| April 17, 2013 |
Brainy Athletes
- Olympic-level athletes have some enhanced cognitive abilities.
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| April 12, 2013 |
Podcast for 12 April 2013
- ATHLETES & ROBOTS - Elite athletes are far from dumb jocks. A common ingredient in energy drinks could promote heart disease. Also: Robots that learn by watching us, and robots that can walk on sand.
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| January 9, 2013 |
Tree-Climbing People
- The Twa people of Uganda climb trees with ease. A new study suggests that the trait may be the result of practical necessity.
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| December 20, 2012 |
Thought-Controlled Prosthetics
- Prosthetic limbs are moving ever closer to life-like, thought-controlled replicas.
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| November 20, 2012 |
Listening to Football Helmets
- Measuring the acoustical signatures of colliding football helmets could help improve helmet safety.
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| September 19, 2012 |
Fat but Fit
- Many obese people are metabolically fit and are at no greater risk of dying from cardiovascular disease or cancer than people of normal weight.
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| August 31, 2012 |
Podcast for 31 August 2012
- WHALES, APES & BIRDS - Chimps don't share our sense of justice. What gibbons on helium can tell us about opera singers. Deciphering the peacock's hidden message. What an endangered whale has in common with songbirds. Also: Did a Central American rodent save a tree species from extinction?
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| August 17, 2012 |
Podcast for 17 August 2012
- PSYCHOLOGY OF CONSUMPTION - Why planning a lifestyle change often backfires, why buying larger quantities doesn't always mean a better deal, and the relationship between speed of consumption and satisfaction, Also: did hunter-gatherers really use more calories than people living today? And an unmanned aircraft maps an archaeological site in Peru in record time.
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| August 13, 2012 |
Hunter-Gatherer Metabolism
- People living as hunter-gatherers burn roughly as many calories per day as those in industrialized countries.
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| August 10, 2012 |
Podcast for 10 August 2012
- Dad's diversity and perilous parenthood.
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Yoga Roundup
- Practicing yoga could help older people who have suffered strokes recover more quickly.
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| August 9, 2012 |
When Planning Backfires
- Planning a major lifestyle change can be a good idea, but only if you feel good about yourself to begin with.
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| August 3, 2012 |
Podcast for 3 August 2012
- INVENTION - More lifelike robots. Headlights that can see past raindrops. And a pair of goggles that could improve your memory. Also, scientists have developed the world's lightest material.
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| September 22, 2011 |
Football & Artificial Intelligence
- Computer scientists used football footage to develop a sophisticated kind of artificial intelligence.
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| August 19, 2011 |
Podcast for 19 August 2011
- WATER EVERYWHERE - Astronomers have discovered the largest cache of water ever, and researchers are developing new software for detecting contamination of municipal water supplies. Also: Round robots to help safeguard nuclear power plants.
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| August 3, 2011 |
Soccer Goalies
- Soccer goalies tend to dive toward the right when their team is behind.
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| July 22, 2011 |
Podcast for 22 July 2011
- THE BRAIN & SOCIETY: How the brain experiences beauty, what soccer reveals about the mind, and why lazing around in a hammock could benefit your memory. Also, how your cell phone could help you kick the habit.
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| June 24, 2011 |
Secret Ingredient Roundup
- A compound found in apple peels could prevent muscle wasting.
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| March 9, 2011 |
Ancient Egyptian Prosthetics
- Artificial toes from ancient Egypt may have been functional prosthetics.
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| January 24, 2011 |
Gait & Longevity
- Walking speed is a good indicator of overall health in older adults.
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| September 23, 2010 |
Exercising Illness
- A listener asks: can exercise stave off illness?
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| September 15, 2010 |
Muscle Memory
- Exercising when you're young may help your muscles bounce back later in life.
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| September 10, 2010 |
Podcast
- FLU SEASON: Can exercise help stave off illness? Changes to the seasonal flu vaccine, bacterial surprises, and better ways to purify water in developing countries. Also: did life originate between mica sheets?
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| April 2, 2010 |
Podcast
- Contact lenses that could treat glaucoma, and could you get more out of a 20-minute workout than a 4-hour one? Also, a nose for identification, and why we can't smell deadly carbon monoxide gas.
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| March 31, 2010 |
High Intensity Workouts
- A few short bursts of high-intensity exercise may be more effective than hours of conventional training.
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| December 23, 2009 |
Running Monkeys
- Vigorous exercise helps monkeys avoid symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
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| November 25, 2009 |
Sprinter Feet
- Elite sprinters may be helped by atypical foot anatomy.
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| May 28, 2009 |
Looming Sounds
- Being in good physical condition could actually be detrimental to your hearing.
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| May 22, 2009 |
Podcast
- HEARING & SOUND: Why hyenas are anything but funny. Can animals dance to a beat? Using sound to save the whales. And physical fitness worsens hearing, but estrogen improves it.
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| March 30, 2009 |
Addiction & Parkinson’s
- Parkinson's disease and addiction overlap in surprising ways.
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| December 19, 2008 |
Podcast
- BREATHING: Why it's harder to breathe at high altitudes, asthma and your birthdate, and more.
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| December 18, 2008 |
Mountain High
- Have you ever been to a high altitude and found yourself gasping for breath? One listener asked why that happens.
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| December 12, 2008 |
Podcast
- EXERCISE & SLEEP: how our brains fall asleep, active women need sleep to fight cancer, and the brain benefits of exercise.
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Stem Cell Roundup
- Getting on the treadmill could help keep you smart.
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| December 11, 2008 |
Sleep & Cancer
- Researchers have discovered that the anti-cancer benefits of exercise can be reversed in younger women if they don't get enough sleep.
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| November 7, 2008 |
Podcast
- Sled dogs defy fatigue, inside the musician's brain, fooling a GPS system, and more.
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| October 21, 2008 |
Sled Dog Endurance
- Champions of endurance, sled dogs can run for over a thousand miles without fatigue.
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| August 21, 2008 |
Antikythera Mechanism
- An ancient astronomical calculator had a dedicated calendar for the Olympics and other games.
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| August 7, 2008 |
Sprinters’ Advantage
- An Olympic sprinter's proximity to the starter's gun could influence the outcome of a race.
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| March 27, 2008 |
Fastest Swimsuit
- NASA, Speedo, and other engineers team up to beat last year's superfast swimsuit.
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| August 31, 2006 |
Brain Workout
- A listener asks: Do you get dumber when you exercise?
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| July 6, 2006 |
Offensive Chants
- Scientists are developing new ways to keep sports fans from getting out of hand.
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| October 8, 2004 |
Walking Roundup
- Moderate exercise helps lower the risk of mental impairment in older people.
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| November 28, 2003 |
Brain-Body Roundup
- Thinking about exercise builds bigger muscles, and exercising improves mental health.
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| November 14, 2003 |
Genes Roundup
- Delaying breast cancer with exercise and weight control, and genes associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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| September 26, 2003 |
Fitness Roundup
- Exercise equipment that looks like comfortable furniture, and technology that cuts the boring parts out of sports broadcasts.
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| June 27, 2003 |
Happiness Roundup
- Older people accentuate the positive, and exercise boosts mood in disabled people.
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| March 14, 2003 |
Weight Loss Roundup
- Just a little daily exercise can prevent weight gain, eating more protein helps dieters, and obesity should not be seen as a personal failing.
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| February 18, 2003 |
Genetic Enhancement
- Genetic enhancement can help cure disease, but could also improve athletic performance
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| January 10, 2003 |
Healthy Living Roundup
- Big portions make us eat more, inactivity is worse than overweight, and exercising to music boosts lung fitness.
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