Malaria Supplement
Lack of an amino acid makes children more likely to die from malaria.
Fire Ant Control
Using phorid flies from South America to control fire ants in the U.S.
Happiness Roundup
Older people accentuate the positive, and exercise boosts mood in disabled people.
Voice Recognition
A demonstration of a security system that uses your voice to verify you.
Protecting Satellites
Special satellites could change space weather by knocking out charged particles from the sun.
Primate Cloning
Humans and other primates cannot be cloned using current techniques.
Animal Research
Fish can feel hooks; chickens can regenerate hearing hair cells; adding the neurotransmitter GABA to old monkey's brains made their neurons as …
Drug Cravings
Drug cravings are triggered by dopamine released in the brain --- similar to the high users get from drugs
Deep Universe
How far away can scientists see into the universe? (about 13 billion light years away)
Redheads and Pain
Redheaded women have a gene that helps some analgesics work better, and men and women process pain differently
Eco-Disease Roundup
Biodiversity better for human health; SARS came from people who ate civet cats; eating bats causes neurological disorder in Guam
Losing Smell
Some olfactory genes in humans don't work -- meaning we've lost some of our ability to smell
Petrified Wood
What exactly is petrified wood? (it's a fossilized tree [or part of one] -- where the wood has been replaced by minerals)
Disease Roundup
Failure to raise enough funds to fight malaria, and a bioengineered virus for treating brain cancer.
Morphing Planes
NASA's Morphing Project is working on planes that can adapt to changing flight conditions.
Antibacterial Pollution
The antibacterial compound Triclosan converts into a dioxin, which is toxic to plants and animals.
Firefly Flashes
Male fireflies that are better able to reproduce have longer flashes, and females can tell.
Biosphere 2
Biosphere 2 is doing experiments on how rising carbon dioxide levels affect pollution.
Criminal Birds
Crows steal food differently depending on whether the victim is a relative, and peafowl are messing up California.
Roadside Paleontology
A site just off a Denver highway is yielding fossilized leaves from 64 million years ago.