Blocking Alzheimer’s
A new mouse model for Alzheimer's treatment gets striking results.
Bacterial Warriors
Populations of ocean bacteria have a few designated fighters, which release antibiotics that don't harm their own community.
Endless Summer Roundup
By manipulating how plants respond to the shorter days in the fall, researchers hope to get crops to produce fruit longer.
Surviving Rabies
Some people in the remote Peruvian Amazon have developed antibodies to rabies.
Flora & Fauna Roundup
A strange looking tropical plant is helping researchers understand the life-cycle of the cell.
Earth Microbiome
The Earth Microbiome Project is an unprecedented effort to study microbial communities around the world.
Skin Microbes & Immunity
Bacteria that live on our skin support the function of immune cells.
Podcast for 10 August 2012
Dad's diversity and perilous parenthood.
Flushing Out HIV
Researchers are developing a technique that could potentially flush out reservoirs of latent HIV.
Symptomless Colds
You can spread the common cold even if you feel no symptoms.
Parasites & Suicide Attempts
Researchers find a link between a common parasite and suicide attempts in humans.
IV Oxygen
When people stop breathing, they need oxygen fast. New technology could make it possible to get it to them - by bypassing the lungs.
Dogs vs. Asthma
Having a dog in the house may help protect babies from developing respiratory synctial virus (RSV) and asthma.
Body Ecosystem Roundup
You’d be amazed at the sheer number of microbes that live inside us, and affect our health.
Cancer-Fighting Bacteria
Genetically modified L. acidophilus bacteria reverse colon cancer in mice.
Time-Restricted Eating
Mice that eat only during certain hours avoid obesity and related health problems – even on a high-fat diet.
Antiviral Pigs
The mucus in pig stomachs contains plentiful anti-viral proteins.
Martian Carbon
Researchers have discovered organic carbon in meteorites from Mars.
Yeast on Zoloft
The antidepressant Zoloft affects cell membranes in yeast, which lack the brain chemical the drug targets.
Podcast for 25 May 2012
FARM SCIENCE - Does exposure to farms and forests stave off asthma and allergies? How to combat viruses with pigs. And why milk goes sour faster than other beverages.
Biodiversity, Allergies & Asthma
People who live around fewer varieties of plants, and whose skin carries fewer kinds of bacteria, are more likely to have allergies.
Spoiled Milk
A listener asks why milk goes bad more quickly than other beverages.
Sewage Power
Microbial fuel cells, which clean wastewater and generate electricity, are getting closer to practicality.
Room Bacteria
Just by entering a room, you stir up millions of microorganisms.