Christopher Intagliata

Senior Producer, Science Friday

Christopher Intagliata appears in the following:

Daniel Lewis explored the roles of different trees play his new book, 'Twelve Trees'

Thursday, March 14, 2024

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with writer Daniel Lewis about his new book, Twelve Trees, which zeroes in on a different tree species in each chapter.

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Maryland Sen. Van Hollen says Biden could pressure Israel to let more aid through

Monday, March 11, 2024

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen recently spoke out about a law that the U.S. could use to get more aid to people in Gaza. He talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about what the law is and what it means.

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Nearly all of Uranus' 27 moons have Shakespearean names. What'll this one be called?

Friday, March 08, 2024

Scientists have found a 28th moon around Uranus. In keeping with tradition, they plan to name it after a Shakespearean character. Scholar Michael Dobson weighs in on the suggested name, "Violenta."

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How some companies hope to bring China's livestream shopping trend to the U.S.

Monday, March 04, 2024

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to reporter Caiwei Chen about the booming livestream shopping trend in China, and how Chinese companies and TikTok are training American influencers to sell on livestreams too.

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Scientists have new details on an Antarctic glacier crucial to future sea level rise

Friday, March 01, 2024

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with glaciologist Ted Scambos about the conclusion of a multi-year study of Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier, the "plug" holding back a formidable amount of ice.

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The space missions that aim to explore distant moons

Thursday, February 29, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with astrobiologists Catherine Neish and Kevin Hand about missions to Saturn's moon Titan and Jupiter's moon Europa, to search for conditions that could support life.

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This online learning program is teaching preschoolers in crisis situations

Thursday, February 29, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with reporter Anya Kamenetz about an Arabic-language remote learning program called "Ahlan Simsim." It's a show by the Sesame Workshop, created for Syrian refugees.

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Study provides most detailed analysis yet of how baleen whales produce sound

Friday, February 23, 2024

Scientists have long struggled to study how whales produce sound. A new paper in the journal Nature paints the most complete picture yet of how baleen whales produce their iconic, haunting calls.

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Scientists in the Florida Keys haven't had great success revitalizing coral reefs

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Katey Lesneski, research coordinator for coral restoration at the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. She's been checking on restored corals, which struggled in 2023.

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Can Trump afford his mounting legal penalties?

Monday, February 19, 2024

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Forbes senior editor Dan Alexander about Trump's fortune and the resources he has to pay huge legal settlements.

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All hail the SPAM King: California town holds 25th annual festival honoring the meat

Friday, February 16, 2024

This Sunday, hundreds of people are expected to converge on the town of Isleton, south of Sacramento, to celebrate one thing: SPAM.

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New mothers in Gaza struggle to access basic medical services

Monday, January 29, 2024

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with UNICEF's Tess Ingram about the dire maternal health crisis in Gaza.

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Folk singer Melanie, known for 'Brand New Key' and Woodstock, dies at 76

Thursday, January 25, 2024

American folk singer Melanie has died at 76. Best known for her song "Brand New Key," she said the first big break of her career was playing at Woodstock in 1969.

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'The Bullet Swallower' sees the Texas-Mexico border through a magical realism lens

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with author Elizabeth Gonzalez James about her new book The Bullet Swallower, and how it transports readers back to the old west along the Texas-Mexico border.

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Justice Department report finds 'cascading failures' in response to Uvalde attack

Thursday, January 18, 2024

A U.S. Justice Department report released today on the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, found "critical failures" by law enforcement before, during, and after the attack that killed 19 children

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This company has created a recipe for carbon-zero cement

Thursday, January 18, 2024

Producing cement is a major source of carbon emissions — 8% of the global total. A company in Massachusetts has altered the recipe, finding a way to produce carbon-zero cement instead.

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How can the U.S. contain the growing conflict in the Middle East?

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Ari Shapiro interviews former Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes about the expansion of the conflict in the Middle East and what the U.S. can do to contain it.

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The Baltimore Sun has been sold to a conservative broadcast chief

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Ownership of The Baltimore Sun is shifting from a global hedge fund known for cost-cutting to a local TV owner known for supporting conservative causes.

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A kidnapping of six sisters and a murder has gripped Nigeria

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

The horrific murder of one of six kidnapped sisters close to Nigeria's capital has gripped and shocked a nation that has become nearly immune to the kidnapping epidemic.

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People in a large swath of the U.S. are urged to limit time outside due to cold

Monday, January 15, 2024

The National Weather Service winter weather alert map is a colorful mosaic of advisories and warnings across a swath of the U.S. Officials in many places are urging people to limit their time outside.

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