Ethnic Drug Resistance
How your cultural heritage could affect how your body processes medicines and chemotherapies.
Cancer-Preventing Drugs
Instead of looking for drugs to treat cancer, some researchers are looking to prevent cancer with known causes thanks to some populations in China
Chalky Ice Cubes
My ice cubes evaporate and leave a particulate behind-- what is it? (calcium carbonate, chalk, that's been sqeezed out as the ice forms)
Word Associations
How people form associations between words, concepts and objects.
Plant Domestication
Looking for the first plants ever planted by humans
Microbots
Tiny robots that can wheel around on their own, collecting chemical, sound, temp information
Musical Pleasure
Why is music pleasureable? (because it may help us learn better, in the end, helping us survive)
Amoeba Midwives
Ameobas are actually great midwives, helping others to Ôgive birth' when called.
Whole Earth Telescope
A consortium of conservatories are pooling their resources to get a better view of the sky, using all their telescopes to create the view of one big …
Crayfish Reflexes
How the escape reflex of a the crayfish can teach scientists about behavior in humans
Fat into Cartilage
Fat cells have been tranformed into cartialage cells with the help of a vitamin-rich goo.
Hearing Loss
Why is your hearing dull or muffled after a loud concert? (because there's some damage after exposure, that heals if left alone, but becomes permanent …
Lead and Learning
How lead can limit the learning abilities of children, as shown in rats
Alzheimer’s Vaccine
A vaccine for Alzheimer's disease is beginning the first phase of human trials.
Calorie Burning
How are daily calorie requirements calculated? (Using a formula or by measuring metabolic rate)
Elephant Grass
Using a bamboo-like plant called elephant grass as a filler for biodegradeable plastics
Blood Sugar Watch
A watch-like device helps monitor diabetes by measuring blood glucose through the skin.
Humor on the Brain
MRI scans show the parts of the brain stimulated by different types of jokes.
Self-Healing Materials
A synthetic material can heal itself when it's cracked or broken.
Cancer Vaccines
Why can't you treat cancer with a cancer vaccine? (Researchers are working on treatments.)