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Welcome!! This is the first episode of Nature Quest, a monthly Short Wave segment that answers listener questions about your local environment. This month, we hear from a listener in California who's concerned that the flowers in his neighborhood are blooming way, way earlier. Is that normal? And is climate change the culprit? Short Wavers Emily Kwong and Hannah Chinn investigate.Got a question about changes in…

A massive trade war with China is just getting started.

ST. LOUIS — If big-game experience counts for anything, Denver hockey coach David Carle was encouraged how the defending champion Pioneers dealt with their share of second-half adversity to make it back to the Frozen Four. "We've learned and grown up through every challenging experience," the seventh-year coach said of

Analysts at JPMorgan Chase warned that the impact of President Donald Trump's new set of tariffs could take the economy "perilously close to slipping into recession."The gloomy economic forecast was released hours after Trump rocked the global financial markets with his announcement of sweeping tari...

Court hears arguments on whether state can block clinics that provide abortions from receiving Medicaid funds

Learn about the typical shingles timeline and how to speed up the recovery rate.

A team of researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover new details about SIMP 0136, a free-floating planet in the Milky Way that does not orbit a star.

Exposure to heat can alter the way your DNA works, according to a new study. The effects could lead to long-term health outcomes.

After enduring days of harsh headlines and relentless ridicule, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio took to his personal social media account at 4:55 AM on Monday to announce the official, sweeping cancellation of the vast majority of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contracts—ignit...

This was supposed to be the college presidents hearing redux. It didn't work out that way.

A new Nature Physics study has shed light on the long-hypothesized liquid-liquid critical point where water simultaneously exists in two distinct liquid forms, opening new possibilities for experimental validation.

Over two years since his death, Chicago Blackhawks legend Bobby Hull has been diagnosed with CTE after a recent study.

With survival of the humanities on the line, colleges are pivoting to make offerings like languages and philosophy more relevant to job seekers. Are students – and their parents – buying in?

Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher than white women around the time of childbirth in 2023

Quaker Valley senior Paige Juliano apparently is a fast learner.

Tools used to contain previous bird flu outbreaks aren't working this time, experts say. The virus has sickened at least 67 people in the U.S. and killed one, with egg producers begging for a new approach. "I call this virus a terrorist," said one egg farmer, who lost 6.5 million birds to H5N1 in two weeks.

Asian American children are less likely to flourish, maintain regular bedtimes, or have moderate screen time, with their parents engaging in positive parenting less frequently.

Aneesa Haroon drops off her tattered school bag at her rural home in Pakistan and hurriedly grabs lunch before joining her father in the fields to pick vegetables.The 11-year-old's entry into school at the age of seven was a negotiation between teachers and her parents in her farming village on the ...

TNF inhibitors offered greater protection against fractures than NSAIDs in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA).

Chicago's zoning process is complex and convoluted. Some local leaders, like Alder Daniel La Spata, show it doesn't have to be.