| April 26, 2012 |
Predators & Plants
- Eliminating bears, wolves, and other top predators has far-reaching consequences.
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| April 23, 2012 |
Penguins from Space
- Researchers have estimated the total number of Emperor Penguins in Antarctica using satellite images.
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| March 26, 2012 |
Australian Extinction
- Human hunters drove Australia’s largest animals to extinction around 40,000 years ago.
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| March 23, 2012 |
Podcast for 23 March 2012
- EVOLUTION & EXTINCTION - What really happened to Australia's missing megafauna, how carnivores lost their sweet tooth, why lovelorn fruit flies resort to alcohol, strategic miscarriages in monkeys, and a new frog species is discovered in plain sight.
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| March 16, 2012 |
Podcast for 16 March 2012
- SCIENCE OF SOCIETY - Do wealthier people tend to have fewer scruples? The social costs of mass incarceration. Seeing-eye smartphones for the blind. And, new evidence calls an accepted tenet of science into question. Also: how to make plastic from plants.
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| March 8, 2012 |
Science for Society
- A group of 19th century scientists mapped the world’s tides, making the oceans safer for seafaring.
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| March 7, 2012 |
Plants into Plastic
- A new technique generates two key plastic components from plant material.
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| February 17, 2012 |
Safer Cookstoves
- Cleaner cookstoves could save millions of lives and slow global warming.
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| February 7, 2012 |
Fungi vs. Lead
- Fungi could be a new weapon against lead pollution.
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| December 16, 2011 |
Podcast for 16 December 2011
- BEHAVIOR, ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT - why dirty laundry could be damaging the environment, how to make wine growing compatible with wildlife, what the Monarch butterfly genome can tell us about their epic migrations, and how wasps see faces.
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Solar Energy Roundup
- Researchers have created a combination of fool’s gold and silicon that could be used to make inexpensive solar cells.
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| December 9, 2011 |
DNA Fingerprint Roundup
- New uses for DNA fingerprinting include tracking deadly tse-tse flies and identifying species from ancient soil samples.
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| December 8, 2011 |
Dryer Lint Pollution
- Drying polyester clothing in a machine may contribute to plastic pollution at sea.
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| December 5, 2011 |
Monarch Genome
- Scientists have sequenced the Monarch butterfly’s genome, to better understand its epic migrations.
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| November 24, 2011 |
Wine & Wildlife
- Wildlife often suffer from our insatiable need for agricultural land. But researchers in California are finding that birds and vineyards can actually benefit each other.
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| October 14, 2011 |
Environment Roundup
- There's good news about both sea turtles and solar energy.
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| October 12, 2011 |
Rise of the Jellyfish
- Giant jellyfish have what it takes to become king of the seas in the future.
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| September 30, 2011 |
Psychology Roundup
- More time spent playing outside could help decrease symptoms in children with ADHD.
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| September 27, 2011 |
Endangered Stem Cells
- Stem cell research could help bring drill monkeys and northern white rhinos back from the brink of extinction.
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| September 9, 2011 |
Podcast for 9 September 2011
- MARVELS OF EVOLUTION - A prehistoric pregnancy clears up a Mesozoic mystery. The economics of plant-fungi cooperation. How to get six butterflies in one. Counting up the species on earth. And how your stress could be bad news for your mate if you're a finch.
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Species Roundup
- A new study documents the rate at which species are moving toward the poles or up the sides of mountains to escape climate change.
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| July 6, 2011 |
Waste Heat Cooling
- A prototype cooling system runs on waste heat from car exhaust.
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| June 3, 2011 |
Toxic Animal Roundup
- Cats are transmitting a dangerous brain disease to wildlife.
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| May 25, 2011 |
Tsunamis & Sealife
- A listener asks: What happens to the seafloor and to sealife when tsunamis hit?
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| May 20, 2011 |
Podcast for 20 May 2011 – All That Glitters
- The soaring price of gold drives deforestation in the Amazon, colonoscopies laced with gold could help detect cancer, and honey protects against antibiotic resistance. Also: a starless starfish, and a jellyfish that navigates without a brain.
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| May 11, 2011 |
Gold & Deforestation
- Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest increases as gold prices rise.
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| April 25, 2011 |
Zebra Barcodes
- Zebra stripes resemble barcodes, and could help researchers keep track of each member of the herd.
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| April 11, 2011 |
Bird Collisions
- A new study suggests that to keep birds from crashing into manmade objects, we need to stop treating them like humans with wings.
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| April 9, 2011 |
Podcast for 8 April 2011
- Football and family violence, rooting out insects, a question of taste, and a bird's eye view for danger.
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| April 4, 2011 |
Soundscape Ecology
- An emerging scientific field studies the ecology of sound.
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| March 31, 2011 |
Everglades Pythons
- Invasive Burmese pythons are feasting on native birds in the Everglades.
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| March 25, 2011 |
Podcast for 25 March 2011
- A new generation of self-conscious robots, how sunshine affects drugs in the body, new research into the prevention of cleft lips, why it's hard to stay focused for long periods of time, and what sound recordings can tell us about the health of natural habitats.
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| February 21, 2011 |
Storing the Wind
- The Department of Energy is developing new ways to store energy.
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| January 28, 2011 |
Podcast
- ANIMAL STORIES: An Australian bird benefits when its predator sings, what happens when bees get sleepy, the invasion of the giant fish, eating insects to slow global warming, and a female pterodactyl fossil is discovered in China.
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| January 18, 2011 |
Asian Carp Invasion
- Scientists are using DNA to track the invasion of Asian carp in the United States.
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| December 27, 2010 |
Biodiversity & Health
- Losing plant and animal species promotes the spread of some human diseases.
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| December 10, 2010 |
Modified Mosquito Roundup
- Sterilized male mosquitoes are part of a grand experiment in biocontrol on Grand Cayman Island.
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| December 6, 2010 |
Toxic Cavefish
- A toxic plant used in a traditional religious ritual is shaping the evolution of a Mexican cavefish.
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| November 25, 2010 |
Crops & Carbon
- Replacing native plants with crops diminishes the Earth's ability to store carbon.
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| November 19, 2010 |
Podcast
- A genetic explanation for why some people with the HIV virus never develop symptoms, how the shape of the genome influences how genes work, and a religious practice that's shaping the evolution of a Mexican fish. Also: cloud seeding gets a failing grade, and why replacing native plants with crops accelerates climate change.
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| October 28, 2010 |
Google Crater
- Scientists have found a previously undiscovered meteorite impact crater using Google Earth.
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| September 3, 2010 |
Podcast
- ANIMALS: A new way to sample dolphin DNA, pain-relief from sea snail venom, beetles born with bifocals, and why pigeons bob their heads when they walk.
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| August 12, 2010 |
Greener Air Conditioning
- A new air conditioning system may use up 90 percent less energy than current models.
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| August 9, 2010 |
Changing Oceans
- The effect of climate change on the world's oceans may have dire consequences for humans.
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| August 3, 2010 |
NEON Ecological Network
- Scientists are planning a large-scale ecological observatory network.
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| July 29, 2010 |
Bacterial Goldilocks
- Bacteria find thawed arctic soils really yummy. That might be good for the bacteria, but it could be bad for the planet.
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| July 27, 2010 |
Arctic Fish
- Because of climate change, an Arctic fish's survival strategy might not work much longer.
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| July 26, 2010 |
Flamingo Romance
- Playing flamingo calls from speakers helps put captive birds birds in the mood to breed.
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| July 23, 2010 |
Podcast
- CLIMATE CHANGE UPDATE: The potential effects of climate change on the world's oceans, how global warming could influence carbon dioxide levels in the Arctic, and the search for more efficient air conditioners.
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| July 21, 2010 |
Weed-Sniffing Dogs
- Trained dogs sniff out invasive plants.
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