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Kids Online

March 22, 2006

The website MySpace has been in the news a lot recently--and not for good things. But before parents …

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Salamander Streams

March 21, 2006

When it comes to nature, little things can make a big difference. We have one example from the …

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Speech Bias

March 20, 2006

New research shows that babies are born with a love of speech.

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Dino Doc Roundup

March 17, 2006

Some diseases that humans suffer from today, like cancer and gout, can also be seen in animals all …

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Podcast

March 17, 2006

The dangers of toxic algae, the intelligence of autistics, antibiotic resistance in dirt, rats' …

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Stereo Smell

March 16, 2006

Although the latest home entertainment centers have amazing stereo systems, our own body's built-in …

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Dirty Bacteria

March 15, 2006

More and more disease-causing germs are becoming resistant to antibiotics. To learn more about the …

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Autism and IQ

March 14, 2006

There's a lot of talk about an autism epidemic these days. But what if autism isn't a disease at …

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Toxic Algae

March 13, 2006

Red tide is famous for turning the wataer off the Florida coast toxic and blood-colored. Other algal …

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Microbe Roundup

March 10, 2006

It's uncanny how quickly germs come up with counter-defenses against every drug that researchers …

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Podcast

March 10, 2006

What makes a song popular, spite in chimps, the up-side of parasites, the physics of cracking, and …

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Crack Dynamics

March 9, 2006

Almost any brittle material can crack, whether it's a drinking glass or the crust of the Earth. But …

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