Rebecca Ramirez

Los Angeles, Washington, D.C.

Producer at Short Wave

showrunner + supreme duderino @npr’s @NPRShortWave. prev. @nprinvisibilia, @morningedition. [email protected] (she/her)

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This is what living on Mars could do to the human body : Short Wave

3 days ago | npr.org | Jessica Yung |Regina G. Barber |Rebecca Ramirez

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This is what living on Mars could do to the human body : Short Wave

3 days ago | flipboard.com | Jessica Yung |Regina G. Barber |Rebecca Ramirez

President Trump’s executive order aimed at revitalizing the coal industry means nothing in the fight against climate change. Read on for an opinion writer’s explanation. Cutting coal only hurts the US and won’t stop climate changeTo coal or not to coal? Given the loud shrieks of climate change zealots, one would think that the world is going to end in a few years if we don’t …
Spring allergies are in bloom. Here's why and what to do about it : Short Wave

1 week ago | npr.org | Brit Hanson |Madeline K. Sofia |Viet Le |Rachel Carlson |Emily Kwong |Rebecca Ramirez

Why seasonal allergies are getting worse and how to manage symptoms : Short Wave Plants are blooming right now – and so are people's allergies. And if it feels like those pesky symptoms are getting worse ... you're probably right. Wednesday, a review published in the journal The Laryngoscope looked at the link between climate change and increasing rates of allergic rhinitis, or hay fever.
A bug that jets pee? These comics illustrate nature's real-life superpowers : Short Wave

1 week ago | npr.org | Emily Kwong |Kimberly McCoy |Rachel Carlson |Rebecca Ramirez

A bug that jets pee? These comics illustrate nature's real-life superpowers Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1244690932/1269090490" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> This panel is from the "Slingshot Spiders" comic that describes the manuscript "Ultrafast launch of slingshot spiders using conical silk webs", published in the journal Current Biology.
Why so many tornadoes hit tornado alley : Short Wave

3 weeks ago | npr.org | Kimberly McCoy |Rebecca Ramirez |Geoff Brumfiel

Why so many tornadoes hit tornado alley Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1242229704/1268782840" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Tornados have been spotted on every continent except Antarctica, but tornado alley has far more twisters than other spots on the globe.
How did iguanas end up in Fiji? By raft : Short Wave

3 weeks ago | npr.org | Jonathan Lambert |Regina G. Barber |Hannah Chinn |Rebecca Ramirez

How did iguanas end up in Fiji? By raft Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1266983501/1268720494" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> A native green iguana on Fiji. For years, biologists puzzled over how these iguanas had ended up in the South Pacific, so far from other iguana species. A new study sheds light on their evolution.
AI is great at predicting text. How well can it guide robots? : Short Wave

3 weeks ago | npr.org | Geoff Brumfiel |Regina G. Barber |Kimberly McCoy |Rebecca Ramirez

AI is great at predicting text. How well can it guide robots? Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1241892528/1268618372" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Researchers at Stanford University are training robots to respond to simple tasks using AI.
How is the tech industry thinking about AI's environmental impact?

3 weeks ago | npr.org | Emily Kwong |Avery Keatley |Rebecca Ramirez |Megan Lim

How is the tech industry thinking about AI's environmental impact? We investigate how the tech industry is thinking about its environmental footprint as it invests in energy-consuming new AI models.
Narwhal sightings are rare. Scientists just saw them use their tusks in new ways : Short Wave

3 weeks ago | npr.org | Nell Greenfieldboyce |Regina G. Barber |Kimberly McCoy |Rebecca Ramirez

Narwhal sightings are rare. Scientists just saw them use their tusks in new ways Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1241388995/1268374555" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Narwhals are arctic whales that live in social groups called pods. CoreyFord/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption CoreyFord/Getty Images Narwhals are arctic whales that live in social groups called pods.
In the Arctic, microalgae are doing the limbo : Short Wave

4 weeks ago | npr.org | Emily Kwong |Hannah Chinn |Rebecca Ramirez

In the Arctic, microalgae are doing the limbo Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1240892106/1268125326" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> To observe the microalgae of the Arctic, biogeochemist Clara Hoppe and her team spent months on a ship embedded in sea ice as part of the MOSAiC expedition, sampling ice and seawater.