What do large crowds of people and water have in common? They both act like fluids. When crowds cheer, sway and clump ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of Short Wave about the fluid dynamics of crowds, an early fossil of a modern bird and new data on how people's moods change through the day.

For a long time, microbes like the ones in Yellowstone's hot springs were studied in isolation. Molecular ecologist Devaki ...

Ecologist <a href=" Daskalova moved back to the small Bulgarian town of her childhood. It's a place many people have ...

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Farts are funny and sometimes smelly. But are they a legitimate topic of research? More than 40% of people worldwide are ...

Put on your headphones. In today's episode, host Emily Kwong leads us on a night hike in Patuxent River State Park in Maryland. Alongside a group of naturalists led by Serenella Linares, we'll meet a ...

Put on your headphones. In today's episode, host Emily Kwong leads us on a night hike in Patuxent River State Park in Maryland. Alongside a group... Moths, owls and a fungi with over 20,000 sexes ...

Diaa Hadid covers South Asia with a focus on India from NPR's bureau in Mumbai. It's a position she began in October 2023. She arrived there after spending six years in NPR's Islamabad bureau ...

This Braille Literacy Month, Emily Kwong of NPR's Short Wave podcast reports on the writing system and how some researchers are working to lessen the national shortage of qualified braille educators.

Emily Kwong, co-host of NPR's Short Wave podcast, reports on a unique team of scientists and educators who are determined to improve braille education for the next generation. EMILY KWONG ...