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This week in science: California wolves, the world's bugs, and the earliest quasars

NPR | By Regina G. Barber
Published July 9, 2026 at 4:01 PM EDT

NPR's science podcast Short Wave talks about why wolves are thriving in California, a new estimation of the world's insect species and the universe's earliest quasars.

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Regina G. Barber
Regina G. Barber is Short Wave's Scientist in Residence. She contributes original reporting on STEM and guest hosts the show.
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