Ari Shapiro

I'm not going to say I wanted a break from politics, but now that I've been here with you all, I think maybe I needed it.

question has been, how are these things coming together? The magic of how these things come together has been a mystery.

question has been, how are these things coming together? The magic of how these things come together has been a mystery.

question has been, how are these things coming together? The magic of how these things come together has been a mystery.

Oh, thanks for stopping by. So combing through all the headlines, all of the embargo journals, we found some pretty interesting stuff.

Oh, thanks for stopping by. So combing through all the headlines, all of the embargo journals, we found some pretty interesting stuff.

Oh, thanks for stopping by. So combing through all the headlines, all of the embargo journals, we found some pretty interesting stuff.

How an ancient piece of meteorite from Mars points to a possibly habitable past.

How an ancient piece of meteorite from Mars points to a possibly habitable past.

How an ancient piece of meteorite from Mars points to a possibly habitable past.

Delicious. All that on this episode of Shortwave, the science podcast from NPR.

Delicious. All that on this episode of Shortwave, the science podcast from NPR.

Delicious. All that on this episode of Shortwave, the science podcast from NPR.

Okay, so they're said to be a little sweeter, more buttery, and nestled in this fuzzy green husk that extends outward, like the beak of a bird. And for generations, the indigenous people of British Columbia passed down stories of these hazelnuts as a vital food source they actively planted and cultivated.

Okay, so they're said to be a little sweeter, more buttery, and nestled in this fuzzy green husk that extends outward, like the beak of a bird. And for generations, the indigenous people of British Columbia passed down stories of these hazelnuts as a vital food source they actively planted and cultivated.

Okay, so they're said to be a little sweeter, more buttery, and nestled in this fuzzy green husk that extends outward, like the beak of a bird. And for generations, the indigenous people of British Columbia passed down stories of these hazelnuts as a vital food source they actively planted and cultivated.

meaning it had to be the ancestors of First Nations tribes who deliberately brought beaked hazelnuts with them.

meaning it had to be the ancestors of First Nations tribes who deliberately brought beaked hazelnuts with them.

meaning it had to be the ancestors of First Nations tribes who deliberately brought beaked hazelnuts with them.

Well, possibly. We've at least learned that some of the conditions necessary for life could have been present a long time ago, because scientists have found more evidence that there might have been hydrothermal vents on Mars.