Short Wave

Two tiny transforming robots landed on the moon! These baseball-sized bots accompanied Jap... more

The war in Iran has disrupted the global fuel supply. That has sent airline prices soaring... more

Summer is here, your windows are open and the smell of…car exhaust and the latest wildfire... more

Could standardizing chocolate help small-scale farmers? Chocolate scientist Julien Simonis... more

Until this week, the United States hadn’t approved a new sunscreen ingredient in over 20 y... more

Every year, tens of millions of people in the U.S. get the flu vaccine. That’s because the... more

We tend to think of the DNA strands that contain our genetic code as consistent, stable un... more

[Emily Kwong] (https://www.npr.org/people/767284140/emily-kwong) is pretty sure she lacks ... more

More than a century ago, all that people knew about European eels was that they lived in t... more

In our latest science news roundup: how nature adapts, for better or worse. When faced wit... more

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

You pick up your phone to do one quick task, and suddenly 20 minutes have flown by without... more

For many astronomers and astrophysicists there are two distinct, important periods: before... more

The most ferocious predator for us humans is actually quite small: the mosquito. They are ... more

Is it getting windier? Long-time listener Barry Zalph thinks it is, at least in Louisville... more

Every year for two weeks between mid-May and mid-June,  [Congaree National Park] (https://... more

Coastal fishing communities around the world are struggling with declining fish stocks. Th... more

You probably know someone who has a condition that, until last week, was known as PCOS, or... more

For years, farmers in California have been pumping huge amounts of water from their wells ... more

Dreams of flying? Nightmares of teeth falling out? Falling off a cliff? As a sleep scienti... more

It’s been over 25 years since the FDA approved a new ingredient for sunscreen in the Unite... more

The average person eats 10-15 grams of fiber per day, according to the USDA. The problem? ... more

A [recent study] (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2026.03.026) caught our eye: salmon on coc... more

25 years ago, the FDA approved a pill that would change the way scientists treat cancer … ... more

On May 2, the World Health Organization got an alarming report: People aboard a ship in th... more

President Trump recently signed an order to speed up the evaluation of psychedelics to tre... more