Extra learning time is helping these students catch up from COVID interruptions After school "learning hubs" are helping some high school students in North Carolina catch up on academic time lost due to COVID — and stay on track for graduation. Anya Kamenetz
Outgoing NIH director implores Fox News viewers to stay focused on the real 'enemy' The virus is the enemy, NIH Director Francis Collins said. "It's not the other people in the other political party." Omicron, which could soon become the dominant strain, is extremely infectious. Matthew S. Schwartz
Non-pro athletes may also be at increased risk for CTE, neuroscientist says NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with a man who is concerned about CTE, and with neuroscientist Bob Stern, who explains why more cases of CTE may emerge decades after plastic helmets became commonplace.
Scientist explains how a crumbling glacier could shrink coastlines globally NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with glaciologist Erin Pettit about her research on the Thwaites Glacier, a bellwether ice shelf that could fail in the next five years and accelerate global sea rise.
Studies into how pain and breathing are connected could lead to safer pain drugs Scientists may have learned why opioids depress breathing while relieving pain. The finding could lead to pain drugs that don't cause respiratory failure, the usual cause of death in opioid overdoses. Jon Hamilton
A millipede with 1,300 legs has been found in Australia. It's a new record by far Entomologists discovered a new species far underground. Despite millipede meaning "a thousand feet," it's the first to have more than 750. Scott Neuman
Amy Webb: A Glimpse Into The Future This hour, futurist Amy Webb guides us through innovations that give a glimpse into the future of transportation, wellness, tech, commerce, and travel ... and the impacts they'll have on our lives. Manoush Zomorodi
This new space telescope should reveal what the universe looked like as a baby The upcoming launch of NASA's powerful James Webb Space Telescope should let astronomers see what some of the universe's first stars and galaxies looked like soon after the Big Bang. Nell Greenfieldboyce
The scientist behind the perfect Christmas tree Christmas trees are big business here in the Pacific Northwest, and that's thanks to WSU plant pathologist Gary Chastagner, who has studied what makes the perfect tree for four decades. We take a trip to Pfaff's Christmas Tree Farm in Auburn to get the download. Patricia Murphy
Need to break up with someone? Baboons have found a good way to do it, study finds Just like humans, groups of baboons sometimes break off relations. Scientists have studied the dynamics of such breakups and say baboons tend to split up in a cooperative, egalitarian way. Vincent Acovino
