Short Wave

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1232 Episodes

  1. An 11-Year-old Unearthed Fossils Of The Largest Known Marine Reptile

    Published: 4/19/2024
  2. The Nightmarish Worm That Lived 25 Million Years Longer Than Researchers Thought

    Published: 4/17/2024
  3. How The Brain Experiences Pleasure — Even The Kind That Makes Us Feel Guilty

    Published: 4/15/2024
  4. What To Know About The New EPA Rule Limiting 'Forever Chemicals' In Tap Water

    Published: 4/12/2024
  5. The Order Your Siblings Were Born In May Play A Role In Identity And Sexuality

    Published: 4/10/2024
  6. How Climate Change And Physics Affect Baseball

    Published: 4/7/2024
  7. The "Barcodes" Powering These Tiny Songbirds' Memories May Also Help Human Memory

    Published: 4/5/2024
  8. How To Make The Most Of Next Week's Solar Eclipse

    Published: 4/3/2024
  9. The Two Sides Of Guyana: A Green Champion And An Oil Producer

    Published: 4/1/2024
  10. The Shy Rodents Lost To Science

    Published: 3/29/2024
  11. Shots Are Scary. But They Don't Have To Be.

    Published: 3/27/2024
  12. What's It Like To Live In Space? One Astronaut Says It Changes Her Dreams

    Published: 3/25/2024
  13. The Evolutionary Mystery Of Menopause ... In Whales

    Published: 3/22/2024
  14. Syphilis Cases Are Rising In Babies. Illinois Has A Potential Solution

    Published: 3/20/2024
  15. A Tale Of Two Bengali Physicists

    Published: 3/18/2024
  16. Are We On The Brink Of A Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough?

    Published: 3/15/2024
  17. What We Know About Long COVID, From Brain Fog to Fatigue

    Published: 3/13/2024
  18. The Science Of Atomic Bombs At The Heart Of 'Oppenheimer'

    Published: 3/11/2024
  19. The "Shocking" Tactic Electric Fish Use to Collectively Sense the World

    Published: 3/8/2024
  20. The Recent Glitch Threatening Voyager 1

    Published: 3/6/2024

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