Teen Brains on Pot
Smoking marijuana regularly as a teenager may be associated with cognitive decline later in life.
Fighting Oil Spills
Food science and conservation biology come together to fight oil spills using a common ingredient in …
Human vs. Chimp Brains
DNA modifications in chimp brains may help protect them from cancer.
Peacock Hidden Messages
Peacocks communicate with sounds that fall below the range of human hearing.
Podcast for 7 September 2012
MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS - A new drug that could block heroin addiction, how mice could speed up AIDS …
Endless Summer Roundup
By manipulating how plants respond to the shorter days in the fall, researchers hope to get crops to …
Chimps and Punishment
Chimps exhibit many human-like social behaviors, but punishing the crimes of others isn't one of …
Addiction Blocker
A drug called (+)-naloxone blocks the brain’s addiction to heroin and other opiates.
Gibbons on Helium
An experiment with helium shows that gibbons can manipulate their vocal tracts like expert opera …
Surviving Rabies
Some people in the remote Peruvian Amazon have developed antibodies to rabies.
Podcast for 31 August 2012
WHALES, APES & BIRDS - Chimps don't share our sense of justice. What gibbons on helium can tell …
Flora & Fauna Roundup
A strange looking tropical plant is helping researchers understand the life-cycle of the cell.