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Research about the degenerative brain disease known as CTE in athletes has largely focused on American football. But a new study of ice hockey players has found a link between the length of a player's career and their risk of developing the condition.

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Longer careers in ice hockey are linked to a greater risk of CTE, a new study finds

A new Boston University study of 77 deceased male ice hockey players found that their chances of developing the degenerative brain disease known as CTE increased with each year they played the sport.

December 05, 2024
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  • Becky Sullivan
Donald and Margaret Holder of Crawford County harvesting purple hull peas in 2018. 

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  • Research News

Ongoing research into farmer stress considers the specific needs of women workers

Just over half of all U.S. farms report having a female producer and thousands more have women working in other roles. 

December 02, 2024
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  • Sofi Gratas
A false color view of Uranus made from images taken by Voyager 2 in January 1986.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Uranus was having a bad hair day. Hey, it was the '80s!

Scientists are reconsidering old information about Uranus. NPR's Scott Simon explains the problem with photos taken of the planet 38 years ago.

November 17, 2024
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  • Scott Simon
A pocket gopher is seen in its home on a meadow in the Butte Camp area on the southern side of Mount St. Helens in southwest Washington state. Gophers were taken to the northern side, which had been devastated by a volcanic eruption.

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  • Science

Gophers needed 1 day after Mount St. Helens erupted to bring explosions of new life

Scientists say the pocket gophers were cranky about being moved into a devastated landscape for a day in 1980. But decades later, their short visit still has visible, and vibrant, effects.

November 15, 2024
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  • Bill Chappell
Jewelry found in the ruins of a house in Pompeii are displayed, backdropped by the casts of two adults and two children who died together, are seen housed at the British Museum in London in 2013.

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  • Research News

New DNA evidence upends what we thought we knew about Pompeii victims

The findings, which used DNA from the plaster casts of people who died in the Mt. Vesuvius eruption two millennia ago, challenge the traditional gender and familial assumptions about the Pompeiians.

November 09, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
A tourist rides a camel at the Treasury site in Petra, Jordan, in December 2022. Archaeologists have discovered a hidden tomb at the site.

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  • World

Archaeologists discover 12 skeletons at a buried tomb in Petra, Jordan

The Treasury in Petra, Jordan, is a famous tourist site and features in an Indiana Jones movie. Now archaeologists say they've found a remarkable 12 complete skeletons in a hidden tomb beneath it.

October 16, 2024
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  • James Doubek
Garbage is unloaded into the Pine Tree Acres Landfill in Lenox Township, Mich., on July 28, 2022. State bans on commercial food waste have been largely ineffective, researchers found.

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  • Climate

State bans on commercial food waste have been largely ineffective, study finds

Much of the food supply in the U.S. goes uneaten, which contributes to climate change. Some states have tried to cut food waste in landfills, but their efforts have fallen short, researchers found.

September 15, 2024
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  • Clare Marie Schneider
Images taken from Dickson fjord show before (August 2023) and after (September 2023) photos of the mountain peak and glacier where a large landslide triggered a tsunami.

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  • Science

A landslide linked to climate change ‘rang’ the Earth for 9 days, researchers say

The scale of the geological event is like something from prehistoric times, with a tsunami 200 meters--656 feet--in height. But it happened last year. Researchers warn that similar events may reoccur.

September 14, 2024
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  • Bill Chappell
Glowing lines and spots encircling a human brain

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  • Research News

This metabolic brain boost revives memory in Alzheimer’s mice

An experimental cancer drug that helps the brain turn glucose into energy was able to reverse memory loss in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.

September 02, 2024
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  • Jon Hamilton
A white-browed sparrow weaver inspects a roost under construction, after just receiving some grass brought by another member of its group.

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  • Research News

When birds build nests, they're also building a culture

Nest-building isn’t just instinct. Birds can learn from others, letting groups within one species develop their own distinctive nest-building traditions.

August 30, 2024
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  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
A squat lobster in the genus Sternostylus, thought to be a newly identified species, was photographed along the Nazca Ridge off the coast of Chile.

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  • Science

A newly mapped underwater mountain could be home to 20 new species

Researchers who led the 28-day expedition along the nearly 2-mile tall seamount hope the discoveries made will inform future policies safeguarding the understudied, high-seas region.

August 30, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
Invasive cane toads like this one have fanned out across Australia, killing numerous predators in their wake, including freshwater crocodiles.

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  • Research News

To save wild crocodiles in Australia, scientists gave them food poisoning

Freshwater crocodiles die every year in Australia from eating poisonous cane toads that humans introduced to the continent. Now scientists have found a way to teach the crocs to avoid the toxic toads.

August 17, 2024
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  • Ari Daniel
Conservation biologist Gliselle Marin carefully untangles a bat from a net in Belize during the annual Bat-a-thon. Her fanny pack is decorated with printed bats.

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  • Science

This scientist has a bat tat and earrings. She says there's a lot to learn from bats

Gliselle Marin joins the “Bat-a-thon,” a group of 80-some bat researchers who converge on Belize each year to study these winged mammals.

August 13, 2024
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  • Ari Daniel
"Everything that we are as human beings is in our brain," Dr. Theodore Schwartz says.

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  • Health Care

For this brain surgeon, the operating room is 'the ultimate in mindful meditation'

Dr. Theodore Schwartz has been treating neurological illnesses for nearly 30 years. He says being a brain surgeon requires steady hands — and a strong bladder. His new book is Gray Matters.

August 05, 2024
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  • Terry Gross
New blood tests that help detect Alzheimer's disease are opening up a new era in diagnosis and treatment, doctors say.

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  • Research News

New blood tests can help diagnose Alzheimer's. Are doctors ready for what's next?

A new generation of blood tests can help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. But many doctors don’t yet know how to use them.

August 02, 2024
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  • Jon Hamilton
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