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Inside the Struggle to Save an Orca Community

12/17/2025 • 11 min

In this episode of Science Quickly, we present an inside look at one of the world’s most endangered whale populations: the southern resident orcas. Senior multimedia editor Kelso Harper joins host Kendra Pierre-Louis to share the story of a rare encounter with these killer whales off of the San Juan Islands. Also, we discuss what researchers and scientists are d… Play episode

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Can NASA Deliver on Perseverance’s Promise to Reveal Life on Mars?
CDC Vaccine Panel, Satellite Light Pollution, Puppy Power
New Hope for Treating Postpartum Depression?
Scientific American Picks the Best Reads of the Year
Thanksgiving’s Iconic Bird Is Thriving Again in the Wild
Tamer Raccoons, COP30 Recap, New Fluoride Research
The Hidden Worlds of ‘Nanocosmos’
Gut Health Tips for the Holidays
The Digital Time Capsule That Survived Two Decades
Can Vaccines Help Defeat Cancer?
Can AI Ease the Pain of Loss?
Why Some Foods Gross Us Out
The Science of Headaches
Why Defiance Can Be a Virtue
How Hurricane Melissa Became a Meteorologic Outlier
How to Trick-or-Treat Your Gut
How TikTok’s Algorithm Could Shift with a U.S. Spin-off
Mosquitoes Invade Iceland, Earth Darkens, and Bird Flu Returns
Why Medication Safety in Pregnancy Is Still a Mystery
The Science of a Convincing Sorry
Global Superbugs Surge, Chikungunya Hits Long Island, and Satellites Leak …
The Meteorite That Vanished: El Ali’s Strange Journey
Why Is Lung Cancer Surging among Young Women?
Nobel Prizes, COVID Vaccine Updates and Malnutrition in Gaza
The Doctor behind the Commander in Chief
Chris Hadfield’s Fictional Universe Is Rooted in Real Space History
Enceladus’s Alien Ocean, Ancient Fungi and the Flavor of Influenza
Enter One of the World’s Quietest Rooms
What’s Driving Experts Away from the CDC?
Tylenol and Autism, a Shark Threesome and a Typhoon
The Dead Composer Whose ‘Brain’ Still Makes Music
Mary Roach on the Science of Swapping Human Parts
Vaccine Shakeups, Brain Injury Warnings and Boozy Chimps
Algorithmic Social Media Is Driving New Slang
The Role Our Microbiome Plays In Our ‘Gut Feelings’
Kissing Bugs, Koalas and Clues to Life on Mars
Unpacking the Brain’s Role in Inventing Your Perception
How a Tick Bite Can Make You Allergic to Meat
Marsquakes, Vaccine Politics and Mammoth Microbiomes
Inside the Turmoil at the CDC
Hurricane Forecasting 101
Katrina Was Predicted: Revisiting Warning Signs 20 Years Later
The Deep Sea’s Mysterious Oxygen Source
Science’s Greatest 180s
Could Peanut Allergies Be Cured?
Nature’s Sexual Spectrum Breaks the Binary
Chikungunya Outbreak, Glacial Outbursts and a New Human Ancestor

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