Professional sports are back - but it's anything but normal. The most obvious difference is the glaring absence of fans in the stands. This has led to some creative experimentation with recordings of crowd noise being piped into venues. We talk to a sports psychology researcher about the effects that empty bleachers and lack of real crowd noise are having on players, coaches, referees and fans.
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Consider This from NPR - Chaos And Confusion: The President, The Postal Service, And Voting By Mail
For months President Trump has tried to suggest voting by mail is not reliable, while 'absentee' voting is. There's no difference.
NPR's Pam Fessler reports some states are trying to make the process easier by tweaking the deadline by which ballots must be postmarked.
And reporter Frank Morris explains what's happening to hundreds of mail sorting machines that have been taken out of service at postal locations around the country.
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NPR's Pam Fessler reports some states are trying to make the process easier by tweaking the deadline by which ballots must be postmarked.
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Short Wave - The Science Behind Storytelling
Encore episode. Storytelling can be a powerful tool to convey information, even in the world of science. It can also shift stereotypes about who scientists are. We talked to someone who knows all about this — Liz Neeley, the Executive Director of Story Collider, a nonprofit focused on telling "true, personal stories about science."
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Consider This from NPR - Can College And COVID Co-Exist?
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill welcomed students back to campus, only to cancel all in-person classes a week later. Can any college campus really open while the virus is still so widespread?
NPR's Elissa Nadworny reports on what it looks like to try, from The University Of Georgia.
And NPR's Sequoia Carrillo reports on how U.S. military academies are making it work.
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NPR's Elissa Nadworny reports on what it looks like to try, from The University Of Georgia.
And NPR's Sequoia Carrillo reports on how U.S. military academies are making it work.
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Short Wave - Farming Releases Carbon From The Earth’s Soil Into The Air. Can We Put It Back?
Traditional farming depletes the soil and releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. But decades ago, a scientist named Rattan Lal helped start a movement based on the idea that carbon could be put back into the soil — a practice known today as "regenerative agriculture."
NPR food and agriculture correspondent Dan Charles explains how it works and why the idea is having a moment.
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Consider This from NPR - Why Are Testing Rates Going Down?
Testing is down 40% in two of the hardest-hit states — Texas and Florida. Ashish Jha of Harvard's Global Health Institute explains what might be going on.
NPR's Alison Aubrey describes a new COVID-19 test developed by Yale University that works with saliva.
And NPR's Kirk Sielger reports on a school district in Idaho that's preparing to reopen — and possibly close right back down again.
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NPR's Alison Aubrey describes a new COVID-19 test developed by Yale University that works with saliva.
And NPR's Kirk Sielger reports on a school district in Idaho that's preparing to reopen — and possibly close right back down again.
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Short Wave - The Science Is Simple, So Why Is Opening Schools So Complicated?
School districts, parents and teachers are all facing big decisions about how to return to the classroom this fall. NPR health correspondent Allison Aubrey and education correspondent Cory Turner join Geoff Brumfiel to discuss what the science says about kids and COVID-19, what schools are doing to try to keep students and teachers safe and why there are so many differing approaches in school districts around the U.S.
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Consider This from NPR - The 2020 Census Could Be The Least Accurate Ever — And It’s Ending A Month Early
The Census Bureau has said it needs more time to complete their count of every person living in the country. But the Trump administration is ending the effort a month earlier than planned. Census experts worry it could lead to an undercount of historically under-represented groups.
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Short Wave - Save The Parasites
Saving endangered species usually brings to mind tigers or whales. But scientists say many parasites are also at risk of extinction. Short Wave's Emily Kwong talks with Chelsea Wood, an Assistant Professor in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington, who tells us about the important role parasites play in ecosystems and a new global plan to protect them.
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Consider This from NPR - Congress Is Stuck On Coronavirus Aid. What’s President Trump Doing?
Democrats and Republicans have been unable to agree on a new coronavirus aid package. The president has his own plan — a handful of executive orders that would delay the federal payroll tax and provide a smaller amount of federal unemployment benefits than existed before. But those efforts would not help millions of Americans who've been out of work for months.
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