Podcast for 18 October 2013
PSYCHOLOGY & MEDICINE - Can literary fiction influence social astuteness? Why some people still …
Octopus Life & Death
Octopuses have an unusual reproductive strategy: they die soon after mating.
Tracking Fastballs
To hit a fastball, a batter's brain has to predict when it'll come across the plate.
Email Spam
Email spammers use disorienting techniques to get you to click on their links.
Ocean Quadcopter
A tiny but rugged unmanned helicopter helps researchers collect data in the stormy North Atlantic.
Changing Foliage
Climate change may affect fall foliage in many different ways.
Smartphone Microscope
A new attachment turns a smartphone into a powerful microscope.
Cell Phone Medicine Update
Using mobile phones for medical purposes, a new frontier when we reported on it in 2008, has become …
Ships to Reefs
Sinking old warships creates new habitats for marine species.
Fiction & Social Perception
Reading literary fiction, more so than other types of books, improves performance at gauging others' …