Connie Hanzhang Jin
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From Arctic landscapes to insect bodies, climate change is shifting the familiar colors of nature.
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Ancient Egyptian mummy remains were once marketed as medicine. Research finds at least some of these products came from real human remains and that mummy materials keep bodies preserved for millennia.
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Oyster reefs once abounded in the Chesapeake, but overharvesting slashed their populations, leading to poorer water quality and less habitat for other species. Now, researchers and local residents are finding creative ways to bring their numbers back up. -
Emily Kwong and Ari Daniel of NPR's Short Wave talk about mysterious X-ray objects, the link between movement and learning and how a small part of the brain triggers memory formation.
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A species of seabirds appears to become disoriented on flights back to its nest due to shifting time zones. -
Melanoma is one of the deadliest skin cancers, and the results of the study have many in the field wondering if this therapy can be applied to other deadly cancers.
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Maria Pinto leads mushroom walks around Greater Boston and helps people appreciate fungi for more than something we eat.
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The Chesapeake Bay, home to blue crabs and striped bass, has a new apex predator: the blue catfish. It's invasive and voracious. It's also delicious, which officials hope might help save the bay. -
Hurricane forecasters are increasingly using artificial intelligence to make predictions. -
Scientists have voted to change how the world keeps time, but most people won't even notice. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Philippe Richard, director of Switzerland's Federal Institute of Metrology.
