Emily Kwong
Stories
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'Essential Salt' podcast tells stories about life in Maine
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80 years after the Hiroshima bombing, how is nuclear war depicted in film?
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How the ocean's 'twilight zone' impacts climate change
The oceanic "twilight zone" lies deep, and teems with life. We look at how this mysterious zone affects climate change.
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This week in science: ocean spiders, baby planets and the odds of having a boy or a girl
The Short Wave team talks about spider origins, why the odds of having a girl or a boy aren't 50-50, and what the Orion constellation reveals about the life cycles of stars.
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NPR's Short Wave explores how climate change is shifting ocean currents in new series
In this first glimpse of the "Sea Camp" series from NPR's Short Wave podcast, hear how climate change will significantly shift three-quarters of the ocean's surface currents by the end of the century.
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This week in science: a comet, plastic-eating bugs, and how altitude changes smell
Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of NPR's Short Wave talk about a comet visiting from interstellar space, caterpillars that eat and break down plastic, and how animals' sense of smell varies by altitude.
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This week in science: the power of a nap, planet birth and how wildfires affect water
NPR's science podcast Short Wave shares how taking a nap can deliver a eureka moment, a new picture of a planet right after it was born, and how wildfires can affect water quality – after the fires stop burning.
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This week in science: biker safety, orange cats and a gum disease-heart rhythm link
Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of Short Wave talk about a tool to increase biker safety, the genetic secrets that make orange cats orange, and a link between gum disease and heart rhythm disorders.
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This week in science: Minecraft, perfecting a pasta dish and new cancer research
Scientists are using the video game Minecraft to study how humans learn, perfecting a classic Roman pasta dish with science, and a possible reason why more young people are getting colorectal cancer.
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This week in science: Drumming crabs, lab-made nuggets and LSD without the trip
NPR science podcast Short Wave brings us the stories of how Fiddler crabs drum their mating songs into the sand, growing chicken nuggets in the lab, and a drug like LSD -- without the trip.