A failed galaxy could solve the dark matter mystery

Cloud 9 is a failed galaxy. It’s a clump of dark matter, called a dark matter halo, that never formed stars. But this failure ...

The dinosaur secrets found in the archives of a natural history museum

What happens behind the scenes of a dinosaur exhibit? Short Wave host Regina Barber got to find out … by taking a trip to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. In the museum’s basement ...

The ozone layer is still healing…thanks to science

In the mid-1980s, scientists published a startling finding–a giant hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica. That’s the ...

The sludge in your shower drain? That could be scientists’ next big find

Microbes are little alchemists that perform all manner of chemical reactions. A team of microbiologists co-founded a ...

This week in science: elephant trunks, butterfly migration and a hot galaxy cluster

NPR's Short Wave talks about elephants' sniffing abilities, the remarkable migration of painted lady butterflies and a ...
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An exoplanet, how ant colonies deal with disease and a volcanoes-Black Death link

Time now for our science news roundup from Short Wave, NPR's science podcast. I'm joined by the show's two hosts, Regina Barber and Emily Kwong. Hello, hello. REGINA BARBER AND EMILY KWONG: Hey, Ailsa ...

Comets, asteroids, and planets: The likely origins of Earth’s water

Choose your fighter for the origin of water on Earth! Was it always here or did it come to this planet from somewhere else in space? And, either way, what does this mean for other water worlds in our ...