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Drug overdose deaths are on the rise all around the country, including in Chicago, Illinois. ProPubl
With a lot of us stuck at home, trying to physically distance from each other, one part of daily lif
The year 2020 saw a record-breaking wildfire season. With those wildfires came many destroyed homes.
With the help of spider scientist Sebastian Echeverri, Maddie presents the case for why spiders are
How did humans evolve some key cooperative behaviors like sharing? NPR Science Correspondent Jon Ham
Different versions of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus are emerging. Some are spreading quickly around the
Washing your hands. It's one of the easiest and most effective things you can do to protect yourself
The pink bollworm — an invasive species that plagues cotton farmers around the world — has been succ
You're familiar with touch, taste, smell, sight, and hearing. But your body moves through the world
The Supreme Court heard arguments this week in a case brought by the city of Baltimore against more
President-elect Joe Biden has spoken publicly about his childhood stutter. An estimated 1% of the wo
In 1962, the first spacecraft humans ever sent to another planet — Mariner 2 — went to Venus. The fi
Many folks eat an apple and then throw out the core. It turns out, the core is perfectly ok to eat -
Many patients who are hospitalized for COVID-19 continue to have symptoms of brain injury after they
As the U.S. continues to grapple with systemic racism, some in the medical community are questioning
Meet the CubeSat: a miniaturized satellite that's been growing in sophistication. In the last 20 yea
Fifteen-year-old Gitanjali Rao is a scientist, inventor, and TIME Magazine's first-ever 'Kid Of The
Hair scientist Crystal Porter explains the science behind curly hair (hint: It involves mushy cells
Scientists think the world's oldest ice is hiding somewhere in Antarctica. NPR science correspondent
By day, Jess Wade is an experimental physicist at Imperial College London. But at night, she's a con
