Christopher Intagliata

Senior Producer, Science Friday

Christopher Intagliata appears in the following:

CDC director on new isolation rules

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky about new guidelines that have the isolation period for asymptomatic people who have COVID.

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For over a century, California banned Indigenous cultural fires. Now, that's changing

Monday, December 27, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Don Hankins, an Indigenous fire expert at California State University, about the state's decision to permit cultural burns.

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Mushroom foragers find $4,000 worth of the fun guys known as chanterelles

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Dan Gebhart and Jordan Anderson are mushroom foraging friends in California that came across $4,000 worth of chanterelles — a highly coveted wild mushroom.

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Finally, scientists have found a true millipede

Monday, December 20, 2021

Scientists have finally found a millipede that lives up to its name. Eumillipes persephone has 1,306 legs — that's more than any other animal — and is the only known millipede to exceed 1,000 legs.

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European soccer matches have become predictable, study finds. Salary caps might help

Friday, December 17, 2021

After analyzing some 88,000 European soccer matches, scientists say games have become more predictable over time and hypothesize that salary caps could help revive the surprise.

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Why the cost of carbon is increasing — and how that affects climate policy

Thursday, December 16, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Michael Greenstone, professor and director of the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago the impact of the rising cost of carbon on climate policy.

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Could a salary cap help European soccer become less predictable?

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

After analyzing 26 years worth of European soccer matches, scientists have determined that the games have become more predictable over time — and the home field advantage has vanished.

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Washington, D.C., attorney general files 1st civil suit over Jan. 6 Capitol attack

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Karl Racine, attorney general of the District of Columbia, about the civil lawsuit he's filed over the Jan. 6 insurrection.

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Need to break up with someone? Baboons have found a good way to do it, study finds

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Just like humans, groups of baboons sometimes break off relations. Scientists have studied the dynamics of such breakups and say baboons tend to split up in a cooperative, egalitarian way.

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COP26 president Alok Sharma on the road ahead after Glasgow

Monday, December 13, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with COP26 president Alok Sharma about promises and agreements made at the recent climate summit in Glasgow and what more needs to be done.

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5 DIY holiday recipes and crafts to avoid supply chain problems

Friday, December 10, 2021

It's the most wonderful time of the year, as they say. That is, unless you ordered the latest and greatest gadget too late, and now it's stuck in supply chain limbo. We're here to help.

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New sounds show how life is back in recovered corals reefs

Thursday, December 09, 2021

A new study shows that restoring coral reefs can bring ecosystems back to life — and with them, their sounds.

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New research says baboon breakups are mutual

Wednesday, December 08, 2021

Just like humans, groups of baboons sometimes break off relations. Scientists have studied the dynamics of such breakups and say baboons tend to split up in a cooperative, egalitarian way.

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Russia is gathering more than 94,000 troops near Ukraine as fears of an invasion rise

Monday, December 06, 2021

Russia is amassing more than 94,000 troops at the Ukrainian border in what officials in Ukraine call a "large-scale escalation" from Russia that is expected to take place in January.

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Why Orcas have been lingering longer in the Arctic

Friday, December 03, 2021

Orcas are lingering longer in the Arctic Ocean, as sea ice there shrinks. The whales often travel to access varieties of prey, but it's likely there are now more hunting opportunities in the Arctic.

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New technique uncovers the history of a painting through the paint used

Friday, December 03, 2021

By analyzing white lead paint in Dutch paintings from the 1600s, including works by Rembrandt and Rubens, scientists were able to devise a new line of evidence for dating and authenticating paintings.

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No end in sight for Major League Baseball lockout

Thursday, December 02, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Chelsea Janes of The Washington Post about Major League Baseball's lockout and the ramifications it could have for the future of the sport.

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We may be one step closer to storing data in DNA

Thursday, December 02, 2021

Researchers at Microsoft have developed a faster way to write data into DNA — a biological alternative to the bits on a hard drive.

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Law professor on his amicus brief in support of Mississippi overturning Roe v. Wade

Wednesday, December 01, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with O. Carter Snead, law professor at Notre Dame, about the legal standing for anti-abortion arguments at the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

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Sherif Zaki, CDC disease detective, is dead at age 65

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Sherif Zaki, a legendary disease expert at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who was known for his photographic memory and knack for solving tough disease mysteries, has died at 65.

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