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Camilla Pang talks with Short Wave host Emily Kwong about her award-winning memoir, "An Outsider's G
It's been 150 years since the first article was published about the molecule key to life as we know
A coalition of wealthier countries have promised that they'll provide $100 billion each year to help
In the first week of COP26, the UN climate conference, world leaders took to the podium to talk abou
When we lose someone or something we love, it can feel like we've lost a part of ourselves. And for
Aduhelm, known generically as aducanumab, is the first drug to actually affect the underlying diseas
When people can't afford rent, they often end up in closer quarters. NPR health policy correspondent
In 1977, NASA sent out two Voyager probes to study Jupiter and Saturn. The spacecrafts were designed
Scientists have been trying to figure out how to eradicate malaria for decades. Globally, a child un
(Encore) The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are the first authorized vaccines in hist
NPR climate correspondents Lauren Sommer and Dan Charles join the show before the UN Climate Change
New York's Bellevue Hospital is the oldest public hospital in the country, serving patients from all
If you're not so fond of spiders, you may find kindred spirits in other spiders! Researcher Daniela
Over the last 25 years, the opioid epidemic has been devastating to families and communities all ove
The idea of human zombies probably seems pretty far-fetched. But there are real zombies out there in
Today, we present a special episode from our colleagues at Code Switch, NPR's podcast about race and
Pacific lamprey may have lived on Earth for about 450 million years. When humans came along, a deep
There's a biodiesel boom happening! It's fueled by incentives and policies intended to cut greenhous
The United States is on the verge of dramatically expanding the availability of COVID-19 vaccine boo
Our colleagues at All Things Considered chatted with neuroscientist Nina Kraus about her new book Of
