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Is setting your trash on fire a good idea?

July 01, 2026 2:00am 14 min

The U.S. generates 292 million tons of trash each year – and that trash has to go somewhere.  Sometimes, that’s to an incinerator, where it’s burned and turned into electricity. Proponents of incineration applaud the abi...

Ticks are a growing problem, no matter where you live

June 30, 2026 2:00am 13 min

In the grand scheme of things, Lyme disease is a fairly new scientific discovery. It was first traced back to ticks in the late 70s and early 80s. The tick-borne illness can cause a rash, fever, pain, neurological compli...

Is working from home actually good for you?

June 29, 2026 2:00am 13 min

For many, being able to work from home is a boon: saving time on your commute, working in your sweatpants, throwing in a load of laundry before a meeting. People say it makes them happier. But a new study suggests that, ...

Salty Clouds aren’t the only strange thing about this object in space

June 26, 2026 2:00am 9 min

There’s an object in space 25 times the size of Jupiter that’s stumped scientists for years. They haven’t been able to figure out if it’s a planet or a failed star. But scientists are one step closer to an answer thanks ...

Did Trump's foreign aid cuts fuel the Ebola outbreak?

June 24, 2026 2:00am 10 min

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is growing – and is likely larger than official numbers show. The deadly disease spreads through bodily fluids, on average killing half the people it infects. And wh...

What can a tornado teach us about kindness?

June 23, 2026 2:00am 12 min

One evening in May of 2011, tornado sirens went off in a small Missouri city called Joplin. Thousands of homes were destroyed in the tornado, about a third of the town’s 50,000 residents were displaced and around 160 peo...

Inside the mysterious minds of horses

June 22, 2026 2:00am 13 min

Janet Jones has been fascinated by horses since childhood. She’s now a horse trainer and a neuroscientist, which allows her to explore the minds of the animals to which she’s devoted her life. She even recently wrote a b...

Why scientists launched two little robots to the moon

June 19, 2026 2:00am 10 min

Two tiny transforming robots landed on the moon! These baseball-sized bots accompanied Japan's first successful lunar lander. They rolled out of SLIM as balls and transformed into a rover. The bots cracked down the middl...

Is sewage the future of green aviation?

June 17, 2026 2:00am 12 min

The war in Iran has disrupted the global fuel supply. That has sent airline prices soaring and cancelled scores of flights. This got Short Wave host Emily Kwong wondering: Could another fuel source help take us to the sk...

Could air pollution make your memory worse?

June 16, 2026 2:00am 10 min

Summer is here, your windows are open and the smell of…car exhaust and the latest wildfire are wafting in. This air pollution is harmful to almost every organ, including the brain. Today on Short Wave, we talk about one ...

Inside the lab taste-testing the world's chocolate

June 15, 2026 2:00am 10 min

Could standardizing chocolate help small-scale farmers? Chocolate scientist Julien Simonis thinks it could help persuade consumers to pay for higher quality chocolate, in turn helping out these growers. Every cacao bean ...

Why your sunscreen is finally getting a major upgrade

June 12, 2026 2:00am 9 min

Until this week, the United States hadn’t approved a new sunscreen ingredient in over 20 years. That changed Tuesday, when the FDA approved a new chemical for U.S. sunscreens. It’s called bemotrizinol, and NPR science co...

How a single flu shot could protect you for decades

June 10, 2026 2:00am 11 min

Every year, tens of millions of people in the U.S. get the flu vaccine. That’s because the virus changes year-to-year and protection only lasts around six months. Adolfo Garcia-Sastre wants to change that. He’s one scien...

Your DNA is changing all the time. Here’s why

June 09, 2026 2:00am 14 min

We tend to think of the DNA strands that contain our genetic code as consistent, stable units. But in reality, the cells that make up our bodies are constantly replicating and changing. Even as you read this sentence, in...

Inner monologues are still a mystery

June 08, 2026 2:00am 14 min

Emily Kwong is pretty sure she lacks an inner monologue, while the inner monologue of producer Rachel Carlson won’t stop chatting. But how well can a person know their inner self? And what does science have to say about ...

Prepare to be baffled by what we don't know about eels

June 05, 2026 2:00am 13 min

More than a century ago, all that people knew about European eels was that they lived in the rivers and streams for decades — until they swam out to the ocean and never returned. Eventually, tiny eels would show up and t...

This common garden plant summons wasps as bodyguards

June 03, 2026 2:00am 9 min

In our latest science news roundup: how nature adapts, for better or worse. When faced with pests, plants may not be able to run away – but that doesn’t mean they’re defenseless. Some have thorns or spines, others have p...

Why are scientists planting tiny forests in big cities?

June 02, 2026 2:00am 12 min

Healthy forests help combat climate change, provide humans with drinking water and even improve mental and physical health. But it’s hard to imagine an entire forest in the middle of a big city. That’s where micro-forest...

Why you can't stop scrolling: the science of 'dark flow'

June 01, 2026 2:00am 12 min

You pick up your phone to do one quick task, and suddenly 20 minutes have flown by without you even noticing. How do apps do that to you? Science journalist Michaeleen Doucleff felt like her phone had superglue on it, ho...

This distant planet has wild weather and gemstone clouds

May 29, 2026 2:00am 9 min

For many astronomers and astrophysicists there are two distinct, important periods: before the James Webb Space Telescope – and after. It has powered many scientific discoveries since it came online, including two at the...

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