How to help Covid-19 long-haulers
OPINION: Patients with lingering symptoms need access to specialized clinics — and so much more
Jan. 18, 2021 • ~7 min
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Memory, the mystery
PODCAST: Just in the past half-century, our understanding of how exactly our brains remember has taken huge leaps. Amazingly, this is just the beginning.
Jan. 14, 2021 • ~21 min
psychology podcast living-world the-mind
Don’t abandon paid sick leave. It’s a cost-effective tool against Covid-19.
OPINION: Requiring companies to give unwell workers compensated time off isn’t a burden. It’s smart public health policy that reduces the spread of disease.
Jan. 14, 2021 • ~5 min
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The dazzling history of solar power
PODCAST: Once fringe and futuristic, this renewable energy shines brightly today as a cheap and efficient source of energy. Still, it remains controversial — for much different reasons.
Jan. 13, 2021 • ~16 min
climate-change podcast technology food-environment
The heart of invention
PODCAST: Replacing or assisting the human heart with a machine would save countless lives. But the quest to build an artificial heart has had many gruesome missteps and caused researchers to reimagine how to keep our blood flowing.
Jan. 12, 2021 • ~24 min
podcast technology health-disease
How black holes morphed from theory to reality
PODCAST: Physicists were mostly skeptical back when the idea of them emerged a century ago from Einstein’s work. The evolution of the evidence, from circumstantial to conclusive, is the quintessential story of science.
Jan. 11, 2021 • ~22 min
podcast space-astronomy physical-world
A winter of despair for homeless families
OPINION: In the absence of much-needed measures, the pandemic will make the cold days harder and more perilous among our most vulnerable population
Jan. 7, 2021 • ~7 min
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Dung beetles: In the gutter, gazing at the stars
As they craft their humble lives from piles of manure, the insects look to the skies for direction
Dec. 22, 2020 • ~13 min
entomology living-world
Marvelous misunderstood mistletoe
Best known as a holiday trimming, the parasitic plant is a botanical luminary in its own right. Research suggests it may give as much as it receives from the flora and fauna around it.
Dec. 18, 2020 • ~13 min
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