Short Wave

Eating alone may be secretly spiking your blood sugar

October 2, 2026·9 min·4-min readconversationalscience
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This episode of Shortwave explores three recent scientific findings: communal eating may improve blood sugar regulation, bird vocal loudness varies dramatically across species with some rivaling jackhammers, and asteroid Bennu samples suggest it formed near the solar system’s water ice

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Shear AdzeelJames CohnJeff PodosJoão MenezesSue Ann ZollingerLarry NittlerMaria Schönbächler

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NASA

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