Regina G. Barber
Stories
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This week in science: the power of a nap, planet birth and how wildfires affect water
NPR's science podcast Short Wave shares how taking a nap can deliver a eureka moment, a new picture of a planet right after it was born, and how wildfires can affect water quality – after the fires stop burning.
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This week in science: humans' unique breathing, droughts and the diets of dinosaurs
Regina Barber and Rachel Carlson of Short Wave talk about humans' unique breathing patterns, how a hotter planet worsens droughts, and the diets of dinosaurs.
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This week in science: hawks hunting, infrared contacts and immunity through the day
Berly McCoy and Regina Barber of Short Wave talk about a hawk's clever hunting strategy, contacts that allow wearers to see infrared light, and how immunity varies during the day.
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This week in science: biker safety, orange cats and a gum disease-heart rhythm link
Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of Short Wave talk about a tool to increase biker safety, the genetic secrets that make orange cats orange, and a link between gum disease and heart rhythm disorders.
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This week in science: Minecraft, perfecting a pasta dish and new cancer research
Scientists are using the video game Minecraft to study how humans learn, perfecting a classic Roman pasta dish with science, and a possible reason why more young people are getting colorectal cancer.
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This week in science: running and the brain, fermented space food and bat navigation
NPR's Short Wave brings us the stories of how running a marathon could change your brain, fermenting food in space, and the mystery of how bats in flight avoid colliding with each other.
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This week in science: origins of life, birds speech, and how TikTok gets ADHD wrong
In this week's Short Wave roundup, Berly McCoy and Regina Barber talk about the origins of life on Earth, what bird brains illuminate about human speech and how ADHD is mischaracterized on TikTok.
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This week in science: a new desert flower, virtual lemonade and prehistoric bone tools
In this week's roundup of science news, Emily Kwong and Regina Barber talk about a newly discovered desert flower, tasting lemonade in virtual reality, and prehistoric bone tools used by early humans.
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Elephant seals, fog harvesting and the brain science behind sugar cravings
This week's Short Wave news roundup covers harvesting drinking water from fog, what elephant seals reveal about fish populations in the deep ocean, and why there's always room for dessert.
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Scientists may have discovered 'dark oxygen' being created without photosynthesis
It has long been understood that photosynthesis creates oxygen, but researchers believe they've found oxygen being created in parts of the ocean with no light.
