Hannah Chinn

3 weeks ago | wrvo.org | Jonathan Lambert |Emily Kwong |Hannah Chinn |Rebecca Ramirez

A fish walks into a pharmacy ... It's the start of a joke – with echoes in reality. Sort of. Fish aren't being prescribed anti-anxiety drugs. But they are experiencing the effects. That's because fish and other aquatic creatures are being affected by increasing levels of drug pollution – from human waste or pharmaceutical factory runoff – that then seep into our waterways. Researchers have found more than 900 different pharmaceutical ingredients in rivers and streams around the world.

3 weeks ago | tpr.org | Hannah Chinn |Emily Kwong |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. Shai Tsur lives in Oakland, California. He's used to seeing flowers bloom in his neighborhood: pear trees, plum trees, California poppies. But not in January.

3 weeks ago | wrvo.org | Hannah Chinn |Emily Kwong |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. Shai Tsur lives in Oakland, California. He's used to seeing flowers bloom in his neighborhood: pear trees, plum trees, California poppies. But not in January.

1 month ago | tpr.org | Rachel Carlson |Regina Barber |Hannah Chinn

Researchers are studying psychedelics as a possible treatment for conditions like depression, PTSD and substance use disorders. But they don't know exactly how these drugs work. Getting the answer to this question is especially difficult when people often take psychedelics like LSD and psilocybin for their trademark "trips."Some researchers think these psychoactive, spiritual effects are a big part of why patients could benefit from psychedelic drugs.

1 month ago | wrvo.org | Rachel Carlson |Regina Barber |Hannah Chinn

Researchers are studying psychedelics as a possible treatment for conditions like depression, PTSD and substance use disorders. But they don't know exactly how these drugs work. Getting the answer to this question is especially difficult when people often take psychedelics like LSD and psilocybin for their trademark "trips."Some researchers think these psychoactive, spiritual effects are a big part of why patients could benefit from psychedelic drugs.