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Mosquito Roundup

May 25, 2007

A promising new treatment for malaria is based on an ancient herbal remedy.

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Podcast

May 25, 2007

IQ is overrated, why we have wisdom teeth (and why some people don't), an ancient Chinese remedy for malaria, how not to repel mosquitoes, and your skin's natural defenses against bacteria.

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Skin Defense

May 24, 2007

Your skin makes its own antibacterial defenses.

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Wisdom Teeth, Part I

May 21, 2007

A listener asks: Why do we have wisdom teeth?

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Podcast

May 18, 2007

Grilling could take a toll on your health, smarter doesn't equal richer, an infection could help prevent asthma, a step toward fusion reactors, and the closest living descendants of dinosaurs.

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Anti-Asthma Bug

May 17, 2007

A common stomach bug may prevent asthma.

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BBQ Chemicals

May 14, 2007

How you prepare food could be as important to your health as what you prepare.

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Podcast

May 11, 2007

Replacing your skeleton with metal, a sniff test for neurological diseases, a decline in baby boy births, how your brain puts on the brakes, and the Robin Hood inside many of us.

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Bionic Man

May 10, 2007

A listener asks: Could you replace your skeleton with metal?

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Brain Sniff Test

May 8, 2007

A simple sniff test may help doctors pick up the scent of debilitating brain diseases.

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Diet Roundup

April 27, 2007

Have you ever dieted, just to gain the weight back again? That may be because diets just don't work.

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Podcast

April 27, 2007

The science of deja vu, pollution from cities affects rainfall on mountaintops, a machine that can make almost anything, diets just don't work, and celebrities don't make great salespeople.

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Podcast

April 20, 2007

Taking a picture of an itch, the genetics of social behavior, the drying of the American Southwest, looking a hurricane in the eye, and a stop-smoking diet.

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Stop-Smoking Diet

April 19, 2007

Eating certain foods could help smokers quit.

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Itching

April 17, 2007

A listener asks: What's an itch, and can you take a picture of one?

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Suntan Roundup

April 13, 2007

What causes the sun-tanner's high?

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Video Game Roundup

April 6, 2007

Playing video games could have benefits as well as consequences.

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Podcast

April 6, 2007

Life-and-death decisions from computers, video games are good and bad, seeing red hurts test scores, Dr. Tatiana on animal sex, and the link between obesity and puberty in girls.

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Obesity and Puberty

April 5, 2007

Obesity could rush girls into puberty.

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End-of-Life Computer

April 2, 2007

Computers could help people make end-of-life medical decisions for their loved ones.

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Blood Test Roundup

March 30, 2007

Blood tests that could reveal who's at risk for mental health conditions are raising ethical concerns.

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Podcast

March 30, 2007

Deciphering the calls of blue whales, genetic tests for mental conditions, a three-way symbiotic relationship, studying tear film, and the truth about tanning beds.

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Tanning Beds

March 29, 2007

A listener asks: Is artificial tanning better than baking in the sun?

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Tear Film

March 27, 2007

Scientists are studying the chemistry of tears.

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