- BreakingGet Your Flu Shot Now, Doctors Advise, Especially If You're Pregnant
Pregnant women and people with chronic health conditions such as asthma, diabetes and heart disease are particularly vulnerable to flu complications yet lag the elderly in getting vaccinated.
- 7 hours ago, 21 Oct 19, 9:00am - - 'The Blob,' A Smart Yet Brainless Organism Fit For Sci-Fi, Gets Its Own Exhibit
Is it an animal? A type of fungi? No, it's "the blob." The amorphous "slime mold" may not have a nervous system, but it's the star of a new exhibit at the Paris zoo.
- 1 day ago, 20 Oct 19, 12:00pm - - Earthquake App Provides Early Warnings
MyShake is a new app that provides early earthquake warning to Californians. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to one of the app's developers, Richard Allen, director of the Berkeley Seismological Lab.
- 1 day ago, 20 Oct 19, 11:59am - - VIDEO: See A Controversial Swarm Of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes In A Lab In Italy
NPR was the only news organization allowed into the lab to witness the moment the releases began this year. The goal is to create a powerful new weapon in the fight against malaria.
- 1 day ago, 20 Oct 19, 11:00am - - Meet The Mysterious Blob At The Paris Zoo
NPR's Scott Simon asks Audrey Dussutour of the French National Center for Scientific Research about a blob on display at the Paris Zoological Park.
- 2 days ago, 19 Oct 19, 12:08pm - - What's Behind The Research Funding Gap For Black Scientists?
Black scientists more often seek grants for community health studies, but molecular-level research proposals win more funding. More diversity throughout the process could help close the gap, says NIH.
- 3 days ago, 18 Oct 19, 4:17pm - - Tree Scientist Inspires Next Generation ... Through Barbie
Nalini Nadkarni was one of the first people to study the canopy — the part of trees just above the forest floor to the top branches. Her discoveries have helped shape our understanding of forests.
- 3 days ago, 18 Oct 19, 1:00pm - - 'Geography of Risk' Calculates Who Pays When A Storm Comes To Shore
Journalist Gilbert Gaul says federal subsidies encourage developers to keep building on the coasts — despite accelerating and increasing risks from climate change.
- 4 days ago, 17 Oct 19, 6:27pm - - Most U.S. Dairy Cows Are Descended From Just 2 Bulls. That's Not Good
The drive to make more milk has had an unsavory side effect: Cows have become more genetically similar and less fertile. Scientists are trying to recover valuable genetic variation that was lost.
- 4 days ago, 17 Oct 19, 4:52pm - - Who Has The Right To Be Forgotten?
EU citizens have the right to be forgotten. Why don't Americans?
- 4 days ago, 17 Oct 19, 2:05pm - - California To Unveil Earthquake Alert System Thursday
The system will detect the beginning of a quake and send out alerts warning residents that they have a few seconds to prepare for a possibly deadly temblor.
- 5 days ago, 17 Oct 19, 2:31am - - Trees That Survived California Drought May Hold Clue To Climate Resilience
When it comes to surviving the warming climate, scientists are finding that some plants and animals have an edge. The hope is that these "super adapters" can help preserve their species.
- 5 days ago, 16 Oct 19, 4:08pm - - A Boy's Mysterious Illness Leads His Family On A Diagnostic Odyssey
Alex Yiu was born a seemingly healthy baby. But by age 2, his muscle control and speech were deteriorating. His baffling condition took a decade to diagnose. The reanalysis of a DNA test was the key.
- 5 days ago, 16 Oct 19, 9:05am - - This Scientist Is Working To Get More Girls Up Into Tree Canopies
You can often find ecologist Nalini Nadkarni up in trees. She studies this unexplored ecosystem of the rain forest — the canopy. It's the world above the forest floor, all the way to the treetops.
- 6 days ago, 15 Oct 19, 8:30pm - - Bill Bryson's 'The Body' Is Missing His Characteristic Wit, Ingenious Way Of Analysis
The author of the magisterial work A Short History of Nearly Everything turns his sights inside, but without the magic touch of the past that made his very big books transcend the common textbook.
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