Why Many Northwest Animals And Plants Need Wildfire Not all wildfire is a force of destruction. Many of our favorite Northwest plants and animals have evolved to depend on it. NPR Staff
Anil Seth: How Does Your Brain Construct Your Conscious Reality? When we look around, it feels like we're seeing an objective reality. But neuroscientist Anil Seth says everything we perceive, from objects to emotions, is an act of informed guesswork by the brain. NPR Staff
MacArthur Fellow And Planetary Scientist Sarah Stewart Discusses How The Moon Was Formed NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with planetary scientist Sarah Stewart about her research into how the moon was formed, using a big cannon in her University of California Davis lab.
Donna Strickland Becomes First Woman In More Than 50 Years To Win Physics Nobel Prize NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to scientist Donna Strickland, who won the Nobel Prize for physics. She is the first woman to do so since 1963.
The Nobel Prize In Physics: 117 Years, Three Women And Counting Donna Strickland is the first woman to win the prize in a generation. Other women in physics are not surprised, but some hope change may be coming. Geoff Brumfiel
3 Scientists Win Nobel Prize In Physics Arthur Ashkin, a U.S. physicist won for work with optical tweezers and Gérard Mourou of France and Donna Strickland of Canada won for generating high-intensity ultra-short optical pulses. Geoff Brumfiel
"Man Up": How A Fear Of Appearing Feminine Restricts Men, And Affects Us All You've certainly heard some variation of the phrase "be a man." But what does that even mean? This week, we question our existing definitions of masculinity. We'll meet a man who works in a field traditionally considered "women's work." And we'll hear from a researcher who says manhood is "hard to earn and easy to lose." Shankar Vedantam
2 Immunologists Win 2018 Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine James P. Allison, 70, and Tasuku Honjo, 76, won the prize for their discovery of cancer therapy that works by harnessing the body's own immune system. Richard Harris
Holly Ridings On Breaking A Glass Ceiling At NASA Holly Ridings, NASA's first-ever female chief flight director, weighs in on being a woman in the field with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
EPA To Dissolve Office Of Science Advisor As part of a broader reorganization, the EPA will eliminate the science advisor role created to counsel acting EPA Administrator, Andrew Wheeler. Critics fear the move is a further demotion of scientific research. NPR Staff