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This Week In Science: Spiders, TV Pixels And Storytelling - Short Wave

This Week In Science: Spiders, TV Pixels And Storytelling - Short Wave

Update: 2025-10-31
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Happy Halloween, Short Wavers! In today’s news round-up, we’ve got only treats. Hosts Regina Barber and Emily Kwong fill in NPR’s Ailsa Chang on a debate in spider web architecture, how the details shared in storytelling affect how you form memories and why more pixels may not translate to a better TV viewing experience.


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This Week In Science: Spiders, TV Pixels And Storytelling - Short Wave

This Week In Science: Spiders, TV Pixels And Storytelling - Short Wave