Rae Ellen Bichell
Rae Ellen Bichell is a reporter for NPR's Science Desk. She first came to NPR in 2013 as a Kroc fellow and has since reported Web and radio stories on biomedical research, global health, and basic science. She won a 2016 Michael E. DeBakey Journalism Award from the Foundation for Biomedical Research. After graduating from Yale University, she spent two years in Helsinki, Finland, as a freelance reporter and Fulbright grantee.
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Wildfires are still burning across much of the Mountain West. In Colorado, heat and drought are pushing fires into new areas. In Utah, evacuations are...
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Our region has attracted the attention of the Terminator. “I’m right now on a campaign to terminate gerrymandering,” said Arnold Schwarzenegger in a...
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The National Park Service is giving museums and universities across the country grants to return ancestral artifacts and human remains taken from Native...
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If the measure passes in November, the town of Golden, Colorado may join a handful of cities that allow 16-year-olds to vote in local elections. The...
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Walking through forests across the Mountain West, you might not realize you’re walking past historical artifacts big enough to crush you. These...
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Western firefighters were working the biggest wildfire in California’s history when they encountered a surprising obstacle: slow internet.
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With wildfires burning through much of the West, there’s high demand for big aircraft to come in and battle the flames from above. As the Washington...
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The Trump administration announced a new rule on greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants, called the ‘Affordable Clean Energy Rule.’ It...
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Over the last 30 years, the West has seen an uptick in the size and frequency of forest fires. Scientists have typically attributed the change to low...
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This summer, the housing market was expected to be extremely competitive , with lots of buyers vying for a limited number of homes. But it turns out,...