The Sun’s Temperature
A listener asks: How hot is the surface of the sun?
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Food For Mars
NASA nutritionists face a delicious challenge when planning what astronauts will eat on a mission to …
Neandertal Genome
A draft sequence of the Neandertal genome sheds light on the question of whether or not our extinct …
Seeing in STEREO
Solar physicists see the sun in 3-D with NASA's STEREO Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory.
Amorous Prairie Dogs
Young male prairie dogs are the most vulnerable of them all--when it comes time for love.
Sizing Up Fish
Humpback whales may use sound to identify fish before going in for the kill
Panther Rescue
Scientists are trying to save Florida panthers by breeding them with Texas cougars. But is it …
Monkey Pay-Per-View
Monkeys will take a smaller juice reward to look at pictures of female monkey butts.
Lying on E-mail
In e-mail, liars use more feeling words, sense words, and more words overall.
Scorpion Robot
NASA is developing a robot based on a scorpion for future planet exploration.
Lost Ants
What happens when an ant is separated from its colony? (It dies -- can't join another colony.)