Regina G. Barber

Western Australia

Astrophysicist, Pop-culture obsessed, Chin@-Chicana, Scientist in Residence at #NPRShortWave. Opinions are my own. She/Ella/她 (Pic: Farrah Skeiky/NPR) #SciComm

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The Indicator: American science brain drain : Short Wave

2 days ago | npr.org | Darian Woods |Adrian Ma |Julia Ritchey |Kate Concannon |Rebecca Ramirez |Regina G. Barber | +1 more

The Indicator: American science brain drain Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1250811328/1269293683" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> The jobs website Nature Careers saw a 32 percent increase in US-based scientists applying for jobs elsewhere in the first three months of this year.
How tech companies could shrink AI's climate footprint : Short Wave

5 days ago | npr.org | Emily Kwong |Regina G. Barber |Hannah Chinn |Rebecca Ramirez

How tech companies could shrink AI's climate footprint Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1250191980/1269288765" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> AI is rapidly transforming how we live, work, and communicate. But can we undergo that transformation without destroying the environment?
How tech companies could shrink AI's climate footprint : Short Wave

5 days ago | flipboard.com | Emily Kwong |Regina G. Barber |Hannah Chinn |Rebecca Ramirez

5 underrated ChatGPT prompts you should be using every dayIt takes time to embrace ChatGPT… but once you do, there’s no going back. OpenAI’s LLMs can be great tools in everyday life, but there are a few tips …
Why the true water footprint of AI is so elusive : Short Wave

1 week ago | npr.org | Emily Kwong |Regina G. Barber |Hannah Chinn |Rebecca Ramirez

Why the true water footprint of AI is so elusive Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1249592906/1269272812" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Water is a precious resource. Should we be concerned about the amount that generative AI requires to function? Deven Dadbhawala/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Deven Dadbhawala/Getty Images Water is a precious resource.
Why the true water footprint of AI is so elusive : Short Wave

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Emily Kwong |Regina G. Barber |Hannah Chinn |Rebecca Ramirez

11 hours ago58 crypto wallets have made millions on Trump's meme coin while 764,000 have lost money, data showsThe $TRUMP token, which surged in popularity after being tied to the start of Trump’s second term, has seen sharp price swings and highly uneven returns for investors.
Exoplanet K2-18b: Home to alien life or noisy data? : Short Wave

1 week ago | npr.org | Nell Greenfieldboyce |Regina G. Barber |Kimberly McCoy |Rebecca Ramirez

Why astronomers are unconvinced K2-18b is home to alien life : Short Wave Recently, a group of scientists claimed they found possible signs of life on a planet called K2-18b. The news made headlines. Researchers said they'd detected sulphur-based gases that, on Earth, are strongly associated with life. But the research caused an uproar in astronomy circles because other scientists don't think the data is strong enough to celebrate an alien find just yet.
What playing Minecraft tells researchers about social learning : Short Wave

1 week ago | npr.org | Regina G. Barber |Emily Kwong |Juana Summers |Rachel Carlson |Erika Ryan

What playing Minecraft tells researchers about social learning Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1248664738/1269242910" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> A player's field of view in the popular video game Minecraft.
What playing Minecraft tells researchers about social learning : Short Wave

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Regina G. Barber |Emily Kwong |Juana Summers |Rachel Carlson |Erika Ryan

NowAnd it’s all thanks to quantum mechanics. A new paper written by a theoretical physicist at Howard University claims that aneural eukaryotic cells could process information up to a billion times faster than typical biochemical processes. • This idea forms from the emerging evidence that biology and …
This week in science: Minecraft, perfecting a pasta dish and new cancer research

1 week ago | npr.org | Regina G. Barber |Emily Kwong

Short Wave News Roundup 5.02.25 Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5380995/nx-s1-5442633-1" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Scientists are using the video game Minecraft to study how humans learn, perfecting a classic Roman pasta dish with science, and a possible reason why more young people are getting colorectal cancer. Sponsor Message
Regeneration, super strength, stolen powers: Meet sea creatures inspiring research : Short Wave

2 weeks ago | npr.org | Regina G. Barber |Kimberly McCoy |Rebecca Ramirez

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