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Accessed on 11 June 2020, 1455 UTC,

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How Tear Gas Affects The Body

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SHORT WAVE

How Tear Gas Affects The Body

In protests around the country, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas to disperse crowds. But is it safe? ProPublica environment reporter Lisa Song speaks with Short Wave reporter Emily Kwong about the potential dangers of that practice, especially in the middle of a respiratory pandemic.

People Are Volunteering To Be Exposed To The Coronavirus...For Science

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SHORT WAVE

People Are Volunteering To Be Exposed To The Coronavirus…For Science

In this episode, Maddie Sofia talks with Invisibilia’s Alix Spiegel about the bioethics of conducting human challenge trials with the aim of producing a viable coronavirus vaccine. We hear from James Kublin, a clinical health professor in the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington, and from Lehua Gray, a 32-year-old woman interested in participating in a trial.

Playing Favorites: When Kindness Toward Some Means Callousness Toward Others

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HIDDEN BRAIN

Playing Favorites: When Kindness Toward Some Means Callousness Toward Others

If we do a favor for someone we know, we think we’ve done a good deed. What we don’t tend to ask is: Who have we harmed by treating this person with more kindness than we show toward others? This week, in the second of our two-part series on moral decision-making, we consider how actions that come from a place of love can lead to a more unjust world.

Science Is For Everyone — Until It's Not

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SHORT WAVE

Science Is For Everyone — Until It’s Not

Encore episode. Brandon Taylor’s story has a happy ending. Today he’s a successful writer whose debut novel ‘Real Life’ received glowing reviews earlier this year. But his success only underscores what science lost when Brandon walked away from a graduate biochemistry program in 2016. He tells host Maddie Sofia why he left, and what he misses.

Phase III Vaccine Trials, Testing On Thousands, Could Start In July

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CORONAVIRUS DAILY

Phase III Vaccine Trials, Testing On Thousands, Could Start In July

It’s been 96 days since the first person in America was reported to have died of COVID-19. And for the first time, the federal government will require states to keep track of who’s getting sick and who’s dying based on their age, sex, and race and ethnicity.

#BlackBirdersWeek Seeks To Make The Great Outdoors Open To All

Chelsea Connor

SHORT WAVE

#BlackBirdersWeek Seeks To Make The Great Outdoors Open To All

Happy #BlackBirdersWeek! This week, black birders around the world are rallying around Christian Cooper, a black man and avid birder, who was harassed by a white woman while birding in Central Park. We talk with#BlackBirdersWeek co-founder Chelsea Connor about how black birders are changing the narrative around who gets to enjoy nature and the challenges black birders face.

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