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Shower Pollution

April 20, 2010

Bathing and showering could be washing drugs into our waterways.

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Asteroid Sampling

April 19, 2010

Asteroids contain keys to the origin of the solar system, but the ones that reach earth are easily …

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Podcast

April 16, 2010

WEIRD SCIENCE: Behind the legend of the chupacabra, does cracking your knuckles cause arthritis? A …

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Health Nanotech Roundup

April 16, 2010

Tiny gold-plated probes inside cells could monitor the progress of a disease.

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F is for Fail

April 15, 2010

Exposing students to the letter "F" before taking a test makes them more likely to fail it.

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Medicated Contacts

April 14, 2010

Contact lenses impregnated with vitamin E can deliver glaucoma medicine directly to the eye.

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Chupacabra

April 13, 2010

A legendary beast called the chupacabra has a surprisingly recent origin.

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Strongest Insect

April 12, 2010

An Australian beetle earns the title of world's strongest insect.

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Podcast

April 9, 2010

The world's strongest insect, why showering could pollute, tests that fail the grade and sampling …

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Motor Skills Roundup

April 9, 2010

Children with impaired muscle coordination may benefit from learning to perform magic tricks.

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Nose Biometrics

April 8, 2010

Your nose may be an efficient and useful form of ID.

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Sizing Up Dogs II

April 7, 2010

A listener asks whether it's true that large dogs don't live as long as small dogs.

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