NPRMars WATCH: The Moment NASA Controllers Learn That Ingenuity Is '1st In Flight' On Mars verified_publisherNPR - Scott NeumanAs historic moments go, this one was very much one with the times. Socially distanced and mask-wearing controllers and engineers, seated before laptops in matching orange polo shirts designed for the waited...
NPRWhales Photos: The Culture Of Whales verified_publisherNPR - Taylor HaneyBrian Skerry says it was "the stuff of dreams" to be in the water with a nursing sperm whale. The National Geographic photographer and explorer dove into Caribbean waters to capture what he believes to...
NPRMars Success! NASA's Ingenuity Makes First Powered Flight On Mars verified_publisherNPR - Joe PalcaOrville and Wilbur would be proud. NASA's Ingenuity helicopter has made the first-ever powered flight on another planet, 117 years after the Wright Brothers' historic flight on this planet. The flight...
NPRClimate FAQ: America's New Promise On Climate verified_publisherNPR - Rebecca HersherThe White House is hosting a two-day summit on climate change this week where leaders from 40 countries will discuss plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions and ultimately reverse global warming. The summit...
NPRSpiders How Spiders Can Improve 3D Printing Technology verified_publisherNPR Markus Buehler < > at MIT is learning from spiders. His lab turned the structure of spiderwebs into music, and could be on their way to "communicating" with them.
NPRRadio Industry Researcher Studies How Messaging On COVID-19 Disparities Affects Policy Preferences verified_publisherNPRNPR's Michel Martin speaks with professor Evan Lieberman about the study he co-authored looking at how sharing information about the pandemic's racial disparities affect peoples' policy opinions. MICHEL...
NPRAnts The Incredible Shrinking And Growing Brains Of Indian Jumping Ants verified_publisherNPR - James Doubek , Peter BreslowNew research on ants has shown a first in insects: the ability to shrink and then regrow their brains in a big way. It relates to how these particular ants, called Harpegnathos saltator, or the Indian...
NPRScience New Research Answers Questions About Pterosaur's Big Head verified_publisherNPRNPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to entomology PhD student Cariad Williams about new research into a pterosaur with an unusual structure in its vertebra to support their large heads. LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO,...
NPRPregnancy OPINION: Doctors Should Be More Candid With Their Patients verified_publisherNPR - Mara GordonBack in December, I spent what felt like every moment agonizing over whether or not I should get vaccinated against COVID-19. I was early in my second trimester of pregnancy, and I'm also a family physician,...
NPRPhilippines $25 Million Worth Of Giant Clam Shells Seized In The Philippines verified_publisherNPR - Dustin JonesMore than 200 tons of fossilized giant clam shells, worth nearly $25 million, were seized in a joint law enforcement raid in the Philippines' province of Palawan Friday. The Philippine Coast Guard said...
NPRNASA SpaceX Wins $2.9 Billion Contract For Next Lunar Lander verified_publisherNPR - Matthew S. SchwartzNASA will pay Elon Musk's SpaceX $2.9 billion to build a lunar landing system to ferry astronauts to the surface of the moon. SpaceX was one of three companies chosen last year to develop technology for...
NPRU.S. Politics Here's What You Should Know About Biden's New Rules For Fetal Tissue Research verified_publisherNPR - Sarah McCammonFetal tissue is uniquely valuable to medical researchers - useful for developing treatments and better understanding diseases like HIV, Parkinson's, and COVID-19. But many anti-abortion rights groups it...
NPRBirds Here's What 'All Things Considered' Sounds Like — In Blackbird Song verified_publisherNPR - Mary Louise Kelly , Ailsa Chang , Angela Vang, Christopher IntagliataA Finnish computer scientist had a dream that a blackbird was speaking to her in human language. So she devised a computer program to transform the sounds of the human voice into birdsong. AILSA CHANG,...
NPRU.S. Politics Biden Administration Expected To Reverse Trump's Ban On Funding Fetal Tissue Research verified_publisherNPR - Sarah McCammonThe Trump administration banned federal funding for scientific research on fetal tissue from abortions. The Biden administration is expected to reverse that. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Fetal tissue is uniquely...
NPRClimate How The U.S. Could Halve Climate Emissions By 2030 verified_publisherNPR - Lauren SommerNext week, President Biden will announce a number that could shape the rest of his presidency: a new goal to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. The announcement marks the country's renewed commitment the...
NPRNatural Disasters La Soufrière Volcano: A Growing Humanitarian Crisis verified_publisherNPR - Dustin JonesThe volcano La Soufrière began to explosively erupt on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent last Friday. For nearly a week, periodic eruptions have covered the island in ash and volcanic flows of molten...
NPRBiology Scientists Create Early Embryos That Are Part Human, Part Monkey verified_publisherNPR - Rob SteinFor the first time, scientists have created embryos that are a mix of human and monkey cells. The embryos, described Thursday in the journal Cell, were created in part to try to find new ways to produce...
NPRVaccination Johnson & Johnson Halt Isn't Just A U.S. Problem verified_publisherNPR - Jason BeaubienThe Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause in the U.S. – because of reports of rare cases of potentially fatal blood clots in a small number of vaccinated women – could have global ramifications. Even though...
NPRClimate Carbon Emissions Could Plummet. The Atmosphere Will Lag Behind verified_publisherNPR - Rebecca HersherIn the next several days, the Biden administration is expected to announce plans across the economy to reduce America's greenhouse gas emissions dramatically by 2030. The Biden administration's goal is...
NPRU.S. Politics Hundreds Of Companies Call For U.S. To Slash Carbon Emissions verified_publisherNPR - Eric McDanielMore than 300 businesses have signed an open letter calling on the Biden administration to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the United States to at least half of 2005 levels by 2030. That would nearly...
NPRNorth India Millions Flock To Hindu Festival Amid Coronavirus Spike verified_publisherNPR - Sushmita PathakHYDERABAD, India — One of the largest gatherings of people in the world continues in northern India amid a sharp rise in coronavirus cases and a weakening supply of vaccines. Almost 3 million Hindu pilgrims...
NPRCoronavirus (COVID-19) CDC Studies 'Breakthrough' COVID Cases Among People Already Vaccinated verified_publisherNPR - Rob SteinUpdated on April 15 at 1 p.m. ET Ginger Eatman thought she was safe after getting her second COVID-19 vaccination in February. But she kept wearing her mask, using hand sanitizer and wiping down the carts...
NPRSouth Florida 'What Is That In The Sky?' Floridians Catch Meteor's Close Brush With Earth verified_publisherNPR - Jaclyn DiazIt wasn't a bird or a plane that gave Floridians a shock late Monday night. It wasn't even Superman. A meteor shot across the sky around 10 p.m. Monday. Residents along the state's Atlantic coast from...
NPRUnited States Trying To Assess COVID's Impact On Arab-American Communities Is Complicated verified_publisherNPR - Hadia BakkarDr. Hassan Fehmi started his podcast, Arab American Cafe, in October 2020 because he felt like Arab American perspectives were not widely represented in the podcasting industry. Initially, the English...
NPRDinosaurs Newly Discovered Dinosaur Was Top Carnivorous Predator In Argentina verified_publisherNPR - Alejandra Marquez JanseA new dinosaur named for its ability to strike fear in its prey has been discovered by paleontologists in South America. The skull of the dinosaur named Llukalkan aliocranianus, which means "one who causes...
NPRSouth Africa Can Vaccines Stop Variants? Here's What We Know So Far verified_publisherNPR - Nurith AizenmanEditor's note: As noted in this article, research is ongoing into the efficacy of various vaccines against the different variants. This piece reflects the state of knowledge as of its publication date,...
NPRNOAA Expect More Tropical Storms, NOAA Warns verified_publisherNPR - Rebecca HersherThere are officially more storms occurring during the Atlantic hurricane season, according to updated storm records from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA defines the average number...
NPRBiology Andrew Pelling: How Can Plants Help Rebuild The Human Body? verified_publisherNPRPart 3 of the TED Radio Hour episode Revitalize An ear made from an apple, a spinal cord rebuilt using asparagus ... it sounds like bizarre science fiction. But Andrew Pelling is working on a way to revive...
NPRDinosaurs 'One Who Causes Fear': Scientists In Argentina Discover New Dinosaur Species verified_publisherNPRA group of paleontologists in Patagonia, Argentina, discovered a new dinosaur species resembling a T-rex that "causes fear." AILSA CHANG, HOST: And now a story about a predator that was 16 feet long, sharp...
