These identical twins both grew up with autism, but took very different paths
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Source: NPR Health and Science - April 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jon Hamilton Source Type: news
These twin brothers are identical, but their autism isn't
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Source: NPR Health and Science - April 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jon Hamilton Source Type: news
After childhood trauma, sisters use art and science to explore how memory can morph
Two sisters struggled to remember troubling childhood events until adulthood. A neuroscientist and author gave them the science and the language to turn their work into a dance performance and a book. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Gabriel Spitzer Source Type: news
Simple tips to safely photograph the eclipse with your cellphone
Some people with expensive photo equipment are hoping to get the perfect shot during Monday's total solar eclipse. But for the rest of us, a cellphone camera is what we have to work with. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Scott Neuman Source Type: news
Scientists study brains to understand the joy that's felt when caring for siblings
For our series The Science of Siblings, we hear how researchers have found out that caring for siblings can make people happier. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Michaeleen Doucleff Source Type: news
How to make the most of next week's solar eclipse
On April 8, the moon will slip in front of the sun, blocking its light and creating an eerie twilight in the middle of the day. Stars will come out, the air will get cold, colors will dance around the horizon. It's a full-body experience born from the total solar eclipse that will be visible from North America. Today on the show, Regina G. Barber talks to NPR science correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce about why some people say this experience is one of the most beautiful celestial events you can see – and how to prepare for it. Want more ways to enjoy the eclipse? Check out Regina's interview with an eclipse chaser on NP...
Source: NPR Health and Science - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Regina G. Barber Source Type: news
At the heart of this cozy coffee shop lies a big sister's love for her little brother
Having siblings can mean shared family and childhood experiences — and also shared bedrooms and rivalries. A growing body of research shows us that sibling relationships can shape us for life.(Image credit: Susana Raab) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - April 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Yuki Noguchi Source Type: news
Gold mining reduced this Amazon rainforest to a moonscape. Now miners are restoring it
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Source: NPR Health and Science - April 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Simeon Tegel Source Type: news
New York inmates sue to watch the solar eclipse after prisons ordered locked down
The suit filed in federal court argues the April 8 lockdown violates inmates' constitutional rights to practice their faiths by preventing them from taking part in a religiously significant event.(Image credit: Bill Ingalls) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - April 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
These kids saw the last total solar eclipse in the U.S. This is how it changed them
Several kids have gotten not one but two opportunities to see total solar eclipses while growing up. We asked some of them what they remember of the last one, and how it changed them. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nell Greenfieldboyce Source Type: news
The two sides of Guyana: a green champion and an oil producer
For Guyana the potential wealth from oil development was irresistible — even as the country faces rising seas. Today on the show, host Emily Kwong talks to reporter Camila Domonoske about her 2021 trip to Guyana and how the country is grappling with its role as a victim of climate change while it moves forward with drilling more oil. (encore)For more of Camila's reporting and pictures from her visit, check out "Guyana is a poor country that was a green champion. Then Exxon discovered oil."Want to more about how countries around the world are grappling with climate change? Write us at shortwave@npr.org to let us know — ...
Source: NPR Health and Science - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Camila Domonoske Source Type: news
The weird and wonderful sensations of viewing a total solar eclipse
'You will see a sun you've never seen before,' says science writer David Baron. He urges people to head to the 'path of totality' to see the total solar eclipse on April 8 for an experience of a lifetime. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Regina G. Barber Source Type: news
A person in Texas caught bird flu after exposure to cows that were thought to be ill
Livestock in Texas, Kansas and Michigan are confirmed to have the virus, and herds in New Mexico and Idaho have also tested positive. Officials confirmed that one person in Texas also had bird flu.(Image credit: Rodrigo Abd) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 31, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Joe Hernandez Source Type: news
For the first time, U.S. dairy cows have tested positive for bird flu
Livestock in Texas, Kansas and Michigan are confirmed to have the virus, and herds in New Mexico and Idaho have also tested positive. The threat to the public is low, federal officials say.(Image credit: Rodrigo Abd) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 31, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Joe Hernandez Source Type: news
