Emily Kwong

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You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.

Hey, short wavers, Emily Kwong here.

And producer Burleigh McCoy.

With our bi-weekly science news roundup featuring the hosts of All Things Considered.

And today we have Juana Summers.

Yes, and how swearing may make you physically stronger.

Plus, how bird beaks may have rapidly evolved during the COVID pandemic.

Holiday gifts for you, all on this episode of Shortwave, the science podcast from NPR.

Yes.

They can also get infected by cetacean morbillivirus.

That's a respiratory virus that has caused mass die-offs in whales and dolphins.

And researchers say that using drones is a non-invasive way to study whale infection rates, which have usually only been collected once a whale has died.