Emily Kwong

1 week ago | wrvo.org | Emily Kwong |Rachel Carlson |Rebecca Ramirez

Around 40 million people around the world have bipolar disorder, which involves cyclical swings between moods: from depression to mania. Kay Redfield Jamison is one of those people. She's also a professor of psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and has written extensively about the topic, from medical textbooks to personal memoirs. In fact, Jamison penned one of the first memoirs ever written by a medical doctor living with bipolar,An Unquiet Mind.

1 week ago | npr.org | Emily Kwong

Around 40 million people around the world have bipolar disorder, which involves cyclical swings between moods: from depression to mania. Kay Redfield Jamison is one of those people. She's also a professor of psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and has written extensively about the topic, from medical textbooks to personal memoirs. In fact, Jamison penned one of the first memoirs ever written by a medical doctor living with bipolar,An Unquiet Mind.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Emily Kwong |Rachel Carlson |Rebecca Ramirez

2 hours agoA young ornithologist has warned that a mosquito-born disease linked to a sharp decline in blackbird populations is "a taste of what's to come". Mya-Rose Craig, from the Chew Valley in Somerset, said the spread of the Usutu virus is proof British wildlife is struggling "in a way people don't …

1 week ago | envirolink.org | Emily Kwong

From NPRGen Z and younger millennials are the most climate literate generations the world has ever seen. They learned about climate change in school; now, it’s part of how they plan for the future, including for jobs, housing … and kids. So, what do experts say about how to navigate the kid question? In this installment of Nature Quest, Short Wave speaks to climate journalist Alessandra Ram about the future she sees for her newborn daughter.

1 week ago | wrvo.org | Emily Kwong |Hannah Chinn |Rebecca Ramirez

This is the first episode of Nature Quest, a monthly Short Wave segment that answers listener questions about your local environment. Every month, we'll be bringing you a question from a fellow listener who is curious about how nature is changing – how to pay attention to the land around us – and make every day Earth Day. Alessandra Ram is a journalist. She covers the climate crisis, and its impacts on everyday people. And she just had a kid.