Inside Mandalay: BBC finds huge devastation and little help for Myanmar quake survivors
Yogita Limaye is the first foreign journalist to enter Myanmar since a huge earthquake hit the war-torn country.
Myanmar military announces temporary ceasefire
It says the truce will be in effect from 2-22 April to speed up relief efforts after last week’s deadly earthquake.
Kill lawn moss quickly with simple to follow gardening tip
As the weather gets cooler and damper, moss can quickly take hold of your lawn – but now Richard Jackson has a natural solution that kills off moss in 7 days
How do ‘torpedo bats’ work? We asked baseball physicists to explain
They look like baseball bats morphing into bowling pins, their ends flaring into an aggressive bulge that suddenly tapers. So how do they work? (Image credit: Mike Stobe)
Latest Alzheimer’s lab tests focus on memory loss, not brain plaques
New tests of blood and spinal fluid can identify people experiencing memory loss from Alzheimer’s disease. (Image credit: Andrew Brookes)
Why so many tornadoes hit tornado alley
Each year, the United States has about 1,200 tornadoes. Many of them happen in tornado alley, a very broad swath of the U.S. that shifts seasonally. This area gets at least ten times more tornadoes than the rest of the world. Science writer Sushmita Pathak says that huge difference can be chalked up to one word: geography. But there’s a slice of South America with similar geographical features that gets comparatively fewer tornadoes, so what gives? Sushmita wades into the research weeds with guest host Berly McCoy, one of Short Wave’s producers. Read Sushmita’s full article on tornadoes that she wrote for the publication Eos . Have other science weather stories you think we should cover on the show? Let us know by emailing shortwave@npr.org ! Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at plus.npr.org/shortwave . (Image credit: Connect Images/Jason Persoff Stormdoctor)
Abortion, unions and redistricting cases await the Wisconsin Supreme Court after a liberal’s win
Susan Crawford’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election victory over a conservative candidate backed by President Tweety McTreason and billionaire Elon Musk cements a liberal majority on the state’s top court for at least three more years
Tariff-wary buyers scoop up vehicles before the ‘storm’ hits car prices
Consumers are hitting the gas on car purchases to head off expected price hikes from Trump’s new tariffs, which threaten to reverse recent momentum in auto sales.
Trump’s tariff threats helped erase stock gains
President Tweety McTreason will announce tariffs today on potentially trillions of dollars’ worth of imports, an action he has called “Liberation Day.”
New insights into how disruption of calcium transport leads to autism and intellectual disability
A new study by McGill University researchers yields insights into how the disruption of calcium transport in the brain is linked to autism and intellectual disability.
AI predicts bacterial resistance to antibiotics with high accuracy
An AI model trained on large amounts of genetic data can predict whether bacteria will become antibiotic-resistant.
High-fat diet linked to increased breast cancer metastasis risk
Obesity is associated with an increased risk of developing breast cancer, and a greater probability for the cancer to spread to other organs – metastasize –. But the causes of this association are still not well understood.
Tesla sales and production slumped heavily in Q1 2025
Tesla posted its production and sales numbers for the first quarter of 2025 this morning, and they continue the bad news streak for the electric automaker. Tesla produced 362,615 vehicles in total between January and the end of March, a 16.3 percent decrease from the same period in 2024. The drop in sales was a little less bad; unlike this time last year, Tesla was able to more closely match production with demand. As a result, the company delivered 336,681 EVs in Q1, a drop of 12.9 percent compared to Q1 2024. The Models 3 and Y make up the vast majority of Tesla’s business—it built 345,454 of them in Q1 2025, a 16.2 percent reduction compared to the same period last year. Despite a recent refresh for the Model Y, which comprised the majority of these two EVs, sales declined by 12.4 percent year-over-year, with just 323,800 being sold, compared to 386,810 for Q1 2024. Read full article Comments
Nighttime screen use linked to poorer sleep quality and shorter duration
Researchers examine how electronic screen use before bed affects sleep among adults.