• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to site footer
  • WordPress
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
Science Update

Science Update

Sharing Science | Satisfying Curiosity | Debunking BS

  • Spotlights
  • Reality Check
  • Why Is It?
  • Radio Archives
  • Sciup @ School
Home » Radio Archive » Daily Show » Helpful Cows Roundup

Helpful Cows Roundup

June 15, 2007
https://podcast.scienceupdate.com/070615_sciup_help.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window

BOB HIRSHON (host):
Skim milk straight from the cow. I’m Bob Hirshon and this is Science Update.

A study of dairy cows in New Zealand has turned up some that naturally produce low-fat milk. Researchers plan to breed them in hopes of creating entire herds that produce skim milk without any processing. They also found one cow whose milk can produce a butter that’s spreadable right from the fridge and low in saturated fat- a finding that will no doubt lead to the product "I Can’t Believe It IS Butter."

In other cow news, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station scientists are promoting cow manure as a source of ethanol for use in clean-burning fuels. An experimental plant is already converting the manure to fuel. But they’re having trouble getting reliable sources of clean manure, uncontaminated with dirt. They’re goal is to convince farmers to view cow manure as a valuable resource, rather than something to just clean out of pens. I’m Bob Hirshon, for AAAS, the science society.

Category: Daily ShowTag: Animal Behavior, Engineering & Technology, Genetics & Evolution
Previous Post:Negative Pressure
Next Post:Carbon Emissions

Sidebar

Radio Program Archives

Want to learn more about the brain? The environment? Here you can browse the topics that come up regularly on Science Update.

Search the Archives

Categories

  • Daily Show
  • Station Download
  • Weekly Show

Find By Tag

  • 2020
  • Acoustics & Sound
  • Aging
  • Animal Behavior
  • Anthropology
  • Archaeology
  • Astronomy & Space
  • Biology
  • Brain Science
  • Bugs
  • Chemistry
  • Children & Families
  • cicadas
  • Climate & Weather
  • Communications
  • Computer Science
  • Economics & Business
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Engineering & Technology
  • Environment & Conservation
  • Genetics & Evolution
  • Geology
  • Marine Science
  • Materials Science
  • Mathematics
  • Medicine & Health
  • Microbiology
  • Nanotechnology
  • Nutrition & Food Science
  • Paleontology & Dinosaurs
  • Physics
  • Plants & Agriculture
  • Political Science
  • Reality Check
  • Social & Behavioral Sciences
  • Sports & Fitness
  • spotlight
  • Spotlight Bugs
  • Terrorism & War
  • Why Is It? Questions
  • Wildlife
  • Year in Review

Find By Date

Science Update
  • About Science Update
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • YouTube

Recent Posts

Mayan Honeybee hives
House sparrow wearing top hat rides aboard a red fireworks rocket

Copyright © 2023 · Springtail Media LLC · All Rights Reserved · Powered by Pongos