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Why the US chose not to have a passenger train system like Europe

Why can't the US be like Europe, Japan or India—countries that all have extensive passenger train systems? On today's show, why the US chose not to. We learn why, despite this, US railroads could ...

Is MAHA influencing health policy?

At the recent Make America Healthy Again, or MAHA, summit - which was attended by the U.S. Secretary of Health and the Vice ...

The pipeline that nurtures the next generation of young scientists is at risk

These breakthroughs remind us that scientific advancement depends on nurturing a full pipeline of scientists — from young ...

FDA to raise hurdles for vaccines, faulting COVID shots for 10 kids' deaths

Food and Drug Administration officials say they will ratchet up requirements for vaccine studies, citing concerns about COVID ...
Opinion

Sophia Greene and Dr. Claudia Fernandes: A broken pipeline — costing us our next generation of scientists

Science has always relied on young innovators to drive progress. In 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, still PhD students, founded Google. More recently, in 2020 and 2021, Kizzmekia Corbett, then a ...

Fresh Air Weekend: Nutritionist Marion Nestle; Science writer Mary Roach

Marion Nestle says we should eat "real food, processed as little as possible." Justin Chang reviews Hamnet. Mary Roach ...
KLCC

Deal restores Cornell's federal grants, reviving research on infant artificial heart

We have an update this morning on the story of a researcher at Cornell University who is developing an artificial heart for babies and toddlers. JAMES ANTAKI: It's about the size of a AA battery, and ...
NPR

Want to keep your brain from aging? Try a cognitive workout

Scientists have found the first compelling evidence that cognitive training can boost levels of a brain chemical that typically declines as people age. The results of this 10-week study back earlier ...
NPR

This week in science: A Saturn moon's ocean, chameleon eyes and energy used for AI

Time now for our science news roundup from Short Wave, NPR's science podcast. And we have the show's two hosts here, Regina Barber and Emily Kwong. Hello. REGINA BARBER, BYLINE: Hey. EMILY KWONG, ...
NPR

'What to Eat Now' nutritionist talks SNAP, food policy and the 'triple duty' diet

Nutrition policy expert Marion Nestle says that when she wrote her first book, Food Politics, in 2002, people often asked her what food had to do with politics. "Nobody asks me that anymore," Nestle ...
NPR

HealthTok is all over hormonal birth control’s side effects. What’s the science?

Recently, health influencers on Instagram and TikTok have been vocal about the side effects of hormonal birth control. Check out the most popular videos on the subject, and you'll hear horror stories ...
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James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA, has died at age 97

James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA has died at age 97. He was a scientific superstar until he made racist remarks that made him... James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of ...