Science

Catherine Roberts reports on pesticide residues lurking in 59 common fruits and vegetables.

from Good Food

Nonprofit Heal the Bay is out with its annual report card on water quality at CA beaches. It found that rainy winters may be making the ocean more toxic.

from KCRW Features

Robin Stern, psychoanalyst and author of “The Gaslight Effect: How to Spot and Survive the Hidden Manipulation Others Use to Control Your Life”, explains what gaslighting is and shares…

Are you being gaslit? How to navigate and stop the gaslighting in your relationship

Robin Stern, psychoanalyst and author of “The Gaslight Effect: How to Spot and Survive the Hidden Manipulation Others Use to Control Your Life”, explains what gaslighting is and shares…

from Life Examined

Want to make a smooth, creamy queso? Swetha Sivakumar reaches into the medicine cabinet.

Using science to make a better cheese sauce

Want to make a smooth, creamy queso? Swetha Sivakumar reaches into the medicine cabinet.

from Good Food

When Jeff Horwitz wanted to get rid of his allergic reaction to poison oak, he started consuming it.

If you can't beat poison oak, maybe try eating it

When Jeff Horwitz wanted to get rid of his allergic reaction to poison oak, he started consuming it.

from Good Food

How do you get through the summer without air conditioning if you hate to sweat? Is toilet paper bad for the environment, and if so, what are you supposed to do about it?

Climate Pod Live on Stage

How do you get through the summer without air conditioning if you hate to sweat? Is toilet paper bad for the environment, and if so, what are you supposed to do about it?

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

Stimulant medications like Adderall have been in short supply for a few years. It’s forcing people with ADHD to cope or get creative.

The Adderall shortage: Hoarding pills, calling pharmacies

Stimulant medications like Adderall have been in short supply for a few years. It’s forcing people with ADHD to cope or get creative.

from KCRW Features

A few startups are (or will be) offering women of child-bearing age the chance to test period blood — to help them better detect diabetes, fertility issues, and HPV.

The possibilities of detecting disease in menstrual blood

A few startups are (or will be) offering women of child-bearing age the chance to test period blood — to help them better detect diabetes, fertility issues, and HPV.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Nicola Twilley takes a cold plunge into the history of refrigeration.

How refrigeration changed the way we eat

Nicola Twilley takes a cold plunge into the history of refrigeration.

from Good Food

Lucas Sin explains how to use the freezer to improve cooking.

Optimize your cooking by using your freezer

Lucas Sin explains how to use the freezer to improve cooking.

from Good Food

KCRW looks at barriers to accessing clinical trials for Black and Latino people. Plus, one cancer patient explains how his life changed after becoming involved in a trial.

Why aren’t more people of color in clinical trials? Distrust

KCRW looks at barriers to accessing clinical trials for Black and Latino people. Plus, one cancer patient explains how his life changed after becoming involved in a trial.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Psychiatrist Judith Orloff and musicologist Zachery Wallmark talk about the transformative power of empathy and how it impacts greater connection, compassion and our well-being.

Empathy: The superpower of human connection

Psychiatrist Judith Orloff and musicologist Zachery Wallmark talk about the transformative power of empathy and how it impacts greater connection, compassion and our well-being.

from Life Examined

ADHD medication has been in short supply for years. Have you had a hard time accessing treatment? Share your story.

Struggling to get ADHD medication? We want to hear from you

ADHD medication has been in short supply for years. Have you had a hard time accessing treatment? Share your story.

from KCRW Features

Apple is the latest tech company to unveil AI tools for its most popular products. Will this be truly helpful, or is it another ploy to sell more iPhones?

Apple gives Siri an AI makeover. At what possible cost?

Apple is the latest tech company to unveil AI tools for its most popular products. Will this be truly helpful, or is it another ploy to sell more iPhones?

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The CDC recommended six feet of social distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The decision pushed schools online, but wasn’t backed by data.

The thin science behind 6-feet COVID social distancing rule

The CDC recommended six feet of social distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The decision pushed schools online, but wasn’t backed by data.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Writer and lecturer Susan Cain explores the evolutionary reasons behind sadness in our lives and how accepting sorrow can lead to greater emotional resilience and creativity.

Bittersweet: Susan Cain on the joy of sweet sorrow

Writer and lecturer Susan Cain explores the evolutionary reasons behind sadness in our lives and how accepting sorrow can lead to greater emotional resilience and creativity.

from Life Examined

A bit of sun exposure can benefit many people — Australia recently updated its public health guidelines to reflect this. So how much — or little — sunscreen should you wear?

Summer is approaching, here’s a reconsideration of sunscreen

A bit of sun exposure can benefit many people — Australia recently updated its public health guidelines to reflect this. So how much — or little — sunscreen should you wear?

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The World Health Organization considers antimicrobial resistance one of the top 10 threats to global health alongside climate change and pandemics.

The impact of antimicrobial resistance on human health

The World Health Organization considers antimicrobial resistance one of the top 10 threats to global health alongside climate change and pandemics.

from Second Opinion

This is an episode of Outrage + Optimism we think you’ll enjoy, a podcast that explore the stories behind the headlines on climate change, talking to the change-makers turning…

Impatient for Change (from “Outrage + Optimism”) - Bonus episode

This is an episode of Outrage + Optimism we think you’ll enjoy, a podcast that explore the stories behind the headlines on climate change, talking to the change-makers turning…

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

This week, renowned writer and author Michael Pollan on the new science of psychedelics.

Midweek Reset: Michael Pollan on psychedelics

This week, renowned writer and author Michael Pollan on the new science of psychedelics.

from Life Examined