| October 1, 2018 |
Gender & STEM Achievement
- Girls get slightly higher grades in science and math worldwide than boys, but fewer enter STEM professions.
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| May 18, 2018 |
Mountain Legacy Project
- Scientists are using the science of computer vision to document climate change in the Rocky Mountains.
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| January 22, 2018 |
Parents, Kids & Math
- An educational app helps parents with math anxiety help their kids excel in the subject.
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| February 2, 2016 |
Babylonian Astronomers
- Scientists uncover the lost astronomical calculations of the Babylonians.
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| October 12, 2015 |
Parents, Kids & Math
- An educational app helps parents with math anxiety help their kids excel in the subject.
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| June 11, 2015 |
Counting Crows
- Crows display impressive math prowess, using brain regions entirely different from those of mammals.
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| November 6, 2014 |
Mountain Legacy Project
- Scientists are using the science of computer vision to document climate change in the Rocky Mountains.
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| March 26, 2014 |
Odor Discrimination
- The human nose may be capable of distinguishing one trillion unique odors.
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| February 25, 2014 |
Kidney Donation Math
- Computer matching can make more donated kidneys available to those who need them.
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| January 31, 2014 |
Detecting Fish
- An image processing algorithm helps find fish in a sea of data.
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| October 23, 2013 |
Mountain Legacy Project
- Scientists are using the science of computer vision to document climate change in the Rocky Mountains.
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| July 4, 2013 |
Math & Music History
- Compositions from different periods in music history have different mathematical properties.
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| June 18, 2013 |
Precise Negotiations
- Using precise numbers may give you an advantage in negotiations.
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| May 7, 2013 |
Numeral Hotspot
- Scientists have discovered the area of the brain dedicated to recognizing numerals.
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| April 16, 2013 |
Carnivorous Plant Food Webs
- Each carnivorous pitcher plant contains a unique food web, depending on what falls in.
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| December 18, 2012 |
The DNA Eaters
- A group of microscopic animals get 10% of their active genes by eating the DNA of other species.
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| December 17, 2012 |
Flu Forecasting
- Flu forecasts may soon become a news staple.
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| November 30, 2012 |
Podcast for 30 November 2012
- CHILD DEVELOPMENT - Are kids naturally stingy? Why children's self-control could depend on the adults around them. And why math anxiety "hurts". Also: What monsters from Dungeons & Dragons can tell us about the importance of eyes.
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| November 15, 2012 |
Painful Math Anxiety
- Areas of the brain normally associated with physical pain are activated when people with math anxiety think about doing math.
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| August 6, 2012 |
When More is Less
- New research suggests that we’re prone to think a package deal is a better value if quantity is listed before price.
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| June 19, 2012 |
Wide Angle Mirror
- A mathematician has designed a wide-angle driver's side mirror that doesn't distort shapes.
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| March 16, 2012 |
Podcast for 16 March 2012
- SCIENCE OF SOCIETY - Do wealthier people tend to have fewer scruples? The social costs of mass incarceration. Seeing-eye smartphones for the blind. And, new evidence calls an accepted tenet of science into question. Also: how to make plastic from plants.
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| January 9, 2012 |
Counting Pigeons
- New research suggests that pigeons, like monkeys, can count.
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| November 29, 2011 |
Posture & Numbers
- People tend to underestimate numbers when they lean to the left, and overestimate them when they lean to the right.
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| September 15, 2011 |
Sex & Spatial Thinking
- Gender differences in spatial reasoning abilities may be strongly influenced by culture.
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| March 10, 2011 |
Star Distance
- Astronomers calculate the distance to the furthest stars by comparing them to stars they know.
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| March 3, 2010 |
Teaching Math Anxiety
- Female teachers may pass their own math anxiety to the girls they teach.
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| February 12, 2010 |
Slime Engineers Roundup
- Slime molds inspire mass transit planners.
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| February 4, 2010 |
Value of Most
- English speakers agree on a surprisingly narrow numerical value for the word "most."
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| January 29, 2010 |
Podcast
- Sleeping birds, sperm wars, looking for water on distant planets, and the value of "most".
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| December 15, 2009 |
Accounting Fraud Alert
- A new algorithm looks for accounting fraud by analyzing non-financial statistics.
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| July 13, 2009 |
Virtual Sounds
- New computer programs generate real-time, accurate sounds for virtual-reality events.
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| July 3, 2009 |
Podcast
- Dinosaurs get re-sized, why we favor a biased media, people who never forget a face and more.
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| April 23, 2009 |
Star Distance II
- Astronomers calculate the distance to the furthest stars by comparing them to stars they know.
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| April 22, 2009 |
Star Distance I
- Astronomers use a concept called parallax to calculate the distance to the nearest stars.
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| April 10, 2009 |
Podcast
- How to calculate the distance of stars, new uses for old rocks in the fight against global warming, and why video games might actually be good for your vision.
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| October 1, 2008 |
Number Sense
- Kids with good "number sense" do better in math class.
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| August 21, 2008 |
Antikythera Mechanism
- An ancient astronomical calculator had a dedicated calendar for the Olympics and other games.
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| July 17, 2008 |
Seeing in STEREO
- Solar physicists see the sun in 3-D with NASA's STEREO Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory.
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| June 27, 2008 |
Podcast
- COMPUTERS & BIOLOGY: Both bacteria and beetles promise to speed up computing, a computer game that could lead to a cure for deadly diseases, and more.
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| June 25, 2008 |
Bacterial Computing
- Bacteria may be the backbone of some future supercomputers.
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| June 20, 2008 |
Math Roundup
- A large international study suggests that girls only lag behind boys in math achievement in cultures where gender inequality remains a problem.
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| May 5, 2008 |
Most Powerful Laser
- The world's most powerful laser can create miniature stars right in the laboratory.
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| March 6, 2008 |
Brainwaves & Schizophrenia
- Mental illness alters brainwaves during neural processing.
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| March 3, 2008 |
Brain Geometry
- When we hallucinate, what we see may actually be the architecture of our own brains.
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| February 21, 2008 |
Oscar Nods
- Working with big names helps get you an Oscar nomination, but knowing Academy voters doesn't.
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| November 23, 2007 |
DNA Music Roundup
- DNA is more than just an instruction manual for life. In fact, genes may actually function more like a well-orchested symphony.
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| November 20, 2007 |
Bus Schedule Math
- Engineers have developed a mathematical algorithm for optimizing bus schedules.
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| November 16, 2007 |
Podcast
- A snail hides in plain sight. A high-speed continental collision. And what fossils tell us about future extinctions.
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| November 14, 2007 |
Knot Physics
- Physicists study how headphone cords tie themselves in knots.
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