Ari Daniel
Ari Daniel is a reporter for NPR's Science desk where he covers global health and development.
Ari has always been drawn to science and the natural world. As a graduate student, Ari trained gray seal pups (Halichoerus grypus) for his Master's degree in animal behavior at the University of St. Andrews, and helped tag wild Norwegian killer whales (Orcinus orca) for his Ph.D. in biological oceanography at MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. For more than a decade, as a science reporter and multimedia producer, Ari has interviewed a species he's better equipped to understand – Homo sapiens.
Over the years, Ari has reported across five continents on science topics ranging from astronomy to zooxanthellae. His radio pieces have aired on NPR, The World, Radiolab, Here & Now, and Living on Earth. Ari formerly worked as the Senior Digital Producer at NOVA where he helped oversee the production of the show's digital video content. He is a co-recipient of the AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Gold Award for his stories on glaciers and climate change in Greenland and Iceland.
In the fifth grade, Ari won the "Most Contagious Smile" award.
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The war between Hamas and Israel has made the medical situation for Palestinians increasingly dire. The view from inside Gaza, through the eyes of two doctors.
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Worldwide, between 1990 and 2018, intake of sugary drinks was up by almost 16%, according to findings of a study published in the journal Nature Communications.
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The World Health Organization has recommended usage of a second vaccine for the prevention of malaria in children. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Oct. 3, 2023.)
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The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.Tedros, says he used to "dream of the day when we would have a ... vaccine against malaria. Now, we have two." -
Two scientists, one Nigerian and one American, created a cutting-edge surveillance network to catch the next emerging disease before it becomes a pandemic. -
This week leaders at the U.N. adopted a declaration recognizing the need for nations to work together to address future pandemics. But questions loom. How will it be enforced? Who's footing the bill? -
Deadly diseases kept emerging in West Africa, but going undetected. Now a program spearheaded by two scientists hopes to catch the next emerging disease before it becomes a pandemic.
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What does it take to beat malaria? Thousands of moccasins walking down rural roads, overnight bus rides for lab tests ... and a highly effective drug. But the parasite isn't going along with the plan. -
Bangladesh has slashed its malaria numbers dramatically. But the parasite that causes the disease has a history of fighting back — and it seems it's doing so once again.
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Nipah virus, known to spread from bats to human, has broken out in the state of Kerala. Here's what we know about the current cases and the ongoing efforts to quash this potentially fatal disease.
