Shoshannah Buxbaum
Producer
Shoshannah Buxbaum is a producer for Science Friday. She’s particularly drawn to stories about health, psychology, and the environment.
Prior to joining Science Friday, she guest-hosted Utah Public Radio’s weekly science and research show, UnDisciplined. She started her career in television at New Jersey’s PBS Station, where she produced daily news segments and the station’s weekly public affairs shows. She holds a master’s degree from CUNY’s Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, with a health and science reporting concentration and audio specialization.
She’s a proud New Jersey native and will happily share her opinions on why the state is deserving of a little more love. When she’s not at work, you can find her hiking in the woods or experimenting with a new soup recipe.
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What an mRNA melanoma vaccine may mean for cancer treatment
Moderna and Merck say an mRNA vaccine reduced melanoma recurrence in a clinical trial. Could this usher in a new era of cancer treatment?
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How GPS shaped our world
How GPS transformed from a niche military technology to one we rely on every day.
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What are the mysterious ‘little red dots’ in images of space?
Little red dots appear all over images from the James Webb Space Telescope. They may belong to a new cosmic category called black hole stars.
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What can moments of lucidity teach us about Alzheimer’s?
Researchers are looking into what triggers lucid episodes in Alzheimer’s patients, and what they tell us about caring for people with dementia.
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How do you find a ‘lost’ species?
A new journal documents species “lost to science.” Plus, a project to locate lost firefly species in the U.S. and Canada.
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What we get wrong about vaccine hesitancy
An immunologist who’s been on both sides of vaccine hesitancy talks about what drives it, what gets missed, and how to build trust.
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Why is brain cancer so hard to treat?
A pioneer of cancer neuroscience explains how brain cancer develops, the role of the nervous system, and what might lead to new treatments.
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The Black women codebreakers of the Cold War
A new book tells the story of Black women cryptologists who deciphered Soviet telegrams intercepted during the early days of the Cold War.
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What do we know about SSRI antidepressant withdrawal?
We revisit a 2025 conversation with two psychiatrists about what we know, and what we don’t, about SSRI antidepressant withdrawal.
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China’s booming biotech, from a brain implant to drug discovery
China’s biotech industry is on a rapid rise, with the first approved brain-computer interface and massive growth in drug discovery.