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Suburban High School Says Farewell To Football

St. Louis Public Radio

Published October 4, 2015 at 5:12 PM EDT

High school football is taking a hit across the U.S. as mounting research shows that the sport is linked to repeated head trauma and a number of deaths in the country. In St. Louis, a school district has disbanded its football team, citing injuries and waning demand for the sport.

UNAIDS report warns HIV progress at risk as U.S. funding cuts take hold

The UNAIDS annual report warns that Trump-era HIV funding cuts could lead to 6 million more infections and 4 million deaths by 2029 — as low-income countries struggle to fill the gap.
How climate change is affecting prized tea-growing regions in China and Taiwan

Emily Feng

Changing weather patterns and higher temperatures are affecting some of the most prized tea-growing regions in China and Taiwan.
This week in science: a comet, plastic-eating bugs, and how altitude changes smell

Emily Kwong

Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of NPR's Short Wave talk about a comet visiting from interstellar space, caterpillars that eat and break down plastic, and how animals' sense of smell varies by altitude.