Beringian Civilization
Humans may have inhabited the Bering Land Bridge for 10,000 years.
Sunken Treasure Hunt
Researchers have designed an underwater vehicle to search for shipwrecked vessels filled with treasure off the coast of Florida.
Iron Beads from Space
Ancient Egyptians fashioned beads out of iron from meteorites.
Podcast for 30 August 2013
PRE-HISTORIC SCIENCE - Is there a connection between hot weather and violence? And, were our ancestors really as warlike as we make them out to be? Also, did ancient Egyptians jewelry have extraterrestrial origins? And, were spices part of ancient European cuisine?
Archaeology Roundup
Researchers have unearthed the earliest known evidence for the use of flowers to adorn human graves.
Ancient Lead Pollution
Humans were polluting the air with lead as far back as 3,900 years ago.
Mummy Heart Disease
Mummies from a variety of different cultures show signs of heart disease.
Podcast for 15 March 2013
An ancient pigment with futuristic applications, the hidden electricity between flowers and bees, and a new, improved anti-fog coating. Also: the unlikely history of camels.
Egyptian Blue
The world's oldest artificial pigment, Egyptian Blue, has previously unknown and potentially useful properties.
Dental Roundup
Ancient people had beneficial bacteria to fight dental plaque that is absent in modern populations.
Neolithic Woodworking
The discovery of ancient wooden wells in Germany reveals that Neolithic woodworking was more sophisticated than previously believed.
Climate Change & The Maya
Climate change may have unraveled the sophisticated Maya empire.
Podcast for 31 August 2012
WHALES, APES & BIRDS - Chimps don't share our sense of justice. What gibbons on helium can tell us about opera singers. Deciphering the peacock's hidden message. What an endangered whale has in common with songbirds. Also: Did a Central American rodent save a tree species from extinction?
Archaeology Drone
An unmanned aerial drone maps archaeological sites in minutes instead of years.
Podcast for 17 August 2012
PSYCHOLOGY OF CONSUMPTION - Why planning a lifestyle change often backfires, why buying larger quantities doesn't always mean a better deal, and the relationship between speed of consumption and satisfaction, Also: did hunter-gatherers really use more calories than people living today? And an unmanned aircraft maps an archaeological site in Peru in record time.
Dairy Detectives
Traces of milk fat in pottery confirm that prehistoric North Africans practiced dairy farming.
Australian Extinction
Human hunters drove Australia’s largest animals to extinction around 40,000 years ago.
Podcast for 23 March 2012
EVOLUTION & EXTINCTION - What really happened to Australia's missing megafauna, how carnivores lost their sweet tooth, why lovelorn fruit flies resort to alcohol, strategic miscarriages in monkeys, and a new frog species is discovered in plain sight.
Neanderthal Hands
Evidence from ancient teeth suggests that most Neanderthals were right-handed, like us.
Podcast for 18 March 2011
An early screening test for autism, a car controlled by thoughts, the safety of fruit seeds, blaming the hero, and testing an ancient Egyptian prosthetic.
Ancient Egyptian Prosthetics
Artificial toes from ancient Egypt may have been functional prosthetics.
First Clothes Roundup
Researchers date the advent of clothing by the evolution of lice.
Persian Gulf Civilization
Today's Persian Gulf may cover the site of advanced Stone Age civilizations.
Stonehenge Engineering
A new hypothesis explains how prehistoric people transported huge slabs of rock to Stonehenge.