Christopher Intagliata

Senior Producer, Science Friday

Christopher Intagliata appears in the following:

Former prosecutor discusses how the Kyle Rittenhouse trial played out

Friday, November 19, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Charles Coleman Jr., a civil rights lawyer and former prosecutor, about Kyle Rittenhouse, who shot and killed two people, being found not-guilty of all charges.

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Kyle Rittenhouse's defense attorney talks about the trial and acquittal

Friday, November 19, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Mark Richards, Kyle Rittenhouse's trial attorney. Rittenhouse was facing life in prison for shooting and killing two men. He was found not-guilty on all charges.

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Move over blink of an eye, the snap of a finger is the fastest human motion

Friday, November 19, 2021

Researchers have determined that one of the fastest motions the human body can generate is a simple snap of the fingers.

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Should I mix and match my COVID booster with my initial vaccine? A doctor weighs in

Friday, November 19, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Celine Gounder, an infectious disease specialist and epidemiologist at New York University, on mixing and matching COVID booster shots with an original vaccine.

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U.S. Special Envoy for Belarus discusses the migrant crisis on the border with Poland

Thursday, November 18, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with U.S. Special Envoy for Belarus Julie Fisher about the migrant crisis along the Belarus-Poland border.

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La Palma volcano brings both destruction and renewal to the island

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Carmen Solana, a volcanologist at the University of Portsmouth, about the impact of the ongoing volcano eruption at La Palma, in the Canary Islands.

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How do you know if your oil is hot enough to deep fry? Use your ears

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Researchers in the field of fluid dynamics say understanding the sounds oil bubbles make at different temperatures has applications beyond the frying pan.

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Afghanistan is on the brink of a hunger catastrophe, according to a new UN report

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Richard Trenchard, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations' representative in Afghanistan, about a worsening hunger crisis there.

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Amazon birds are shrinking as the climate warms, prompting warning from scientists

Monday, November 15, 2021

A new study examined 77 bird species in the Amazon over a 40-year period. It found they were rapidly evolving due to rising temperatures because smaller birds shed heat more efficiently.

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Testing temperature with your ears

Monday, November 15, 2021

Chefs in Japan dip a wet chopstick in hot oil and listen to the sizzle, to know when it's ready for tempura. A physicist investigated that technique in the lab to zero in on the perfect fry frequency.

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Birds in the Amazon have been shrinking. Here's why scientists think it's happening

Friday, November 12, 2021

Over the last four decades, birds in the Amazon have been shrinking — and scientists believe their smaller bodies may be a response to hotter, drier weather brought by climate change.

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Why is Ethiopia detaining UN aid workers?

Thursday, November 11, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, on the detention of UN aid workers in Ethiopia and the political state of affairs there.

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A scientist crunched the numbers — here's what makes 'Every Breath You Take' eternal

Thursday, November 11, 2021

The music we listen to varies according to the time of day, with qualities like tempo and danceability heightening later in the day, according to a data analysis of online music streaming habits.

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The patent feud between Moderna and the U.S. could have implications for the world

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with science writer Brendan Borrell about a patent feud between Moderna and the federal government over its COVID vaccine — and why it could have implications for the world.

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After Astroworld, a crowd scientist explains the deadly dynamics of crowd surges

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

With eight dead, concertgoers have been filing lawsuits against Astroworld's planners. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with University of Suffolk professor Keith Still about how tragedies like this happen.

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Misinformation on Spanish talk radio in Miami is tearing families apart

Monday, November 08, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with reporter Lautaro Grinspan about misinformation being spread on Spanish talk radio in Southern Florida and the effect on the Cuban immigrant population there.

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What Dr. Fauci sees coming for the pandemic this winter

Monday, November 08, 2021

The country's top infectious disease doctor says he is looking for "a level of control" over COVID-19 such that it is less disruptive to society — and he again stressed the importance of vaccination.

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What can we expect from the pandemic this winter?

Friday, November 05, 2021

The country's top infectious disease doctor says he is looking for "a level of control" over COVID-19 such that it is less disruptive to society — and again stressed the importance of vaccination.

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Philadelphia councilmember on new city law banning minor driving infractions

Thursday, November 04, 2021

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Philadelphia councilman Isaiah Thomas about a new law that prevents police officers from making low-level traffic stops, which disproportionately affect Black drivers.

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Poachers killed African elephants for their tusks. So elephants stopped growing them

Friday, October 22, 2021

During the Mozambican civil war, both sides financed their efforts by poaching elephants for ivory. Now, scientists say that drove some elephants to evolve tusklessness.

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