On eclipse day, hundreds of students will send up balloons for science
The NASA-backed Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project puts students in charge of a bold scientific endeavor to study the April 8 total solar eclipse. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Geoff Brumfiel Source Type: news
What's it like to live in space? One astronaut says it changes her dreams
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Source: NPR Health and Science - March 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Regina G. Barber Source Type: news
California wants to protect indoor workers from heat. That goal is now in limbo
The state was on the cusp of making new rules to protect people who work in places like warehouses from dangerous heat. A last-minute shake-up leaves workers wondering if they'll be safe come summer.(Image credit: Brent Stirton) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alejandra Borunda Source Type: news
Over 4,400 preserved human brains have been discovered across the world, study finds
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Oxford University scientist Alexandra Morton-Hayward about how some brains are preserved thousands of years after a person's death. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Scott Simon Source Type: news
Remembering Frans de Waal, who studied empathy and emotion in primates
The primatologist Frans de Waal, who explored empathy and emotion in bonobos and chimps, died last week at 75. His colleague Sarah Brosnan remembers his legacy as both a scientist and friend. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christopher Intagliata Source Type: news
Despite church prohibitions, Catholics still choose IVF to have children
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Source: NPR Health and Science - March 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jason DeRose Source Type: news
Most animals don't go through menopause. So why do these whales?
Across the animal kingdom, menopause is something of an evolutionary blip. We humans are one of the few animals to experience it. But Sam Ellis, a researcher in animal behavior, argues that this isn't so surprising. "The best way to propagate your genes is to get as many offspring as possible into the next generation," says Ellis. "The best way to do that is almost always to reproduce your whole life." So how did menopause evolve? The answer may lie in whales. Ellis and his team at the University of Exeter recently published a study in the journal Nature that studies the evolution of menopause in the undersea animals most ...
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Margaret Cirino Source Type: news
This week in science: whale menopause, bird rest stops and a speech-generating patch
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Emily Kwong and Margaret Cirino about whale menopause, songbird rest stops along migratory routes, and a device that allows people with voice disorders to speak. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Margaret Cirino Source Type: news
What the collapse of salmon populations means for one Alaska family
For Alaska Native communities along the Yukon River, fishing for salmon has always been a central part of life. But climate change is driving a massive collapse in salmon populations. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kavitha George Source Type: news
Scientists studied how cicadas pee. Their insights could shed light on fluid dynamics
Cicadas, and the way they urinate, offer a 'perfect' lab for understanding fluid dynamics at very small scales, researchers say(Image credit: Ben Hasty / MediaNews Group) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ari Daniel Source Type: news
U.S. drops in new global happiness ranking. One age group bucks the trend
A new happiness report finds sharp declines in well-being among adolescents and young adults in the U.S. But the picture is better for people aged 60 and older, marking a striking generational divide.(Image credit: Thomas Barwick) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Allison Aubrey Source Type: news
Syphilis cases are rising in babies. Illinois has a potential solution
The number of newborns born with syphilis – a serious sexually transmitted infection – has skyrocketed 755% in the decade from 2012 to 2022. These babies have congenital syphilis, which is when the infection is passed from mother to baby during pregnancy. It can have dire consequences if left untreated. The surge has left medical professionals and public health leaders scrambling for solutions to stop the spread. Today on the show, Chicago based journalist Indira Khera talks to Emily Kwong about what's behind this mysterious public health crisis – and brings us inside Illinois' Perinatal Syphilis Warmline. (Source: N...
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Indira Khera Source Type: news
The unusual manner in which cicadas pee — and why the information is useful
Little insects pee in droplets. But it turns out that cicadas pee in jets — and why and how they do it could help scientists better understand microfluidics and advance all kinds of technologies. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ari Daniel Source Type: news
So long, Stumpy. More than 150 of D.C.'s cherry trees have to go as water rises
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Source: NPR Health and Science - March 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jacob Fenston Source Type: news
More studies challenge the idea that Havana syndrome comes from foreign adversaries
Two new government studies found no unusual pattern of injury or illness in people with the mysterious cluster of symptoms known as Havana syndrome. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jon Hamilton Source Type: news
