Cassette

Mosquito Dunks

July 3, 2003

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

July 2, 2003

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

July 1, 2003

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

June 30, 2003

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

June 27, 2003

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

June 26, 2003

rerun

June 25, 2003

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

June 24, 2003

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

June 23, 2003

Humans and other primates cannot be cloned using current techniques.

June 20, 2003

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

June 19, 2003

June 18, 2003

Drug cravings are triggered by dopamine released in the brain --- similar to the high users get from …