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Short Wave

Introducing Short Wave

Short Wave

NPR

Science, Life Sciences, News, Nature, Daily News, Astronomy

4.7 β€’ 6.5K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 6 October 2019

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Short Wave, NPR's new daily science podcast, starts October 15th. Join host Maddie Sofia for new discoveries, everyday mysteries, and the science behind the headlines – all in about 10 minutes, Monday through Friday. Subscribe now.

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0:00.0

Maddie Sifaya here, the host of Shortwave, NPR's New Daily Science Podcast.

0:05.2

We're coming you Tuesday, October 15th.

0:08.0

We'll explore groundbreaking discoveries that are in the news.

0:11.1

Some scientists brought back brain activity in some really dead pigs.

0:16.4

Really dead pigs.

0:17.4

I mean, these pigs were dead for like four hours.

0:20.2

Four hours.

0:20.8

It's nice too many cars.

0:22.4

We'll even deal with those complicated big picture things.

0:25.3

Listen, I cover a lot of like big pollution heavy industries as a climate reporter.

0:30.3

And shipping has something going for it that's kind of cool,

0:33.2

which is that they have publicly acknowledged that they have a problem.

0:37.0

They're dirty.

0:37.7

That's the first step.

0:38.5

Hi, I'm shipping.

0:39.7

I have a problem.

0:40.4

And I have a problem and it is greenhouse gases.

0:43.2

We'll take you everywhere.

0:45.1

Even outer space.

0:47.8

Houston, station is ready.

0:50.4

Station, this is NPR.

0:51.7

How do you hear me?

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