News Round Up: Chocolate, A Solar Valentine And Fly Pheromones

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🗓️ 17 February 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

After reading the science headlines this week, we have A LOT of questions. Is chocolate really that good for your health? How do solar flares affect life on earth? And what's the big deal about scientists identifying the chemical motivation for tsetse fly sex? Luckily, it's the job of Short Wave co-hosts Emily Kwong and Aaron Scott and Scientist in Residence Regina G. Barber to decipher the science behind the headlines. Hang out with us as we dish on some of the coolest science stories in this Valentines-themed installment of our regular newsy get-togethers!

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0:00.0	You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.
0:04.6	Heather Shortwaveers, Erin Scott here with Regina Barber and Emily Quang.
0:09.2	And today we're back with another roundtable discussion of science in the news.
0:13.2	Where we look to social media, academic journals, and the headlines for science nuggets that catch our eyes.
0:19.2	And in honor of the recent holiday, today's theme is all things valentines.
0:23.8	Love and romance.
0:25.2	We've got stories about how chocolate may be good for you with some major caveats.
0:31.2	The science behind the most recent massive solar flare.
0:34.6	And a pheromone discovery in teetze flies.
0:37.9	Also known as teetze flies that could help rain in the diseases they spread by controlling their mating.
0:43.0	Those all roughly fit into the valentines' day theme, right?
0:45.4	Yeah, for science nerds.
0:47.4	So today on the show, science love stray from cupid's bow.
0:52.4	You're listening to Shortwave, the daily science love cast from NPR.
0:56.1	Oh no.
1:03.5	Okay, Emily Regina, let us start this with a highly scientific poll.
1:09.0	What is objectively the best part about valentines day?
1:13.6	Mmm, I'm not a big valentines day fan.
1:16.6	I'm a huge valentines day fan.
1:18.3	It's 100% flowers out of nowhere.
1:22.0	I love a good arrangement or just like a single statement rose, very beauty in the beast, but less tragic.
1:28.2	I mean, I love chocolate though.
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