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Firefly Flashes

July 25, 2006

A listener asks: What are fireflies saying with their flashes?

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Feeling Machine

July 24, 2006

A new computer program addresses teenage girls' emotional needs

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Sea Tracking Roundup

July 21, 2006

Scientists monitoring the ocean are enlisting its inhabitants for help.

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Podcast

July 21, 2006

How humpbacks size up a school of fish, a marine tracking network, replacement retinas that work …

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Sizing Up Fish

July 20, 2006

Humpback whales may use sound to identify fish before going in for the kill

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Sniper Detector

July 19, 2006

Robots that mimic human hearing could be useful on and off the battlefield.

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Retinal Implants

July 18, 2006

A new technique for making replacement retinas could sit better in the body.

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Rough Roads

July 17, 2006

Drivers have come to expect high prices for gas. But the roads themselves may be jacking up your car …

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Soil Roundup

July 14, 2006

Chances are dirt's something you want less of in your life. But good dirt's actually something …

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Podcast

July 14, 2006

Eggs that can run away, a slobber stress test for babies, humans' speedy emotional rebounds, an …

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Drool Stress Test

July 13, 2006

If the blood-curdling cry's not enough to tell you that your baby's stressed out, you might want to …

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Adaptive Happiness

July 12, 2006

It may seem obvious that good fortune or tragedy would have lasting effects on our overall …

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