Podcast for 9 November 2012
SURVIVAL - Why female Komodo dragons die young, a whale that sounded like a person, and algae that …
Evolution Roundup
Evidence suggests that an ancestor of modern humans both walked upright and climbed trees.
Dung Beetle Cooling
Dung beetles use balls of fecal matter not only for food and reproduction, but for cooling as well.
Forgetting Bad Memories
The brain has two very different mechanisms for erasing bad memories.
UV Disinfectant
Short-wave ultraviolet radiation can clear dangerous germs from hospital rooms.
Komodo Dragon Housework
Housework may be killing female Komodo dragons at an early age.
Electronic Senses Roundup
An electronic nose can sniff out sleep apnea.
Marshmallows Revisited
Children in the classic “Stanford Marshmallow Study” may have been more strategic than we thought.
Seeing Inside Fukushima
Cosmic rays called muons could help detect uranium in damaged Japanese nuclear reactors.
Amniotic Fluid Medicine
Cells from amniotic fluid can be reprogrammed more stably than traditional stem cells.
Podcast for 26 October 2012
MEDICAL INNOVATION - Medical implants that just melt away, how cancer research could make the …