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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Policymakers agree patients shouldn't be stuck in the middle when an ambulance service charges more than what an insurer will... -
With kids back in school, business is picking back up for professional delousers. But how are kids getting head lice... -
The CDC sent in a team to investigate a delta variant hotspot in Mesa County, Colo. That didn't stop tens... -
A college student never learned the cause of intense pain that drove her to an ER, but her bill totaled... -
NASA plans to send people to the Red Planet in the 2030s. In the meantime, a remote location in southern... -
Researchers following a group of New Zealanders over the course of 40 years found an association between childhood lead exposure... -
They don't have wings, but bacteria sure can fly. Researchers at MIT say that tiny bubbles trapped by raindrops play...
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Scientists say they've found the remains of tube- and string-like organisms in Canadian rocks that are at least 3.7 billion... -
Wild hogs inflict $1.5 billion in damage on U.S. property each year. But biologists can now track the elusive animals... -
Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf is about to lose an iceberg the size of Delaware. Scientists gathering in the U.K.... -
What happens when you let loose with a juicy one? A lab of MIT mathematicians and physicists is taking a...
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Moon Express Inc. has been given a green light to send a robot off the planet, aiming for the moon....