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Temperatures and pollen counts both predicted to rise this week in Seattle area


Masks may not help protect you from pollen, but they'll protect others from your sneezes, which is more important than ever during this coronavirus pandemic.










































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Not everyone changed behavior because of coronavirus; here are a Seattle poll’s findings


"It's not insignificant," said Michael Simon, co-founder & CEO of Elucd, a Brooklyn-based public-sentiment polling firm that conducted the surveys over a 10-day period.







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Searching for a coronavirus vaccine, the NFL's diversity problem, impeachment endgame, Michael Pollan & more

A Saskatchewan laboratory is working on a coronavirus vaccine, Michael Pollan on how caffeine rules our world, how to retrofit an '80s shopping mall, why the NFL hires so few black head coaches, the impeachment drama skids towards acquittal and more.



  • Radio/Day 6

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Jan 11 — Fires in Australia, cuttlefish watch 3D movies, coal pollution harms crops, and more…

Fossils show ancient parenting, first evidence of cooked vegetables, and why so much poop?



  • Radio/Quirks & Quarks

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Apr 11: COVID-19 transmission, reliving Apollo 13 in real time and more...

Birds watch out for rhinos, toads outbreed in hard times, and sports in mesoamerica 3400 years ago.



  • Radio/Quirks & Quarks

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Researchers say too soon to tell if the shutdown has reduced air pollution

Have you seen the photos of the Himalayas, with unusually clear blue skies? These have been matched by reports that China's carbon emissions have dropped by a quarter. Some people are speculating that air pollution has dropped in Australia too, because more of us have been staying at home, driving less and staying away from airports. But is that true? And what happens when things swing back into gear?




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Beekeepers preparing for pollination keen to put shocker season behind them

The heat is on beekeepers to deliver healthy hives for pollination this spring and into the summer.




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Honey production down as much as 70 per cent in South Australia casts fear on crop pollination

Beekeepers have lost up to 70 per cent of honey production because of "horrendous" conditions, and the effects of another bad season could be felt by other food crops.




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Despite being 'more interested in sex', butterflies crucial to outback pollination

In Central Australia, butterflies have only several weeks in certain months to pollinate flowering plants in the desert region, making their presence there crucial.