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Baby Roundup

July 4, 2003

Nicotine babies need special care, birds and babies learn to vocalize from their mothers, and kids …

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Mosquito Dunks

July 3, 2003

How do those mosquito-killing dunks work? (one type uses a bacterium, the other a hormone)

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Mosquito Virus

July 2, 2003

A virus found in hog wastewater infects mosquito larvae and kills them.

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Malaria Supplement

July 1, 2003

Lack of an amino acid makes children more likely to die from malaria.

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Fire Ant Control

June 30, 2003

Using phorid flies from South America to control fire ants in the U.S.

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Happiness Roundup

June 27, 2003

Older people accentuate the positive, and exercise boosts mood in disabled people.

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Nectarines – rerun of show #3043

June 26, 2003

rerun

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Voice Recognition

June 25, 2003

A demonstration of a security system that uses your voice to verify you.

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Protecting Satellites

June 24, 2003

Special satellites could change space weather by knocking out charged particles from the sun.

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Primate Cloning

June 23, 2003

Humans and other primates cannot be cloned using current techniques.

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Animal Research

June 20, 2003

Fish can feel hooks; chickens can regenerate hearing hair cells; adding the neurotransmitter GABA to …

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Mosquito Bites (re-run of #3003)

June 19, 2003
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