson & Annaritta Mariotti about what Eunice Foote still has to teach us https://t.co/lhfq7jfa5n
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Today, most climate science is done with satellites, sensors and complicated computer models. But it all started with a pioneering female physicist and two glass tubes. Eunice Foote, the woman behind...
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Behold! The beautiful intricacies of this insect brain 🪰🧠🪰🧠🪰🧠 Today, how @jovo & colleagues mapped the larval fruit fly brain. These 500,000 neural connections bring us one step closer to understanding our brains too. Reporting by @NPRjonhamilton
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To really understand the human brain, scientists say you'd have to map its wiring. The only problem: there are more than 100 trillion different connections to find, trace and characterize. But a team...
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Two period experts share how they would give the period talk. Here are 6 of their biggest pieces of advice (@NPRLifeKit & @NPRShortWave):
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We come with tough news. The layoffs at NPR are impacting our show. Moving forward, we'll be in your feed 3 days a week. Please show our #NPRShortWave team the same love you always have. We'll still be making the same nerdy, newsy science show you know and count on.
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Need something to watch this weekend? SPOILER ALERT: We are working on an episode about The Core, the cult classic from 2003, and we would love all of the Short Wavers to follow along If you watch it and have thoughts for @ScienceRegina @geophysichick drop them below 🌎👇
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And if you want to know Beth's full history with dodos, back to when she first tried to talk a museum into letting her steal genetic material from the only remaining dodo specimen with soft tissue, check out yesterday's episode: https://t.co/M3669SBcrv
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Research into very, very old DNA has made huge leaps forward over the last two decades. That has allowed scientists like Beth Shapiro to push the frontier further and further. "For a long time, we...
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Learn why Beth thinks we may not be able to bring back species just as they were before extinction like in Jurassic Park, but de-extinction could lead to breakthroughs that help endangered species now -- like many types of birds -- in today's episode https://t.co/jeA6LSHMQY
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As a leading expert on paleogenomics, Beth Shapiro has been hearing the same question ever since she started working on ancient DNA: "The only question that we consistently were asked was, how close...
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When @itiscolossal @federallamm asked @bonesandbugs what species of bird they should try to bring back from extinction, the answer was pretty obvious ...
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🎧 Listen to today's episode with Short Wave co-host @aaronscottNPR and @bonesandbugs, Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology @UCSC as they DIG deep into ancient DNA and extinct species. https://t.co/di3ZwcaxPE
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Research into very, very old DNA has made huge leaps forward over the last two decades. That has allowed scientists like Beth Shapiro to push the frontier further and further. "For a long time, we...
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In today's ancient DNA episode, we talk about how far this field has come in a little over 20 years and how it can help solve big mysteries — from the extinction of woolly mammoths to paleo gossip of who or what ancient homo sapiens slept with.
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the only appropriate follow-up to this thread ... a pie chart (sorry its a day late)
When I asked Team @NPRShortWave: "What's your favorite kind of pie?" Their answers were most revealing. "Humble," said @travlinscientst, who produced this episode. How typical Berly. Humble-seeming, but secretly abundant. Kind of medieval. Also, answers in pun.
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When I asked Team @NPRShortWave: "What's your favorite kind of pie?" Their answers were most revealing. "Humble," said @travlinscientst, who produced this episode. How typical Berly. Humble-seeming, but secretly abundant. Kind of medieval. Also, answers in pun.
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Reply with your π day celebrations - we'd love to see them!
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2) The nerdy joy isn't exclusive to our pod! Here's a behind scenes look at how we celebrate Pi Day at HQ.... 🥧anyone?
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1) In honor of Pi Day, today’s episode covers the mathematical magic embedded in baking. Short Wave co-host @emilykwong1234 chats w/ mathematician @DrEugeniaCheng about why math is WAY MORE than just numbers! https://t.co/0hfcCNnzCl
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4) Check out our episode with Short Wave co-host @emilykwong1234 and @egaly as they discuss how drug developers can overlook those impacted the most when treating certain diseases:
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3) The trial enrollment comes close to reaching the racial breakdown of people 65+ yrs. according to the census, but @egaly says that's the wrong goal.
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