Véronique LaCapra
Science reporter Véronique LaCapra first caught the radio bug writing commentaries for NPR affiliate WAMU in Washington, D.C. After producing her first audio documentaries 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. LeCapra reported for St. Louis Public Radio from 2010 to 2016.
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Poinsettias are sold by the millions every year, almost all of them between Thanksgiving and Christmas. As popular as these holiday flowers are, there… -
There's no barrier between the underground chemical reaction and nearby radioactive waste. Federal, state and local officials disagree about the danger it poses; residents are confused and concerned. -
Giving teenagers access to free, long-term contraception can dramatically reduce rates of unintended pregnancy and abortion. That's according to new... -
Researchers at Washington University have developed a new vaccine to prevent urinary tract infections caused by catheters. This type of infection is the... -
New research from Washington University suggests that schizophrenia is actually a group of eight distinct disorders, each with a different genetic basis... -
Farmers have been collecting data about their farms for decades. Now all those data are going high tech. Major agricultural companies like Monsanto,... -
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on Saturday is sponsoring a nationwide prescription drug take-back event. Between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., anyone... -
Originally published on Wednesday, February 26, 2014. Updated to include audio from St. Louis on the Air. It cost billions of dollars and took more than... -
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Washington University in St. Louis have developed a new device that may one day help... -
The tiny, speckled eggs of Japanese quail should be easy targets for hungry predators. But these quail have a survival advantage — each goes out of her way, research suggests, to choose a nesting location that best matches the particular color pattern of her eggs.
