Hannah Chin
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696 appearances
10 recordings
1 series
first heard Nov 2025
last heard 17 Aug
Hannah Chin’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And all of this is increasingly important, Gina, because tick territory is expanding.
Ticks are coming further north, to Canada, further west, to say, Minnesota, and even becoming more common down south.
Yeah, we talked about this earlier.
Do we know why that is?
Not really.
All of the experts told me it could be a number of things.
Warming temperatures due to climate change, increased development in land use in once-rural and undeveloped areas.
Even seemingly harmless things like deer are a major host for these ticks, and they're increasingly found in urban areas.
So nowadays, you might find ticks in city parks and green spaces, too.
All of that means that even if you weren't living in tick territory before, or if you don't remember doing tick checks in the past, it's probably a good idea to start checking yourself and your clothes for ticks after you've been outside.
One of the experts I talked to recommended the Tick app.
It has information about tick counts in your local area, instructions on what to do if you're bitten by a tick, and even a spot to submit photos and help you ID that tick.
Tyler Jones checked the facts.
Anli Huang was the audio engineer.
Special thanks to Maria Dierkwasser.
I'm Hannah Chin.
And I'm Regina Barber.
And Hannah Chin with our biweekly Science News Roundup.
All right, Sasha, our first topic is about beans and bean plants' surprising chemical counterattack against caterpillars, which are a common garden pest.
I mean, we also have an episode about fiber-maxing.
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