Véronique LaCapra
Science ReporterVéronique LaCapra first caught the radio bug while writing commentaries for NPR affiliate WAMU in Washington, D.C. After producing her first audio pieces at the Duke Center for Documentary Studies in N.C., she was hooked! She has done ecological research in the Brazilian Pantanal; regulated pesticides for the Environmental Protection Agency in Arlington, Va.; been a freelance writer and volunteer in South Africa; and contributed radio features to the Voice of America in Washington, D.C. She earned a Ph.D. in ecosystem ecology from the University of California in Santa Barbara, and a B.A. in environmental policy and biology from Cornell. LaCapra grew up in Cambridge, Mass., and in her mother’s home town of Auxerre, France.
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Space debris probably isn’t at the top of your list of day-to-day concerns. The junk we’ve left floating around in space includes everything from spent...
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Giving teenagers access to free, long-term contraception can dramatically reduce rates of unintended pregnancy and abortion. That's according to new...
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Updated 10/1/2014 to add comments. Missouri is making headway toward developing a Comprehensive State Energy Plan Wednesday with the inaugural public...
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New research from Washington University suggests that schizophrenia is actually a group of eight distinct disorders, each with a different genetic basis...
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An international study initiated by Washington University has found that giving monthly blood transfusions to children with sickle cell anemia can...
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Missouri will receive $693,000 as part of a nationwide settlement over the kidney transplant drug, Rapamune. Neighboring Illinois will get more than $1...
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Forty-five years ago this Sunday, Apollo 11 became the first space flight to land men on the moon. At Mission Control in Houston, Gene Kranz was the man...
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Gov. Jay Nixon signed an executive order on Wednesday, officially launching the development of a comprehensive state energy plan. Speaking to reporters...
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Cutting carbon dioxide emissions from power plants would also reduce other types of air pollution, both here in Missouri and nationally. That's...
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New research out of Washington University could help explain why malnourished children suffer long-term health effects, even after medical treatment. As...