Can Frozen Food Spread The Coronavirus?
At a news conference this week, the World Health Organization made a surprising statement: The coronavirus could possibly transmit on frozen packages of food.
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'Minibrains' With A Neanderthal Gene Offer Hints About Human Evolution
Lab-grown brainlike organoids altered with an ancient gene began to look and behave differently. The experiments help show how the human brain has evolved.
What A Brain Organoid Grown With Neanderthal DNA Tells Us About Modern Humans
A brain organoid grown with Neanderthal DNA reveals how evolution shaped the brains of modern humans and adds to evidence that brain differences helped us survive while our human cousins went extinct.
Short On Special Syringes, Japan May Waste Millions Of Pfizer Vaccine Doses
Japan had purchased doses to vaccinate 72 million people, but without the appropriate syringes, it will fall 12 million people short.
Why A Musician Breathed New Life Into a 17,000-Year-Old Conch Shell Horn
A seashell found in a French cave appears to have been modified by prehistoric people so that it could be used like a trumpet, making it a new addition to the Stone Age orchestra.
8-Year-Old Calls Out NPR For Lack Of Dinosaur Stories
How can All Things Considered consider all things without considering dinosaurs? That's the question posed by 8-year-old Leo Shidla of Minneapolis.
Hope Heads For A Rendezvous With Mars
The UAE probe arrives at Mars on Tuesday, Feb 9. Its purpose is to both study the weather on Mars as well as inspire the next generation of that country's scientists and engineers.
Elon Musk Funds $100 Million XPrize For Pursuit Of New Carbon Removal Ideas
The goal, XPrize says, is to tackle "the biggest threat facing humanity — fighting climate change and rebalancing Earth's carbon cycle. "
My Mother Got Vaccinated. Is It Now Safe To Visit?
I haven't seen my mother in over a year. I was going to visit in April to celebrate her 90th birthday but the pandemic put that on hold. Now that she's been vaccinated is it time for the birthday hug?
'Under A White Sky' Examines What It Might Take For Humans To Continue To Exist
Elizabeth Kolbert makes clear how far we already are from a world of undisturbed, balanced nature — and how far we must go to find a new balance for the planet's future, one that still includes us.