Emily Kwong and Ari Daniel of NPR's Short Wave talk about mysterious X-ray objects, the link between movement and learning and how a small part of the brain triggers memory formation.
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Connie Hanzhang Jin/NPREl Niño years typically lead to more precipitation and higher-than-average temperatures. The latest data shows the different potential impacts by region. -
David Goldman/APThe Trump administration wants to undo a Biden-era rule that would reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas industry.
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President Donald Trump said that his administration is "terminating" a Biden-era rule that aimed to cut planet-warming emissions of methane from oil and gas drilling. -
Melanoma is one of the deadliest skin cancers, and the results of the study have many in the field wondering if this therapy can be applied to other deadly cancers.
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Maria Pinto leads mushroom walks around Greater Boston and helps people appreciate fungi for more than something we eat.
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The Chesapeake Bay, home to blue crabs and striped bass, has a new apex predator: the blue catfish. It's invasive and voracious. It's also delicious, which officials hope might help save the bay. -
Some of the healthiest coral reefs in the world are in the Pacific Ocean. One of the secrets to their success comes from something unexpected: seabirds.
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Hurricane forecasters are increasingly using artificial intelligence to make predictions. -
Scientists have voted to change how the world keeps time, but most people won't even notice. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Philippe Richard, director of Switzerland's Federal Institute of Metrology.
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In this edition of Spacing Out, the team from Short Wave shares the latest developments in space science, including the theory on why the universe is made of matter
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New research in the journal Science finds that crows turn visual information into decisions twice as fast as humans and primates. They also process information is quite similarly to humans.
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It's called a Kelvin wave, and it's driven by El Niño.
