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Ocean Quadcopter

October 15, 2013

A tiny but rugged unmanned helicopter helps researchers collect data in the stormy North Atlantic.

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Changing Foliage

October 14, 2013

Climate change may affect fall foliage in many different ways.

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Earth’s Tilt

October 11, 2013

A listener asks how the earth's tilt is measured.

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Smartphone Microscope

October 10, 2013

A new attachment turns a smartphone into a powerful microscope.

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Cell Phone Medicine Update

October 9, 2013

Using mobile phones for medical purposes, a new frontier when we reported on it in 2008, has become …

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Ships to Reefs

October 8, 2013

Sinking old warships creates new habitats for marine species.

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Fiction & Social Perception

October 7, 2013

Reading literary fiction, more so than other types of books, improves performance at gauging others' …

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Podcast for 4 October 2013

October 4, 2013

CHILD HEALTH - Why premature babies have advanced vision, and, do all babies have a condition called …

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Personal Experiments

October 4, 2013

A researcher is promoting “personal experiments” that make self-care more scientific.

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Sunken Treasure Hunt

October 3, 2013

Researchers have designed an underwater vehicle to search for shipwrecked vessels filled with …

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Insect Weather Prediction

October 2, 2013

Insects may be able to “predict” the weather by changing their behavior when they sense changes in …

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Everyday Objects Roundup

October 1, 2013

Discarded compact discs could be used to treat wastewater.

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