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Depending on what time it is, your body responds differently to an injury or infection. During the d
Around 40 million people around the world have bipolar disorder, which involves cyclical swings betw
Gen Z and younger millennials are the most climate literate generations the world has ever seen. The
It's Memorial Day, Short Wavers. This holiday, we bring you a meditation on time ... and clocks. The
Riddle us this: Which animal is pink, curved beaked and a master of the physics required to create w
What's it like to get bit by a venomous snake? "It's like a bee sting times a thousand," Tim Friede
The Trump administration is rewriting policies and reducing funding for multiple agencies that handl
In science fiction, wormholes are hyperspace subway tubes linking one part of a galaxy directly to a
Approximately 80% of orange cats are males, including the four orange cats owned by the Short Wave t
Most bats use echolocation to navigate and hunt, but some use their ears for another trick: eavesdro
Becoming fluent in a second language is difficult. But for adults, is it impossible? Science says no
Today, we're airing an episode of NPR's daily economics podcast, The Indicator from Planet Money. It
Google, Microsoft and Meta have all pledged to reach at least net-zero carbon emissions by 2030. Ama
By 2028, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory forecasts that U.S. data centers could use as much as
Do you consider yourself a creative person? If not, you may be holding yourself back. Psychologist Z
Recently, a group of scientists claimed they found possible signs of life on a planet called K2-18b.
Minecraft is a movie and a very popular video game with iconic block graphics that characters can "m
In its first 100 days, the Trump administration — specifically, the Department of Government Efficie
A good night's sleep makes a big difference to our mental and physical health. Without quality sleep
From starfish and sea slugs to jellyfish and sponges, the ocean's invertebrates are some of the most
