Short Wave

Listener Shabnam Khan has a problem: Every time she works in her garden, she’s visited by ... more

There’s an ongoing, near-total blackout of the internet in Iran. The shutdown is part of a... more

A new study shows penguins are [breeding earlier than ever] (https://besjournals.onlinelib... more

Cloud 9 is a failed galaxy. It’s a clump of dark matter, called a dark matter halo, that n... more

Medical drama [The Pitt] (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31938062/) is winning Golden Globes... more

In today's episode, host Emily Kwong leads us on a night hike in Patuxent River State Park... more

Wanna know where tech is headed this year? MIT Technology Review has answers. They compile... more

There’s this idea that something happens in the human brain when we turn 25. Suddenly, we ... more

In the mid-1980s, scientists [published a startling finding] (https://www.nature.com/artic... more

Microbes are little alchemists that perform all manner of chemical reactions. A team of mi... more

Most astronomers agree that young galaxy clusters should be relatively cool compared to ol... more

Healthy forests help combat climate change, provide humans with drinking water and even im... more

What happens behind the scenes of a dinosaur exhibit? Short Wave host Regina Barber got to... more

Choose your fighter for the origin of water on Earth! Was it always here or did it come to... more

What better time to contemplate the conundrum that is zero than the start of a new year? Z... more

Science in the United States took some big hits this year. The Trump Administration disrup... more

Gen Z and younger millennials are generally the most climate literate generations. As an a... more

Kratom and 7-OH products are available in many smoke shops. But earlier this year, the FDA... more

Scientists in the Arctic are catching the exhaled breaths of whales to better understand t... more

Ever gotten a scarlet, hot face after drinking alcohol or know someone who has? Many peopl... more

Written by Jo Lambert, ‘Hold The Hope’ is now being used as suicide prevention training ma... more

Dogs are man’s best friend. And it’s no secret that we at Short Wave love cats (Regina has... more

You may have heard of Ozempic, and other GLP-1 drugs. They’re everywhere. And they typical... more

In November, the U.S. stopped production of the humble penny after 232 years in circulatio... more

Many countries are frustrated with U.N. climate conferences. While some countries urgently... more