Aug 3, 2020
Story: With summer heating up, we’re again sharing our conversation with Pew biomedical scholar and Princeton scientist Lindy McBride about one of the peskiest and deadliest insects on the planet: the mosquito. Listen in for the facts about mosquitoes and why they find some people tastier than...
Jul 2, 2020
Stat: 78 percent: About 8 in 10 adults feel that libraries help them find information that is trustworthy and reliable.
Story: Everybody knows what happened on the Fourth of July, but what about the First of July? That’s the anniversary of America’s first free library. Established in 1731 by Ben Franklin, it marked...
Jun 12, 2020
Stat: 87 percent: Americans who say they are following news about the coronavirus outbreak fairly or very closely.
Story: According to the World Health Organization, people are not only living through an epidemic but also an “infodemic”—a surge of information about COVID-19 that has made it hard for people to know...
May 29, 2020
Stat: 48% of U.S. adults have cardiovascular disease, according to the American Heart Association.
Story: What do zebrafish have to do with human health? As it turns out, they can help researchers understand how and why heart disease happens. We spoke to Pew biomedical scholar (2002) Steven Farber at the Carnegie...
May 15, 2020
Stat: 21 million: The number of Americans not connected to broadband internet, according to the Federal Communications Commission.
Story: While most Americans are managing remote work, learning, and even participating in social gatherings online during the pandemic, there are still millions of Americans who don’t have...