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Seabirds

August 3, 2005

Seabirds bring pollutants from the ocean to the Arctic.

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Mood Rings – rerun of #3033

August 2, 2005

rerun of #3033

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Curry & Cancer

August 1, 2005

The yellow pigment in curry kills cancer cells in the lab.

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Parkinson’s & Gambling

July 29, 2005

Parkinson's medications can cause the urge to gamble, and a thicker ventromedial prefrontal cortex …

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Colorful Sunsets – rerun of #3406

July 28, 2005

rerun of #3406

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Preschool Robot

July 27, 2005

A robot teaches songs and games to preschoolers

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Manufactured Meat

July 26, 2005

Growing edible meat in the lab

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Butterfly Eyes

July 25, 2005

The sparkle of small patches on male butterfly wings are what attract females.

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Bug Roundup

July 22, 2005

Creating artificial cricket hairs, and bumblebees select flowers that other bees have visited.

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Bouncing Babies

July 21, 2005

Babies learn rhythms by feeling them as well as hearing them.

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Brain Stem Cells

July 20, 2005

A kind of stem cell in the brain is the source of some childhood brain cancers.

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Wintering Mosquitoes -rerun of #3302

July 19, 2005

rerun of #3302

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